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The Leipzig tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Leipzig) is a network of tramways which together with the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland forms the backbone of the public transport system in Leipzig, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, the network has been operated since 1938 by Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB), and is integrated in the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV).

With its 13 lines, route length of 146 km (91 mi) and 522 tram stops, the network is currently the third biggest in Germany, after the Cologne and Berlin tramway networks.

History

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  Evolution of the network, the different companies are colour-coded

Rolling stock

As of 1 January 2020 there were a total of 245 trams and 43 trailers in regular service, consisting of the following:

• 84 Tatra T4D-M (Typ 33c/33d/33h/33i)
• 56 Low floor articulated trams of type NGT8 (Typ 36/36a)
• 49 Low floor articulated trams of type NGTW6 Leoliner [de; ja] (Typ 37/37a/37b)
• 33 Low floor articulated trams of type NGT12-LEI classicXXL (Bombardier Flexity Classic) (Typ 38/38a)
• 23 Low floor articulated trams of type NGT10 Solaris Tramino (Typ 39)
• 43 Low floor trailers of type NB4 (Typ 68a/68b)

In 2018 Leipzig sold 20 used trams to the Ukrainian city Dnipro, to be used on its tram routes.^[1]

Track gauge
By transport mode
Tram Rapid transit Miniature Scale model
By size (list)
Minimum   Fifteen inch 381 mm (15 in)   Narrow   600 mm 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) Two foot 610 mm (2 ft) Two foot three inch 686 mm (2 ft 3 in)   750 mm 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Bosnian gauge 760 mm (2 ft 5+15⁄16 in) Two foot six inch 762 mm (2 ft 6 in)   Swedish three foot 891 mm (2 ft 11+3⁄32 in) 900 mm 900 mm (2 ft 11+7⁄16 in) Three foot 914 mm (3 ft) Italian metre 950 mm (3 ft1+13⁄32 in)   Metre 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)   Three foot six inch 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)   Four foot 1,219 mm (4 ft)   Four foot six inch 1,372 mm (4 ft 6 in)   1432 mm 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)   Standard 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)   Broad   Italian broad gauge 1,445 mm (4 ft 8+7⁄8 in) Dresden gauge 1,450 mm (4 ft 9+3⁄32 in)   Leipzig gauge 1,458 mm (4 ft 9+13⁄32 in)   Toronto gauge 1,495 mm (4 ft 10+7⁄8 in)   1520 mm 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Five foot 1,524 mm (5 ft)   Pennsylvania gauge 1,581 mm (5 ft 2+1⁄4 in) Pennsylvania gauge 1,588 mm (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in) Five foot three inch 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in)   Baltimore gauge 1,638 mm (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)   Iberian gauge 1,668 mm (5 ft 5+21⁄32 in) Five foot six inch 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)   Six foot 1,829 mm (6 ft)   Brunel 2,140 mm (7 ft 1⁄4 in)   Breitspurbahn 3,000 mm (9 ft 101⁄8 in)
Change of gauge
Break of gauge Dual gauge Conversion list Bogie exchange Variable gauge
By location
North America South America Europe Australia

Gallery

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  Replica of horse tram in operation
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  A 1914/15 postcard depicting a tram
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  Some vehicles, such as this horse tram, are preserved in the tram museum
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  Trams are used to bring passengers to Leipzig Trade Fair, 1972
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  Tatra T4 tram, June 1993
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  Modern low-floor tram of the NGT12-LEI Type
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  Service vehicle

See also

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

References

External links

Media related to Tram transport in Leipzig at Wikimedia Commons

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

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