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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Straßenbahnen Dresden - Impressionen Oktober 2019 - Length: 29:06 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Dresden Trams - Length: 8:32 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Dresden Standseilbahn 2016 - Length: 10:35 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - [Schwebebahn Dresden] Dresden Suspension Railway - Length: 6:33 mins. |
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL DRESDEN
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| Apl | Albertplatz | PPl | Postplatz |
| Abr | Augustusbrücke | PS | Prager Straße |
| Mi | Mickten | SPl | Straßburger Platz |
| PiPl | Pirnaischer Platz |
I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).
Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
Operator: Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG (DVB)
TRAM ROUTES
| 1 | Leutewitz - Cotta - Bf. Mitte - Postplatz - Pirnaischer Platz - Straßburger Platz - Gruna - Hp. Dobritz - Prohlis |
| 2 | Gorbitz - Hebbelplatz - Cottaer Str. - Bf. Mitte - Postplatz - Pirnaischer Platz - Straßburger Platz - Gruna - Leuben - Kleinzschachwitz |
| 3 | Wilder Mann - Liststraße - Bf. Neustadt - Albertplatz - Pirnaischer Platz - Hauptbahnhof - Plauen - Coschütz |
| 4 | Weinböhla - Coswig - Radebeul - Mickten - Augustusbrücke - Postplatz - Pirnaischer Platz - Straßburger Platz - Fetscherplatz - Striesen - Laubegast |
| 6 | Wölfnitz - Löbtau – Cottaer Straße – Bf. Mitte – Bf. Neustadt – Albertplatz - Albertbrücke - Blasewitz - Striesen - Leuben - Niedersedlitz |
| 7 | Weixdorf – Infineon Süd – Albertplatz – Pirnaischer Platz – Hauptbahnhof – Löbtau – Wölfnitz - Gorbitz – Pennrich |
| 8 | Hellerau – Infineon Süd – Albertplatz – Augustusbrücke - Postplatz – Prager Straße - Hauptbahnhof – Südvorstadt |
| 9 | Kaditz - Mickten - Augustusbrücke - Postplatz – Prager Straße - Hauptbahnhof – Lennéplatz - Strehlen - Prohlis |
| 10 | Messe Dresden - Bf. Mitte – Hauptbahnhof – Lennéplatz - Straßburger Platz - Fetscherplatz - Striesen |
| 11 | Bühlau – Weißer Hirsch – Radeberger Vorstadt - Albertplatz – Bahnhof Neustadt – Postplatz – Prager Straße - Hauptbahnhof – Lennéplatz – Zschertnitz |
| 12 | Leutewitz - Cotta - Löbtau - Postplatz – Prager Straße - Pirnaischer Platz - Straßburger Platz - Fetscherplatz - Striesen |
| 13 | Mickten - Liststraße - Alaunplatz - Albertbrücke - Straßburger Platz - Lennéplatz - Strehlen - Prohlis |
STANDSEILBAHN (FUNICULAR) ROUTE
| Loschwitz - Weißer Hirsch |
SCHWEBEBAHN (SUSPENSION RAILWAY)
| Loschwitz - Oberloschwitz |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 134 km.
- Funicular: 547 m.
- Suspension railway: 274 m.
HISTORY
- Horse-drawn trams: 26 Sept. 1872 - 25 Aug. 1900
- Urban electric trams: 6 July 1893 - today
- Suburban tram lines: 21 Aug. 1899 - 1 Aug. 1941 (integrated with the urban tram lines)
- Lockwitztal tramway: 3 March 1906 - 18 Dec. 1977
- Funicular: 26 Oct. 1895 - today (originally steam operated, electrified: 1910)
- Suspension railway: 6 May 1901 - today
GAUGE
- Trams 1450 mm. (just wider than standard gauge)
- Suburban trams (mostly): 1000 mm. (until integrated into the urban system)
- Lockwitztal tramway: 1000 mm.
- Funicular: 1000 mm.
- Suspension railway: no tracks
TRAM PRESERVATION
There is a museum devoted to the history of trams in Dresden called the Straßenbahnmuseum Dresden. It has a large number of preserved tramcars, which are occasionally run on city streets . The museum is in Trachenberge, northwestern Dresden.
SOURCES
- Kreschnak, W. Geschichte der Dresdner Straßenbahn Berlin (East): Verlag Tribüne, 1979
- Lehnhart, H. & Jeanmaire, C. Strassenbahnen in Osteuropa - Deutsche Demokratische Republik; Volksrepublik Polen. Villigen (Switzerland): Verlag Eisenbahn, 1975.
- Price, J.H. "Sightseeing by historic tram - A personal view of Dresden" Light Rail & Modern Tramway, July 1995 (58: 691), p.219.
- Schwandl, R. Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland. Berlin: Author, 2009.
- Straßenbahnatlas 2005: Deutschland. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e.V., 2005.
- Streeter, T. "Dresden renaissance: The rebirth of Dresden" Tramways & Urban Transit", March 2011 (74: 879), p.94-96.
WIKIS
- Dresden Funicular Railway
- Dresden Suspension Railway
- Dresdner Überland-Verkehr
- Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe
- Lockwitztalbahn
- Straßenbahnmuseum Dresden
- Trams in Dresden
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