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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Als die Frankfurter zwischen U-Bahn und Hochbahn entscheiden mussten (TV-Bericht, 1960) - Length: 12:33 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Historische Aufnahmen/Führerstandsmitfahrten Straßenbahn Frankfurt 70er Jahre - Length: 30:14 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Straßenbahn Offenbach am Main - Length: 3:13 mins. |
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MAPS
CENTRAL FRANKFURT MAP
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| Fb | Friedensbrücke | MS | Mannheimer Straße |
| GPl | Goetheplatz | Omb | Obermainbrücke |
| HBh | Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) | OPl | Opernplatz |
| HbS | Heilbronner Straße | Rbw | Röderbergweg |
| HW | Hauptwache | TPl | Theaterplatz |
| JTP | Johanna-Tesch-Platz | TS | Taunusstraße |
| KW | Konstablerwache | Umb | Untermainbrücke |
| MLS | Mainzer Landstraße |
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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.
NEW TRAM TRACKS BUILT BETWEEN 2 MARCH 1951 AND 1 JULY 1960 (affected route numbers in parantheses).
- 1952 Jan. 22: Höchst - Nied (12)
- 1952 Aug. 28: Saalburgallee (between Wittelsbacherallee and Am Riederbruch) (5,20)
- 1952 Nov. 17: Saalburgallee (between Bornheim and Wittelsbacherallee) (5,20)
- 1957 March 31: Enkheim - Enkheim Volkshaus (18)
- 1960 July 1: Schaumainkai (1,9,13,15,21)
DISCONTINUATION DATES OF TRAM TRACKS BETWEEN 1 JULY 1960 AND 26 MAY 1974 (affected route numbers in parantheses).
- 1961 May 27: Friedberger Landstraße - Hauptfriedhof (11)
- 1962 Nov. 26: Bremer Straße (between Eschersheimer Landstraße and Hansallee) (13,17)
- 1963 Sept. 23: Eschersheimer Landstraße (between Hauptwache and Marbachweg) (8,23,24,25)
- 1963 Nov. 3: Offenbach Marktplatz - Waldstraße - Brunnenweg (27)
- 1964 Aug. 3: Oeder Weg (12)
- 1969 June 1: Offenbach Marktplatz - Offenbach Alter Friedhof (16)
- 1970 Sept. 4: Südbahnhof - Siemenstraße - Offenbacher Landstraße (to Seehofstraße) (16)
- 1970 Oct. 24: Bornheim - Prüfling - Seckbach (2)
- 1971 July 7: Scheffelstraße (7,12)
- 1971 Sept. 3: Taunusstraße (23,24,25)
- 1971 Dec. 18: Gonzenheim - Bad Homburg (A2, formerly 25)
- 1972 Oct. 28: Bergerstraße (10,19)
ROUTES
FRANKFURT TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Städtische Straßenbahn Frankfurt am Main
| 1 | Haardtwaldplatz - Triftstraße - Schaumainkai - Friedensbrücke - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Bockenheim - Ginnheim (Waldgasse) |
| 2 | Heerstraße - Hausen - Schönhof - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Bockenheim - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Bergerstraße - Bornheim - Prüfling - Seckbach |
| 3 | Rödelheim - Schönhof - Bockenheim - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Konstablerwache - Zoo - Röderbergweg |
| 5 | Eckenheim - Eckenheimer Landstraße - Glauburgstraße - Bornheim - Saalburgallee - Hanauer Landstraße - Werk Meuser [Rush hours only] |
| 6 | Westbahnhof (West Station) - Bockenheim - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Konstablerwache - Zoo - Ostbahnhof (East Station) [Rush hours only: - Hanauer Landstraße - Riederhöfe] |
| 7 | Gießener Straße - Marbachweg - Eckenheimer Landstraße - Konstablerwache - Hauptwache - Theaterplatz - Untermainbrücke - Riedhof - Neu-Isenburg |
| 8 | Heddernheim - Eschersheim - Eschersheimer Landstraße - Hauptwache - Theaterplatz - Untermainbrücke - Riedhof |
| 9 | Bornheim Schule - Bornheim - Wittelbacherallee - Saalburgallee - Zoo - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Südbahnhof (South Station) - [Rush hours only: - Gartener Straße - Schaumainkai - Triftstraße] |
| 10 | Höchst - Nied - Gallus - Güterplatz - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Münchener Str. - Hauptwache - Bergerstraße - Bornheim (Heidestraße) |
| 11 | [Rush hours only: Rödelheim - Schönhof - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Festhalle - ] Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Friedensbrücke - Gartener Straße - Südbahnhof (South Station) - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Börneplatz - Konstablerwache - Friedberger Landstraße - Hauptfriedhof |
| 12 | Höchst - Nied - Gallus - Güterplatz - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Münchener Straße - Hauptwache - Oeder Weg - Glauburgstraße - Prüfling |
| 13 | Heilbronner Straße - Mannheimer Straße - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Mainzer Landstraße - Opernplatz - Reuterweg - Eschersheimer Landstraße - Marbachweg - Gießener Straße - Berkersheim |
| 14 | Griesheim - Gallus - Güterplatz - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Münchener Straße - Theaterplatz - Börneplatz - Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Hanauer Landstraße - Fechenheim |
| 14E | Griesheim - Ordnungsamt - Gallus - Güterplatz - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Münchener Straße - Theaterplatz - Börneplatz - Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Hanauer Landstraße - Fechenheim [Rush hours only] |
| 15 | Stadion - Oberforsthaus - Schaumainkai - Friedensbrücke - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Taunusstraße - Hauptwache - Konstablerwache - Zoo - Wittelbacherallee - Inheidener Straße |
| 16 | Festhalle - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Münchener Straße - Theaterplatz - Börneplatz - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Südbahnhof (South Station) - Oberrad - Stadtgrenze (City Limits) - Offenbach Marktplatz - Offenbach Alter Friedhof |
| 17 | Ginnheim Schule - Raimundstraße - Eschersheimer Landstraße - Reuterweg - Opernplatz - Mainzer Landstraße - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Mannheimer Straße - Heilbronner Straße - Gutleutstraße |
| 18 | Praunheim - Hausen - Schönhof - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Festhalle - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Münchener Straße - Theaterplatz - Börneplatz - Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Hanauer Landstraße - Riederhöfe - Johanna-Tesch-Platz - Enkheim |
| 20 | Bornheim Schule - Bornheim - Saalburgallee - Johanna-Tesch-Platz - Bergen |
| 21 | Schwanheim - Oberforsthaus - Schaumainkai - Friedensbrücke - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) [Rush hours only: - Festhalle - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Schönhof - Hausen - Heerstraße] |
| 23 | Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Taunusstraße - Hauptwache - Eschersheimer Landstraße - Eschersheim - Heddernheim |
| 24 | Goetheplatz - Hauptwache - Eschersheimer Landstraße - Eschersheim - Heddernheim - Oberursel - Hohemark |
| 25 | Goetheplatz - Hauptwache - Eschersheimer Landstraße - Eschersheim - Heddernheim - Bonames - Gonzenheim - Bad Homburg Markt |
Note: Rush-hour short-turn routes (e.g. 3E, 12E) that do not deviate from the main route are not shown on the maps or above.
OFFENBACH TRAM ROUTE
Operator: Offenbacher Verkehrs-Betriebe
| 27 | Offenbach Marktplatz - Waldstraße - Brunnenweg |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Frankfurt: ? km.
- Offenbach: 3 km.
HISTORY
- Frankfurt Ctrams: Horse trams (19 May 1872 - 1904); Steam trams (1888 - 1929); Electric trams (10 Apr. 1884 - today).
- Bad Homburg trams (electric from the beginning): 22 July 1899 - 1 Aug. 1935. (some stretches were taken over by the Frankfurt system)
- Offenbach trams (electric from the beginning): 10 Apr. 1884 - 1963.
- U-Bahn: Oct. 1968 - today.
GAUGE
- Frankfurt trams: 1435 mm. (some trams 1884-1905, 1000 mm.)
- Bad Homburg trams: 1435 mm.
- Offenbach trams: (1884-1906) 1000 mm.; (1906-1963): 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Verkehrsmuseum Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt Transport Museum) has a large collection of preserved trams from throughout the history of the city's transportation history. Some of them run as heritage trams on city streets.
SOURCES
- Buck, S.D. "Frankfurt-am-Main: The revolution begins". Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2004 (67: 793), p.16-18.
- Pagel, M. and Taplin, M.R. Tramways of Western Germany. Hassocks (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 3rd ed., 1980.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.18: Frankfurt am Main, Germany", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2009 (72: 855), p.99-101.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.131: Frankfurt am Main, Germany", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2018 (81: 969), p.344-349
- Schwandl, R. Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland. Berlin: Author, 2009.
- Straßenbahnatlas 2005: Deutschland. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e.V., 2005.
- Walker, P.J. "Tramways in transition - Part 2: Frankfurt-am-Main". Modern Tramway, Nov. 1969 (32: 383), p.367-374.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Frankfurt: The pendulum swings back to tramways". Light Rail & Modern Tramway, Nov. 1997 (60: 719), p.416-418.
- Wyse, W.J. "Germany goes underground - Part 6: Fun and games in Frankfurt, or 'Interconnection with one-way tickets'". Modern Tramway, Aug. 1974 (37: 440), p.270-279.
- Wyse, W.J. "Germany goes underground - Part 12: Alles neu in der City". Modern Tramway, Sept. 1978 (41: 489), p.309-317.
WIKIS
- Fahrzeuge der Straßenbahn Frankfurt am Main
- Frankfurt U-Bahn
- Geschichte der Straßenbahn Frankfurt am Main
- Straßenbahn Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- Straßenbahn Offenbach am Main
- Trams in Frankfurt am Main
- Verkehrsmuseum Frankfurt am Main
WEB SITES
- Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV)
- Trampage am Main
- Frankfurt am Main (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Nahverkehr Frankfurt damals Strecken- und Liniendokumentation
- VGF - Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main
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