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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Hannover Stadtbahn - Length: 26:54 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Stadtbahn Hannover | Tram | Light rail | ÜSTRA - Length: 31:29 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Stadtbahn Hannover Impressionen - Length: 44:32 mins. |
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MAPS
CENTRAL HANOVER MAP
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: ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG
TRAM ROUTES
| 1 | Langenhagen - Berliner Pl. - Vahrenwald - Hauptbahnhof - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Döhren - Laatzen - Rethen - Sarstedt |
| 2 | Alte Heide - Vahrenwald - Hauptbahnhof - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Döhren - Laatzen - Grasdorf - Rethen |
| 3 | Altwarmbüchen - Lahe - List - Hauptbahnhof - Kröpcke - Markthalle - Waterloo - Allerweg - Mühlenberg - Wettbergen |
| 4 | Garbsen - Leinhausen - Königsworther Platz - Steintor - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Braunschweiger Platz - Kleefeld - Roderbruch |
| 5 | Stöcken - Leinhausen - Königsworther Platz - Steintor - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Braunschweiger Platz - Kleefeld - Kirchrode - Anderten |
| 6 | Nordhafen - Hainholz - Christuskirche - Steintor - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Braunschweiger Platz - Freundallee - Bemerode - Messe/Ost |
| 7 | Misburg - List - Hauptbahnhof - Kröpcke - Markthalle - Waterloo - Allerweg - Mühlenberg - Wettbergen |
| 8 | Hauptbahnhof - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Döhren - Seelhorst - Messe/Nord |
| 9 | Fasanenkrug - List - Hauptbahnhof - Kröpcke - Markthalle - Waterloo - Schwarzer Bär - Badenstedt - Empelde |
| 10 | Ahlem - Goetheplatz - Steintor - HBf / ZOB |
| 11 | Haltenhoffstr. - Christuskirche - Steintor - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Braunschweiger Platz - Zoo Hannover |
| 17 | Wallensteinstr. - Allerweg - Schwarzer Bär - Goetheplatz - Steintor - HBf / ZOB |
| 18 | Hauptbahnhof - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Döhren - Seelhorst - Messe/Nord [Exhibition days only] |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway / Stadtbahn: 122 km.
HISTORY
- Horse tramway: 14 Sept. 1872 - 1897.
- Electric tramway: 1893 - today.
- Stadtbahn (in tunnel): 26 Sept. 1975 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramways: 1435 mm.
- Stadtahn: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
A museum, Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum, dedicated to the history of Hanover trams is in Wehmingen, southeast of Hannover. In addition to displays of old trams, it also runs heritage trams on city tracks
SOURCES
- Bromley, J. "System Factfile No.3: Hannover, Germany", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2007 (71: 837), p.347-349.
- Buckley, R.J. "Post-war Hannover - Part 3: The Stadtbahn", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, July 1981 (44: 523), p.229-237.
- Pagel, M. and Taplin, M.R. Tramways of Western Germany. Hassocks (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 3rd ed., 1980.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No. 181: Hannover, Germany", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2022 (85: 1019), p.422-427.
- Schwandl, R. Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland. Berlin: Author, 2009.
- Straßenbahnatlas 2005: Deutschland. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e.V., 2005.
- Taplin, M. & Riedel, H.U. "Hannover gets ready for Expo-2000 show", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 1998 (61: 723), p.99-101.
- Wyse, W.J. "Germany goes underground - No.13: A trio of new subways (Bonn, Bochum and Hannover)", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, Sept. 1980 (43: 513), p.306-317.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- Förderverein Strassenbahn Hannover
- Hannover (on UrbanRail.Net)
- ÜSTRA
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