Trams in Naumburg (Saale)

Naumburg (Saale) tramway

File:Strassenbahn-nmb-tw36undtw51 depot.jpg Cars 36 and 51 outside the depot, 2007.
Operation
Locale	Naumburg (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Steam tram era: 1892 (1892)–1906 (1906) Status Converted to electricity Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Propulsion system(s) Steam
Electric tram era: since 1907 (1907) Status Operational Lines 1 Operator(s) Naumburger Straßenbahn (HAVAG) Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 600 V DC Route length File:Netzplan tramnaumburg.svg Naumburg (Saale) tramway, 2011 (with the operational line shown in red). Website Naumburger Straßenbahn (German)

The Naumburg (Saale) tramway (German: Straßenbahn Naumburg (Saale)) is a tramline forming part of the public transport system in Naumburg (Saale), a city in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. At only 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long, it is the smallest urban tramway in Germany, and one of the smallest in Europe.

History

The tramway opened for service in 1882.

Tram operation was suspended on 19 August 1991 because of poor track condition. In 1994, the tramway was restored for occasional festival service, and operation of the tramway was assumed by Naumburger Straßenbahn.

In 2007, daily service on the tramline was restored.

As of November 2014, an official groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an extension of the tramline from Vogelwiese to Salztor was held.

See also

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

References

• (German)

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Naumburger Straßenbahn (German) – includes English summary
• Naumburg database / photo gallery and Naumburg tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.