Kassel tram

Kassel tram

Basic information
Country	Germany
city	kassel
opening	July 9, 1877
operator	KVG
Transport network	NVV
Infrastructure
Route length	75 km
Gauge	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system	600 V = , overhead line
Stops	129
Tunnel stations	1
Long-distance train stations	1
Depots	2
business
Lines	8 (Line 2 only HVZ as a student amplifier) + 3 (regiotrams)
vehicles	3 N8C high-floor cars 21 Duewag NGT6C low- floor cars 22 8NGTW low-floor cars 10 8ZNGTW low-floor cars 22 NGT8 low-floor cars 11 Bombardier low-floor trailers 4NBWE 28 8NRTW-E / D light rail cars
statistics
Passengers	44.8 million (KVG) + 2.2 million ( RBK )
Catchment area	approx. 400,000
Employee	822 (including KVN) + 100 (RTG)
Route map of the tram and RegioTram (as of March 2020) Missing information: Line 3 runs between Brückenhof and Baunatal as Line 2; Line 5 not via Lutherplatz; Line 7 weekends to the main station, in the evening to Königsplatz; RT1 u. 4 via Lutherplatz to Sandershäuser Straße, not Holländische Straße.

The Kassel tram is operated by the KVG . It includes tram , light rail and rail lines . A tram has been running in Kassel since 1877 , initially as a steam tram from Wilhelmshöhe to Königsplatz. Horse trams followed later , and the electric tram at the turn of the century. The track width is 1435 mm ( standard gauge ). But there was also a meter-gauge network with the Herkulesbahn and a trolleybus between Harleshausen , Kirchditmold and Wilhelmshöhe . Today the tram is the backbone of public transport in Kassel and is gradually being extended to the surrounding area, which is why the network now has a total route length of around 75 kilometers. In addition to the conventional tram, a tram-train urban railway system based on the " Karlsruhe model " was established, the RegioTram Kassel , which enabled continuous journeys between the rail network of Deutsche Bahn and the inner-city tram network.

Line network

The following tables describe the lines of the tram and RegioTram and their frequency since March 25, 2018.

tram

line	Line route	Operating mode
1	Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße - Vellmar Nord	Furnishing line
2	Baunatal - Mattenberg - Brückenhof (only peak hours on school days)	Furnishing line
3	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Weserspitze - Kassel Clinic - Ihringshäuser Straße	Furnishing line
4th	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - City Hall - Bebelplatz - Königsplatz - Bettenhausen - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau	Furnishing line
5	Baunatal - Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	Furnishing line Bidirectional line
6th	Brückenhof - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Weserspitze - Ihringshäuser Strasse	Furnishing line
7th	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Goethestrasse - / (main station -) Lutherplatz - (5/7 Königsplatz) - Weserspitze - Wolfsanger	Bidirectional line
8th	Hessenschanze - Teichstraße - Bebelplatz - Königsplatz - Bettenhausen - Kaufungen paper mill	Furnishing line

RegioTram

line	Railway lines	Stops on the railway line	Course in the Kassel tram network	Travel time	since
RT1	Warburg - Kassel	Hümme - Hofgeismar RE - Grebenstein - Immenhausen - Espenau - Mönchehof - Vellmar - Obervellmar RB - V.-Osterberg / EKZ - Kassel - Jungfernkopf - KS-Harleshausen - KS-Kirchditmold - Kassel Hbf (deep) RB RE	Central Station (deep) - Scheidemannplatz - Wilhelmstrasse / City Museum - City Hall / Fünffensterstrasse - City Hall - Friedrichsplatz - Königsplatz - Am Stern - Holländischer Platz / University - Halitplatz - Main Cemetery - Wiener Strasse - Holländische Strasse	57 min	2005
RT4	Volkmarsen - Vellmar-Obervellmar Warburg - Kassel	( Wolfhagen RB - Altenhasungen - Oberelsungen - Zierenberg -Rosental -) Zierenberg RB - Calden - Fürstenwald - Ahnatal - Weimar RB - A.-Heckershausen - A. Casselbreite - Vellmar - Obervellmar RB - V.-Osterberg / EKZ - Kassel - Jungfernkopf - KS-Harleshausen - KS-Kirchditmold - Kassel Hbf (deep) RB RE	Central Station (deep) - Scheidemannplatz - Wilhelmstrasse / City Museum - City Hall / Fünffensterstrasse - City Hall - Friedrichsplatz - Königsplatz - Am Stern - Holländischer Platz / University - Halitplatz - Main Cemetery - Wiener Strasse - Holländische Strasse	(17 +) 49 min	2006
RT5	Bebra - Baunatal-Guntershausen Frankfurt - Kassel	Melsungen RB - M. Bartenwetzerbrücke - M.-Röhrenfurth - Körle - Guxhagen RB - Baunatal-Guntershausen RB - B.-Rengershausen RB - Kassel - Oberzwehren RB - KS-Wilhelmshöhe RB RE IC ICE - Kassel Hbf (deep) RB RE	Central station (deep) - Scheidemannplatz - Wilhelmstrasse / City Museum - City Hall / Fünffensterstrasse - City Hall - Am Weinberg - Heinrich-Heine-Strasse / University - Auestadion	46 min	2006

Details about the clock

line	section	Mon-Fri (HVZ)	Mon-Fri	Sat 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.	Sat until 8 a.m. Sun until 10 a.m.	Sa 8-10 am, Sa 6-8 pm, Sun 10 am-8pm	Sun 1.5. – 3.10.	Daily from 8 p.m.	At night (Sat, Sun)	Remarks
1	Wilhelmshöhe ↔ Königsplatz	15th	15th	15th	-	30th	15th	30th	-
	Königsplatz ↔ Holländische Strasse	15th	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	30th	Departures from Königsplatz at 1:00 a.m. and 2:15 a.m.
	Dutch road ↔ Vellmar	7.5 / 15	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	30th	Departures from Königsplatz at 1:00 a.m. and 2:15 a.m.
2	Baunatal ↔ Brückenhof	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	Mattenberg ↔ Koenigsplatz	15th	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	30th	Departures from Königsplatz at 1:00 a.m. and 2:15 a.m.
3	Königsplatz ↔ Ihringshäuser Strasse	15th	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	30th	-
4th	Druseltal ↔ Königsplatz	15th	15th	15th	30th	30th	15th	30th	-
	Königsplatz ↔ Kaufungen paper mill	15th	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	30th	Departures from Königsplatz at 1:00 a.m. and 2:15 a.m.
	Kaufungen paper mill ↔ Oberkaufungen	15th	30th	30th	30th	30th	30th	30th
	Acquisitions ↔ Helsa	15th	30th	30th	60	30th	30th	60
	Helsa ↔ Hess. Lichtenau	15/30	60	60	60	60	60	60	*
5	Baunatal ↔ Mattenberg	15th	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	30th	Departures from Königsplatz at 1:00 a.m. and 2:15 a.m.
	Mattenberg ↔ Town Hall	7.5 / 15	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	15th
	Town Hall ↔ Königsplatz	15th	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	15th
	Königsplatz ↔ Holländische Strasse	15th	15th	15th	-	-	-	-	-
6th	Brückenhof ↔ Ihringshäuser Strasse	15th	15th	15th	-	30th	30th	-	-	Individual trips in the morning via the Kassel Clinic
7th	Mattenberg ↔ Scheidemannplatz	15th	15th	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Central station ↔ Scheidemannplatz	-	-	15th	-	30th	30th	-	-
	Scheidemannplatz ↔ Am Stern	15th	15th	15th	-	30th	30th	-	-
	Königsplatz ↔ Am Stern	-	-	-	-	-	-	30th	-
	Am Stern ↔ Weserspitze	15th	15th	15th	-	30th	30th	30th	-
	Weserspitze ↔ Wolfsgraben	15th	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	30th	-
	Wolfsgraben ↔ Wolfsanger	15th	15th	15th	-	30th	30th	30th	-
8th	Hessenschanze ↔ Bebelplatz	15th	15th	15th	30th	30th	30th	30th	-
	Bebelplatz ↔ Leipziger Platz	15th	15th	15th	-	30th	30th	30th	-
	Leipziger Platz ↔ Leipziger Strasse	-	-	-	-	30th	30th	30th	-
	Leipziger Platz ↔ Kaufungen paper mill	15th	15th	15th	-	30th	30th	-	-
RT1	Hofgeismar-Hümme ↔ Holländische Strasse	30th	30th	30th	60	60	60	60	-
RT4	Wolfhagen ↔ Zierenberg	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	-
RT4	Zierenberg ↔ Dutch Street	30th	30th	30th	60	60	60	60	-
RT5	Melsungen ↔ Auestadion	30th	30th	30th	60	60	60	60	-

Remarks:

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d also on public holidays
↑ Additional trips 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., some in traction
↑ ^a ^b at Königsplatz linked with line 5 to / from Baunatal
↑ ^a ^b double traction
↑ Night owls N1, linked to N3
↑ in the morning as 1/5 or 5/1, partly to Baunatal
↑ only on school days
↑ Night owls N3, runs via Goethestrasse, linked with N1
↑ Additional trips from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
↑ Night owls N4, linked to N5
↑ in the morning
↑ N200 (AST), in Helsa connection to N4
↑ ^a ^b ^c at Königsplatz linked with line 1 to / from Vellmar
↑ ^a ^b ^c trips to / from Baunatal at Königsplatz linked with line 7 to / from Wolfsanger
↑ Night owls N5, linked to N4
↑ In the morning on school days, additional trips to Mattenberg → Rathaus / Fünffensterstraße, continue to Wilhelmshöhe station or Druseltal
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d at Königsplatz linked with line 5 to / from Baunatal
↑ Bus 26, from Wolfsgraben on to Hasenhecke
↑ operates as a bus
↑ ^a ^b Sundays and public holidays from 6:00 p.m.
↑ ^a ^b on Sundays and public holidays until 6 p.m., otherwise until 8 p.m.

history

Steam tram

A train of the "Cassel Tramways Company"

As early as the summer of 1870, a horse-drawn bus was operating in Kassel , connecting the city with the Wilhelmshöhe mountain park . The "horse and omnibus traffic" was operated during an industrial exhibition from June 1 to October 5, 1870 by the bookseller Georg H. Wigand.

The growth of the city made the operation of a steam tram profitable from 1877 . From July 9, 1877, the English company Jay & Comp. London the Cassel Tramways Company . Initially two steam locomotives and four passenger cars were used on the route from Königsplatz to Wilhelmshöhe. The rolling stock was gradually expanded to include additional vehicles, including some locomotives from the Henschel works .

The Kasseler Dampfbahn is considered to be the first tram in Germany that ran on its own, i.e. was not pulled by horses. In 1881 the company was taken over by a Berlin stock corporation and renamed the Casseler Tram Company. The steam train was taken over in 1897 by the newly founded Große Casseler Straßenbahn Actiengesellschaft and merged with it. On May 10, the steam train was stopped and replaced by electric tram traffic.

Horse tram

Car no. 8 of the "Pferdebahn Cassel-Wolfsanger GmbH" at the terminus in Wolfsanger 1897

Share over 1000 marks in the Great Casseler Tram from June 21, 1897

In addition to the steam train, there were initially two horse-drawn trams in Kassel . The public limited company Casseler-Stadteisenbahn operated three lines: Since 1884 the lines from today's main cemetery to Königsplatz, from Hedwigstrasse (Königsplatz) to Bettenhausen station and from Kirchweg via the main station to Hedwigstrasse. In 1897 this operation was also taken over by the Große Casseler Straßenbahn Actiengesellschaft and converted to electrical operation.

The horse railway Cassel-Wolfsanger GmbH was founded in 1897 by a Berlin company and came into private hands in 1903. The company had eight cars and connected the old market in the city center with the Wolfsanger district on the Fulda. It was not until 1909 that this line was incorporated into the Große Casseler Straßenbahn Actiengesellschaft and was electrified .

electrification

Two-track expansion of the route at the Weinberg, 1926

On September 24, 1897, the two previously co-existing operations, the Casseler City Railway and the Casseler Tram Company, were merged into the newly founded Große Casseler Tram Actiengesellschaft. The electrification of the tram network now began . On December 14, 1898, the first electric tram railcars drove in Kassel. For this purpose, two new depots were built in Wilhelmshöhe and Bettenhausen, as well as an own power station near the center of Kassel in the Königstor.

Hercules Railway

Main article: Hercules Railway

Hercules railcar at the terminus at Brasselsberg , 1962

The Herkulesbahn was a meter- gauge small railway similar to a branch line in the Kassel Habichtswald. It transported goods and people from 1902 to April 1966. Since 1927 it was part of the Great Kassel Tram.

Development of the network

1877-1950

On July 9, 1877, a steam-powered tram was opened between Wilhelmshöhe and Königsplatz.

In the next 25 years horse trams were also opened: (today's place names)

from Kirchweg via Friedrich-Ebert-Straße to the main station
from the main train station via Leipziger Straße to Bettenhausen
from the main train station to Holländische Strasse

From 1898 the network was electrified.

line	Line route
1	Wilhelmshöhe - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz
2	Wilhelmshöhe - City Hall - Central Station - Wolfsanger
3	Kirchweg - Central Station - Leipziger Platz
4th	Kirchweg - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - State Theater - Leipziger Platz
5	Mulang - City Hall - Kölnische Strasse - Koenigsplatz - Holländische Strasse
6th	City Hall - Town Hall - Königsplatz - Main Cemetery
7th	Aue Stadium - Town Hall - Rothenditmold
8th	Aue Stadion - Königsplatz - Kölnische Strasse - Central Station

Later, until 1915, the lines followed to Kirchditmold (Hessenschanze), to the clinic and to Niederzwehren. With the exception of a few extensions, the network was in the state it was supposed to last into the 1990s. In 1941, the year of the war, the line from Niederzwehren to the (today's) VW plant in Baunatal was built in order to connect the local aircraft engine plants to tram traffic.

When Kassel was destroyed on October 22, 1943, tram operations were also severely affected. Until 1946, most of the inner-city routes could not be used, so that the company was split into two parts. During the reconstruction, several inner-city routes were given up in favor of a guided tour through the central Obere Königsstrasse and the newly built route Am Stern – Altmarkt.

line	Line route
1	Wilhelmshöhe - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße
2	Teichstrasse - Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse - City Hall - State Theater - Leipziger Platz
3	Mulang - Wilhelmshöhe station - Kirchweg - main station - Leipziger Platz
4th	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - State Theater - Wolfsanger
5	Druseltal → Stadthalle → Kölnische Straße → Königsplatz → City Hall → Stadthalle → Druseltal
6th	Rheinweg → Stadthalle → Rathaus → Königsplatz → Kölnische Strasse → Stadthalle → Rheinweg
7th	Niederzwehren - Town Hall - Rothenditmold
8th	Auestadion - State Theater - Weserspitze - Iron Forge
9	Niederzwehren → Königsplatz → Hauptbahnhof → Lutherplatz → State Theater → Niederzwehren
10	Bettenhausen → Lutherplatz → Central Station → Town Hall → State Theater → Bettenhausen
14th	Kirchweg - main station - iron forge

1950-1962

Tram line network between 1950 and 1962
line	Line route
1 / 11	(Wilhelmshöhe -) Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße every 5 minutes to Bf Wilhelmshöhe (lines 1 and 11) every 10 minutes to Wilhelmshöhe (only line 1)
2	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Central Station - Lindenberg
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Goethestrasse - Clinic - Ihringshäuser Strasse
4th	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Town Hall - Baunatal (VW factory)
6th	Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Goethestrasse - Central Station - Wolfsanger
7th	Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Rothenditmold
8th	Kurhausstraße - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Central Station - Lindenberg
12	Kirchweg - Luisenhaus (near Druseltal) - Brasselsberg
13	Herkules - Luisenhaus (- Kirchweg)

1962-1971

A line 1 train on September 24, 1969 on Obere Koenigsstrasse

In 1965 the Herkulesbahn from Kirchweg to Brasselsberg was shut down, and in 1966 the rest of the route from Druseltal to Herkules followed. The old line numbers can still be seen on the bus routes today: bus route 12 ran from Kirchweg to Brasselsberg until March 24, 2018, and bus route 43 ran to Herkules (instead of tram route 13). Today, however, line number 43 has been changed to 22 so that the two bus routes that serve Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe have neighboring numbers (22 and 23).

Tram line network between 1962 and 1971
line	Line route
1 / 11	(Wilhelmshöhe -) Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße every 5 minutes to Bf Wilhelmshöhe (lines 1 and 11) every 10 minutes to Wilhelmshöhe (only line 1)
2	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Central Station - Lindenberg
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe Station - Goethestrasse - Central Station - Clinic - Ihringshäuser Strasse
4th	Kurhausstraße - Wilhelmshöhe Station - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Town Hall - Baunatal (VW plant)
5	Baunatal (VW factory) - Mattenberg - Auestadion - main station - Ihringshäuser Strasse
6th	Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Goethestrasse - Central Station - Wolfsanger
7th	Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Rothenditmold
12	Kirchweg - Luisenhaus - Brasselsberg until 1965
13	Herkules - Luisenhaus (- Kirchweg) until 1966

1971-1984

In 1971 the line to Rothenditmold (line 7) was closed. The routes to Wolfsanger (6) and to Hessenschanze (2/8) were also on the brink.

At the end of the 1970s it was planned to shut down the entire Kassel tram network. The reasons given were high costs and the outdated fleet of vehicles. The struggle to maintain the tram, which was also very loudly supported by unions , made waves across Germany. These plans were also criticized by the people of Kassel. Only with a new majority in the town hall under the later known Federal Minister of Finance Hans Eichel as mayor were the plans finally stopped and the modernization and expansion of the tram network decided. The first step was the procurement of new light rail vehicles in 1981 for the second Federal Horticultural Show to be held in Kassel, which were supplemented in 1985 with additional vehicles of the same design (Wagons 401-422). This is the first time that it is a tram that was not designed and built in Kassel. They come from the Düsseldorfer Waggonfabrik, or DÜWAG for short.

Tram line network between 1971 and 1984
line	Line route
1	(Wilhelmshöhe -) Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße every 5 minutes to Bf Wilhelmshöhe every 10 minutes to Wilhelmshöhe
2	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Central Station - Lindenberg
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Goethestrasse - Central station - Clinic - Ihringshäuser Strasse
4th	Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - City Hall - Baunatal (VW factory)
5	Baunatal (VW factory) - Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Leipziger Platz / (Ottostraße) not during the summer holidays
6th	Kurhausstrasse - Wilhelmshöhe Station - Goethestrasse - Central Station - Wolfsanger
7th	Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Ihringshäuser Strasse
8th	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Königsplatz - Lindenberg

1985-1999

In 1985 the network was changed so that almost all lines ran through Königsstraße.

In 1992 the Helleböhn line was opened up to the provisional terminus at Heinrich-Schütz-Allee and in 1997 it was extended to Heinrich-Plett-Straße . In 1998 the gap between the inner city and Baunatal route was closed .

In 1995 the last section of the route to Baunatal-Großenritte was opened. For this, new low-floor wagons were acquired for the first time. The route replaced the previous bus line 13.

In 1997, line 7 was split up because the route via the main station attracted fewer passengers and the lines (3 and 5) running parallel to line 7 were overloaded.

The north-eastern part was still called line 7 and first went to Königstraße and then to the main train station. Then there was a change of line to line 9, and the car drove again through Königsstrasse to Mattenberg. When the Helleböhn line was completed in 1998, line 9 no longer ran to Mattenberg, but to Brückenhof, where a line change to line 6 took place.

In 1998 the first section of the Lossetalbahn to Kaufungen paper factory was opened, this section is a normal tram route and can therefore be used by all vehicles.

Tram line network between 1985 and 1999
line	Line route	Remarks
1	Wilhelmshöhe - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße
2	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Central Station - Lindenberg	until about 1987
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Ihringshäuser Strasse
4th	Kurhausstrasse - / (Helleböhn -) Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse - Königsplatz - Leipziger Strasse - Lindenberg
5	Baunatal - Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	Baunatal until 1995 VW factory
6th	Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe train station - Goethestrasse - Königsplatz - Wolfsanger	Lines 4 and 6 alternated with their terminus and routes depending on the timetable.
7th	Mattenberg - Auestadion - Central Station - Clinic - Ihringshäuser Strasse	Baunatal until 1995 VW factory
8th	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Königsplatz - ( 1987–1990: Ottostraße) Lindenberg
9	Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kirchweg - Central Station - Ottostraße / (Fuldatalschule)	until about 1987
9	Wilhelmshöhe - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	Late service on line 1
9	Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Central Station - (to Line 7)	after division of line 7

1999-2007

In Baunatal a switch was installed to enable a 7½-minute cycle, since then line 2 has also been going there.

In 2001 the Lossetalbahn to Helsa was opened and a Regiotram preliminary operation was set up on the railway line from Kassel Hbf to Warburg.

In May 2005, the tunnel route at the main train station was closed and the newly built replacement route through Rudolf-Schwander-Strasse was opened. The loop in Ottostraße remains in operation and is temporarily used as a storage area.

Line 9 has stopped running in the summer months since 2005.

In 2006, the last section of the Lossetalbahn to Hessisch Lichtenau was opened and used by line 4, the rapid courses are referred to as line 4S.

On July 1, 2006, the preliminary operation of the Regiotram (line RT 5) to Melsungen was started, on December 10, 2006 also that to Wolfhagen (RT 4).

Tram line network between 1999 and introduction of the first Regiotram operating stage in summer 2007
line	Line route	Remarks
1	Wilhelmshöhe - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße
2	(Baunatal–) Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Strasse
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Ihringshäuser Strasse
4th	Mattenberg - Wilhelmshöhe Station - City Hall - Königsplatz - Paper Mill - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau
5	Baunatal - Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße
6th	Brückenhof - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Wolfsanger
7th	(Druseltal -) Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Goethestrasse - Lutherplatz - (5/7 Königsplatz) - Clinic - Ihringshäuser Strasse
8th	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Koenigsplatz - Kaufungen paper mill
9	Mattenberg → Auestadion → Lutherplatz → Königsplatz → Auestadion → Mattenberg
RT3	Warburg (Westf) - Hofgeismar - Immenhausen - Obervellmar - Kassel Harleshausen - Kassel Hbf	since summer 2001
RT4	Wolfhagen - Zierenberg - Calden - Ahnatal - Vellmar - Kassel Hbf	since December 2006
RT5	Melsungen - Körle - Guxhagen - Baunatal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Kassel main station	since summer 2006
RT9	Schwalmstadt-Treysa - Wabern - Felsberg - Baunatal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Kassel main station	since mid-2007

The frequency of use of the tram lines (without RT lines) can be divided into four areas:

Rush hour (HVZ) (Monday to Friday on school days, mornings and afternoons) : All lines run every 15 minutes

Normal traffic time (NVZ) (Monday to Saturday noon without peak hour) : All lines except 2 and 9 run every 15 minutes

Weekend traffic time (Sat noon to Sunday) : All lines except 2 and 9 run every 30 minutes

Late hours (SVZ) (daily from 8 p.m.) : Lines 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 run every 30 minutes, plus a line 5/7, Ihringshäuser Straße - Königsplatz - Auestadion - Mattenberg

The RT lines 3 and 5 as well as the Helsa – Hessisch Lichtenau (Tram 4) line are run at half the frequency, as well as repeater trains in the morning peak. The RT line 4 runs every hour.

2007-2008

In August 2007, the tram network at the main station was connected to the railway network. Since then, the RT lines have continued to the city center. Line 4S has also been available since August, only running twice in the morning and skipping a few stops. As a preparatory measure for a new tram line to Vellmar, the redesign of the Wendeschleife Holländische Straße began in autumn 2008 .

Tram and Regiotram line network 2007/2008
line	Line route
1	Wilhelmshöhe - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße to Vellmar Nord under construction
2	(Baunatal -) Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Scheidemannplatz - Holländische Straße only until December 12th
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Ihringshäuser Strasse
4th	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse - Königsplatz - Leipziger Strasse - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau
4S	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe train station - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Königsplatz - Leipziger Straße - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau No stop in Waldhof, Oberkaufungen Mitte, Rieckswiesen, Niederkaufungen Mitte, Industriestraße, Am Kupferhammer and Forstfeldstraße
5	Baunatal - Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Hegelsbergstrasse - Holländische Strasse
5S	Baunatal - Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Hegelsbergstrasse - Holländische Strasse No stop in Altenbaunaer Strasse, Keilsbergstrasse, Brüder-Grimm-Strasse, Niederzwehren station, Park Schönfeld, Hünstein and Albert-Einstein-Strasse
6th	Brückenhof - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Wolfsanger
7th	(Druseltal -) Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Goethestrasse - Lutherplatz - (5/7 Königsplatz) - Klinikum Kassel - Ihringshäuser Strasse
8th	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Koenigsplatz - Leipziger Platz - Kaufungen paper mill
9	Mattenberg - Auestadion - Lutherplatz - Am Stern - Königsplatz - Auestadion - Mattenberg
RT3	(Warburg -) Hofgeismar - Immenhausen - Obervellmar - Kassel-Harleshausen - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall / Fünffensterstr. - Kassel Auestadion
RT4	Wolfhagen - Zierenberg - Calden - Ahnatal - Obervellmar - Kassel Hbf - further than block bypass: Lutherplatz - Königsplatz - Kassel Hbf
RT5	Melsungen - Körle - Guxhagen - (Rengershausen without stopping ) - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf	- Kassel town hall - Königsplatz - Leipziger Straße (- Kaufungen paper mill)
RT5		Kassel Town Hall / Fünffensterstr. - Kassel Auestadion
RT9	Schwalmstadt-Treysa - Wabern - Felsberg - Baunatal - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Am Stern - Kassel Leipziger Str.

2009

From December 14, 2008, line 2 was discontinued and was replaced by additional trips on lines 1 (Holländische Straße – Station Wilhelmshöhe) and 7 (Station Wilhelmshöhe – Mattenberg / Baunatal) during rush hour. Line 7 was extended via Helleböhn to Mattenberg / Baunatal. But some trips continue to run to Rolandstraße (Wendeschleife at Wilhelmshöhe station). The earlier trips to the Druseltal at the weekend will be withdrawn as far as Rolandstraße .

The Fuldatalschule stop on line 6 has been renamed Wolfsgraben .

After the newly designed Wendeschleife Holländische Straße was completed in April 2009, the actual construction of the line to Vellmar could begin in May 2009 with the laying of a first short section of track. The construction work was completed in 2011.

Since February 9th, some trips on line 9 have been extended to the old loop at the VW plant in order to relieve the Mattenberg loop.

Tram and Regiotram line network 2009
line	Line route	Remarks
1	Wilhelmshöhe (- Rolandstraße) - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	Up to Vellmar Nord under construction, Rolandstraße only for journeys only to Bf Wilhelmshöhe
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Ihringshäuser Strasse
4th	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse - Königsplatz - Leipziger Strasse - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau
4S	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse - Königsplatz - Leipziger Strasse - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau	No stop in Waldhof, Oberkaufungen Mitte, Rieckswiesen, Niederkaufungen Mitte, Industriestraße, Am Kupferhammer and Forstfeldstraße
5	Baunatal - Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße
5S	Baunatal - Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	No stop in Altenbaunaer Straße, Keilsbergstraße, Brüder-Grimm-Straße, Niederzwehren train station, Park Schönfeld, Hünstein and Albert-Einstein-Straße
6th	Brückenhof - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Wolfsanger
7th	(Baunatal - Mattenberg -) / (Rolandstraße) - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Goethestraße - Lutherplatz - (5/7 Königsplatz) - Klinikum Kassel - Ihringshäuser Straße	Rolandstraße only when traveling to Wilhelmshöhe station
8th	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Koenigsplatz - Leipziger Platz - Kaufungen paper mill
9	(VW-Werk) - Mattenberg - Auestadion - Lutherplatz - Am Stern - Königsplatz - Auestadion - Mattenberg - (VW-Werk)
RT3	(Warburg -) Hofgeismar - Immenhausen - Obervellmar - Kassel-Harleshausen - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall / Fünffensterstr. - Kassel Auestadion
RT4	Wolfhagen - Zierenberg - Calden - Ahnatal - Obervellmar - Kassel Hbf - further than block bypass: Lutherplatz - Königsplatz - Kassel Hbf
RT5	Melsungen - Körle - Guxhagen - (Rengershausen without stop ) - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall - Königsplatz - Leipziger Straße (- Kaufungen paper factory)	The RT 5 line runs on two different routes in the tram network from Kassel town hall and is therefore occupied twice.
RT5	Melsungen - Körle - Guxhagen - Rengershausen - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall / Fünffensterstr. - Kassel Auestadion
RT9	Schwalmstadt-Treysa - Wabern - Felsberg - Baunatal - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Am Stern - Kassel Leipziger Straße

2010

As of December 13, 2009, line 9 was discontinued and was replaced by additional trips on line 5. The additional journeys on line 5 retained the routing of line 9.

The Hallenbad Ost stop on lines 4 and 8 was renamed Sandershäuser Straße and Ottostraße as Police Headquarters .

Tram and Regiotram line network 2010
line	Line route	Remarks
1	Wilhelmshöhe (- Rolandstraße) - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	Up to Vellmar Nord under construction, Rolandstraße only for journeys only to Bf Wilhelmshöhe
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Ihringshäuser Strasse
4th	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse - Königsplatz - Leipziger Strasse - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau
4S	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse - Königsplatz - Leipziger Strasse - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau	No stop in Waldhof, Oberkaufungen Mitte, Rieckswiesen, Niederkaufungen Mitte, Industriestraße, Am Kupferhammer and Forstfeldstraße
5	Baunatal - / (VW plant loop -) Mattenberg - Auestadion - (Scheidemannplatz) - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	Scheidemannplatz only for trips to Am Stern
5S	Baunatal - / (VW factory loop -) Mattenberg - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	No stop in Altenbaunaer Strasse, Keilsbergstrasse, Brüder-Grimm-Strasse, Niederzwehren station, Park Schönfeld, Hünstein and Albert-Einstein-Strasse
6th	Brückenhof - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Wolfsanger
7th	(Baunatal - Mattenberg -) / (Rolandstraße) - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Goethestraße - Lutherplatz - (5/7 Königsplatz) - Klinikum Kassel - Ihringshäuser Straße	Rolandstraße only when traveling to Wilhelmshöhe station
8th	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Koenigsplatz - Leipziger Platz - Kaufungen paper mill
RT3	(Warburg -) Hofgeismar - Immenhausen - Obervellmar - Kassel-Harleshausen - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall / Fünffensterstr. - Kassel Auestadion
RT4	Wolfhagen - Zierenberg - Calden - Ahnatal - Obervellmar - Kassel Hbf - further than block bypass: Lutherplatz - Königsplatz - Kassel Hbf
RT5	Melsungen - Körle - Guxhagen - (Rengershausen without stop ) - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall - Königsplatz - Leipziger Straße (- Kaufungen paper factory)	The RT 5 line runs on two different routes in the tram network from Kassel town hall and is therefore occupied twice.
RT5	Melsungen - Körle - Guxhagen - Rengershausen - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall / Fünffensterstr. - Kassel Auestadion
RT9	Schwalmstadt-Treysa - Wabern - Felsberg - Baunatal - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Am Stern - Kassel Leipziger Str.

2011

In 2011 the stop at the Auestadion was renewed and line 1 was extended to the new Vellmar-Nord stop . The opening took place on October 22nd and the official line operation began on October 23rd. Since then, the route has been used every 15 minutes during normal traffic and every 30 minutes during weekend traffic. A temporary 7.5-minute cycle to Vellmar during rush hour is guaranteed by line 1 reinforcement courses.

Tram and Regiotram line network 2011
line	Line route	Remarks
1	Wilhelmshöhe (- Rolandstraße) - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße - Vellmar Nord	Rolandstraße only when traveling to Wilhelmshöhe station
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Ihringshäuser Strasse
4th	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse - Königsplatz - Leipziger Strasse - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau
5	Baunatal - / (VW plant loop -) Mattenberg - Auestadion - (Scheidemannplatz) - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	Scheidemannplatz only for trips to Am Stern
6th	Brückenhof - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Wolfsanger
7th	(Baunatal - Mattenberg -) / (Rolandstraße) - Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Goethestraße - Lutherplatz - (5/7 Königsplatz) - Klinikum Kassel - Ihringshäuser Straße	Rolandstraße only when traveling to Wilhelmshöhe station
8th	Hessenschanze - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Koenigsplatz - Leipziger Platz - Kaufungen paper mill
RT3	(Warburg -) Hofgeismar - Immenhausen - Obervellmar - Kassel-Harleshausen - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall / Fünffensterstr. - Kassel Auestadion
RT4	Wolfhagen - Zierenberg - Calden - Ahnatal - Obervellmar - Kassel Hbf - further than block bypass: Lutherplatz - Königsplatz - Kassel Hbf
RT5	Melsungen - Körle - Guxhagen - (Rengershausen without stop ) - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall - Königsplatz - Leipziger Straße (- Kaufungen paper factory)	The RT 5 line runs on two different routes in the tram network from Kassel town hall and is therefore occupied twice.
RT5	Melsungen - Körle - Guxhagen - Rengershausen - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Kassel Town Hall / Fünffensterstr. - Kassel Auestadion
RT9	Schwalmstadt-Treysa - Wabern - Felsberg - Baunatal - Kassel Bf Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - Am Stern - Kassel Leipziger Str.

2013 to 2018

With the timetable change on December 15, 2013, some major changes came into force on the tram lines, which can be seen in retrospect as the first preparatory measures for the line network reform implemented in 2018. The most important changes at a glance:

Implementation of the Regiotram target concept: On all Regiotram lines there is now a 30-minute cycle during peak and normal traffic times and, due to the synchronization of lines RT1 and RT4 on the Harleshausen curve, an additional 15-minute cycle. Since then, the RT1 and RT4 lines have also run through Königstrasse and then on to Holländische Strasse, while the RT5 runs via Rathaus / Fünffensterstrasse to the Auestadion.

Scheduled use of double units on line 1, which meant that the afternoon reinforcement courses on this line could be canceled.

Restrictions on tram line 5: In the weekend and off-peak hours, it no longer goes to Holländische Strasse, but ends at Königsplatz, as the Holländische Strasse is then operated by lines 1, RT1 and RT4.

As a result, there has been an increased use of bidirectional vehicles on Line 5 since then, since otherwise it is not possible to change the direction of travel at the track change on Königsplatz.

Elimination of the Weißensteinstraße stop in the Wendeschleife in Wilhelmshöhe (line 1).

The EBO route in Baunatal was equipped with point train control (PZB), so that since then only vehicles with PZB equipment have been allowed to drive there.

As a result of the changes mentioned above, there were changes in vehicle use on many lines.

With the timetable change on December 13, 2015, the name of the line RT3 was changed to RT1, and the RT9, which ran from Kassel Hbf to Schwalmstadt-Treysa, was discontinued as an RT line and replaced by HLB railcars .

On December 12, 2016, the use of the sidecars acquired second-hand from Rostock began on Line 1. This enabled some double traction to be replaced.

Tram and RegioTram network from 2013 to 2018
line	Line route	Remarks
1	Wilhelmshöhe - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße - Vellmar Nord
3	Druseltal - Wilhelmshöhe station - Wilhelmshöher Allee - Königsplatz - Weserspitze - Ihringshäuser Straße
4th	Mattenberg - Helleböhn - Wilhelmshöhe station - City Hall - Bebelplatz - Königsplatz - Bettenhausen - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau
5	Baunatal - / (VW plant loop -) Mattenberg - Auestadion (/ -> Scheidemannplatz) - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	Scheidemannplatz only for trips to Am Stern; VW factory loop until Easter 2017
6th	Brückenhof - Auestadion - Königsplatz - Weserspitze - Wolfsanger
7th	(Baunatal - Mattenberg - Helleböhn - /) (Rolandstraße -) Bf. Wilhelmshöhe - Goethestraße - Lutherplatz - (5/7 Königsplatz) - Weserspitze - Klinikum Kassel - Ihringshäuser Straße	Rolandstraße only when traveling to Wilhelmshöhe station
8th	Hessenschanze - Teichstraße - Bebelplatz - Königsplatz - Bettenhausen - Kaufungen paper mill
RT1	Hofgeismar-Hümme - Immenhausen - Vellmar - Kassel Hbf - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße	until December 2015: RT3
RT4	Wolfhagen - Zierenberg - Ahnatal - Vellmar - Kassel Hbf - Königsplatz - Holländische Straße
RT5	Melsungen - Guxhagen - Baunatal - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf - City Hall / Fünffensterstraße - Auestadion
RT9	Treysa - Borken - Wabern - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Kassel Hbf	until December 2015

Changeover 2018

In June 2015, the KVG announced that it would fundamentally renew the route network in Kassel. Extensive public participation took place as part of the Kasseler Linien concept . In June 2017, it was decided to introduce the new route network, which went into operation on March 25, 2018. The biggest changes were brought about by the new network in the area of bus routes , but there are also innovations in the tram network. Mainly these are the new routes of lines 3, 4, 6 and 7. In addition, sidecar teams are used on line 6 on weekdays, which means that the afternoon booster services on Frankfurter Strasse (line 5E) that were previously always offered in the winter half-year are no longer available .

Construction line 9 Easter holidays 2020

After around 26 years, the tracks and switches at the Walther-Schücking-Platz stop had to be replaced. Because of this, the connection between Hasselweg and Wilhelmshöhe station was interrupted. Line 6 was extended as line 9 from the Brückenhof school center to Hasselweg. The vehicles moved over a climbing switch.

Historical vehicle park

The beginnings

The electric railcar 58 during delivery in 1899

By 1900, 54 electric railcars had been ordered from Van der Zypen & Charlier and Credé . The first batch of 14 relatively large railcars was intended for operation on the winding route of the former steam train. 40 more railcars with a significantly smaller wheelbase ran on the remaining winding routes.

After the First World War , more two-axle vehicles were added to the Kassel tram in the 1930s and 1940s. Many vehicles destroyed in the war were rebuilt after the Second World War .

260, 261–288 (2 + 2 railcars)

1955 five-axle were of Credé facility railcars delivered with appropriate sidecar. They represent the last two-axle railcar series of the KVG and corresponded to the type of association widespread in other western German cities . The first two sidecars (551 and 552) were delivered as bidirectional cars, but were converted to one-way cars in the year of delivery.

From 1955, Credé developed an articulated railcar from the association type. In principle, it was a railcar with a sidecar, in which an accessible and free-floating middle section connected the two halves of the car. From an economic point of view, the low development costs and the rationalization effect when using conductors spoke in favor of the acquisition. The prototype used in the Kassel liner service (car 260) became a series of 28 four-axle articulated multiple units (261–288), with the car body based on the modern design of the Duewag articulated car . The cars were delivered from 1956 to 1958.

After the delivery of the N8C railcar, it was no longer necessary to use the motor car 260, so it was parked on October 25, 1981 and in 1983 handed over to the Hanover Tram Museum , where it is still in poor condition today. Some cars from the 261–288 series were also retired in 1981/82. The remaining vehicles of this type were modernized in the following years and then gradually withdrew from the inventory between 1986 and 1991.

The railcar 269 is now in the Hanover Tram Museum in Wehmingen, railcar 273 in the Technology Museum Kassel. Railcar 282 is in the Netherlands. The Gorzów Wielkopolski transport company in Poland received ten vehicles in 1990/91 . With the exception of railcar 270, which went to the Warsaw Tram Friends, these wagons have now been scrapped.

301–317, 351–366 (GT 6)

Wegmann railcar 362 from 1970

→ Main article : KVG 6ZGTW

In the mid-1960s, the Kassel Waggon Industry Working Group (a cooperation between Wegmann and Credé) was commissioned with the delivery of new trams. Essentially, the cars were similar to the articulated railcars built by Düwag since 1956 and were built under license .

Wegmann delivered the multiple units 301-314 (1966) and 315-317 (1970) in two delivery lots. The railcars 304 and 314 to 317 received a Scharfenberg coupling on the B-part so that they can also be used with the sidecar. However, these were removed relatively early. The railcars 301 to 304, unlike the other vehicles, were delivered with a SieMatic control, which they kept until they were retired.

In 1966/67 Credé delivered seven six-axle unidirectional articulated multiple units type GT 6 (351–357, delivered as 315–321). These wagons had the typical PCC face of the Düwag wagons that were otherwise widespread in Germany. Wegmann delivered another batch of set-up railcars in 1971. These nine cars (358–366) had, in contrast to the Credé series, a slimmer front face with a panoramic windshield, which was aligned with the Kassel carriages 301–317.

KVG sidecar train in 1995

A total of eleven four-axle large trailer cars were procured for the 16 facility railcars. The first five cars were delivered by Credé in 1967, shortly before production ceased, the rest came from Wegmann in 1971. In 1986 three used L-sidecars were taken over from Frankfurt am Main. Two went into operation as Bw 575 and 576, the third served as a spare parts donor.

A car from Kassel in Gorzów Wielkopolski

Most of the bidirectional vehicles 301-317 were withdrawn from service with the delivery of the new low-floor type 8ENGTW in 1999, some trams even in previous years. Many vehicles from this series were sold to Gorzów in Poland. Railcar 316 was kept for a few years as a driving school car and is now in the Technik Museum Kassel, railcar 317 was converted into a rail maintenance train and was in use until the beginning of 2018, before it was also handed over to the Technik Museum in autumn of the same year.

The Credé facility railcars (351-357) were parked after the delivery of the low-floor railcars 451-475 in the mid-1990s and handed over to Gorzów in Poland. Only the Tw 354 and 355 remained in Kassel and were modernized and then later put back into operation. They were finally shut down in December 2003. The second delivery series of one-way vehicles from Wegmann (358-366) then withdrew from regular service around 2000 and most of them were also sold to Gorzów.

Most of the sidecars 561-571 and 575-576 were scrapped between 1996 and 2004. Two were sold to Norrköping (Sweden), where they were later scrapped as well.

A facility railcar with sidecar (railcar 355 with sidecar 569) is located in the Kassel Technology Museum, as is the sidecar 575.

Vehicles still in existence

Railcar 214 on loan from the Technology Museum Kassel

The KVG vehicle fleet includes motor coaches 110 (built in 1907), 144 (built in 1909) and 228 (built in 1941). This also includes the sidecar 655 and 521. There are also the motor cars 229, 273 (built in 1957, double two-axle), 355 (articulated car type GT6 built in 1967), motor car 316 (a Wegmann-6ZGTW, built in 1970), and the four-axle trailer 569 from 1971. Horse tram car 8 is also available, but it is not an original horse tram car, but was converted from the former rail car 80 (from 1900). On July 24, 2014, it was announced that a total of 19 historic vehicles and equipment from the KVG's inventory will be given to the Kassel Museum of Technology on permanent loan. For this purpose, old tram tracks from Ihringshäuser Strasse were installed in the museum. The vehicles were moved by low-loader on October 23, 2014.

There are other cars in various tram museums, for example in the Hanoverian Tram Museum the railcars 100 (ex 120, driving school railcars), the railcars 218 and 223 (the latter in a Warsaw livery for the film "The Pianist" by Roman Polański ), the double two- axle Articulated car prototype 260, rail car 269, work car 722 (formerly rail car 14, from 1898 with diesel generator), next to it a sidecar that goes with vehicle 218. Railcar 214 is on display in the Technik Museum Kassel.

The following are still available in the Netherlands: railcar 212 and railcar 303 as a guest room (was retired in Amsterdam due to a drive switch fire, it was one of four railcars in this series that had a SiMatic control), the four-axle articulated car 282 (current location unknown) as well as the two-axle multiple unit 224 in Amsterdam . The 305 and 310 bi-directional six- axle vehicles, which were also initially given to the Amsterdam Museumstram collection , were resold from there to Gorzów in the spring of 2011 after a long period of storage . There they were processed and have been in regular service again since autumn 2011.

Route network

Route sections

Development of the tram route network in the city center of Kassel

Tram in the final stop Vellmar Nord

Stop at the turning loop at the police headquarters that is no longer used as scheduled. The left track leads both to the star and into the old tunnel, the paved right track only towards the star. Above to the right is the main train station.

Old north entrance to the tunnel under the station forecourt

Oberkaufungen station

The inner city ring is located through the Königsstraße pedestrian zone and past it to the northwest .

The double-track inner city ring begins at the Am Stern intersection, then follows the Lower and Upper Königsstrasse through the pedestrian zone to the intersection at the town hall. From there it goes over the Fünffensterstraße to the Gleisdreieck at Ständeplatz and on to the Gleisdreieck at Scheidemannplatz. Today the route for the Regiotram to the main station branches off here . Immediately after the junction in Kurfürstenstraße, this leads over a ramp into a tunnel running under the station forecourt and the station building. From Scheidemannplatz, the route runs along Rudolf-Schwander-Straße to Lutherplatz and joins Lutherstraße, which again leads directly to the Am Stern intersection.

This is followed by the following routes clockwise from the northwest:

Grüner Weg - Tunnel Hauptbahnhof or Wendeschleife Ottostraße : without regular service

The line begins with two tracks at Lutherplatz and can only be driven from / towards Am Stern. Via the Grüner Weg, past the Erzbergerstraße stop , which is usually only served by bus lines, the route runs to the confluence with Reuterstraße. From there, until 2005, the route led into the tunnel opened in 1968 under the forecourt of the main train station with the Hauptbahnhof underground station . This section of the route was also called "Germany's ugliest underground ". With the loss of long-distance traffic for the main train station in 1991, this route became less important. The route was also unsuitable for diversions due to the longer travel time compared to the route through Königsstraße. As a result of this and the thin cycle of line 7 at that time, this section of the route became more and more orphaned and neglected. In 2005 the main station tunnel stop was finally closed after the construction of the alternative route through Rudolf-Schwander-Straße. The tunnel ramp in Kurfürstenstrasse remained and has been used by the RegioTram ever since .

The large-scale turning loop at Ottostraße could be used from the tunnel under the main train station as well as from Lutherplatz until 2005. The route runs on a single track through the Grüner Weg and then turns into Ottostraße. When driving through the Grüner Weg, the employment office stop is announced, but it is not permanently marked on site and is only reactivated if detour traffic is planned. The siding at the Ottostraße terminus (now renamed Police Headquarters ) was already covered by asphalt, but the asphalting was removed again in 2016. The exit then takes place in the route coming from the old tunnel back to the Erzbergerstraße stop . It was also possible to exit into the tunnel until 2005. The police headquarters stop could be reached via a staircase from the north exit of the main train station, which is now completely overgrown with bushes or has been removed, access from the direction of the main train station is only possible via a footpath on the Deutsche Bahn.

For some time now, the turning system has been used again in scheduled traffic, but only for a few trips out and in from and to the Sandershäuser Strasse depot. In addition, the route serves as a short-term turning opportunity close to the city center and is also approached in the planned diversion traffic.

Rothenditmold: shut down for the timetable change on September 25, 1971, last line 7

The route began at a triangle track near the Erzbergerstrasse stop . Via Reuterstraße and Wolfhager Straße, the route mostly ran on a single track into the Rothenditmold district. The last stop was a track triangle at the corner of Wolfhager Strasse and Engelhardstrasse. At a traffic island at the confluence of Reuterstraße and Grüner Weg there is a short, double-track remnant of the route.

Holländische Straße - Vellmar Nord: Lines 1 and 5

The route begins on the inner city ring at the Am Stern stop and follows Holländische Strasse continuously on its own track in the middle. At the Holländischer Platz / Universität stop there is a pre-sorting gate that ends in nowhere before the actual junction. It was created at the end of the 1990s as part of the redesign of the stop as a preliminary construction work for a turning loop planned at the university. It should enable an increase in supply between Stern and Holländischer Platz in order to better satisfy the very high passenger demand caused by the university. Since the construction of the Wendeschleife did not find a majority in the political bodies of the city at the time, there is no longer any plan to establish a Wendeschleife.

Shortly before the city limits there is the Holländische Straße stop with a double-track turning loop where line 5 ends. There is a connection to the bus routes 11, 28 and 44 in the direction of KS-Harleshausen, KS-Philippinenhof / Warteberg and Vellmar-West as well as to the express bus route 100 to Kassel-Calden Airport . Since October 23, 2011, the new line 1 to Vellmar Nord has been connected here along the former bus route 45, the construction of which began in August 2008. The route follows the Holländische Straße in the middle position in left-hand traffic in order to only have to build one central platform per stop; Such an arrangement is a novelty for Germany (apart from the Dürkheim Ost station of the Rhein-Haardt-Bahn operated according to EBO ) and is only found very rarely worldwide. The route leaves the federal road 7 via the Brüder-Grimm-Straße. Except for a short single-track section ( track loop ) at the Vellmar Rathaus stop, the route is double-track and ends in a turning loop at the northern exit of Vellmar in the direction of Espenau-Hohenkirchen. There is a connection to bus 47 in the direction of Kassel-Calden Airport via Espenau, Wilhelmsthal and Calden.

Weserstraße - (Kassel Clinic) - Ihringshäuser Straße: Lines 3 and 6

The route begins on the inner city ring at the Am Stern stop and branches off the route to Hessisch Lichtenau at the Altmarkt . At the Weserspitze stop , the route to Wolfsanger branches off into Fuldatalstrasse and after a short route the route branches off into Ihringshäuser Strasse. A stretch branches off to the left into the middle ring and then follows Mönchebergstrasse to the clinic and meets the continuous stretch through Ihringshäuser Strasse at the iron forge.

There is a track crossing in front of the end station, so that the turning loop can be driven clockwise. There is a connection to buses to Vellmar , Fuldatal , Hann. Münden and Immenhausen-Holzhausen and to the city buses to the Bossental and Hasenhecke settlements. The continuous route runs double-tracked on its own railway body, the route via the Klinikum is single-track with a switch at the Klinikum stop and runs along the street. Coming from the clinic, there is a possibility to turn into the city center at the Eisenschmiede into Ihringshäuser Straße, but this is not served by regular service.

An extension to Fuldatal-Ihringshausen has been discussed for years. After the expansion of the B 3 , the way would now be free, but in Fuldatal the connection via a regiotram line on the Kassel – Göttingen route is sometimes preferred.

Wolfsanger: Line 7

The route branches off from the route to Ihringshäuser Strasse at the Weserspitze stop . The renovation of Fuldatalstrasse began in 2006 and was completed in summer 2007. Since then, the line to the Wolfsgraben stop has been double-tracked. The rest of the route is single-track and ends at the Wolfsanger stop , which requires the use of bidirectional vehicles. After the line to Rothenditmold was closed, this line was also in danger of being closed. In the long term, however, an extension over the Fulda to Niestetal is being considered. This would make it necessary to build a bridge over the Fulda.

Six-rail track in Kaufungen on the line to Hess. Lichtenau

Leipziger Straße - Kaufungen - Helsa - Hessisch Lichtenau: Lines 4 and 8

The route begins on the inner city ring at the Am Stern stop . At the next stop, Altmarkt , the route branches off to Ihringshäuser Straße / Wolfsanger. The route then crosses the Fulda, making it the only route to the right of the Fulda. The Untereustädter Kirchplatz and the Platz der Deutschen Einheit (Großer Kreisel) are then crossed by the route. Since 2001 there has been a depot at the Sandershäuser Straße stop with double-track access from both directions. The track triangle is also crossed by the track of the connecting railway to Kassel Fuldahafen. Up to this point, the line is double-tracked on its own railway body. The street space will then be used up to Leipziger Platz . Until 2006 there was a turning loop at Leipziger Platz , which however, due to its tight curve radius, could not be used by the newer tram vehicles. In addition, the turning loop was often blocked by parked cars. As a replacement, the new Leipziger Straße turning loop was created about 200 meters out of town . From Leipziger Platz, the line again has its own track structure. The double-track expansion of the Leipziger Platz section towards Lindenberg was only completed in 2000. A branch to Lohfelden could later be realized at the Lindenberg stop . Until 2000 there was a turning loop at the terminus of the former route. Since then, the route has continued to the Kaufungen-Papierfabrik stop and turning loop . This is followed by the threading into the railway line ( Waldkappeler Bahn ), which can only be used by vehicles of the 600 and 700 series.

From here, the route is only partially double-tracked and individual stops are equipped with multi-rail tracks. There are two alternative routes between Niederkaufungen Bahnhof and Oberkaufungen Bahnhof : as an electric tram through Kaufungen or as a railway without overhead lines. In Hessisch Lichtenau, a tram line branches off the railway line and ends in the city. There are turning possibilities in Helsa and Hessisch Lichtenau as a turning loop and in Oberkaufungen station as a stump track.

In Oberkaufungen there are connections to Nieste, in Helsa to Großalmerode and in Hessisch Lichtenau to Eschwege.

Oberzwehren: Lines (2), 3, 5, 6 and 7

The route begins on the inner city ring at the Rathaus stop and follows Frankfurter Strasse and Altenbaunaer Strasse to Oberzwehren. It is double-track with its own railway body in the middle of the street until shortly before the Keilsbergstraße stop , then off the streets. At the Auestadion there is a turning loop that can be used in both directions. A double-track stop is integrated into this, which is only served during major events in the Auestadion or the ice rink . Furthermore, shortly after the Auestadion stop, between the two lanes of the motorway feeder to the A 49, there are two butt tracks that are used by Regiotram cars for turning. There is a track triangle at the Oberzwehren Mitte stop with the option to travel to Wilhelmshöhe station and Baunatal / Mattenberg.

From Oberzwehren on to Baunatal-Großenritte : Lines (2) and 5

The route initially leads away from the streets to the Mattenberg stop , where lines 3, (5) and 7 end. This is also where the old route to the VW factory branches off. Follow Altenbaunaer Straße to the Baunsberg stop . From here the route will be single-tracked and used in accordance with railway law. After the VW factory , the line turns onto the Kassel – Baunatal – Schauenburg – Naumburg railway line . After the allotment garden club diversion , the city center follows , also with a diversion. This is where you switch to city buses.

After two more stops, the tram line ends in a turning loop at the Großenritte station . Since the distance between these two stations is around four minutes, which is not enough to clear the route with four trains per quarter of an hour, at the times when two lines are in operation, one of them does not run against the load direction of the two stops in between on.

from Mattenberg on to Baunatal (VW plant loop) : without regular services; blocked and interrupted since Easter 2017

A tram car is waiting at the final stop VW-Werk-Loop, February 2014

This line was opened in February 1941. The route ends in front of the VW factory in Baunatal, VW factory loop stop . The Schenkelsberg (in operation until 2017) and Henschelweg (abandoned earlier) stops were still between Mattenberg and the VW plant . The line is double-tracked with its own railway structure. In the end, it was only used by individual trips that only took place in winter and on school days, mainly to relieve the Mattenberg terminus.

The route has been closed to traffic since Easter 2017, and the stops have also been closed. At the beginning of May 2017, a switch was installed about 300 meters in front of the former Schenkelsberg stop in Julius-Leber-Straße so that bidirectional vehicles can move there if the Mattenberg turning loop is blocked. This transfer system was used between October 2017 and March 2018 by the vehicles on line 5E.

The reason for the closure of the line is bridge construction work on the crossing A 44 , for which the tracks and the overhead line underneath were removed. Construction work began in 2017 and should originally be completed after two years. However, due to a lack of drilling equipment, the construction company in charge had to stop working on the motorway construction site in summer 2018. Work there could only be resumed in spring 2019, and completion is expected at the end of 2021. Then the tram service is to be resumed on the line that is currently closed due to the bridge construction site. However, it has not yet been clarified whether there should be regular service there again.

Wilhelmshöher Allee : Lines 1 and 3 to Wilhelmshöhe station

This route was the first to be opened in Kassel. The line is double-tracked on its own railway body.

Friedrich-Ebert-Straße: Line 4 (all the way to Wilhelmshöhe station), Line 7 (to Goethestraße junction), Line 8 (to Bebelplatz)

Goethestrasse: Line 7

Coming from the city center, the route branches off from Friedrich-Ebert-Straße directly after the Annastraße stop . The route first follows Goethestrasse, then Germaniastrasse and joins Wilhelmshöher Allee at Wehlheider Platz in the direction of Wilhelmshöhe station in front of the Kirchweg stop . The route section has only one station at the junction Goethestraße / Querallee (Goethestraße) . The route seemed to have lost its most important justification in the 1990s, after the renovation of the town hall intersection meant that traffic could turn from Wilhelmshöher Allee at the town hall onto the inner city ring via Lutherplatz or Hauptbahnhof. However, a feared shutdown could be prevented. In 2011, Goethe and Germaniastraße were redeveloped, the streets were designed according to the old, historical street scene and the tracks were placed on the southern side together with individual traffic, while a pedestrian promenade was created on the northern side.

With the introduction of the new line network in March 2018, the route lost its importance, as Line 7 only runs through Goethestrasse during the week. At the weekend, this section is only served by a few railways moving in and the N3 night owl line operates Friday to Saturday and Saturday to Sunday and before public holidays.

Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Hessenschanze: Line 8

The route branches off at Bebelplatz and initially follows Kirchweg and Aschrottstraße. Then the route runs along Breitscheidstraße and further along Gilsastraße to Teichstraße. The line is double-tracked up to the Teichstraße stop , after which there are only alternative points at the Kirchditmold and Riedwiesen stops . In addition, the steepest section of the Kassel tram with a gradient of over 7% is located between the Teichstraße and Kirchditmold church stops . From the Kirchditmold church stop , the route follows Schanzenstrasse to the single-track Hessenschanze loop . The turning loop was completely renewed in the summer of 2004. The second track was dismantled.

Kattenstrasse operating route

The single-track line branches off from Friedrich-Ebert-Straße at the Kongress-Palais / Stadthalle stop into Kattenstraße. The entrance can be made from Friedrich-Ebert-Straße from both directions. The route follows Kattenstrasse to the intersection with Kirchweg and there joins the track leading from Bebelplatz out of town towards Hessenschanze. Driving on the route from the direction of Hessenschanze has no longer been possible since the expansion of a track change equipped with automatic switches in October 2010. The Kattenstrasse operating line is mainly used in the early morning hours by trains leaving the Wilhelmshöhe depot and continuing their journey as line 8 to the Hessenschanze. In addition, it can be used as a turning and storage facility at events in the town hall or when the route towards Hessenschanze is closed.

From Wilhelmshöhe train station , continue west and south on the following routes:

Wilhelmshöhe: Line 1

The Wilhelmshöhe depot is located at the Hessischer Rundfunk stop . Among other things, the main workshop and a large storage hall are located here. With the introduction of the double traction in December 2013, the Weißensteinstraße stop in the Wilhelmshöhe turning loop was given up.

Wendeschleife Rolandstraße : without regular traffic

From Wilhelmshöhe train station, it goes out of town to the left, like the routes to Druseltal and Oberzwehren, then the single-track route, which is only passable in one direction, turns right, and finally joins the route from Wilhelmshöhe to the train station after a stop (Rolandstraße) Wilhelmshöhe. The Rolandstraße stop is built on the left in the direction of travel. Nevertheless, one-way vehicles were often to be found on line 7 (exit only possible on the right). With the introduction of the new route network on March 25, 2018, the loop lost its scheduled service.

End of the disused route to Kurhausstrasse

Druseltal: Line 4

The entire route is in the street space and has two tracks throughout. At the Brabanter Straße stop, a single-track section branched off to Kurhausstraße until 1994, which ended bluntly there just one stop later. This route was used until 2014 by the “ Bergpark bus” (line 23), which drove to the terminus / Wendeschleife Wilhelmshöhe (park) and stopped there in the Ochsenallee car park. The turning loop Druseltal was rebuilt in 1991 because a few accidents occurred at the previous steep end stop. Since then, one-way vehicles can also drive into the Druseltal.

At the terminus there are connections to Brasselsberg / Nordshausen and to Herkules . The line to the Hercules will possibly be replaced by an extended tram in order to reactivate the most important section of the Hercules Railway, but this time in standard gauge .

Brückenhof: Lines (2), 3, 6 and 7

The line was opened between 1992 and 1998. Before that, bus lines 20 and 21 ran here. The line has been built on two tracks throughout and is independent of road traffic. The crossings are designed like unrestricted level crossings, only at two crossings does the train not have priority. There is a turning loop accessible from the south at the Schulzentrum Brückenhof stop . This was built as a replacement for a branch to Nordshausen, which was also only accessible from the south, which was never realized. Bus line 21 goes there today. Two stops later, the route ends in a triangular track with routes to the inner city ring and to Mattenberg / Baunatal.

Stops

Friedenskirche stop in the late 1990s

Querallee stop with lane elevation

In 1968 a short tunnel section went into operation in Kassel. The Hauptbahnhof underground station was located in the tunnel, and in 2005 the facility was largely shut down.

In recent years, many stops have been made low-floor and thus barrier-free. Some stops have been expanded to become Cape stops , such as the Friedenskirche stop on Karl-Marx-Platz.

On December 16, 2005, the Querallee stop in the front west was reopened. In order to make this stop barrier-free too, the lanes to the right of the tracks in the stop area were raised. This allows people with prams, wheelchairs or walking frames to get on and off the tram without any problems. A traffic light system was installed in front of the stop, which stops motor vehicle traffic when the tram enters the stop. A safe change of passengers is therefore also possible. This is the first stop in Kassel with a raised lane.

After the barrier-free expansion of the Wolfsanger stop and the out-of-town stop (direction Druseltal) of the Hugo-Preuß-Straße stop in 2018, two stops will still be partially not barrier-free. The Mittelring and Baunatal VW-Werk stops are still only accessible in both directions with the help of drivers (folding ramp). This corresponds to a share of around 98% percent with 129 stops served. In addition, the stops at Rolandstrasse, the employment office, police headquarters and town hall (Kattenstrasse) that are not operated according to plan are not barrier-free.

When the stops are being converted, they will be equipped with guidance systems for the blind . Access to the bus stop is often secured from all four sides.

Many stops, especially the central ones, are equipped with loudspeaker systems to inform passengers in the event of operational disruptions.

The tram stops in the city area and on the routes to Baunatal, Hessisch Lichtenau and Vellmar now all have DFI systems, with a few exceptions .

Furthermore, the KVG announced on December 15, 2011 that by the end of 2013 all stops on line 1 should be extended to 60 meters in length so that double traction operation on line 1 would be possible in the future. This became necessary because the opening of the line to Vellmar has increased the number of passengers. In the Königsstraße area, the trains will stop in such a way that all doors from the first car to the stop are at ground level and at least the first on the second car, as there is not enough space for an extension at the town hall and Friedrichsplatz.

Both projects are funded by the State of Hesse with 5.2 million euros.

In order to be able to use the sidecars preferentially on the "new" line 6 in the future, the stops on Frankfurter Straße and Ihringshäuser Straße as well as on Baunataltrasse will be extended to a usable length of 45 m up to the city limits of Baunatal. The stops between Oberzwehren Mitte and Walther-Schücking-Platz will also be extended as part of this construction project, so that in the event of a diversion, they can also pass through Wilhelmshöhe station. The stops will be equipped with a guidance system for the blind and made barrier-free. This conversion is being funded by the State of Hesse with around 1.2 million euros.

In addition, the power supply for the sidecar will be adapted in this area. This is also subsidized by the state of Hesse.

vehicles

Generations and types

417-422 (N8C)

Railcar 407 on Wilhelmshöher Allee, above the Federal Social Court

In the 1980s, Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft purchased 22 high-floor, bidirectional light rail vehicles of the type N8C from Düwag in two lots . In 1981 the railcars 401-416 and 1986 the railcars 417-422 (both series with chopper control ) were delivered. This type is a standard car that is or was to be found nationwide. The first vehicles were delivered in time for the Federal Garden Show that took place in Kassel in 1981 . The vehicles of the first series from 1981 (401-416) were sold to the Gdansk Tramway in 2014 .

The carriages, which have 54 seats, are now the only high-floor vehicles of the KVG.

Until they slowly withdrew from regular service in 2012 , the cars were most recently regularly used on school days on lines 6 and 7, on the amplifier courses on lines 1 and 5 (marked as 1E and 5E) and on morning electric cars .

The N8C were subsequently approved for operation on railway lines in 2007/2008 so that they could be used in Baunatal. Since the timetable change on December 15, 2013, the use of these wagons is no longer permitted there: On the EBO section of the route, the punctual train control has been put into operation, for which the wagons were not equipped with the associated vehicle equipment.

After the NGT8 went into service in spring 2012, the older N8Cs built in 1981 were gradually withdrawn from traffic and parked in the former tunnel at the main train station, where they were initially kept ready for use. By March 2013, all but two of the older N8C had been taken out of service, in summer 2014 all of them had been taken out of service. Between August and November 2014, the 401-416 wagons were transported to Poland in order to be able to be put back into service in Gdansk after modernization (new front, low-floor middle section, etc.).

In autumn 2017, the first vehicles from the remaining second N8C series from 1986 were also parked. Cars 419 and 422 have not been used since then due to more complex accident damage. Car 417 was parked in February 2018 because its approval period had expired. All three vehicles were delivered to Gdansk on October 28, 2019.

The 418, 420 and 421 cars are still in Kassel, but are only used as planned for morning booster trips and as a driving school. Line bets are not the rule. The N8C railcars are not allowed to use the EBO routes to Baunatal and Hessisch Lichtenau.


Wagon number	HU date	status
417	02/02/2010	Delivered to Gdansk on October 28, 2019
418	07.12.2018	in operation
419	08/20/2011	Delivered to Gdansk on October 28, 2019
420	07.09.2018	in operation
421	13.09.2018	in operation
422	04/14/2010	Delivered to Gdansk on October 28, 2019

451–475 (6ENGTW or NGT6C)

Railcar 472 leaves Königsplatz as line 1

As early as 1990, Kassel turned to the new low-floor technology . From Düwag 1990 15 and 1994 a further ten vehicles of the type NGT6C were delivered. They are the first generation of vehicles with single wheel single running gear (EEF) in the middle section, which were later built as MGT6D . However, in contrast to the vehicles that were later delivered to other companies, they do not yet have three-phase AC technology , but a conventional chopper control , which is why the vehicle floor in the high-floor section is also higher than in these. They carry the numbers 451 to 475. They were the first low-floor tram cars in Germany. 23 wagons belong to the KVG , two wagons (474 and 475) belonged to the HLB until the turn of the year 2015/2016 and were sold to the KVG, which had already serviced them beforehand and used them freely on all lines.

The first cars were put into service at the beginning of 1991 and were initially used mainly on lines 1, 3 and 5. In connection with the opening of the new line to Baunatal-Großenritte in 1995, these vehicles received approval according to the Railway Construction and Operating Regulations (EBO) , as the Kassel-Naumburg Railway tracks on the section of the line from Baunatal-Altenbauna to Baunatal-Großenritte can also be used and thus railway law applies.

In December 2013, punctual train control was put into operation along the EBO section . Since the wagons did not have the vehicle equipment that was now required for them, they could no longer be used in Baunatal.

Modernization program:

As the wagons became increasingly prone to failure after more than 20 years of use, the KVG decided in 2012 to renovate and modernize the NGT6C vehicles (so-called retrofit program) in order to make them fit for use for the next 15 years. Part of this modernization includes the new KVG paintwork without the gray stripe on the lower edge of the car, air conditioning, closed driver's cabs and new seat covers. Over the years, the scope of the retrofit program has been expanded several times. All railways converted from 2015 onwards have received a train control device (Indusi) so that they can be used again on the EBO route to Baunatal. A new EEF brake control was added in 2016. Since 2018, outdoor lights using LED technology have also been part of the renovation measures. This was then also done for those cars that had not yet gone through the retrofit program, so that since 2019 all NGT6Cs in use have been converted to LEDs.

The first modernized vehicle was the railcar 455. It returned to regular service in September 2014 with a public roll-out . In December 2014, the second converted vehicle followed with the 451 railcar. However, in contrast to the following vehicles, both cars were initially not equipped with an Indusi system. They only received this retrospectively in 2018.

According to the KVG, a total of 19 vehicles of this type are to be subjected to the retrofit program. The remaining vehicles are to be parked at an as yet unknown time and then serve as spare parts donors .

Vehicle exits:

In mid-May 2017, railcars 461 and 468, both of which had been parked for a long time after more complex accident damage, were scrapped and thus eliminated from the KVG's portfolio. In addition, railcars 452 and 463 have been parked since 2018 because they were in poor general condition. They sometimes serve as a spare part dispenser. This means that only 23 of the original 25 vehicles of the vehicle type NGT6C are still in the KVG's portfolio and only 21 of them are still on the line.

Current status overview of the individual railcars:

Car no.	Construction year	Status	Remarks
451	1990	Retrofit program completed (12/2014)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
452	1990	Original condition	parked, spare parts donor, intended for scrapping, poor general condition
453	1991	Retrofit program completed (01/2020)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
454	1991	currently in the retrofit program
455	1991	Retrofit program completed (07/2014)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
456	1991	Retrofit program completed (10/2016)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
457	1991	Retrofit program completed (07/2019)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
458	1991	Small renovation with new paint (11/2012)
459	1991	New paint (01/2012) without renovation
460	1991	New paint (06/2012) without renovation
461	1991	Original condition	03/2016 shut down after an accident, 05/2017 scrapped
462	1991	Retrofit program completed (04/2015)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
463	1991	Original condition	parked, spare parts donor, intended for scrapping, poor general condition
464	1991	Retrofit program completed (06/2016)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
465	1991	Retrofit program completed (08/2017)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
466	1994	Retrofit program completed (12/2017)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
467	1994	Retrofit program completed (05/2017)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
468	1994	Original condition	May 2014 shut down after an accident, May 2017 scrapped
469	1994	Retrofit program completed (04/2018)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
470	1994	Small renovation with new paint (05/2013)
471	1994	Retrofit program completed (12/2015)	6ENGTW-MI, modernized with Indusi
472	1994	currently in the retrofit program
473	1994	currently in the retrofit program
474	1994	New paint (09/2011) without renovation	former Hessian state railway
475	1994	New paint (04/2011) without renovation	former Hessian state railway
As of April 2020

With the exception of line 7, the vehicles are used throughout the network, but primarily on lines 2, 3, 5 and 8.

Vehicles with Indusi equipment can use the railway line to Baunatal, but not those to Hessisch Lichtenau. The vehicles that have not yet been converted may not be used either to Baunatal or Hessisch Lichtenau.

601–622, 631–640 (8NGTW)

Railcar 609 as line 7 at the Stern

The bad experience with the EEF meant that this type of vehicle should no longer be procured. Rather, a new generation of railcars was commissioned from Bombardier Transportation. The middle part of this car runs on two idler bogies, whereby a better driving behavior was determined. The type designation is 8NGTW ( Flexity Classic ). The vehicles were delivered from 1999 to 2003, 601 to 612 and 636 to 640 belong to KVG, 613 to 622 and 631 to 635 belong to RBK . These vehicles were designed for the route to Hessisch Lichtenau , but should also be able to drive on the existing network.

Nevertheless, the car body width could be increased from 2.2 meters (200 and 300 series) or 2.3 meters (400 car) to 2.4 meters, only the arrangement of the doors had to be adapted to the Baunatal stops.

The one-way cars were classified as 601–622. With the exception of line 7, they are used throughout the network, but primarily on lines 1 (also as a double unit), 4 and 6 (often with a sidecar).

The bidirectional trolleys 631–640 can usually be found on lines 1, 4, 5 and 7, but can also be used on other lines.

The wagons are equipped and approved for operation on railway lines, but not on federal ones.

651–672 (NGT8)

Railcar 653 at the terminus in Wolfsanger

These vehicles were delivered from November 2011 to July 2013. It is a bidirectional low-floor wagon model Flexity Classic . The vehicles are intended to replace the N8C railcars. The vehicles are 2.4 meters wide and 30.04 meters long. Like their predecessors, to which they largely correspond mechanically, they are equipped and approved for operation on railway lines, but also not on federal lines. The first two cars (651, 652) arrived in Kassel at the end of 2011. The first four vehicles have been in service since March 31, 2012. All vehicles have been in use since autumn 2013.

The wagons are mainly used on lines 1 (mostly as a double traction), 4 and 7, and sometimes also on lines 3, 6 and 8. On the other hand, use on line 5 is less common.

On March 19, 2018, the Tw 672 had a serious accident in an accident on the signal-secured level crossing Oberzwehrener Straße. There there was a collision with a semi-trailer truck, with the A section of the railway being severely damaged. On August 29, 2018, the Tw 672 was transported to the Bombardier plant in Bautzen after months of idle time, where it received a new A-part. A return to Kassel is expected to take place in February 2020.

701–718, 751-760 (RegioTram railcars)

Regiotram on May 8, 2005 in Kassel Central Station

New 2.65 meter wide Regiotram wagons were procured for alternating operations on DB routes. These can drive on the city routes in Kassel as well as on Deutsche Bahn routes . The manufacturer of these vehicles belonging to the RegioCitadis type family is Alstom in Salzgitter.

Low-floor trailer 4NBWE

KVG acquired fifteen used low-floor trailers (built in 2001/2002) from Rostock tram RSAG in 2014/2015 . After renovation and adaptation to the conditions in Kassel, they operate with the 8ENGTW. From 2016 to 2019, 10 sidecars went into operation. A few more of the z-provided cars are likely to follow. Up to five courses can run on Line 1, the remaining sidecars are used with up to six courses on Line 6 between Ihringshäuser Straße and Brückenhof. Since the Helleböhn line has now also been equipped with longer platforms, line 3 has been able to run with sidecar trains since 2020. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, sidecar use has become everyday life on Line 3 so that "social distancing" can be observed.

Number Kassel	Number Rostock	Arrival in Kassel	Modification status and possibly commissioning	Acceptance in Kassel
501	857	11/18/2013	in use	09/06/2016
502	854	07/02/2014	in use	December 16, 2016
503	762	02.09.2014	in use	04/11/2017
504	751	08/19/2014	in use	08/21/2017
505	859	07/10/2014	in use	11/06/2017
506	761	08/26/2014	in use	02/26/2018
507	856	07/28/2014	in use	July 16, 2018
508	755	07/10/2014	in use	11/09/2018
509	862	10/21/2014	in use	05/03/2019
510	758	08/05/2015	in use	06.09.2019
not assigned	756	10/27/2015	z-placed depot Wilhelmshöhe
nz	757	09/10/2014	z-provided depot Wilhelmshöhe - currently. Spare parts dispenser
nz	760	October 12, 2015	z-provided depot east (municipal works)
nz	851	11/10/2015	z-placed depot Wilhelmshöhe
nz	852	October 19, 2015	z-provided depot east (municipal works)

Vehicle use

Four vehicle types are available for regular service, namely types NGT6C, 8ENGTW / 8ZNGTW, NGT8 and N8C.

The six-axle low-floor multiple units from the 1990s (type NGT6C) can basically be found on lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 8; however, this varies depending on the day of the week and the time of day. During the week they run during the day on lines 2, 3 and 8 and occasionally on line 5. Operations on lines 1 and 6 only occur in the event of failure of a double traction or a sidecar trailer combination, and on weekends and in the evenings. On Saturdays, the NGT6C are also sometimes used on the circuits of line 4, provided that these do not go beyond Kaufungen paper mill . On Sundays, public holidays and late night traffic, these vehicles usually only run on Line 1.
The low-floor trams supplied between 1999 and 2003 in one-way and two-way design (8ENGTW or 8ZNGTW) can be found on all lines, but primarily on lines 1, 4, 5 and 6. In addition, the 8ZNGTW run sporadically on line 7.
The NGT8 vehicles are the latest KVG vehicles and were delivered between 2011 and 2013. They are also used on all lines, their main area of use being on lines 1, 4 and 7. On the other hand, on line 5 to Baunatal-Großenritte, this type of vehicle is usually only seen in the evening and occasionally during the day at the weekend.
Both the NGT8 and the 8ENGTW / 8ZNGTW vehicles often replace the older NGT6C low-floor vehicles in the evening hours.
The use of the last remaining high-floor vehicles of the type N8C decreased significantly with the introduction of the new KVG line network on March 25, 2018. There are now only two e-car courses in the morning rush hour that are driven by these vehicles. These courses run from Mattenberg to Rathaus / Fünffensterstraße and from there on towards Wilhelmshöhe station . If the vehicle fleet is damaged, all 3 vehicles still available (418, 420 and 421) are in use in the morning. Depending on requirements, they can also be seen on lines 1, 3 and, since the timetable change on December 15, 2019, also on line 4, in rare cases also on lines 7 or 8.

planning

Furthermore, the following plans and ideas exist to expand the tram network in the future:

Untereustadt – Waldau (category 1 in the 2014 local transport plan)
Druseltal – Herkules (category 2 in the 2014 local transport plan)
City center – Rothenditmold – Harleshausen (category 3 in the 2014 local transport plan)
Fuldatal-Ihringshausen (since 2014 in the traffic development plan 2030)
Schauenburg
Niestetal-Sandershausen
Lohfelden

In some cases, citizens' groups have already formed for or against these projects. In Lohfelden it fails because of the financial contribution that the community would have to bear.

The routes to Bossental and Jungfernkopf were deleted from the local transport plan of the city of Kassel in June 2013.

literature

Ulrich Fröhberg: The Kasseler Tram , Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2013, ISBN 978-3-95400-186-6 .

Web links

Commons : Straßenbahn Kassel - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft
North Hessian Transport Association
Concept Kasseler Linien ( Memento from January 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
TRAM-KASSEL private information site
BUS-TRAM private information site
Overview of the tram in Kassel

Individual evidence

↑ Kassel Transport Company
^ KVG network reform: Coalition introduces new Kassel lines , hna.de, June 19, 2017
↑ Changes for buses and trains: KVG will switch to the new network on March 25th . In: https://www.hna.de/ . February 7, 2018 ( hna.de [accessed February 13, 2018]).
^ Track construction works on Landgraf-Karl-Straße: - KVG Kassel. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
↑ Kassel public transport news. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
↑ Kassel public transport news. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
↑ Kassel public transport news. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
↑ hna.de
↑ kvg.de
↑ Press release: 1.2 million euros for Kassel tram. Kasseler Verkehrsgesellschaft, September 28, 2016, accessed on March 2, 2017 .
↑ Roll-out for Retrofit-Tw 455 ( Memento from December 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ hna.de
↑ tram-kassel.de
↑ ^a ^b Kassel public transport news. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .
↑ Tram fleet
↑ Tw 672 loaded for transport to Bautzen
↑ Kassel public transport news. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
↑ Trailer for trams: KVG Kassel In: kvg.de , November 18, 2013, accessed on November 21, 2018.
↑ Kassel public transport news. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
^ Tram-Lohfelden.net. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2017 ; Retrieved March 3, 2017 .
↑ Tram to Lohfelden before the end: Greens put pressure on . In: https://www.hna.de/ . December 1, 2014 ( hna.de [accessed March 3, 2017]).
^ Update of the local transport plan of the city of Kassel (draft). (PDF; 6.5 MB) Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft, June 4, 2013, accessed on July 30, 2013 .

[Feiertag-1] so on public holidays

[2] Additional trips 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., some in traction

[1/5_SVZ_früh_Sa+So-3] t Königsplatz linked with line 5 to / from Baunatal

[Dotra_Wasserspiele-4] uble traction

[5] Night owls N1, linked to N3

[6] the morning as 1/5 or 5/1, partly to Baunatal

[7] y on school days

[8] Night owls N3, runs via Goethestrasse, linked with N1

[9] Additional trips from 12 noon to 2 p.m.

[10] Night owls N4, linked to N5

[11] the morning

[12] N200 (AST), in Helsa connection to N4

[5/1_SVZ_früh_Sa+So-13] t Königsplatz linked with line 1 to / from Vellmar

[5/7_SVZ_spät-14] trips to / from Baunatal at Königsplatz linked with line 7 to / from Wolfsanger

[15] Night owls N5, linked to N4

[16] In the morning on school days, additional trips to Mattenberg → Rathaus / Fünffensterstraße, continue to Wilhelmshöhe station or Druseltal

[7/5_SVZ_spät-17] t Königsplatz linked with line 5 to / from Baunatal

[18] Bus 26, from Wolfsgraben on to Hasenhecke

[19] rates as a bus

[8_SVZ_So-20] Sundays and public holidays from 6:00 p.m.

[8_NVZ_So-21] Sundays and public holidays until 6 p.m., otherwise until 8 p.m.

[test-22] Kassel Transport Company

[23] KVG network reform: Coalition introduces new Kassel lines , hna.de, June 19, 2017

[24] Changes for buses and trains: KVG will switch to the new network on March 25th . In: https://www.hna.de/ . February 7, 2018 ( hna.de [accessed February 13, 2018]).

[25] Track construction works on Landgraf-Karl-Straße: - KVG Kassel. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .

[26] Kassel public transport news. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .

[27] Kassel public transport news. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .

[28] Kassel public transport news. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .

[29] .de

[30] vg.de

[31] Press release: 1.2 million euros for Kassel tram. Kasseler Verkehrsgesellschaft, September 28, 2016, accessed on March 2, 2017 .

[32] Roll-out for Retrofit-Tw 455 ( Memento from December 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[33] .de

[34] tram-kassel.de

[:0-35] Kassel public transport news. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .

[36] Tram fleet

[37] Tw 672 loaded for transport to Bautzen

[38] Kassel public transport news. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .

[39] Trailer for trams: KVG Kassel In: kvg.de , November 18, 2013, accessed on November 21, 2018.

[40] Kassel public transport news. Retrieved May 30, 2020 .

[41] Tram-Lohfelden.net. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 4, 2017 ; Retrieved March 3, 2017 .

[42] Tram to Lohfelden before the end: Greens put pressure on . In: https://www.hna.de/ . December 1, 2014 ( hna.de [accessed March 3, 2017]).

[43] Update of the local transport plan of the city of Kassel (draft). (PDF; 6.5 MB) Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft, June 4, 2013, accessed on July 30, 2013 .


Baden-Württemberg	Freiburg im Breisgau \| Heilbronn \| Karlsruhe ( tram and light rail ) \| Kehl (Strasbourg) \| Heidelberg \| Mannheim \| Stuttgart \| Ulm \| Weil am Rhein (Basel)
Bavaria	Augsburg \| Munich \| Nuremberg \| Wurzburg
Berlin	Berlin
Brandenburg	Brandenburg an der Havel \| Cottbus \| Frankfurt (Oder) \| Potsdam \| Schöneiche near Berlin \| Strausberg \| Woltersdorf
Bremen	Bremen
Hesse	Darmstadt \| Frankfurt am Main ( tram and light rail ) \| Kassel ( tram and RegioTram )
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Rostock \| Schwerin
Lower Saxony	Braunschweig \| Hanover
North Rhine-Westphalia	Bielefeld \| Bochum / Gelsenkirchen ( tram and light rail ) \| Bonn \| Dortmund \| Duisburg ( tram and light rail ) \| Düsseldorf ( tram and light rail ) \| Essen ( tram and light rail ) \| Cologne \| Krefeld \| Mülheim / Oberhausen
Rhineland-Palatinate	Ludwigshafen am Rhein \| Mainz
Saarland	Saarbrücken
Saxony	Bad Schandau \| Chemnitz \| Dresden \| Goerlitz \| Leipzig \| Plauen \| Zwickau
Saxony-Anhalt	Dessau \| Halberstadt \| Halle (Saale) \| Magdeburg \| Naumburg (Saale)
Thuringia	Erfurt \| Gera \| Gotha \| Jena \| Nordhausen