Berlin

Trams in Berlin

Berlin has a large standard-gauge tramway mostly on the East side of the city. Two of the most interesting lines however are right on the outskirts at Rudesdorf and Woltersdorf and have their own sections.

Berlin tram '1228'	Berlin tram '1548'	Berlin tram '1552'	Berlin tram '1558'
Berlin tram '1564'	Berlin tram '1571'	Berlin tram '2231'	Berlin tram '4005'
Berlin tram '8002'	Berlin tram '8003'	Berlin tram '8022'	Berlin tram '9010'
Berlin tram '9036'	Berlin tram '9040'	Berlin tram '9058'	Berlin tram '9060'
Berlin tram '9087'	Berlin tram '9124'	Berlin tram '9139'	Berlin tram '9150'

Braunschweig

Braunschweig Tramway

The 1100mm gauge tramway in Bremen began in 1879 as a horse tramway and was electrified in 1897.

Braunschweig tram '113'	Braunschweig tram '113'	Braunschweig tram '0756'	Braunschweig tram '0758'
Braunschweig tram '0760'	Braunschweig tram '0761'	Braunschweig tram '0761'	Braunschweig tram '1452'
Braunschweig tram '1453'	Braunschweig tram '1454'	Braunschweig tram '1455'	Braunschweig tram '1455'
Braunschweig trams '1458' and '1454'	Braunschweig tram '1459'	Braunschweig tram '1468'	Braunschweig tram '1951'
Braunschweig tram '1951'	Braunschweig tram '1954'	Braunschweig tram '1956'	Braunschweig tram '8157'
Braunschweig tram '8175'	Braunschweig tram '9551'	Braunschweig tram '9552'	Braunschweig tram '9555'
Braunschweig tram '9559'	Braunschweig tram '9559'	Braunschweig tramway	Braunschweig tramway

Bremen

Bremen Tramway

The standard-gauge tramway in Bremen began in 1876 as a horse tramway and was electrified in 1890-92.

Bremen tram '3072'	Bremen tram '3111'	Bremen tram '3122'	Bremen tram '3122'
Bremen tram '3127'	Bremen tram '3129'	Bremen tram '3137'and '3238'	Bremen tram '3203'
Bremen tram '3204' and '3402'	Bremen tram '3219'	Bremen tram '3233'	Bremen tram '3401'
Bremen tram '3413'	Bremen tram '3419'	Bremen rail grinder '8903'	Bremen tramway

Cottbus

Trams at Cottbus

A lovely little system using 1981-88 Tatra trams.

Cottbus tram '129'	Cottbus tram '129'	Cottbus tram '129'	Cottbus tram '129'
Cottbus trams '134' and '168'	Cottbus tram '134'	Cottbus tram '134'	Cottbus tram '134'
Cottbus tram '134'	Cottbus tram '134'	Cottbus tram '134'	Cottbus tram '134'
Cottbus tram '134'	Cottbus tram '136'	Cottbus tram '138'	Cottbus tram '138'
Cottbus tram '138'	Cottbus tram '143'	Cottbus tram '143'	Cottbus tram '145'
Cottbus tram '149'	Cottbus tram '149'		Cologne trams crossing the Rhine

Dresden

Trams at Dresden

Dresden has a large tram system built to the unusual gauge of 1450mm (just over 4' 9") plus a vintage tram inside a restaurant.

Dresden restaurant tram '296'	Dresden tram '2501'	Dresden tram '2501'	Dresden tram '2501'
Dresden tram '2505'	Dresden tram '2510'	Dresden tram '2513'	Dresden tram '2519'
Dresden tram '2523'	Dresden tram '2531'	Dresden tram '2604'	Dresden tram '2610'
Dresden tram '2626'	Dresden tram '2630'	Dresden tram '2710'	Dresden tram '2719'
Dresden tram '2804'	Dresden tram '2805'	Dresden tram '2805'	Dresden tram '2818'
Dresden tram '2828'	Dresden tram '2829'	Dresden tram '2840'	Dresden tram '2841'
Dresden tram '2910'	Dresden tram '2920'	Dresden tram '2989'	Dresden tram '2989'

Erfurt

Erfurt Tramway

The 1100mm gauge tramway in Bremen began in 1879 as a horse tramway and was electrified in 1897.

Erfurt tram '601'	Erfurt tram '601'	Erfurt tram '604'	Erfurt trams '605' and '721'
Erfurt tram '605'	Erfurt tram '605'	Erfurt tram '605'	Erfurt tram '605'
Erfurt tram '605'	Erfurt tram '606'	Erfurt tram '606'	Erfurt tram '614'
Erfurt tram '615'	Erfurt tram '615'	Erfurt tram '615'	Erfurt tram '621'
Erfurt trams '626' and '705'	Erfurt tram '626'	Erfurt tram '626'	Erfurt tram '627'
Erfurt trams '628' and '637'	Erfurt trams '647' and '629'	Erfurt tram '647'	Erfurt tram '651'
Erfurt trams '654' and '611'	Erfurt tram '704'	Erfurt tram '708'	Erfurt trams '721' and '605'
Erfurt tram '721'	Erfurt tram '721'	Erfurt trams '723' and '701'	Erfurt tram '801'
Erfurt tram '805'	Erfurt tram '807'	Erfurt tram '808'	Erfurt tram '809'
Erfurt tram '809'	Erfurt tram '810'	Erfurt tram '810'	Erfurt tram '813'

Frankfurt Am Main

Trams at Frankfurt am Main

Tram at Frankfurt	Tram '906' at Frankfurt	Trams near the old centre
Frankfurt tram '002'	Frankfurt tram '006'	Frankfurt trams '013' and '035'	Frankfurt tram '018'
Frankfurt tram '018'	Frankfurt tram '018'	Frankfurt tram '019'	Frankfurt tram '019'
Frankfurt tram '026'	Frankfurt tram '035'	Frankfurt tram '040'	Frankfurt tram '211'
Frankfurt tram '216'	Frankfurt tram '221'	Frankfurt tram '221'	Frankfurt tram '222'
Frankfurt tram '229'	Frankfurt tram '229'	Frankfurt trams '232' and '309'	Frankfurt tram '232'
Frankfurt tram '233'	Frankfurt tram '236'	Frankfurt tram '236'	Frankfurt tram '241'
Frankfurt tram '242'	Frankfurt tram '245'	Frankfurt tram '254'	Frankfurt tram '259'
Frankfurt tram '259'	Frankfurt tram '262'	Frankfurt tram '262'	Frankfurt tram '264'
Frankfurt trams '307' and '312'	Frankfurt tram '307'	Frankfurt tram '307'

Frankfurt An Der Oder

Trams at Frankfurt an der Oder

with many old 1987 Tatra trams still running but a tour on a vintage 1936 tram to boot. It was a Sunday so not too many out on the streets today.

Frankfurt heritage tram '41'	Frankfurt heritage tram '41'	Frankfurt heritage tram '41'	Frankfurt heritage tram '41'
Frankfurt heritage tram '41'	Frankfurt heritage tram '41'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '210'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '210'
Frankfurt am Oder tram '210'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '217'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '218'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '301'
Frankfurt am Oder tram '301'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '301'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '303'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '304'
Frankfurt am Oder tram '304'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '306'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '307'	Frankfurt am Oder tram '311'

Halberstadt

Halberstadt's tram system

A small two-route metre gauge system using just 5 sets. The routes alternate from the station, a tram coming in from route 1 leaves as route 2.

Halberstadt tram '1'	Halberstadt tram '1'	Halberstadt tram '1'	Halberstadt tram '2'
Halberstadt tram '2'	Halberstadt tram '2'	Halberstadt tram '2'	Halberstadt tram '2'
Halberstadt tram '2'	Halberstadt tram '5'	Halberstadt tram '5'

Hannover

Trams in Hannover City

A large standard-gauge system with 12 lines, first opened in 1872 and electrified in 1893, a lot of the old surface network now runs in tunnels.

Hannover tram '2018'	Hannover tram '2544'	Hannover tram '2545'	Hannover tram '2550'
Hannover tram '2576'	Hannover tram '2592'	Hannover tram '2592'	Hannover tram '3026'
Hannover tram '3026'	Hannover tram '3039'	Hannover tram '3039'	Hannover tram '3080'
Hannover tram '3117'	Hannover tram '3130'	Hannover tram '6220'	Hannover tram '6253'

Hannover Tram Museum, Sehnde-Wehmingen

This very large tram museum is on the site of Hohenfels potash mine and an ammunition works in Wehmingen, South East of Hannover.

Amsterdam tram '469'	Amsterdam tram '902'	Amsterdam tram '968'	Basel tram '160'
Berlin tram '3011'	Berlin tram '5964'	Berlin tram '5964'	Berlin tram '5964'
Berlin tram '5964'	Berlin tram '6016'	Berlin tram '6016'	Bonn tram '315'
Bonn tram '334'	Bonn tram '358'	Bonn tram '358'	Bremerhaven tram '68'
Bremerhaven tramway loco '254'	Bremerhaven tramway loco '254'	Budapest tram '12'	Budapest tram '12'
Budapest tram '12'	Cologne works tram '6004'	Dresden tram '263 011'	Duisberg tramway loco '100'
Duisberg tramway loco '100'	Dusseldorf tram '5103'	Essen tramway loco '651'	Essen tramway loco '651'
Essen tramway loco '651'	Essen tramway loco '651'	Freiberg tram '34'	'Goliath' pick-up truck
Hamburg tram '1'	Hannover tram '181'	Hannover tram '225'	Hannover tram '225'
Hannover tram '225'	Hannover tram '715'	Hannover works tram '801'	Hannover works tram '802'
Hannover works tram '807'	Hannover works tram '808'	Hannover tramway loco '811'	Hannover tram '1509'
Hannover tram '6166'	Hannover tram '6166'	Unidentified tram	Heidelburg tram '6'
Karlsruhr tram '206'	Kasse tram '511'	Kasse tram '511'	Kassel tram '218'
Kassel tram '269'	Kassel tram '269'	Kiel tram '350'	Magdeburg tram '1008'
Mannheim trams '28' and '27'	Munich tram '2420'	Munich tram '2420'	Munich tram '2420'
Munich tram '2420'	Munich tram '2420'	Munich tram '2420'	Munich tram '2667'
Munich tram '2667'	The demonstration line	The demonstration line	The demonstration line
The demonstration line	The demonstration line	Neuchatel tram '46'	Posnan tram '711'
A rail-bending machine	Reitlingen tram 21'	Stuttgart tramway loco '1'	Stuttgart tramway loco '1'
Stuttgart tramway loco '1'	Stuttgart tramway loco '1'	The Hague tram '756'	The Hague tram '1308'
The Hague tram '1308'	The Hague tram '1308'	Vienna tram '110'	Vienna tram '1260'
Vienna tram '1606'	Vienna trams '2625' and '1606'	Vienna trams '2625' and '1606'	Vienna tram '2625'
Vienna tram '4783'	Vienna works tram '6051'	Vienna works tram '6131'	Wuppertal tram '56'

Jena

Trams at Jena

The metre-gauge Jena tramway runs for 24 km over 5 routes. Route '2' is a single-track roadside line on the outskirts of the town.

Jena tram '603'	Jena tram '610'	Jena tram '610'	Jena tram '611'
Jena tram '611'	Jena tram '611'	Jena tram '611'	Jena tram '611'
Jena tram '611'	Jena tram '617'	Jena tram '625'	Jena tram '625'
Jena tram '625'	Jena tram '627'	Jena tram '628'	Jena tram '628'
Jena tram '629'	Jena tram '629'	Jena tram '629'	Jena tram '631'
Jena tram '704'	Jena tram '807'	Jena tram '807'	Jena tram '807'

Leipzig

Trams in Leipzig City

A large, busy standard-gauge network and museum. Leipzig is unusual in stlll using trailer cars.

Leipzig tram trailer '909'	Leipzig tram trailer '920'	Leipzig tram trailer '922'	Leipzig tram '1021'
Leipzig tram '1028'	Leipzig tram '1047'	Leipzig tram '1048'	Leipzig tram '1106'
Leipzig tram '1111'	Leipzig tram '1116'	Leipzig tram '1116'	Leipzig tram '1122'
Leipzig tram '1130'	Leipzig tram '1135'	Leipzig tram '1137'	Leipzig tram '1139'
Leipzig tram '1140'	Leipzig tram '1142'	Leipzig tram '1152'	Leipzig tram '1203'
Leipzig tram '1204'	Leipzig tram '1207'	Leipzig tram '1207'	Leipzig tram '1215'
Leipzig tram '1218'	Leipzig tram '1223'	Leipzig tram '1232'	Leipzig trams '1305' and '1152'
Leipzig tram '2116'	Leipzig tram '2141'	Leipzig trams '2163', '2184' and '2185'	Leipzig tram '2186'

Leipzig Tramways Museum

The museum has a great range of historic vehicles from Leipzig.

Leipzig Museum tram '20'	Leipzig Museum tram '64'	Leipzig Museum bus '77'	Leipzig Museum tram trailer '86'
Leipzig Museum horsetram '95'	Leipzig Museum tram '103'	Leipzig Museum tram '257'	Leipzig Museum tram '285'
Leipzig Museum tram '285'	Leipzig Museum tram '285'	Leipzig Museum tram '285'	Leipzig Museum tram '285'
Leipzig Museum tram '305'	Leipzig Museum tram '308'	Leipzig Museum tram '349'	Leipzig Museum tram '500'
Leipzig Museum tram '520'	Leipzig Museum tram '751'	Leipzig Museum tram '809'	Leipzig Museum tram '830'
Leipzig Museum tram trailer '981'	Leipzig Museum tram trailer '981'	Leipzig Museum tram '1043'	Leipzig Museum tram '1308'
Leipzig Museum tram '1308'	Leipzig Museum tram '1464'	Leipzig Museum tram '1601'	Leipzig Museum tram '1602'

Mainz and Mannheim

Mainz

Tram '201' at Mainz	Tram '206' at Mainz	Tram '209' at Mainz	Tram '224' at Mainz
Tram '225' at Mainz	Tram '225' at Mainz	Tram '225' at Mainz	Tram '227' at Mainz
Tram '229' at Mainz	Tram terminus at Mainz

Mannheim

Tram '5646' at Mannheim

Tram '2213' at Mannheim

Nordhausen

Nordhausen and the Harzquerbahn

Originally a metre-gauge electric tramway in Nordhausen town but now extended to Ilfeld along the Harz Railway using hybrid trams.

Nordhausen tram '77', 1993	Nordhausen hybrid tram '202'	Nordhausen hybrid tram '202'	Nordhausen hybrid tram '201'
Nordhausen hybrid tram '201'	Nordhausen hybrid tram '202'	Nordhausen tramway route	Nordhausen tramway route

Rudersdorf, Berlin

Schoneiche Rudersdorf, Berlin

Line '88', a mainly single track, metre gauge tram system on the outskirts of Berlin, opened in 1910 to connect with Berlin's S-Bahn and tramway.

Rudersdorf tram '22'	Rudersdorf tram '27'	Rudersdorf tram '27'	Rudersdorf tram '27'
Rudersdorf tram '29'	Rudersdorf tram '29'	Rudersdorf tram '29'	Rudersdorf tram '29'
Rudersdorf tram '34'	Rudersdorf tram '46'	Rudersdorf tram '47'	Rudersdorf tram '48'
Rudersdorf tram '48'	Rudersdorf tram '51'	Rudersdorf tram '51'	Rudersdorf tram '51'
Rudersdorf tram '53'	Rudersdorf tram '677'	Rudersdorf tramway	Rudersdorf tramway
Rudersdorf tramway depot

Woltersdorf, Berlin

Woltersdorf, Berlin

Line '87', a single track, standard gauge tram system on the outskirts of Berlin, opened in 1913 to connect with Berlin's S-Bahn.

Woltersdorf history poster	Tram '19' at Woltersdorf	Tram '28' at Woltersdorf	Tram '28' at Woltersdorf
Tram '30' at Woltersdorf	Tram '30' at Woltersdorf	Tram '32' at Woltersdorf	Tram '32' at Woltersdorf
Tram '32' at Woltersdorf	Tram '32' at Woltersdorf	Tram '32' at Woltersdorf	Tram '32' at Woltersdorf
Tram '32' at Woltersdorf	Tram '89' at Woltersdorf	Tram '90' at Woltersdorf	Tram '90' at Woltersdorf

Wuppertal

The overhead tramway of Wuppertal

World famous - but what is it ?? It's more like a tramway than a railway or a cable car so here it is - in with the trams.

Wuppertal trams '01', '12' and '02'	Wuppertal tram '03'	Wuppertal tram '05'	Wuppertal tram '05'
Wuppertal tram '07'	Wuppertal tram '08'	Wuppertal tram '11'	Wuppertal tram '15'
Wuppertal tram '15'	Wuppertal tram '17'	Wuppertal tram '20'	Wuppertal tram '21'
Wuppertal tram '23'	Wuppertal tram '23'	Wuppertal tram '24'	Wuppertal tram '24'
Wuppertal tram '24'	Wuppertal tram '26'	Wuppertal tram '28'	Wuppertal tram '31'

Along the line

Taken from the rear of the tram and the lineside

Along the line at Wuppertal	Along the line at Wuppertal	Along the line at Wuppertal	Along the line at Wuppertal
Along the line at Wuppertal	Along the line at Wuppertal	Along the line at Wuppertal	Along the line at Wuppertal
Leaving a station at Wuppertal	Leaving a station at Wuppertal	A wooden station at Wuppertal	The Elephant memorial, Wuppertal
Trams passing by, Wuppertal	Trams passing by, Wuppertal	Trams passing by, Wuppertal	Close-up of the driving axle
As seen from the railway	As seen from the railway	Wuppertal tram '56' at Hannover	Wuppertal tram '56' at Hannover