THE GS TRAM SITE

FRANKFURT AM MAIN

BUNDESREPUBLIK DEUTSCHLAND - FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

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28 May 1978

Frankfurt on the day of a complete reorganization of its rail-based services, including the complete separation of its tram and U-bahn (metro) services.

VIDEOS

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Above: YouTubeCA video - Frankfurt (M) trams 1991 - Length: 10:06 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Tram Frankfurt/Main 1978 - Length: 29:11 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - The Metro/U-bahn in Frankfurt, Germany - Length: 6:11 mins.

PHOTOS

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MAPS

Frankfurt tram map

CENTRAL FRANKFURT MAP

Frankfurt tram map

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS

Fb Friedensbrücke OPl Opernplatz
HBh Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) PR Platz der Republik
HbS Heilbronner Straße Rbw Röderbergweg
HW Hauptwache TPl Theaterplatz
JTP Johanna-Tesch-Platz Umb Untermainbrücke
KW Konstablerwache      


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: Frankfurter Verkehrs und Tarifverbund (FVV)

TRAM ROUTES

10 Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Römer - Zoo - Bornheim
11 Heilbronner Straße - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Friedensbrücke - Südbahnhof (South Station) - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Ostbahnhof (East Station) [Rush hours: - Riederhöfe - Fechenheim]
12 Höchst - Nied - Gallus - Platz der Republik - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Prüfling
13 Südbahnhof (South Station) - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Zoo - Röderbergweg
14 Mönchofstr. - [Rush hours only: - Ordnungsamt - ] Gallus - Platz der Republik - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Römer - Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Riederhöfe - Fechenheim
15 Stadion - Oberforsthaus - Universitätsklinikum - Friedensbrücke - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Römer - Zoo - Inheidener Str.
16 Messe (Frankfurt Fair) - Platz der Republik - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Römer - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Oberrad - Stadtgrenze - Offenbach
17 Stadtgrenze - Oberrad - Südbahnhof (South Station) - Untermainbrücke - Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - [Rush hours: - Opernplatz - Bockenheim - Ginnheim]
18 Praunheim - Hausen - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Messe (Frankfurt Fair) - Platz der Republik - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Römer - Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Riederhöfe - Johanna-Tesch-Platz - Enkheim
19 Ginnheim - Bockenheim - Platz der Republik - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Friedensbrücke - Universitätsklinikum - Niederrad
20 Bornheim - Johanna-Tesch-Platz - Bergen
21 [Rush hours: Praunheim - Hausen - ] Westbahnhof (West Station) - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Theaterplatz - Untermainbrücke - Universitätsklinikum - Schwanheim
22 Heerstraße - Hausen - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Theaterplatz - Untermainbrücke - Louisa - Neu-Isenburg
V Eckenheim - Hauptfriedhof (Main Cemetery) - Bornheim - Riederhöfe - Hugo-Junkers-Str. [Limited rush-hour service]

U-BAHN (METRO) ROUTES

U1 Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - Dornbusch - Heddernheim - Nordweststadt - Ginnheim
U2 Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - Dornbusch - Heddernheim - Bonames - Gonzenheim
U3 Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - Dornbusch - Heddernheim - Oberursel - Hohemark
U5 Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Konstablerwache - Hauptfriedhof (Main Cemetery) - Preungesheim

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH



HISTORY

GAUGE

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.


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