Trams in Gera

Gera tramway network
Tatra KT4 tram at Gera Südbahnhof, 2007.
Operation
Locale	Gera, Thuringia, Germany
Open	1883 (1883)
Status	Operational
Lines	3
Operator(s)	Geraer Verkehrsbetrieb GmbH  [ de ] (GVB)
Infrastructure
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Propulsion system(s)	Electricity
Overview Gera tramway network, 2013.
Website	http://www.gvbgera.de Geraer Verkehrsbetrieb GmbH (in German)

The Gera tramway network is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Gera, a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany.

Opened in 1883, the network is operated by Geraer Verkehrsbetrieb GmbH (GVB), and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen (VMT).

Lines

As of 2011 ^[update] , the network consisted of the following lines:^{[ needs update ]}

Line	Route	Length (km)	Travel time (min)	Stops
1	Untermhaus – Friedrich-Naumann-Platz – Hauptbahnhof/Theater – Heinrichstraße – Wintergarten – Zwötzen	6.5	19	13
2	Lusan-Brüte – Lusan-Laune – Betriebshof GVB – Bahnhof Zwötzen	2.6	8	7
3	Lusan-Zeulsdorf – Lusan-Laune – An der Spielwiese – Heinrichstraße – Straße des Bergmanns – Tinz – Berufsakademie – Bieblach-Ost	12.1	33	25

During peak times, line 1 operates at 10-minute intervals, line 2 20 minutes, and line 3 Monday-Friday 5 minutes (7½ minutes on holidays), 10 minutes at weekends. Off peak only lines 1 and 3 run at 30-minute intervals. In the evenings only line 3 runs, taking 70 minutes for a return trip.

For major events in the Hofwiesenpark  [ de ], such as the Hofwiesenparkfest, line 5 runs Lusan-Brüte – Heinrichstraße – Untermhaus 15 minutes either side of lines 1 and 3, reducing to 15 minutes the off-peak service interval between Lusan, the most heavily populated part of Gera, and Untermhaus.

Rolling stock

The current fleet consists of: ^[1]

• 22 KT4D (built in 1981–1983 and 1990)
• 6 KTNF8 (built in 1990)
• 12 low-floor trams (built in 2006–2008 by Alstom LHB)

• 
  KTNF8 and KT4D
• 
  KTNF8
• 
  Low-floor tram

On 11 December 2023, GVB awarded Stadler a contract to supply six TINA trams for the network, with options for a further three units. They will be delivered in 2026. ^[2]

See also

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

References

Notes

1. "Gera darf (nur) sechs neue Niederflurstraßenbahnen bestellen" [Gera may (only) order six new low-floor trams]. Urban Transport Magazine (in German). June 13, 2020. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
2. "Gera orders TINA trams". Railway Gazette International. 13 December 2023.

Bibliography

• Autorenkollektiv (2006) [1984]. Straßenbahnarchiv Band 4. Raum Erfurt / Gera - Halle (Saale) / Dessau[Tramway Archive Volume 4. Erfurt / Gera - Halle (Saale) / Dessau area] (in German). Berlin: Transpress VEB Verlag für Verkehrswesen.
• Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1994). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland[The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 2: Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen [Volume 2: Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN   392167980X.(in German)
• Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN   9783936573336.

External links

• Media related to Trams in Gera at Wikimedia Commons
• Track plan of the Gera tram system
• Gera database / photo gallery  and Gera tram list at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
• Gera database / photo gallery  and Gera tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.

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