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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Düsseldorf U-bahn & Straßenbahn Trams December 2012 - Length: 7:22 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Rheinbahn Stadtbahn Düsseldorf - Trams in Düsseldorf - Length: 14:06 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Düsseldorf International Airport H-Bahn SkyTrain Monorail - Length: 5:04 mins. |
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL DÜSSELDORF
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| GAP | Graf-Adolf-Platz | JWP | Jan-Wellem-Platz |
| HHA | Heinrich-Heine-Allee | KgP | Karolingerplatz |
| HZ | Handelszentrum | KP | Kirchplatz |
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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
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Rheinbahn
| 701 | Rath – Mörsenbroich – Derendorf – Dreieck – Altstadt - Jan-Wellem-Platz – Karolingerplatz – Bilk - Holthausen – Benrath – Benrath, Betriebshof |
| 703 | Gerresheim S-Bahn – Gerresheim - Grafenberg Staufenplatz – Wehrhahn – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Altstadt - Graf-Adolf-Platz – Kirchplatz |
| 704 | Derendorf Nord – Düsseldorf Hbf – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Unterbilk – Südfriedhof – Neuss, Stadthalle |
| 706 | Am Steinberg – Bilk - Volksgarten – Oberbilk – Flingern – Brehmplatz – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Altstadt - Graf-Adolf-Platz – Karolingerplatz – Am Steinberg [Circular route, both directions] |
| 707 | Unterrath – Dreieck – Düsseldorf Hbf – Karolingerplatz – Bilk – Universität Ost/Botanischer Garten |
| 708 | Mörsenbroich – Brehmplatz – Düsseldorf Hbf – Unterbilk – Hamm |
| 709 | Gerresheim, Krankenhaus – Grafenberg Staufenplatz – Flingern – Düsseldorf Hbf – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Unterbilk – Südfriedhof – Neuss, Stadthalle – Neuss Hbf – Neuss, Theodor-Heuss-Platz |
| 711 | Rath – Mörsenbroich – Derendorf – Dreieck – Altstadt - Jan-Wellem-Platz – Karolingerplatz – Bilk - Universität Ost/Botanischer Garten [Rush hours only] |
| 712 | Ratingen Mitte – Hubertushain – Wehrhahn – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Altstadt - Graf-Adolf-Platz – Volmerswerth |
| 713 | Gerresheim, Krankenhaus – Grafenberg Staufenplatz – Wehrhahn – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Altstadt - Graf-Adolf-Platz – Kirchplatz [In rush hour: – Karolingerplatz – Bilk - Holthausen] |
| 715 | Unterrath – Dreieck – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Altstadt - Graf-Adolf-Platz – Oberbilk/Philipshalle – Eller Mitte – Eller, Vennhauser Allee |
| 716 | Grafenberg Staufenplatz – Flingern – Oberbilk – Volksgarten – Bilk - Universität Ost/Botanischer Garten [Rush hours only] |
| 719 | Hubertushain – Flingern – Düsseldorf Hbf – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Polizeipräsidium [Rush hours only] |
LIGHT RAIL (STADTBAHN, WITH SOME U-BAHN (UNDERGROUND) SECTIONS) ROUTES
Operator: Rheinbahn
| U70 | Düsseldorf Hbf – Heinrich-Heine-Allee – Oberkassel – Lörick – Meerbusch – Krefeld-Fischeln – Dießem – Krefeld [Express line] |
| U74 | Meerbusch, Görgesheide – Lörick – Oberkassel – Heinrich-Heine-Allee – Düsseldorf Hbf – Oberbilk/Philipshalle – Holthausen – Benrath – Benrath, Betriebshof |
| U75 | Eller, Vennhauser Allee – Eller Mitte – Lierenfeld – Handelszentrum/Moskauer Straße – Düsseldorf Hbf – Heinrich-Heine-Allee – Oberkassel – Neuss Hbf |
| U76 | Handelszentrum/Moskauer Straße – Düsseldorf Hbf – Heinrich-Heine-Allee – Oberkassel – Lörick – Meerbusch – Krefeld-Fischeln – Dießem – Krefeld |
| U77 | Am Seestern – Oberkassel – Heinrich-Heine-Allee – Düsseldorf Hbf – Oberbilk/Philipshalle – Holthausen |
| U78 | Düsseldorf Hbf – Heinrich-Heine-Allee – Golzheim – Arena/Messe Nord |
| U79 | Kaiserslaulauterner Str. – Oberbilk/Philipshalle – Düsseldorf Hbf – Heinrich-Heine-Allee – Golzheim – Kaiserswerth – Wittlaer – Duisburg |
MONORAIL (H-BAHN)
Operator: Siemens
| Düsseldorf Flughafen Bf – Düsseldorf Airport |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 78 km.
- LRT: 69 km.
- Monorail (H-Bahn): 2.5 km.
HISTORY
- Düsseldorf city trams: 6 Feb. 1876 - today (6 Feb. 1876 - 21 June 1900: horse-drawn; 27 Jan. 1896 - today: electric)
- Düsseldorf steam trams: 5 Aug. 1901 - 30 Apr. 1902
- Neuss tramways: 24 Dec. 1910 - 7 Aug. 1971 (except for tracks integrated into the Rheinbahn system)
- U-Bahn: 3 Oct. 1981 - today (electric)
- Monorail (H-Bahn): 1 July 2002 - today
GAUGE (all systems except the monorail)
- 1435 mm. (there were also 1000 mm. gauge tram lines between 1989 and 1962)
SOURCES
- Pagel, M. and Taplin, M.R. Tramways of Western Germany. Hassocks (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 3rd ed., 1980.
- Pulling, N. "Düsseldorf returns to ground", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2010 (73:874), p.382-383.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.55: Rheinbahn - Düsseldorf, Germany", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2012 (75:892), p.145-148.
- "Rheinisch-Westfälisches Straßenbahnnetz 1930". Map supplement to Hendlmeier, W. Handbuch der deutschen Straßenbahngeschichte, München: Self-published, 1981.
- Schwandl, R. Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland. Berlin: Author, 2009.
WIKIS
- Geschichte der Düsseldorfer Straßenbahn
- H-Bahn
- Rheinbahn (Unternehmen)
- Stadtbahn Düsseldorf
- Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr
- Stadtwerke Neuss
- Straßenbahn Düsseldorf
- Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
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