Trams in Jena

Jena tramway network

A GT6M-ZR tram at the Burgau stop, 2008.
Operation
Locale Jena, Thuringia, Germany
Open 1901 (1901)
Status Operational
Lines
  • 5 daytime
  • 3 late/night
Operator(s) Jenaer Nahverkehrsgesellschaft
Infrastructure
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
Propulsion system(s) Electricity
Overview
Jena tram network (2013).
Website Jenaer Nahverkehrsgesellschaft mbH (German)

The Jena tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Jena) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Jena, a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany.

Opened in 1901, the network is currently operated by Jenaer Nahverkehrsgesellschaft; it has five lines in operation during the day, and three lines operating in the evening and/or overnight.

Lines

On 17 December 2009, a new network of lines was introduced to coincide with the opening of the new Göschwitz–Burgau line.

Daytime network

Line Route
1 Zwätzen–Stadtzentrum–Burgau–Bahnhof Göschwitz–Lobeda-West
2 Jena-Ost–Stadtzentrum–Winzerla
3 Jena-Ost–Stadtzentrum–Burgau–Bahnhof Göschwitz–Lobeda-West–Lobeda-Ost
4 Zwätzen–Stadtzentrum–Alt-Lobeda–Lobeda-West
5 Ernst-Abbe-Platz–Stadtzentrum–Lobeda-Ost

Lines 1 and 4 operate in fliegende Wechsel (flying exchange): i.e., at Lobeda-West all trams arriving on one of these lines departs on the other.

Late and night network

Line Route
33 Jena-Ost–Stadtzentrum–Ernst-Abbe-Platz
34 Zwätzen–Stadtzentrum–Winzerla–Alt-Lobeda–Lobeda-West–Lobeda-Ost
35 Ernst-Abbe-Platz–Burgau–Bf. Göschwitz–Lobeda-Ost

See also

References

  • Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1994). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Band 2: Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen [Volume 2: Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 392167980X.  (German)
  • Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 9783936573336. 

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Coordinates: 50°55′N 11°35′E / 50.917°N 11.583°E / 50.917; 11.583

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