Trams in Duisburg

Duisburg tramway network
GT10NC-DU tram in Duisburg-Marxloh, 2005.
Operation
Locale	Duisburg, Mülheim and Dinslaken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Horsecar era: 1881 (1881)–1898 (1898) Status Superseded Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) / 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Horses
Steam tram era: 1882 (1882)–1899 (1899) Status Superseded Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Propulsion system(s) Steam
Electric tram era: since 1897 (1897) Status Operational Routes 2 + 1 Operator(s) Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (since 1940) Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) (to 1966) / 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 750 V DC Route length 43.7 km (27.2 mi) Duisburg tramway network (dark blue: Stadtbahn Duisburg). Website Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (in German)

The Duisburg tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Duisburg) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Duisburg, a city in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Opened in 1881, the network has been operated since 1940 by the Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (DVG) and is integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). It now forms part of the larger Duisburg Stadtbahn system, which in turn makes up part of the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn system.

Lines

As of 2013, the Duisburg tramway network had the following lines:

Line	Route	Travel time	Stops	Headway (rush hour)
901	Obermarxloh Schleife – Marxloh Pollmann – Beeck Denkmal – Laar Kirche – Scholtenhofstraße – Ruhrort Friedrichsplatz – Kaßlerfeld – König-Heinrich-Platz – Duisburg Hbf – Zoo/Uni – MH-Speldorf – MH Stadtmitte – Mülheim Hbf	64 min	46	7.5 / 15 min
903	Dinslaken Bf – Walsum Watereck – Marxloh Pollmann – Hamborn Rathaus – Meiderich Süd Bf – Duissern – Duisburg Hbf – König-Heinrich-Platz – Platanenhof – Hochfeld Süd Bf – Wanheim Rheintörchenstraße – Hüttenheim Mannesmann Tor 2	69 min	45	7.5 / 15 min
Line sections with longer headways in italics
Line 902 operates only during events at the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena; the number 902 is also used to designate trams travelling to and from the Grunewald depot.
(902)	(Walsum Watereck – Marxloh Pollmann – Hamborn Rathaus – Meiderich Süd Bf – Duissern – Duisburg Hbf – König-Heinrich-Platz – Platanenhof – Grunewald Betriebshof)

Rolling stock

43 type GT10NC-DU trams are operated in Duisburg, which were built by Duewag from 1986 until 1993. The first of 47 new Bombardier Flexity trams was delivered in 2020, which are scheduled to replace the old trams.

See also

• List of town tramway systems in Germany
• Trams in Germany

References

Bibliography

• Höltge, Dieter (1994). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany] (in German). Vol. Band 4: Ruhrgebiet - Von Dortmund bis Duisburg [Volume 4: Ruhr - from Dortmund to Duisburg]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 9783882553345.

External links

• Duisburg database / photo gallery and Duisburg tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
• Duisburg database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.