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ROUTES

Operator: Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe (IVB)

URBAN TRAM ROUTES

  1 Berg Isel - Saggen
  3 Maria Theresien-Straße - Amras
  6 (Maria Theresien-Straße [In summer only] -) Berg Isel - Igls

INTERURBAN ROUTE (STUBAITALBAHN)

STB Hauptbahnhof [Central Station] - Fulpmes

FUNICULAR ROUTE (HUNGERBURGBAHN)

   ORF-Zentrum - Hungerburg


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

  • Tramway: 17.3 km.

  • Stubaitalbahn: 18.2 km.

  • Hungerburgbahn: 1.8 km.



HISTORY

Tramway

  • Steam trams: 1891 - 1910.
  • Electric trams: 1905 - today.

Stubaitalbahn (electric)

1904 - today.

Hungerburgbahn (electric)

1906-2005; 2007-today.

GAUGE (all systems)

  • 1000 mm.

TRAM PRESERVATION

The volunteer organization Tiroler MuseumsBahnen operates a tramway museum at the old terminus of the Stubaitalbahn. It also runs preserved old trams on city tracks.


SOURCES

PRINT

  • Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1st ed., 1984.
  • Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2000.
  • Deacon, R. "Innsbruck: Tramway fit for the modern age", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2004 (67: 800), p.294-296.
  • Deacon, R. "Innsbruck: Tramway in transition", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2009 (72: 854), p.54-57.
  • Plefka, E. "The Tramways of Innsbruck", Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, Apr. and May 1983 (46: 544-545), p.110-118; 154-164.
  • Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.46 - Innsbruck, Austria", Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2011 (74: 884), p.307-309.

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