Staßfurt tram

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disused tram
Staßfurt tram
Basic information
Country Germany
city Staßfurt
opening April 10, 1900
Shutdown December 31, 1957
Infrastructure
Formerly the largest
route 		10 km
Gauge 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Depots 1

The Staßfurt tram was a tram operation in the small town of Staßfurt that was closed in the late 1950s .

Due to the prosperous economic development of Staßfurt at the end of the 19th century, the city's magistrate decided to build a tram as a modern and effective means of local transport. In December 1898, the construction of the line from Achenbach to Hecklingen began , which was put into operation on April 7, 1900 after almost a year of construction and was extended to the coal mine in Löderburg on July 1 .

The line was built and operated by the Continentalen Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebs-Gesellschaft . In addition to passenger transport, the tram was also used to transport mail and goods. A separate power plant was built for the power supply. The depot was located in Athensleber Strasse on the site of today's Stadtwerke on the north-western outskirts of the city. From 1910 onwards, freight transport, mainly the transport of lignite, was carried out with trolleys . AEG procured two four-axle electric locomotives for this purpose. In 1912 the railway was transferred to the Staßfurter Licht- und Kraftwerk AG , in which the Continentale Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebs-Gesellschaft and the Deutsche Contiental-Gas-Gesellschaft were involved. In 1938 and 1955 new railcars were purchased.

On the approximately 10 km long route, 24 stops were served and there were 8 switches for train encounters. The operating time was 20 hours a day.

The tram operation was only partially successful for the operators. Following the zeitgeist of the time and due to the war damage that had not been completely eliminated, the Staßfurt tram was finally shut down on December 31, 1957. A fatal accident that occurred in 1957 was used as the reason for this. All tramway systems (tracks, overhead lines) were completely removed in the following period. The LOWA type railcar , which was almost new when it was discontinued, was subsequently passed on to several tram operators. He also received a GR in around 1970 in RAW Berlin-Schöneweide with attributes typical for RAW-GR. After its final decommissioning, it was returned to Staßfurt and is now erected on the Stadtwerke site as a monument / contemporary witness, historically correct with a pantograph.

literature

  • Jens Karkuschke, Mario Schatz, Rolf-Roland Scholze: Tram in Staßfurt . Kenning, 2001, ISBN 3-933613-35-3 .

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