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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Dopravný podnik mesta Košice (DPB)
| 1 | Havlíčková – Krajský súd – Ryba - VSS križovatka - Važecká |
| 2 | Havlíčková – Krajský súd – Staničné namestie (Railway Station) |
| 3 | Staničné namestie (Railway Station) – Ryba – VSS križovatka – Važecká |
| 4 | Botanická Záhrada – Krajský súd – Ryba – VSS križovatka – Socha Jána Pavla II [Unidirectional route, going south] |
| 6 | Havlíčková - Amfiteáter - Kruhový objazd - Krajský súd – Staničné namestie (Railway Station) |
| 7 | Socha Jána Pavla II - VSS križovatka – Ryba – Krajský súd – Botanická Záhrada [Unidirectional route, going north] |
| 9 | Namestie Maratónu Mieru – Amfiteáter - Kruhový objazd - VSS križovatka – Važecká |
| R1 | Staničné namestie (Railway Station) - Krajský súd – Kruhový objazd - U.S. Steel |
| R2 | Važecká - VSS križovatka – Kruhový objazd - U.S. Steel |
| R3 | Havlíčková - Amfiteáter – Kruhový objazd - U.S. Steel |
Other temporary routes (labelled R4-8) run between the U.S. Steel plant and various locations in the city. These routes are not shown on the map.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 33.6 km.
HISTORY
- Horse trams: 14 Nov. 1891 - 1914.
- Steam trams: 1896 - 1913.
- Urban electric trams: 28 Feb. 1914 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban trams: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Lehnhart, H. & Jeanmaire, C. Tramway systems of Eastern Europe II. Villigen AG (Switzerland): Verlag Eisenbahn, 1977.
- Linek, J. "The tramways of Czechoslovakia [Košice]", Light Rail and Modern Tramway.Oct. 1993 (56: 670), p.255-257.
- Pulling, N. "Systems factfile No. 193: Košice, Slovakia", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2023 (86: 1031), p.433-437.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- Dopravný podnik mesta Košice (DPMK)
- Kassa Autóbusz és Villamos Vonalhálózata [Bus and tram network of Košice, in Hungarian]
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