Trams in Augsburg

Augsburg tramway network

A Siemens Combino in Augsburg, 2007.
Operation
Locale	Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Horsecar era: 1881 (1881)–1898 (1898) Status Superseded Operator(s) Augsburger Trambahn AG Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric tram era: since 1898 (1898) Status Operational Lines 5 regular + 2 special Operator(s) de (AVG) (since 2003) Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 600 V DC Track length (total) 45.4 km (28.2 mi) Passengers (2010) 37,100,000 Map of the network, 2012. Website SWA (German)

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

Opened in 1881 as a standard gauge horsecar system, the network was converted to a metre gauge electrically powered system in 1898. Since 2003, it has been operated by de (AVG).

Lines

As of 2014, the network had five regular and two special lines, as follows:

Linie 1	Regular line	Cross-city route	Lechhausen Neuer Ostfriedhof – Göggingen	25 stops
Linie 2	Regular line	Cross-city route	P+R Augsburg West – Haunstetten Nord	29 stops
Linie 3	Regular line	Cross-city route	Stadtbergen – Haunstetten West	26 stops
Linie 4	Regular line	Radial route	Hauptbahnhof – P+R Augsburg Nord	13 stops
Linie 6	Regular line	Radial route	Hauptbahnhof – P+R Friedberg West	15 stops
Line 8	Special line	Radial route	Königsplatz – Fußball-Arena	15 stops
Line 9	Special line	Radial route	Königsplatz – Messezentrum	11 stops

See also

• List of town tramway systems in Germany
• Trams in Germany

References

• (German)

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Augsburg database / photo gallery and Augsburg tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.