Urban trams Hamborn
The urban trams Hamborn were a tram company of the city of Hamborn, which today belongs to Duisburg .
history
After the city of Hamborn had become an independent mayor's office in 1900, it decided to continue to consolidate the existing tram network of the Ruhrorter Straßenbahn AG district under its own direction. On November 30, 1910, the Hamborn municipal trams received the concession to build and operate a tram . The first line from Alsum via the town center of Hamborn to Buschhausen started operating on October 29, 1910. Among other things, it led through a road tunnel ( Matenatunnel ) under the factory premises of the August-Thyssen-Hütte .
In the following year, two more lines were added from Neumühl via Schmidthorst and Stadtmitte to Marxloh and from Shaft IV to the city center. In 1911, the route network was 16 kilometers long.
By October 15, 1912, further routes were put into operation:
- from Marxloh-Pollmann to the stadium
- from Marxloh-Pollmann to Holten Markt
- from Hamborn train station to Schwabenstrasse.
In 1913 five lines operated in a total route network of 24.6 kilometers.
The endeavor to cooperate with the Kreis Ruhrorter Straßenbahn AG was rejected. After the city of Hamborn was merged with the city of Duisburg in 1929, the Ruhrorter Straßenbahn AG district took over the management from May 1, 1930. The Hamborn municipal trams initially remained in operation. In 1940 both companies were merged with the Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG .
Relics
In 2012, efforts were made to protect the Matenatunnel "in its slightly fragmentary state of preservation" (according to the lower monument authority) as "an impressive testimony to the working and production conditions in the north of Duisburg".
literature
- Dieter Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany, Volume 4 Ruhrgebiet EK-Verlag, Freiburg i.Br. 1994, ISBN 3-8825-5334-0 .