Trams in Innsbruck

Trams in Innsbruck
Logo IVB
Logo IVB
Innsbruck Bombardier Flexity Outlook tram in 2012
Innsbruck Bombardier Flexity Outlook tram in 2012
Powered tramcar 53 (1910) and unpowered trailer 111 (1900) are now housed, normally, in the Tiroler MuseumsBahnen
Powered tramcar 53 (1910) and unpowered trailer 111 (1900) are now housed, normally, in the Tiroler MuseumsBahnen
Overview
LocaleInnsbruck, Tirol, Austria
Transit typeTram
Number of lines6 (2024)
Number of stations62 (+18  STB )
Operation
Began operation15 July 1905 (electric trams)
Operator(s)Actien-Gesellschaft Localbahn Innsbruck–Hall in Tirol (L.B.I.H.i.T / Local Innsbruck-Hall Rail Company) 1905-1941
Innsbruck Transport Company (Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe und Stubaitalbahn / IVB) (1941 to date)
Technical
System length26.6 km (16.5 mi) (+18.2 km (11.3 mi)  STB )
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Electrification900 V DC, Overhead wires
Average speed16.5 km/h (10.3 mph)
Top speed50 km/h (31 mph)
Innsbruck tram network (2023)

Line 1
Bergisel - Mühlauer Brücke
Overview
Native nameLinie 1
Termini
  • Bergisel
  • Mühlauer Brücke
Stations18
Color on mapburnished brown
History
Current route since1995 (1995)
Technical
Line length4.9 km (3.0 mi)
Route map

Legend
km
m (AA)
6 to Igls rail station
0.0
 Bergisel 6
593
0.2
 Stubaitalbahnhof
590
0.3
to Stubaitalbahn/IVB-Betriebsbahnhof
590
0.4
 Stubaitalbahnhof STB
590
0.4
to IVB-Tram yard Duilestraße
590
0.5
Arlbergbahn
590
0.7
 Cineplexx STB
587
1.0
 Westbahnhof STB
584
1.3
 Franz-Fischer-Straße STB
583
1.7
 Maximilianstraße STB
579
1.9
3 STB from Hauptbahnhof, 5 to Technik West
578
1.9
 Bürgerstraße 3 STB
580
2.1
2 from Peerhofsiedlung
576
2.2
 Terminal Marktplatz 2 3 STB
579
2.5
 Maria-Theresien-Straße 2 3 STB
580
2.7
 Museumsstraße 2 3 STB
580
2.9
 Landesmuseum 2 3 STB
581
3.1
3 5 STB to Main station
581
3.1
3 to Amras
581
3.2
 Brunecker Straße/BFI
581
3.5
 Ing.-Etzel-Straße
583
3.7
 Messe (Fair)/Zeughaus (Armoury)
577
4.0
 Bundesbahndirektion
577
4.3
 Claudiaplatz
577
4.5
 Haydnplatz
576
4.9
 Mühlauer Brücke
576

The Innsbruck tram network is currently organised over six routes (numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and STB) and has a total length of 44 kilometres (27 mi).[citation needed]

Electrification of the service dates back to 1905, which was rather late by comparison to cities of similar size elsewhere in Austria.

The Stubai Valley Railway (or Stubaitalbahn), which shares the one-meter gauge of the city's tram system, currently is also served by trams and shares some of the city centre tramlines: it uses the same tracks as tram routes 1 and 3 between its former terminus station (known until 1983 as the Stubaitalbahnhof) and Innsbruck's main railway station.[1]

The Innsbruck tram network is operated by the Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe und Stubaitalbahn company.[2]

  1. ^ "Innsbruck, Austria". source includes clear and apparently current route diagram. nycsubway.org. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe - IVB". Tourismusverband Innsbruck und seine Feriendörfer. Retrieved 28 July 2015.