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MAGDEBURG

Saxony-Anhalt . Germany

Magdeburg Tram Network © R. Schwandl

System

Magdeburg - approx. 230,000 inh.; capital of the state of Saxony-Anhalt. Magdeburg has a 39 km north-south hourly S-Bahn service on mainline tracks.

Tramway
- network length approx. 60 km
- 9 lines with basic 10-minute headway
- 1435 mm gauge
- rolling stock (unidirectional): CKD TATRA T4D/B4D and T6A2D/B6A2D; low-floor LHB/Dessau/ABB NGT8D

Recent History

1984: Olvenstedter Platz – Olvenstedt
1991: Klosterwuhne – Lerchenwuhne
1992: Südring – Westring
2004: Westring – Albert-Vater-Straße (Europaring)
16-12-2012: Leipziger Chaussee – Reform (3.6 km)
09-08-2018: Südring – Raiffeisenstraße (1.0 km)
16-12-2020: Raiffeisenstraße – Warschauer Straße (1.1 km)
29-11-2021: Milchweg – Kannenstieg (1 km)

Photos

Our books about Urban Rail in Germany

Robert Schwandl:

TRAM ATLAS DEUTSCHLAND 6

- 06/2024, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 74 9

- Detailed colour maps for more than 50 German tramway cities, illustrated with numerous photos

- Text German and English

- More details

Robert Schwandl:

U-Bahnen in Deutschland

+ U-Stadtbahnen

- Feb 2019, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 57 2

- Anything you need to know about German metro and light rail systems with underground sections, with detailed maps and hundreds of colour photos; 160 pages; Text German and English - More details

Official Websites

Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe

marego - Magdeburger Regionalverkehrsverbund

Other Links

Straßenbahn-Magdeburg.de by Jörg Schönebaum

Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe at Wikipedia.de

S-Bahn Magdeburg at Wikipedia.de

Interessengemeinschaft Historische Nahverkehr

Magdeburger Straßenbahnfreunde e.V.

IGNah - Interessengemeinschaft Historischer Nahverkehr & Straßenbahnen bei den MVB e.V.

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