Trams in Gotha

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Gotha tramway network
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Modernised Tatra KT4D tram in Friedrichroda
Operation
Locale Gotha, Thuringia, Germany
Open1894 (1894)
StatusOperational
Lines 5
Operator(s)Thüringerwaldbahn und Straßenbahn Gotha GmbH (TWSB)
Infrastructure
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Propulsion system(s)Electricity
Stock20
Overview
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Gotha tramway network.
Website http://www.waldbahn-gotha.de Thüringerwaldbahn und Straßenbahn Gotha GmbH (in German)

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

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The network was opened in 1894 with an electrified system implemented by Union-Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft. [1] It is currently operated by Thüringerwaldbahn und Straßenbahn Gotha GmbH (TWSB), and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen (VMT).

Lines

LineRouteLengthTravel time (min) Stops Headway (daytime)
1
Hauptbahnhof – Kreiskrankenhaus6.1 km22 min1510 mins*
2
Hauptbahnhof – Ostbahnhof3.0 km12 min820 mins
3
Waltershäuser Straße – Ostbahnhof4.0 km14 min10(3 services/day)
4
Thüringerwaldbahn  [ de ]
Gotha – Waltershausen Gleisdreieck – FriedrichrodaBad Tabarz
21.7 km (22.5 km incl. Krankenhaus)58 min2230 mins
6
Waltershausen Gleisdreieck – Waltershausen Bahnhof2.4 km7 min5≈ 30 mins

Notes:

* The headway figure for line 1 takes into account the services on line 4.

Since the timetable change on 13 December 2009, there has been only one pair of line 4 trains each day via Krankenhaus. At other times, travellers to/from Krankenhaus must change to line 1 in Sundhausen.

The old line 3 linked the Huttenstraße with Hauptfriedhof with one intermediate stop, and was shut down on 30 June 1985. From 1 June 1985 to 1991, a SEV line 3 led from the old Busbahnhof to Hauptfriedhof. Today, this route is operated on Monday to Saturday by city bus line F and the evening line, on Monday to Friday by city bus line E, and on Sundays by city bus line B.

The branch line in Waltershausen formerly belonging to line 4 (between Waltershausen Bahnhof and Waltershausen-Gleisdreieck) has operated since August 2007 as line 6.

See also

References

  1. Merte, Jens. "Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft UEG". www.lokhersteller.de. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

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