Plauen tramway network | |
Locale: | Plauen, Saxony, Germany |
Status: | Operational |
Lines: | 6 |
Propulsion System: | Electricity |
El: | 600 V DC |
Map State: | show |
Website: | https://www.strassenbahn-plauen.de Plauener Straßenbahn GmbH (PSB) |
The Plauen tramway network (de|Straßenbahnnetz Plauen) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Plauen, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.
Opened in 1894, the network has been operated since 1990 by (PSB), and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Vogtland (VVV).
, the network had the following lines:
Line | Route | Length | Journey time | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Neundorf → Dittrichplatz → Tunnel → Am Albertplatz → Preißelpöhl | 4,8 km | 18–20 minutes | ||
Preißelpöhl → Am Albertplatz → Tunnel → Neue Elsterbrücke → Vogtlandklinikum → Waldfrieden | 5,9 km | 21–23 minutes | ||
Waldfrieden → Vogtlandklinikum → Neue Elsterbrücke → Tunnel → Dittrichplatz → Neundorf | 6,4 km | 22–24 minutes | ||
Oberer Bahnhof – Am Albertplatz – Tunnel – Neue Elsterbrücke – Vogtlandklinikum – Reusa | 5,2 km | 19–21 minutes | ||
Südvorstadt – Neue Elsterbrücke – Tunnel – Am Albertplatz – Plamag | 5,9 km | 19–21 minutes | ||
Plamag – Am Albertplatz – Tunnel – Neue Elsterbrücke – Vogtlandklinikum – Reusa | 7,6 km | 26–27 minutes |
The current fleet consists of 14 Tatra KT4D and nine Flexity Classic NGT6.
Of the 44 KT4D trams delivered to Plauen 14 remained in servide as of 2021. They were originally built between 1981 and 1988 and modernised with newchopper (electronics) control electronics in the early 1990s.[1]
The NGT6 trams were constructed by Bombardier Transportation and are 21m long and 2.3m wide[2] with a capacity of 119 passengers.[3] The first two were delivered in August 2013, with another four in 2014[2] and a final three trams ordered in 2015.[3]