Trams in Nordhausen

Nordhausen tramway
Straßenbahn Nordhausen
Combino Duo tram at Nordhausen Bahnhofsplatz
Operation
LocaleNordhausen, Thuringia, Germany
Open25 August 1900 (1900-08-25)[1]
StatusOperational
Lines3[2]
Operator(s)Verkehrsbetriebe Nordhausen[2]
Infrastructure
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge[2]
Propulsion system(s)Electricity
Electrification600 V DC[3]
Stock
Statistics
Route length6.6 km (4.1 mi)[5]
Overview
Network mapNetwork map
Websitehttps://www.stadtwerke-nordhausen.de/ Stadtwerke Nordhausen (in German)

The Nordhausen tramway (German: Straßenbahn Nordhausen) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Nordhausen, a city in Thuringia, Germany.

Opened in 1900, the network is currently operated by Verkehrsbetriebe Nordhausen and has three lines, including one linking Nordhausen with nearby Ilfeld which runs as a tram-train on tracks belonging to the Harz Narrow Gauge Railways.[2]

  1. ^ "Besonderes Jubiläum des Nordhäuser Nahverkehrs 120 Jahre Nordhäuser Straßenbahn" [Special anniversary of local transport in Nordhausen 120 years of Nordhausen tramway] (in German). Stadt Nordhausen. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d Streeter, Tony (June 2014). "Nordhausen: An unusual "Duo"". Tramways & Urban Transit. Light Rail Transit Association. pp. 244–246. ISSN 1460-8324.
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  5. ^ Strassenbahn Jahrbuch 2021 (in German). GeraMond. 2020. p. 54. ISBN 978-3-96453-501-6.