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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Old trams in Gothenburg Sweden. Alte Straßenbahn Göteborg Schweden - Length: 4:05 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Electric train - Length: ? mins. |
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL GOTHENBURG
ABBREVIATIONS USED ON THE MAPS
| BP | Brunnsparken | VG | Viktoriagatan |
| DT | Drottningstorget |
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ROUTES
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Göteborgs Spårvägar AB
| 1 | Linnéplatsen − Järntorget − Viktoriagatan − Vasaplatsen − Valand − Brunnsparken − Drottningstorget − Ullevi Norra − Redbergsplatsen − Härlanda − Vidkärr |
| 2 | Linnéplatsen − Brunnsgatan − Vasaplatsen − Grönsakstorget - Lilla Torget - Götaälvbron − Brämaregården |
| 3 | Kungssten / Högsbogatan − Sannaplan − Stigbergstorget − Järntorget − Viktoriagatan − Lilla Torget − Brunnsparken − Drottningstorget − Ullevi Norra − Redbergsplatsen − Härlanda − Kålltorp |
| 4 | Kungssten − Sannaplan − Ekedal − Stigbergstorget − Järntorget − Viktoriagatan − Lilla Torget − Brunnsparken − Valand − Korsvägen − Elisedal − Krokslätt − Lackarebäck - Mölndal |
| 5 | Kålltorp − Bögatan − S:t Sigfrids Plan − Korsvägen − Valand − Brunnsparken − Drottningstorget − Centralstationen − Götaälvbron − Brämaregården − Lundby (Eketrägatan) − Biskopsgården / Bräcke |
| 7 | Guldheden / Sahlgrenska − Landala − Vasaplatsen − Lilla Torget − Brunnsparken − Drottningstorget − Ullevi Norra − Gamlestadstorget − Kviberg − Kortedala |
| 9 | Järntorget − Stigbergstorget − Sannaplan − Kungssten − Hagen − Långedrag − Saltholmen |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramways: ? km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramways: (horse-drawn) 24 Sept. 1879 - 28 Oct. 1902; (electric): 29 July 1902 - today.
GAUGE
- Urban tramways: 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
There is a heritage tram service called the "Lisebergslinjen", operating mostly in the summer, between the Central Station and Liseberg.
SOURCES
- Hammarson, S. Zeppelinare, Limpor och Mustanger: Spårvägen i Göteborg 100 år. Malmö: Frank Stenvalls Förlag, 1979.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile: No.73 - Gothenburg, Sweden", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2013 (76: 910), p.435-439.
- Taplin, M. "Systems Factfile: No.10 - Göteborg (Gothenburg), Sweden", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2008 (71: 844), p.147-149.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Gothenburg: 40 years of light rail tradition",Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2001 (64: 766), p.376-379.
- Wyse, W.J. "Göteborg (Gothenburg) [News item]", The Modern Tramway , Jan. 1961 (24:277), p.240-241.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- Göteborgs spårvägar
- Spårvägssällskapet Ringlinien
- The Tramways in Göteborg (Gothenburg) in 1965 - 67
- Västtraffik
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