INSET: CENTRAL ROTTERDAM
INSET: THE RURAL AREA SOUTH OF ROTTERDAM
| Bs |
Bulgersteyn |
Mp |
Mathenesserplein |
| CdV |
Claes de Vrieselaan |
SM |
Station Maas |
| Edp |
Eendrachtsplein |
Sp |
Stationsplein |
| Hrp |
Heemraadsplein |
St |
Statentunnel |
| Kp |
Kruisplein |
VH |
Van Heusdestraat |
| Ml |
Mathenesserlaan |
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ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: RET
| 1 |
Honingerdijk – Oostplein – Blaak – Coolsingel – Stadhuis – Centraal Station (Back entrance) –
Statentunnel – Beukelsdijk - Aelbrechtsplein |
| 2 |
Stationsplein – Coolsingel – Blaak - Bloompjes - Willemsbrug – Viaduct – Putselaan – Charlois |
| 3 |
Diergaarde – Bergselaan - Schieweg - Schiekade - Stadhuis – Coolsingel – Blaak – Willemsbrug – Viaduct – Groene Zoom |
| 4 |
Koemarkt – Marconiplein – Mathenesserplein - Middellandstraat – Kruisplein – Stationsplein – Stadhuis – Meent - Oostplein – Station Maas |
| 5 |
Willemsplein – Eendrachtsweg - Eendrachtsplein – Kruisplein – Stationsplein – Schiekade – Schieweg - Gordelweg |
| 8 |
Bulgersteyn – Eendrachtsplein – Nieuwe Binnenweg – Delfshaven – Marconiplein – Koemarkt |
| 9 |
Stationsplein – Coolsingel – Blaak – Willemsbrug – Viaduct – Lange Hilleweg |
| 10 |
Spartastraat – Marconiplein – Delfshaven – Westzeedijk – Eendrachtsweg - Eendrachtsplein –
Blaak – Meent - Oude Noorden – Station Noord – Kleiweg |
| 11 |
Mathenesserplein – Mathenesserlaan - Nieuwe Binnenweg – Eendrachtsplein – Coolsingel – Stadhuis – Noordsingel – Lisplein |
| 12 |
Bulgersteyn – Blaak - Bloompjes - Willemsbrug – Viaduct – Putselaan – Mijnherenlaan - Pleinweg |
| 14 |
Heemraadsplein – Nieuwe Binnenweg – Eendrachtsplein – Kruisplein –
Stationsplein – Noordsingel – Bergweg – Station Noord – Straatweg - Molenlaan |
| 15 |
Ruigeplaatbrug – Westzeedijk – Claes de Vrieselaan – Middellandstraat – Kruisplein – Stationsplein – Stadhuis – Oude Noorden – Crooswijk |
| 16 |
Spartastraat – Mathenesserplein - Middellandstraat – Kruisplein – Stationsplein – Stadhuis – Oostplein –
Kralingen |
| 17 |
Marconiplein – Delfshaven – Nieuwe Binnenweg – Eendrachtsplein – Blaak – Oostplein – Kralingen |
| 22 |
Van Heusdestraat – Middellandstraat – Statentunnel – Bergweg – Oude Noorden – Av. Concordia |
VICINAL TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Rotterdamsche Tramweg Maatschappij (RTM)
| Spijkenisse lines |
Rotterdam - Tussenwater - Spijkenisse - Oostvorne |
| Spijkenisse lines |
Rotterdam - Tussenwater - Spijkenisse - Hellevoetsluis |
| Barendrecht lines |
Rotterdam - Barendrecht - Blaaksedijk - Strijen |
| Barendrecht lines |
Rotterdam - Barendrecht - Blaaksedijk - Krooswijk - Zuid-Beijerland |
| Barendrecht lines |
Rotterdam - Barendrecht - Blaaksedijk - Krooswijk - Goudswaard |
| Goeree-Overflakkee island lines |
Middelharnis - Oude-Tonge - Ooltgensplaat |
| Goeree-Overflakkee island lines |
Middelharnis - Stellendam - Ouddorp |
| Schouwen-Duiveland island line |
Burgh - Zierikzee - Zijpe |
| Sint Philipsland - West-Brabant line |
Anna Jacobapolder - Steenbergen |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban trams: ? km.
- Vicinal tram lines: ca. 140 km.
HISTORY
- Trams: (horse-drawn) 1 June 1879 - 1917; (steam) 9 Apr. 1881 - ?; (electric) 18 Sept. 1905 - today.
- Interurban LRT: 29 Oct. 2006 - today.
- Vicinal tramways (RTM; steam, later diesel or diesel-electric): 2 May 1898 - 14 Feb. 1966.
- Metro: 9 Feb. 1968 - today.
GAUGE
- Trams: 1435 mm. (Schiedam horse-tram line, 1902-1917: 1000 mm.)
- Interurban LRT: 1435 mm.
- Vicinal tramways: 1067 mm.
- Metro: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Stichting RoMeO exhibits old trams from the city.
The Museum R.T.M. Ouddorp operates old steam and diesel trams of the RTM vicinal network.
SOURCES
PRINT
- Koenot, L. Tram 2000 - Flash 1998. Bruxelles: Tram 2000, 1998.
- "Systems Factfile No.20: Rotterdam, The Netherlands", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2009 (72: 8857), p.178-181.
- Vreedenberg, H.A. "Enemy occupation and tramways in the Netherlands", The Modern Tramway, Apr. 1946 (9: 97), p.29-31, 36, 38.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "RanDstadRail: The tram-train-metro compromise", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2006 (69: 826), p.380-384.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Blue Tram: Top notch LRT shouldn't have been axed", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2008 (71: 843), p.100-104.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
Thanks to Dick van Efferen (from Rotterdam) for the extensive amount of information he kindly sent me, including large map files, and to Peter Zondag (from Utrecht) for information obtained through personal communication.
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