General Information
| Name in local language: | Straßenbahn Bochum/Gelsenkirchen |
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| Completion: | 23 November 1894 |
| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Tramway network |
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Location
| km | Name |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| underground length | 11.7 km | |
| system length | 86.2 km | |
| track gauge | 1 000 mm | |
| cummulative line length | 111.7 km | |
| number of lines | 10 |
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The Bochum/Gelsenkirchen tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Bochum/Gelsenkirchen) is a network of tramways focused on Bochum and Gelsenkirchen, two cities in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Opened in 1894 in Bochum and in 1895 in Gelsenkirchen, the network is operated by the Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG (BOGESTRA), and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). It also serves the neighbouring towns of Hattingen, Herne and Witten.
Rolling stock
The tram network currently operates a fleet of 95 Variobahn trams (by Stadler Rail). The type NF6D (made by DÜWAG and similar to the R1.1 cars of Bonn tramway's system) and type M high-floor articulated trams (also from DÜWAG) have been retired by 2021 and were replaced by the Variobahns.
The Stadtbahn line uses a separate fleet of high-floor Stadtbahnwagen B and Tango trains. It is not connected to the low-floor network and therefore trams on one system cannot operate on the other.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Gelsenkirchen" and modified on July 4, 2024 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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