The Berlin tramway (German: Straßenbahn Berlin) is the main tram system in Berlin, Germany. It is one of the oldest tram networks in the world having its origins in 1865[6] and is operated by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), which was founded in 1929.[6] It is notable for being the third-largest tram system in the world, after Melbourne and St. Petersburg.[7] Berlin's tram system is made up of 22 lines[1] that operate across a standard gauge network, with almost 800 stops and measuring almost 190 kilometres (120 mi) in route length and 430 kilometres (270 mi) in line length.[4] Nine of the lines, called Metrotram, operate 24 hours a day and are identified with the letter "M" before their number;[2] the other thirteen lines are regular city tram lines and are identified by just a line number.[3]
Most of the current network is within the confines of the former East Berlin, as tram lines within West Berlin were replaced by buses during the division of Berlin. However, the first extension into West Berlin opened in 1994 on today's M13. In the eastern vicinity of the city there are also three private tram lines that are not part of the main system; the Potsdam tram system, with its own network of lines, is just to the south-west of Berlin.
^ ab"The company in brief Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe". BVG. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ ab"Travel information – Overview of our lines (Metrotram)". BVG. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ ab"Travel information – Overview of our lines (Tram)". BVG. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^ ab"Lines & Networks – Means of transport and lines – Tram – Trams". BVG. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
^"Zahlenspiegel 2018" [Statistics 2018] (PDF) (in German). Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG). 31 December 2018. p. 2. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
^ ab"Berliner Straßenbahn mit langer Tradition" [Berlin Trams' Long Tradition] (in German). BVG. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
^"Wien hat das fünftgrößte Straßenbahnnetz der Welt" [Vienna has the fifth largest tramway network in the world]. wienerlinien.at (in German). Wiener Linien. 2011. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
GT6N and GT6N-ZR) tramsin unidirectional and bidirectional versions, and since 2008, the Bombardier Flexity Berlin. The Tatra KT4 trams were phased out...
found another use in three- and four-part low floor trams built since 1989, however a special track layout is necessary for these trams, as they have the...
transportation. Many early trams were horse-drawn, but electric trams followed. By the mid-1910s, the urban population were fully accustomed to trams as a fashionable...
systems—electricity in city streets and diesel in more rural environments. Occasionally, trams also carry freight. Trams are now commonly included in the wider...
The history of trams, streetcars, or trolleys began in the early nineteenth century. It can be divided up into several discrete periods defined by the...
located in Woltersdorf, Brandenburg, near Berlin, Germany. The line is notable for its use of historic vehicles, using 4 wheeled trams, built in the early...
nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of 4.5 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region...
railway trade fair. The appearance of the trams was especially designed for use inBerlin. If the new Flexity tram tests are successful, then Bombardier's...
Siemens in Groß-Lichterfelde, now part of Berlin. By 1910, the horse trams had been entirely replaced by electric trams. Historically the trams were operated...
current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars), or light rail systems as part of their regular public transit systems. In other words...
Linien. In 2013, a total of 293.6 million passengers travelled on the network's trams. As of 2013[update], there were 525 tramcars in Vienna's tram fleet...
connected to Piazzale Roma (the main bus station) in Venice. The tramway uses Translohr rubber-tyred trams. Trams returned to Mestre on 20 December 2010. Mestre's...
members of the now famous series 1500 trams entered Milan's tramcar fleet. These trams, many of which are still in service, were modelled on the then most...
and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB). A fleet of 21 KTNF6 trams, built from 1981 until 1988, is operated in Cottbus, which are...
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...
Tramsin Helsinki form part of the public transport system organised by Helsinki Regional Transport Authority and operated by Metropolitan Area Transport...
staffed all trams, whose lines crossed the sectorial border, with women drivers, who were not permitted as drivers by the BVG (West), West Berlin's public...
Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 9783936573336. Media related to Tramsin Gera at...
trams, 4 Tatra T6A2M trams and 13 B6A2M trailers. A tender for 35 new trams is planned, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2022. For assistance in...
the other. The fleet of the Jena tram network consists of 33 Adtranz GT6M trams, and five Solaris Tramino trams. In 2019, Jenaer Nahverkehr and the City...
its Trams: the History of the Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe] (in German). Basel: Christoph-Merian-Verlag. ISBN 3856160639. Bernet, Ralph (2000). Tramsin der...
ISBN 3-933613-81-7. Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 9783936573336...
and in 1926 – 764. Average speed of trams increased from 7 km/h (4 mph) in 1918 to 12 km/h (7 mph) in 1926. The apogee of Moscow's tram network was in the...
Flexity (sold as Bombardier Flexity before 2021, stylized in all caps) is a family of trams, streetcars and light rail vehicles manufactured by Bombardier...
majority of the trams at Crich are double-deck trams built between 1900 and 1930, and several have open tops. There are a few tramsin the collection that...
related to Tramsin Halle an der Saale at Wikimedia Commons Halle database / photo gallery and Halle tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages...
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