Trams in Kassel

Kassel tramway network
Operation
LocaleKassel, Hesse, Germany
Steam tram era: 1877 (1877)–1897 (1897)
Status Converted to electricity
Operator(s) Cassel Tramways Company
Casseler-Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Propulsion system(s) steam
Horsecar era: 1884 (1884)–1909 (1909)
Status Converted to electricity
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric tram era: since 1897 (1897)
Status Operational
Lines 7 (5 local + 2 regional)[1]
Operator(s) Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG) (since 1897)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Propulsion system(s) electricity
Electrification 600 V DC overhead lines
Route length 93.3 km (58.0 mi)[1]
Kassel tramway network.
Website Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (in German)

The Kassel tramway network is a 93.3-kilometer (58.0 mi) network of tramways,[1] forming part of the public transport system in Kassel, a city in the north of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. As of 2014, the Kassel tram network is made up of seven regular tramlines.[2]

Opened in 1877 as a steam tramway from Wilhelmshöhe the Königsplatz (Royal Square), the network has been operated since 1897 by Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG), and is integrated in the Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (NVV). The track gauge is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge. There existed also a narrow gauge network to the Hercules monument. The network was extended gradually into the surrounding area, partly as conventional tramways, and partly as a tram-train RegioTram network.

  1. ^ a b c "KVV Im Überblick 2012" [KVV At a Glance 2012] (PDF) (in German). Kasseler Verkehrs- und Versorgungs-GmbH (KVV). 2012. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  2. ^ "Tram - Fahrpläne für den Tramverkehr in und um Kassel" [Tram - timetables for tram traffic in and around Kassel] (in German). Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG). Retrieved 2014-05-03.