Inowrocław tram

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disused tram
Inowrocław tram
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Inowrocław (interactive map)
Basic information
Country Poland , until 1918 and 1939–1945 German Empire
city Inowrocław
opening 1912
Shutdown 1962
Infrastructure
Gauge 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
business
Lines 2

The Inowrocław tram served urban transport in the city of Inowrocław ( German  Hohensalza ) for fifty years .

Emergence

The city is located in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship about 40 kilometers southeast of the district capital Bydgoszcz ( Bromberg ) and about 200 kilometers west of the Polish capital Warsaw .

Inowrocław was a district town with 25,600 inhabitants in the Prussian province of Poznan at the beginning of the 20th century . In addition to trade and industry, a rock salt and a sulfur gravel mine are to be highlighted, as well as a brine bath that used the existing mineral springs. At the station, a line to Bromberg branched off from the main line Posen – Gnesen – Thorn . In addition, branch lines to Rogasen and Kreuz and Strelno and Mogilno began in Hohensalza .

After several years of efforts by city councilors Paul Baumgarten and Gustav Treiniesow, the Hohensalza municipal tram was founded as an in-house operation in May 1912. The small tram depot with three tracks was built near the power station in Kruschlewitzer Weg, built in 1908/09. First, a 1.8 kilometer single-track section was opened in meter gauge, which began at the train station in Bahnhofstrasse and led to the market square. It was later extended to Posener Straße (crossing with Szymborzer Straße). The builder was the Berliner Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft.

The first test drives took place on October 28, 1912; public transport began on November 10, 1912. The tram was very popular with residents and visitors to the city (mostly spa guests) and was often used. The city now had its own tram company such as Bromberg, Thorn, Graudenz, Posen and Lódź.

Further development

The tram ran every 7.5 minutes. It began on two tracks in front of the train station and drove via Bahnhofstrasse-Friedrichstrasse-Marktplatz-Kleine Friedrichstrasse-Kastellanstrasse to Posener Strasse. On August 10, 1913, the line to Range? at Salt Works I in Posener Straße. This completed the main 3.5 km section of the route. According to official statistics, there were three railcars and six sidecars at that time.

The line was not in operation for long because it was uneconomical. There was also the threat of a landslide in the area of ​​the salt mine, where on November 27, 1917, 2000 square meters collapsed. In 1918, part of the route was shut down so that the tram could only go to the market square.

With the dismantled track material, a new line could be built that reached the artillery barracks (three kilometers) from 1933. It remained in operation until the beginning of the 1960s, when the section from the market square to Plac Wojska Polskiego was closed. In the last two years of operation of the tram there was only one line between the train station and the market square.

In 1962 the suspension of the tram was ordered. On December 31, 1962, a short time after the 50th anniversary, the last tram ran in the city. The vehicles were brought to Bydgoszcz , where they were used as work vehicles until 1995. The depot was then used by the city's vehicle fleet and later as a workshop for city buses. Most of the tracks in the city were removed in 1963. Some utility poles survived until the 1970s. There are also rosettes on some houses along the former route.

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