Tram in the Upper Silesian industrial area

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tram
Tram in the Upper Silesian industrial area
image
Pesa 2012N Twist in Katowice
Basic information
Country Poland
city Katowice , Sosnowiec , Gliwice and others
opening May 27, 1894
operator Tramwaje Śląskie SA
Transport network Zarząd Transportu Metropolitalnego
Infrastructure
Route length 200.6 km
Gauge 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system 600 V DC overhead line
Depots 5
business
Lines 31
Cruising speed 13.7 km / h
vehicles 357
statistics
Passengers 98.7 million per year (2010)
Residents in the
catchment area 		2 million
Mileage 14.14 million km per yeardep1
Network plan
Schematic network plan (as of 2019)

The tram in the Upper Silesian industrial area is operated by Tramwaje Śląskie SA and is the tram network of the city of Katowice and the neighboring large cities of the Upper Silesian Zagłębie metropolis in the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland . The region's tram network is one of the largest in the world. All lines belong to the municipal transport association ZTM .

Basic data

As of July 2014, the route network has a total length of 200.6 kilometers, on which 30 routes with 357 vehicles operate. There are also currently five depots, namely in Będzin, Chorzów Batory, Bytom-Stroszek, Gliwice and Katowice-Zawodzie.

Cities

The following cities with a total of almost two million inhabitants are served by the tram:

On August 30, 2009, tram traffic in the urban area of Gliwice , which has 197,000 inhabitants, was stopped. Since September 1, 2009, the lines coming from Zabrze (currently lines 1 and 4) have ended at the city limits at the Gliwice Zajezdnia stop and will be replaced by buses. In the urban area, tracks and catenary masts have been preserved in numerous places.

history

The history of the Silesian tram began in 1894 with the construction of the steam-powered overland tram from Gleiwitz to Deutsch Piekar with a track width of 785 millimeters and a length of 36.5 kilometers. The electrification of the railway was already carried out in 1898 . In 1912, the first stretch was applied in Katowice standard gauge umgespurt . A 9.2 km long stretch of the Beuthen municipal tram from Beuthen via Karf to Michowitz was also built in standard gauge. By 1928, the Beuthen network had been expanded to 18.25 km in length. In 1928 a tram also opened in Sosnowitz. Between 1928 and 1936, most of the narrow-gauge lines in the network were converted to standard gauge, but the gauging was not completed until 1952.

In 1922 the border between the German Reich and Poland was redefined and the metropolitan area and thus also the railway network was divided into a German western and a Polish eastern part. The now cross-border traffic was gradually discontinued until 1939, when, after the annexation of Poland, the formerly Polish parts of Upper Silesia were back in the German Reich, only a few of these lines remained.

During the Second World War , the current legal entities merged these tram networks into an overall network with uniform operation. So was z. B. 1940 introduced the numbering system, which still exists today with changes.

After the nationalization of the company in 1951, an increased expansion of the network began, especially in the 1970s, combined with the renovation of the important old lines. In the 1980s, some parts of the old lines were closed. At the end of the 1990s, the line from Bytom to Katowice began to be upgraded to a level similar to that of a tram . However, large parts of the route network are still in poor condition.

Current lines

line Representation
in the network plan 		route holding
place 		Cities depot Low-
floor car 		Traffic
times
0 Tramwaje Śląskie line 0.svg Chorzów Stadion Śląski Pętla Zachodnia ↔ Katowice Plac Wolności 13 Katowice Zawodzie 100% Saturday
9:30 am - 9:30 pm
1 Tramwaje Śląskie line 1.svg Gliwice Zajezdnia ↔ Chebzie Pętla 23 Gliwice - Zabrze - Ruda Śląska Gliwice 0% 24 hours
3 Tramwaje Śląskie line 3.svg Makoszowy Pętla ↔ Mikulczyce Pętla 20th Zabrze Gliwice 20% 24 hours
4th Tramwaje Śląskie line 4.svg Gliwice ↔ Zajezdnia Zaborze Pętla (↔ Ruda Klary) 16 (18) Gliwice - Zabrze (- Ruda Śląska) Gliwice 80% 5:30 am - 11:00 pm
5 Tramwaje Śląskie line 5.svg Zaborze Pętla ↔ Bytom Plac Sikorskiego 27 Zabrze - Bytom Gliwice, Stroszek 33% 24 hours
6th Tramwaje Śląskie line 6.svg Brynów Pętla ↔ Bytom Szkoła Medyczna 44 Katowice - Chorzów - Bytom Zawodzie 100% 24 hours
7th Tramwaje Śląskie line 7.svg Zawodzie Pętla ↔ Bytom Plac Sikorskiego 40 Katowice - Chorzów - Świętochłowice - Bytom Zawodzie, Stroszek 55% 24 hours
9 Tramwaje Śląskie line 9.svg Chorzów Rynek ↔ Bytom Plac Sikorskiego 34 Chorzów - Świętochłowice - Ruda Śląska - Bytom Stroszek 12% 24 hours
11 Tramwaje Śląskie line 11.svg Chebzie Pętla ↔ Katowice Plac Miarki 29 Ruda Śląska - Świętochłowice - Chorzów - Katowice Gliwice, Zawodzie 0% 24 hours
13 Tramwaje Śląskie line 13.svg Katowice Plac Wolności ↔ Siemianowice Plac Skargi 12 Katowice - Siemianowice Śląskie Zawodzie 50% 24 hours
14th Tramwaje Śląskie line 14.svg Brynów Pętla ↔ Mysłowice Dworzec PKP 33 Katowice - Mysłowice Zawodzie 0% 3:55 - 1:20
15th Tramwaje Śląskie line 15.svg Katowice Plac Wolności ↔ Zagórze Pętla 29 Katowice - Sosnowiec Zawodzie, Będzin 100% 24 hours
16 Tramwaje Śląskie line 16.svg Brynów Pętla ↔ Wełnowiec Plac Alfreda 18th Katowice - Siemianowice Śląskie Zawodzie 75% 24 hours
17th Tramwaje Śląskie line 17.svg Chorzów Rynek ↔ Chebzie Pętla 24 Chorzów - Świętochłowice - Ruda Śląska Gliwice 0% 3:00 - 1:25
19th Tramwaje Śląskie line 19.svg Katowice Plac Wolności ↔ Stroszek Zajezdnia 43 Katowice - Chorzów - Bytom Zawodzie, Stroszek 29% 3:25 - 0:35
20th Tramwaje Śląskie line 20.svg Chorzów Rynek ↔ Szopienice Pętla 36 Chorzów - Katowice Zawodzie 30% 24 hours
21st Tramwaje Śląskie line 21.svg Tworzeń Huta Katowice ↔ Milowice Pętla 43 Dąbrowa Górnicza - Będzin - Sosnowiec Będzin 25% 24 hours
22nd Tramwaje Śląskie line 22.svg Czeladź Kombatantów ↔ Tworzeń Huta Katowice 27 Czeladź - Będzin - Dąbrowa Górnicza Będzin 0% 2:40 - 1:15
23 Tramwaje Śląskie line 23.svg Chorzów Stadion Śląski Pętla Zachodnia ↔ Zawodzie Zajezdnia 24 Katowice Zawodzie 0% Sundays and public holidays
10:05 a.m. - 8:40 p.m.
24 Tramwaje Śląskie line 24.svg Konstantynów Okrzei ↔ Sosnowiec Dworzec PKP 27 Sosnowiec Będzin 0% 4:45 - 23:50
26th Tramwaje Śląskie line 26.svg Mysłowice Dworzec PKP ↔ Milowice Pętla 28 Sosnowiec - Mysłowice Będzin 0% 24 hours
27 Tramwaje Śląskie line 27.svg Pogoń Akademiki ↔ Kazimierz Górniczy Pętla 28 Sosnowiec - Będzin Będzin 0% 24 hours
28 Tramwaje Śląskie line 28.svg Osiedle Zamkowe Pętla ↔ Gołonóg Podstacja Pętla 20th Będzin - Dąbrowa Górnicza Będzin 0% 4:50 - 20:35
30th Tramwaje Śląskie line 30.svg Bytom Plac Sikorskiego ↔ Biskupice Pętla 13 Bytom - Zabrze Stroszek 0% 2:55 - 18:40
33 Tramwaje Śląskie line 33.svg Chorzów Stadion Śląski Pętla Zachodnia ↔ Koszutka Słoneczna Pętla 13 Chorzów - Katowice Zawodzie 100% 8:05 a.m. - 9 p.m.
36 Tramwaje Śląskie line 36.svg Brynów Pętla ↔ Zawodzie Pętla 18th Katowice Zawodzie 20% 4:00 am - 10:30 pm
38 Tramwaje Śląskie line 38.svg Bytom Powstańców Śląskich ↔ Bytom Kościół św. Trójcy 5 Bytom Stroszek 0% 5:05 - 19:55
43 Tramwaje Śląskie line 43.svg Koszutka Słoneczna Pętla ↔ Chorzów Batory Zajezdnia 17th Katowice - Chorzów Zawodzie 57% 4:25 am - 11:30 pm
49 Tramwaje Śląskie line 49.svg Bytom Plac Sikorskiego ↔ Stroszek Zajezdnia 16 Bytom Stroszek 0% 4:10 - 0:25

Vehicle fleet

Line 38 in 2013

Mainly 314 railcars of the Polish type Konstal 105Na , which were built between 1973 and 1992, are used. In 2000/2001, 17 vehicles of the French Citadis type were purchased for the light rail line . There are also two war tramcars in service on line 38 in Bytom . From 2013 to 2014, 30 new PESA 2012N Twist will be purchased. In addition, 25 E1 from Vienna and 15  Pt from Frankfurt am Main were taken over.

  • Historic tram line 0 in 2013

  • Konstal 105Na (modernized)

  • Konstal 105N-2K (conversion of 105Na)

  • Konstal 105N (converted to the original state)

  • Tramcar type Moderus Alfa (conversion from 105Na)

  • Low-floor articulated wagon Alstom Citadis 116Nd "Karlik"

  • Pesa 2012N twist

  • Seat upholstery with stylized winding tower and impeller

Web links

Commons : Silesian Tram  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Museums-Eisenbahn , issue 1/2013, p. 27
  2. ↑ At least line 6 ( Beuthen , Braunauer Platz - Kattowitz , Wilhelmsplatz) ran continuously without interruption: Alfred B. Gottwaldt: Trambahn Album . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-613-01296-0 . Chapter 8: Trams in the old German east (from p. 257).