Hanover trolleybus
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| Route length: | Scheduled traffic: 7.9 km Depot access: 0.6 km |
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The Hanover trolleybus consisted of a trolleybus line that ran from June 6, 1937 to May 10, 1958. At first it only drove in Langenhagen , later it was extended to Lister Platz in the Hanover district of List . The trolleybus line supplemented the Hanover tram, which had existed since 1872, and was operated by Üstra like this . The trolleybus was replaced by omnibuses after its closure .
history
The trolleybus initially only ran in the northern municipality of Langenhagen . The line there connected to the tram in the district of Wiesenau at what was then the Kriegsschule stop and ended at Reuterdamm. It had a single track, was 2.8 kilometers long and replaced the tram line 19 that had previously operated on this route. This had been shortened because it seemed too costly to replace the worn rails there.
The trolleybus route was connected to the tram depot in Vahrenwald , where the trolleybuses were stationed, via a four-kilometer two-lane operating line . This led from the end point at Berliner Platz to the south over the Hanover city limits and followed the tram tracks in Vahrenwalder Strasse.
The trolleybus line was designated as O19, initially written as a 19 in a circle. With the additional letter “O”, ÜSTRA also marked all bus lines that replaced a tram line.
In 1949, the trolleybus line was extended to Lister Platz using a large part of the operating route via Vahrenwalder Straße, Niedersachsenring and Ferdinand-Wallbrecht-Straße and renamed to O29. The line was now 7.9 kilometers long and served 14 stops with a travel time of 22 minutes.
vehicles
A total of eight solo cars and one articulated car were procured for the Hanover trolleybus :
| number | Manufacturer | Electrics | Construction year | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | Daimler Benz | AEG | 1937 | originally number 101, delivered to Oldenburg in 1953 |
| 902 | Daimler Benz | BBC | 1937 | originally number 102, war damage 1941 |
| 903 | Stanga | BBC | 1940 | Articulated wagon type Isotta Fraschini TS40 , taken over from the trolleybus in Milan in 1943 (number 520 there), rebuilt in 1947 by the Hanoverian coachbuilder Adolf Emmelmann , parked in 1949, scrapped after 1954 |
| 904 | Henschel / Kässbohrer | SSW | 1949 | Retired in 1958 |
| 905 | Henschel / Kässbohrer | SSW | 1949 | Retired in 1958 |
| 906 | Henschel / Kässbohrer | SSW | 1949 | 1958 Broken axle, spare parts donor , scrapped |
| 907 | Henschel / Kässbohrer | BBC | 1949 | Delivered to Osnabrück in 1958 , conversion to a one and a half decker by Ludewig |
| 908 | Henschel / Kässbohrer | BBC | 1949 | like 907 |
| 909 | Henschel / Kässbohrer | BBC | 1949 | like 907 |
literature
- Horst Moch: Tram in Hanover , Verlag Kenning, Nordhorn 2004, ISBN 3-933613-45-0
- Berlin - Brandenburg - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Schleswig-Holstein - Hamburg - Bremen - Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt - Thuringia - Saxony, former German eastern territories . In: Ludger Kenning, Mattis Schindler (Ed.): Trolleybuses in Germany . tape 1 . Kenning, Nordhorn 2009, ISBN 978-3-933613-34-9 .
Web links
- An Üstra episode: Trolleybuses in Hanover - Documentation by Ludger Kenning on Drehscheibe-online.de