Leipzig tram

Leipzig tram
Tram trains at the Goerdelerring stop
Basic information
Country	Germany
city	Leipzig
opening	May 18, 1872
electrification	May 20, 1896
operator	LVB
Transport network	MDV
Infrastructure
Route length	146 km
Track length	313.7 km
Gauge	1458 mm
Power system	600 V = overhead line
Operating mode	Furnishing operation
Stops	522
Depots	5 + 1
business
Lines	15th
Line length	213.6 km
Clock in the peak hours	10 min
vehicles	85 Tatra T4D -M 43 NB4 56 NGT8 49 NGTW6 33 NGT12-LEI 32 NGT10
statistics
Reference year	2018
Passengers	127 million per year
Mileage	12.8 million km per year
Network plan with line identification colors, Nov. 2015

The Leipzig tram is used by the vehicles of the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe . Together with the S-Bahn Central Germany , it forms the backbone of Leipzig's local transport . The network with 13 lines is one of the largest in Germany. With 1458 mm it has the widest gauge of German trams. The transport performance of the Leipzig tram was 12.7 in 2012 Million train kilometers .

history

→ Main article : History of the Leipzig tram network

Share over 1000 marks in the great Leipzig tram from November 15, 1895

Animation of the development of the rail network

Tram operation in Leipzig began on May 18, 1872 with the opening of the Leipzig Horse Railway (LPE). This had its first tram station in Reudnitz , which was also the seat of the management. At the end of 1895 the LPE had 46 km of route network, 1013 horses, 172 carriages and five depots.

In April 1896, the LPE went over to the Great Leipzig Tram (GLSt), which switched completely from horse to electric operation by 1897. In the same year as the GLSt, the Leipzig Electric Tram (LESt) opened and in 1900 the Leipziger Außenbahn AG (LAAG) followed.

During the First World War , the Great Leipzig Tram and the Leipzig Electric Tram merged under the umbrella of the GLSt. At that time the company had 685 railcars, 546 sidecars and a route network of 127.4 km length.

In July 1938 the GLSt got its current name and was renamed Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB). From December 1943, tram operations had to be interrupted again and again due to damage from bombing attacks. It was completely stopped for nine days in April 1945 after the American invasion.

In 1951 the Leipziger Außenbahn became part of the LVB, which was then called VEB Verkehrsbetriebe der Stadt Leipzig . In the same year, new tram vehicles were purchased for the first time in 20 years. After several attempts such as sight card trolleys, conductorless operation was introduced throughout the network in 1965. In 1969 the first of over 900 Tatra trams was delivered.

Line network

The Leipzig tram network was fundamentally restructured on May 27, 2001 and has had a radial structure since then.

line	course	Stops	Travel time daily traffic Mon-Fri	Daily traffic Mon – Sat
01 01 E.	Lausen - Zschampertaue - Krakauer Straße - Ratzelbogen - Stuttgarter Allee - Schönauer / Ratzelstraße - Herrmann-Meyer-Straße - Kurt-Kresse-Straße - Diezmannstraße - Antonien- / Gießerstraße - Adler - Rödelstraße - Stieglitzstraße - Holbeinstraße - Klingerweg - Marschnerstraße - Westplatz - Gottschedstraße - Goerdelerring - Hauptbahnhof - Hofmeisterstraße - Friedrich-List-Platz - Einertstraße - Hermann-Liebmann- / Eisenbahnstraße - Stannebeinplatz - Stöckelstraße - Löbauer Straße - Ossietzky- / Gorkistraße - Schönefeld Town Hall - Schönefeld, Volbedingstraße (1 E ) - Mockauer- / Volbedingstraße - Friedrichshafner Strasse - Döringstrasse - Mockau, Post	1 E : 30 1:34	1 E : 46/47 min 1: 53 min	10 min
02	[ Lausen - Zschampertaue - Krakauer Straße (only in early and evening traffic) ] Grünau-Süd - Ratzelbogen - Stuttgarter Allee - Schönauer / Ratzelstraße - Herrmann-Meyer-Straße - Kurt-Kresse-Straße - Diezmannstraße - Antonien- / Gießerstraße - Adler - Rödelstraße - Stieglitzstraße - Holbeinstraße - Klingerweg - Marschnerstraße - Westplatz - New Town Hall - Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Roßplatz - Härtelstraße - Bayerischer Bahnhof - Johannisallee - German National Library - Old Exhibition Grounds - Naunhofer Straße [- Monument to the Battle of the Nations - Südfriedhof - Prager / Russenstrasse - Probstheida - Franzosenallee - Roseggerstrasse - Meusdorf (rush hour) ]	24 (34)	36-39 min (46 min)	10 min
03 03 E.	Knautkleeberg - Fortunabadstraße - Albersdorfer Straße - Seumestraße - Windorf Waterworks - Großzschocher, Gerhard-Ellrodt-Straße - Huttenstraße - Kunzestraße - Arthur-Nagel-Straße - Kleinzschocher, Kötzschauer Straße - Schwartzestraße - Adler - Markranstädter Straße - Elster-Passage - Felsenkeller - Angerbrücke, Strbf. - Sportforum Süd - Waldplatz - Leibnizstraße - Goerdelerring - Central Station - Hofmeisterstraße - Friedrich-List-Platz - Einertstraße - Hermann-Liebmann- / Eisenbahnstraße - Torgauer Platz - Volksgarten - Permoser- / Torgauer Straße - Schwantesstraße - Bautzner Straße - Hohentichelnstraße - Arcus Park - Heiterblick, Teslastraße - Portitzer Allee, S-Bf. Serenity - Taucha, Otto-Schmidt-Straße - Taucha, Theodor-Körner-Straße - Taucha, Freiligrathstraße - Taucha, An der Bürgerruhe (end point: 3) - Heisenbergstraße - Paunsdorf-Nord - Hermelinstraße - Paunsdorfer Allee / Permoserstraße - Paunsdorf-Center - Sommerfeld (end point: 3 E )	3 E : 40 3: 38	3 E : 62/63 min 3: 61/62 min	10 min
04 04 E.	Gohlis, Landsberger Strasse - Beyerleinstrasse - Landsberger- / Max-Liebermann-Strasse - Viertelsweg - S-Bf. Coppiplatz - Georg-Schumann- / Lindenthaler Straße - Menckestraße - Stallbaumstraße - Am Mückenschlösschen - Feuerbachstraße - Waldplatz - Leibnizstraße - Goerdelerring - Central Station (4 E , rush hour traffic) - Augustusplatz - Johannisplatz - Richtsweg - Reudnitz, Koehlerstraße - Breite Straße - Riebeck- / Oststraße - Riebeck- / Stötteritzer Straße (4 E , rush hour traffic) - S-Bf. Stötteritz - Breslauer Strasse - Weißestrasse - City Hall Stötteritz - Kolmstrasse - Stötteritz, Holzhäuser Strasse	27	44 min	10 min
07th	Böhlitz-Ehrenberg, Burghausener Straße - Forstweg - Ludwig-Jahn-Straße - Südstraße - Barnecker Straße - S-Bf. Leutzsch - Philipp-Reis-Strasse - Pfingstweide - Leutzsch Town Hall - Diakonissenhaus - Wielandstrasse - Georg-Schwarz- / Merseburger Strasse - Lindenauer Markt - Angerbrücke, Strbf. - Sportforum Süd - Waldplatz - Leibnizstraße - Goerdelerring - Hauptbahnhof - Augustusplatz - Johannisplatz --gerichtsweg - Reudnitz, Koehlerstraße - Wiebelstraße - Edlichstraße (outside of the operating hours of line 8 via Torgauer Platz - Geißlerstraße, Bülowviertel) - Annenstraße - Sellerhausen, Emmaussstraße - Ostheimstraße - Theodor -Heuss-Straße - Babarastraße - Paunsdorf, Strbf. - Am Vorwerk - Ahornstraße - Paunsdorf-Nord - Hermelinstraße - Paunsdorfer Allee / Permoser Straße - Paunsdorf Center - Sommerfeld	38 (39)	62 min	10 min
08th	Grünau-Nord - Schönauer Ring - Parkallee - Grünauer Allee - Saarländer Straße - Credéstraße - Lindenau, Busof - Henriettenstraße - Lützner / Merseburger Straße - Angerbrücke, Strbf. - Sportforum Süd - Waldplatz - Westplatz - New Town Hall - Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Augustusplatz - Wintergartenstraße / Hauptbahnhof - Hofmeisterstraße - Friedrich-List-Platz - Hermann-Liebmann- / Eisenbahnstraße - Torgauer Platz - Geißlerstraße, Bülowviertel - Annenstraße - Sellerhausen, Emmausstraße - Ostheimstrasse - Theodor-Heuss-Strasse - Babarastrasse - Paunsdorf, Strbf. - Am Vorwerk - Ahornstrasse - Paunsdorf-Nord	31	50/51 min	10 min
09	Thekla - Mockau, Church - Samuel-Lampel-Strasse - Mockau, Post - Döringstrasse - Friedrichshafner Strasse - Mockauer- / Volbedingstrasse - Hamburger Strasse - Apelstrasse, Historischer Strbf. - Wittenberger Straße ← Wilhelm-Liebknecht-Platz - Central Station / West Side - Goerdelerring - Thomaskirche - New Town Hall - Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Roßplatz - Härtelstraße - Bayerischer Bahnhof - Körnerstraße - Kurt-Eisner- / Arthur-Hoffmann-Straße - Steinplatz - Arthur -Hoffmann- / Richard-Lehmann-Straße - R.-Lehmann-Straße, HTWK - Connewitzer Kreuz - Pfeffingerstraße - Hildebrandstraße - S-Bf. Connewitz, Klemmstrasse	27/28	43 min	10 min
10	Wahren - Am Viadukt - Annaberger Strasse - Möckernscher Markt - Dantestrasse - S-Bf. Möckern - Wiederitzscher Straße - Georg-Schumann- / Lindenthaler Straße - Georg-Schumann- / Lützowstraße - Chausseehaus - Wilhelm-Liebknecht-Platz - Central Station - Augustusplatz - Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Münzgasse, LVZ - Hohe Straße - Südplatz - Karl-Liebknecht - / Kurt-Eisner-Strasse - R.-Lehmann-Strasse, HTWK - Connewitzer Kreuz - Wiedebachplatz - Arthur-Hoffmann- / Arno-Nitzsche-Strasse ← Meusdorfer Strasse - Triftweg - An der Märchenwiese - Moritz-Hof - Lößnig	26/27	42/43 min	10 min
11 11 E.	Schkeuditz, Rathausplatz - Schkeuditz, Altscherbitz - Schkeuditz, Paetzstraße - Schkeuditz, Gartenstadt - Modelwitz - Hänichen, Bismarck Tower - Freirodaer Weg - Lützschena - Stahmelner Allee - Stahmeln - Pittlerstraße - Wahren (11 E ) - Am Viadukt - Annaberger Straße - Möckernscher Straße - Möckernscher Straße - S-Bf. Möckern - Wiederitzscher Straße - Georg-Schumann- / Lindenthaler Straße - Georg-Schumann- / Lützowstraße - Chausseehaus - Wilhelm-Liebknecht-Platz - Central Station - Augustusplatz - Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Münzgasse, LVZ - Hohe Straße - Südplatz - Karl-Liebknecht - / Kurt-Eisner-Straße - R.-Lehmann-Straße, HTWK - Connewitzer Kreuz - Pfeffingerstraße - Hildebrandstraße - S-Bf. Connewitz - Raschwitzer Strasse - Friederikenstrasse - Leinestrasse - Dölitz, Strbf. (11 E ) - Am Eichwinkel ← Markkleeberg, Virchowstraße - Markkleeberg-Ost, Schillerplatz	11 E : 27 11: 40/41	11 E : 43/44 min 11: 63/66 min	8/12 min
12	Gohlis-Nord, Virchowstraße - Baaderstraße - Gottschallstraße - Virchow- / Coppistraße - S-Bf. Gohlis - Georg-Schumann- / Lützowstraße - Fritz-Seger-Straße - Springerstraße - Nordplatz - Zoo - Lortzingstraße - Goerdelerring - Central Station - Augustusplatz - Johannisplatz [- Gutenbergplatz - Ostplatz - Witzgallstraße - Technical Town Hall ( rush hour ) ]	15 (19)	20/21 min (25/26 min)	10 min
14th	(Ring line) S-Bf. Plagwitz → Karl-Heine- / Gießerstraße → Karl-Heine- / Merseburger Straße → Felsenkeller → Angerbrücke, Strbf. → Sportforum Süd → Waldplatz → Leibnizstraße → Goerdelerring → Hauptbahnhof → Augustusplatz → Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz → New Town Hall → Westplatz → Waldplatz → Sportforum Süd → Angerbrücke, Strbf. → Felsenkeller → Karl-Heine- / Merseburger Straße → Karl-Heine- / Gießerstraße → S-Bf. Plagwitz	21st	39 min	20th min
15th	Miltitz - Saturnstrasse - Jupiterstrasse - Plovdiver Strasse - Kiewer Strasse - Am Kirschberg - Schönauer Ring - Parkallee - Grünauer Allee - Saarländer Strasse - Credéstrasse - Lindenau, Bushof - Henriettenstrasse - Lützner- / Merseburger Strasse - Lindenauer Markt - Angerbrücke, Strbf. - Sportforum Süd - Waldplatz - Leibnizstraße - Goerdelerring - Central Station - Augustusplatz - Johannisplatz - Gutenbergplatz - Ostplatz - Witzgallstraße - Technical Town Hall - Old Exhibition Grounds - Naunhofer Straße - Monument to the Battle of the Nations - South Cemetery - Prager- / Russenstraße - Probstheida - Franzosenallee - Roseggerstraße - Meusdorf	35	51/52 min	10 min
16	Exhibition grounds - S-Bf. Fair - Georg-Herwegh-Straße - Wiederitzsch-Mitte - Dachauer Straße - St. Georg Clinic - Hornbach Hardware Store - Delitzscher- / Essener Straße - Mosenthinstraße - Eutritzscher Markt - Eutritzscher Zentrum - Wilhelminenstraße - Chausseehaus - Wilhelm-Liebknecht-Platz - Central Station - Augustusplatz - Roßplatz - Härtelstraße - Bayerischer Bahnhof - Johannisallee - German National Library - At the animal clinics - Richard-Lehmann- / Zwickauer Straße - Triftweg - At the Märchenwiese - Moritz-Hof - Lößnig	27	40 min	10 min

(As of September 19, 2019)

All cycle times relate to daytime traffic on weekdays. Lines marked with a superscript ^E do not run on the entire route, so that the regular traffic on the outer branches doubles to 20 minutes. In addition to some other changes, a 15-minute basic cycle is used in the evenings and on Sundays and public holidays. In the outskirts of the day, i.e. daily from 10.45 p.m., Saturdays until 8.15 a.m. and Sundays and public holidays until 9.15 a.m., the main access lines 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 11 ^E , 12, 14, 15 and 16 have a basic 30-minute cycle with hunt groups at the main station, whereby since the timetable change in 2016/17 the large hunt groups at minutes 00 and 30 have been replaced by two smaller hunt groups every 15 minutes, in which only part of the lines take part. The tram extension lines 2, 8 and 10 (northern section) are usually only in use Monday to Saturday in daytime traffic until around 8 p.m. and on Sundays only between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. As part of a pilot test to investigate the effects of increasing the number of passengers on the number of passengers, lines 3, 4 and 12 have been running every ten minutes since the 2012/13 timetable year on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. An expansion to all other tram lines (except for line 14) took place with the timetable change on November 28, 2015. To compensate for the additional work involved, lines 2, 8 and 10 have only run every 20 minutes on weekdays during the summer and Christmas holidays since summer 2015. As a result of the increasing driver shortage, this measure was extended to all school holidays in 2018 and has been increasingly used outside of the school holidays since 2019. Line 10 ran continuously from March to September 2019 and lines 2 and 8 at times only ran every 20 minutes.

Two tram lines have been in regular use in night traffic since April 1, 2018:

line	course	Stops	Driving time night traffic	Night traffic cycle
N10	Main station - Augustusplatz - Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Münzgasse, LVZ - Hohe Straße - Südplatz - Karl-Liebknecht- / Kurt-Eisner-Straße - R.-Lehmann-Straße, HTWK - Connewitzer Kreuz - Wiedebachplatz - Arthur-Hoffmann- / Arno -Nitzsche-Straße ← Meusdorfer Straße - Triftweg - At the fairy tale meadow - Moritz-Hof - Lößnig	15/16	23 min	only Sat / Sun: 71 min
N17	Lausen - Zschampertaue - Krakauer Straße - Ratzelbogen - Stuttgarter Allee - Schönauer / Ratzelstraße - Herrmann-Meyer-Straße - Kurt-Kresse-Straße - Diezmannstraße - Antonien- / Gießerstraße - Adler - Rödelstraße - Stieglitzstraße - Holbeinstraße - Klingerweg - Marschnerstraße - Westplatz - Gottschedstraße - Goerdelerring - Hauptbahnhof - Augustusplatz - Johannisplatz - Richtsweg - Reudnitz, Koehlerstraße - Wiebelstraße - Torgauer Platz - Geißlerstraße, Bülowviertel - Annenstraße - Sellerhausen, Emmaussstraße - Ostheimstraße - Theodor-Heuss-Straße - Barbarastraße - Paunsdorf, Strbf. - Am Vorwerk - Ahornstrasse - Paunsdorf-Nord	36	58/61 min	71 min Sat / Sun: 33-38 min

(As of November 26, 2018)

The color of the lines shows which of the central stops on the inner city ring are stopped:

colour	Stops
red	Hauptbahnhof / Willy-Brandt-Platz and Augustusplatz, not Goerdelerring
green	Goerdelerring and Hauptbahnhof / Willy-Brandt-Platz, not Augustusplatz and Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz
Dark blue	Goerdelerring, Hauptbahnhof / Willy-Brandt-Platz and Augustusplatz / Goethestrasse, not Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz
yellow	Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz, not Hauptbahnhof / Willy-Brandt-Platz
Light Blue	Goerdelerring, Hauptbahnhof / Willy-Brandt-Platz, Augustusplatz and Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz (only clockwise)

Line 1/1 ^E.

NGT8 on line 1 at Willy-Brandt-Platz at Tröndlinring in the old livery

Line 1 runs from Lausen in the southwest to Mockau , with every second train as line 1 ^E already ending in Schönefeld on Mondays to Saturdays in daytime traffic . Line 1 is operated daily in daytime traffic with large Tatra trains and trains from NGT8 and NB4, only on Saturdays some of the courses are also used by NGT8s traveling individually, which also dominate late-night traffic every day.

Line 2

Line 2 is a supplementary line to lines 1, 15 and 16 and is therefore only used in daytime traffic. It is the only line in the Leipzig network that does not pass through the central station or other stops in the immediate vicinity of the main station. It begins in the west in Grünau-Süd and leads east to Naunhofer Straße. Since 2003, line 2 has continued to run to Meusdorf during rush hour from Monday to Friday . Line 2 ran all day in the western section to Lausen until October 9, 2010, before it was withdrawn to Grünau-Süd for cost reasons and in connection with the slow population decline in the adjacent residential complexes - after that, the trains only ran on weekends between May until 2014 and September over the entire western section. During the school holidays in Saxony, line 2 only runs every 20 minutes between Grünau-Süd and Naunhofer Straße on weekdays, and there is no extension to Meusdorf during rush hour. As a result of a lack of staff, it is sometimes only possible to drive every 20 minutes on school days, although the extension to Meusdorf is retained and some additional trips are offered in the morning school traffic.

Monday to Friday, line 2 is served by NGT8, one of which is with a sidecar, and some Tatra trains. On the weekends, on the other hand, leoliners are mainly used individually. Some of the trains change to and from Line 1 on weekdays in the off-peak period in order to replace the 45m trains there, which are only needed for daytime traffic. As part of this line change, the first trains of line 2 run from Lausen Monday to Friday, and the last runs of the line end there in the evening.

Line 3/3 ^E.

Leoliner in double traction on line 3 on the Tröndlinring towards Taucha

Line 3 starts in the south of the city at the Knauthain train station in Knautkleeberg and crosses Großzschocher, Kleinzschocher, Lindenau, the center, Volkmarsdorf and Heiterblick. Here the line divides into two branches and the trains run alternately to Sommerfeld and Taucha. At the times when there is a basic 30-minute cycle, only the branch to Taucha is served. During this time, the Portitzer Allee – Paunsdorf Nord section has no scheduled services. Trips to Sommerfeld are signposted as line 3 ^E. Line 3 ^E is the only E line with a route that deviates from the main line.

Line 3 is operated from Monday to Saturday with large Tatra trains, Leoliner double units and NGT10. NGT10s are mostly used on Sundays.

Line 4

Line 4 runs between Gohlis , Landsberger Straße in the north and Stötteritz in the southeast. From Monday to Friday, line 4 in the peak hours is reinforced by line 4E between Johannisplatz and Riebeck- / Stötteritzer Straße, so that there is a more frequent frequency. The trolleys on line 4 ^E generally travel to and from line 12 from Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. The trains coming from line 12 from the Technisches Rathaus as line 4 ^E to Johannisplatz and switch back to line 12 in the direction of Gohlis North. From 2:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., trains on line 12 run from Goerdelerring as line 4 ^E to Technisches Rathaus and change there again to line 12 towards Gohlis Nord.

Line 4 only runs with NGT10 as planned.

Line 7

A Leoliner double traction on line 7 at the Paunsdorf tram station in the direction of Sommerfeld

Line 7 runs from west to east through the Leipzig city area and connects Böhlitz-Ehrenberg and Sommerfeld.

Line 7 is operated with large Tatra trains and Leoliner double units. Due to the high number of passengers, since the timetable change in 2013, the daily school traffic interval on the route Böhlitz-Ehrenberg - Sommerfeld has been reduced to 7/8 minutes for a short time.

Line 8

NGT8 on line 8 in the Großwohnsiedlung Grünau in the west of Leipzig in the direction of Miltitz

Line 8 is a supplementary line and runs from Grünau-Nord in the west to Paunsdorf -Nord in the east of Leipzig. The trains do not serve the central stop at the main station, but they circle the inner city ring south and stop near the main station only at the Wintergartenstraße / main station stop . Line 8 only runs until around 8 p.m. in the evening and only operates between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sundays. For this purpose, a bus line 8 is used on Sunday mornings to connect the residential area at the terminus Grünau-Nord, which as a ring line connects the residential area in Grünau-Nord every 30 minutes.

When the network reform came into force in 2001, line 8 originally ran between Sommerfeld and Miltitz. Mainly for cost reasons, the service of the outer branches to Sommerfeld and Miltitz was given up with two lines and line 8 was shortened accordingly. In 2006 it was withdrawn in the eastern section to Paunsdorf-Nord and converted from large trains to 30-m trains, before the western section to Grünau-Nord was shortened in 2010. During the school holidays in Saxony, line 8 only runs every 20 minutes every day except on Sundays; since 2019 this has also been the case during school hours due to a lack of staff.

From Monday to Saturday there are Tatra trains running every 10 minutes on line 8 with NB4, NGT8 and high-floor Tatra double trains, but if a 20-minute cycle is necessary on school days, large Tatra trains are mainly used. On Sundays, only solo Leoliners run as scheduled.

Line 9

Line 9 crosses Leipzig from Thekla in the north and ends in the south at the S-Bf. Connewitz. Like lines 2 and 8, it does not run through the central stop at the main train station, but stops on its west side. It is also the only line that runs from the Goerdelerring to Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz over the entire western side of the inner city ring. Every day in the evening and early on weekends and holidays, line 9 ends at Connewitzer Kreuz and continues from here as line 10 to Lößnig.

Until November 28, 2015, line 9 continued from Connewitzer Kreuz via W.-Heinze- and Koburger Strasse to the town of Markkleeberg, where it ended at the Markkleeberg-West stop. When this section of the route was closed, the only electrified tram / railroad crossing in East Germany disappeared, and at the same time the last of the many crossings between railways and trams in the LVB network.

Line 9 is generally only served with NGT8.

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  NGT8 on line 9 at the Bavarian train station in the old colors

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  Crossing iron with tram, track crossing

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  Crossing iron with tram, catenary

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  Crossing in November 2015

Line 10 / N10

Line 10 is largely an amplifier line for line 11 and therefore runs largely parallel to it, starting in Wahren . It accompanies the line 11 to the Connewitzer Kreuz and bends from this to the east to meet the line 16 after driving through the Arno-Nitzsche-Straße on the Triftweg. Both lines then run parallel to the Lößnig terminal . Line 10 runs daily until 9 p.m., in the northern section (Wahren - Hauptbahnhof) only until 8 p.m. and on Sundays and public holidays only from 12 p.m. Outside the operating times of line 10, line 9, which ends at the Connewitzer Kreuz stop during this time, takes over the journeys via A.-Nitzsche-Straße to Lößnig. In support of the N9 night bus line, line 10 has also been running between the main station and Lößnig on weekend nights since the 2013 timetable change. The departure takes place together with the night buses at 1:11, 2:22 and 3:33 a.m. from the main station. These trips have been carried out under the designation N10 since April 1, 2018 and served as planned with NGT10.

During the school holidays in Saxony, line 10 only runs every 20 minutes on weekdays. Due to a lack of drivers, line 10 has been running repeatedly since autumn 2018, often only every 20 minutes, even during school days. NGT8 sidecar trains are then used to partially compensate for the reduced space available. Otherwise line 10 is generally served with NGT8.

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  An NGT8 railcar on line 10 in Georg-Schumann-Strasse

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  NGT8 on line 10 in Lößnig

Line 11/11 ^E.

Line 11 runs from the town of Schkeuditz to the town of Markkleeberg (Markkleeberg Ost) and crosses the Leipzig urban area from north to south; Together with lines 15 and 16, it is one of the lines that were largely retained unchanged as part of the network changeover in 2001. With 22.1 km it is the longest line on the Leipzig network. It is also the only tram line that connects three cities and thus crosses two MDV tariff zone borders. In the medium term, a tram extension is planned for line 11 , as has already been done in large parts for lines 15 and 16.

From Monday to Saturday, every second course as line 11 ^E ends in Wahren or Dölitz, so that Schkeuditz and Markkleeberg-Ost are only served every twenty minutes. On Sundays and during off-peak hours, however, all trains run to Markkleeberg-Ost, while the outer route to Schkeuditz only runs every 30 Minutes is served. Lines 10 and 11 complement each other on their main axis (Wahren - Connewitzer Kreuz) at five-minute intervals or on Sunday afternoons at 7/8 minute intervals. During the school holidays in Saxony, line 11/11 ^E has been running since 2018 to compensate for the 20-minute intervals that then apply on line 10 every 8/12 minutes, in order to provide a somewhat more even 6/6 / To be able to offer 8-minute intervals.

Since July 14, 2016, lines 11 and 11 ^{E have been} connected to each other from Monday to Saturday. NGT12 and Leoliner double units are currently in use. In the early morning traffic on weekdays, a Tatra triple traction is also on the way here as planned. An exclusive NGT12 mission is planned on Sundays. NGT8s are also used on line 11/11 ^{E in} early weekend services .

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  Tatra T4D-M on line 11 in Connewitz

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  Line 11 train at the Münzgasse stop

Line 12

Line 12 runs from Gohlis Nord past the zoo and the main train station to Johannisplatz, near the city center. From Monday to Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., the carriages continue on Prager Straße to the Technical City Hall and from there as line 4E back to Johannisplatz. From 2:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the cars change to line 4E in the direction of Riebeckstraße / Stötteritzer Straße at Goerdelerring and drive back as line 12 to Gohlis-Nord from the Technisches Rathaus. In the Johannisplatz - Ostplatz - Technisches Rathaus section, line 12 will therefore also strengthen line 15 during the peak hours.

NGT8s are normally used on line 12.

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  Tatra replacement on line 12 at the Fritz-Seger-Str.

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  Line 12 train at the Hauptbahnhof stop

Line 14

NGT8 on line 14 at the main station, west side

Line 14 runs from the S-Bf. Leipzig-Plagwitz to the city center and go around it clockwise. In contrast to the usual ten-minute cycle, line 14 runs every 15 minutes every day. After 11:00 p.m. and in the early weekend traffic, it runs every half hour in line with the remaining lines.

Until December 14, 2008, line 14 ran every 20 or 30 minutes between Eutritzsch, the hospital and Plagwitz via the main station / west side and Wittenberger Straße. Due to low demand, the LVB wanted to replace the entire route with buses in 2007. However, this could be averted by the city council, as they did not want to decouple Karl-Heine-Strasse in the up-and-coming Plagwitz district from the rail-bound public transport and thus endanger the development of the district. In order to save costs, the LVB decided, with the consent of the city, to discontinue the northern section of line 14 on December 14, 2008 without replacement. Since then it has only operated between the main train station / west side and Plagwitz.

In order to improve the utilization of the line, targeted measures to increase the attractiveness have been in place for several years. A proposal to market tram line 14 as a "culture tram" did not get beyond the planning stage, but on December 11, 2011 a change in the route was made. Since then, line 14 no longer ends on the west side of the main station, but circles the city center in a clockwise direction. In addition, small intervals were repeatedly increased, so that line 14 now runs every 15 minutes.

As a rule, individually traveling Leoliners are used on line 14, whereby the remaining Leoliners prototype (car 1301), which cannot be coupled to the other cars, is also used here as a rule.

Due to the new construction of the Plagwitz Bridge in the course of Karl-Heine-Straße, line 14 ran from May 2018 to the beginning of June 2020 with a diversion via Angerbrücke and Waldplatz. Since June 5, the Plagwitz Bridge has been open to tram traffic again, but will not be used by line 14 for the time being on several major LVB construction sites, but by construction site line 32.

Line 15

An NGT12 on line 15 at Willy-Brandt-Platz / Tröndlinring

Line 15 runs from Miltitz in the west to Meusdorf in the east through the Leipzig city area and is one of three lines that largely existed in its current form before the network reform in 2001. Line 15 is served daily with NGT12 and some large Tatra trains. The expansion to the tram line was largely completed at the end of 2014 with the completion of Lützner Strasse.

Line 16

Line 16 train at the “Klinikum St. Georg” stop

Line 16 connects the new exhibition grounds in the north of the city and ends in Lößnig am Silbersee. Since the network changeover in 2001, it no longer uses the route via Arno-Nitzsche-Strasse and Arthur-Hoffmann-Strasse between these terminals, but takes the direct route along the new line along Zwickauer Strasse through the former grounds of the old trade fair. It is served by NGT12 during the day, while NGT8 wagons are primarily used in the early and evening services. In addition, it is largely built with a special track structure in keeping with the city ​​railway . Line 16 was the first line in Leipzig on which all stops are made accessible for disabled people.

Line N17

Since April 1, 2018, the N17 night line has been in service every day for the first time since continuous night tram traffic was discontinued in 1998. In the western section it runs like line 1 between Lausen and the main train station and continues in the east like line 7 via Torgauer Platz to Paunsdorf-Nord. The departure from the main train station takes place together with the Nightliner bus lines N1 – N9 daily 1:11, 2:22 and 3:33 a.m. from the main train station, as well as 1:45 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. on weekends and public holidays. NGT8 will be used according to plan, with other types of vehicles also operating in sections as line N17 on morning trips.

Special lines

Train of the special line 36 during the 31st German Gymnastics Festival in May 2002

In Leipzig there are special lines that are run on various occasions, i.e. are not part of the usual network.

As a result of the relocation of the 94th secondary school from Miltitz to the Waldstraßenviertel, tram lines 18 (Miltitz - Grünau - Angerbrücke - Waldplatz - Sportforum-Ost) and 19 (Lausen - Adler - Angerbrücke - Waldplatz - Sportforum-Ost) have been on school days since August 13, 2018. with single trips to the start and end of the class. The use of Tatra triple units is planned, but actually all train combinations currently available will be used.

For major events, unscheduled reinforcement trains are used as required, which are only marked with an E as the line number. Also oncoming trains that end at a tram station are marked with an E. Some of these trains are not listed in the notice schedule, but they run regularly in the transition between early and daytime or daytime and evening / night traffic and can be used by passengers. During trade fairs, additional trains run as line 16 ^E on the northern branch and turn either at the main station or at Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz / Windmühlenstraße through the so-called trade fair bend .

Are there any construction work or major events in the city center (e. If you need diversions that deviate significantly from the normal route, special lines from the 30 number range are occasionally used instead of the normal lines. Line 31 also ran between 2010 and 2018 during the Wave-Gotik-Treffen between the main train station and the Dölitz tram station via Augustusplatz, Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz (only in the direction of Dölitz), Bayrischer Bahnhof, Zwickauer Straße, Richard-Lehmann-Straße and Connewitzer Kreuz.

With the promotion of the RB Leipzig soccer club to the 1st Bundesliga, the transport concept for major events in the Red Bull Arena ( former central stadium ) was changed. In addition to amplifier trains, lines 4 ^E (Hbf. - Sportforum Ost or Gohlis, Landsberger Str. - Sportforum Ost) and 15 ^E (Miltitz - Sportforum Süd - Naunhofer Str .; only on Sundays) run with lines 51 and 56 two own special lines.

line	course	Stops	Travel time	Tact
51	Wahren - Am Viadukt - Annaberger Strasse - Möckernscher Markt - Dantestrasse - S-Bf. Möckern - Wiederitzscher Straße - Georg-Schumann- / Lindenthaler Straße - Menckestraße - Stallbaumstraße - Am Mückenschlösschen (access to the stadium) - Feuerbachstraße (access to the stadium) - Waldplatz - Leibnizstraße - Goerdelerring - Central Station - Augustusplatz - Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz - Münzgasse, LVZ - Hohe Strasse - Südplatz - Karl-Liebknecht- / Kurt-Eisner-Strasse - Karl-Liebknecht- / R.-Lehmann-Strasse, HTWK - Connewitzer Kreuz - Wiedebachplatz - Arthur-Hoffmann- / Arno-Nitzsche-Strasse ← Meusdorfer Strasse - Triftweg - An der Märchenwiese - Moritz-Hof - Lößnig	25th	48 min	15-20 min
56	Exhibition grounds - S-Bf. Fair - Georg-Herwegh-Straße - Wiederitzsch-Mitte - Dachauer Straße - St. Georg Clinic - Hornbach Hardware Store - Delitzscher- / Essener Straße - Mosenthinstraße - Eutritzscher Markt - Eutritzscher Zentrum - Wilhelminenstraße - Chausseehaus - Wilhelm-Liebknecht-Platz - Central Station / West side - Goerdelerring - Leibnizstraße - Waldplatz - Sportforum Süd (for removal between Waldplatz and Hauptbahnhof via Westplatz, Neues Rathaus, W.-Leuschner-Platz and Augustusplatz)	19 (21)	27/29 (34) min	15-20 min

As a rule, line 10 does not operate while line 51 is in use. The lines 53 (Dölitz - Connewitzer Kreuz - Westplatz - Sportforum) and 54 (Lausen - Adler - Sportforum), which used to run, are no longer used.

Route network

The Leipzig route network has 144.5 route kilometers and a total of 312.1 km of tracks with the 1458 gauge used only in Leipzig mm. 5.3 km of the routes are single-track. There are 19 track crossings, 42 turning loops and four track triangles in the network.

Routes and stops of the Leipzig tram network (as of April 18, 2016)

Stops

The network has 522 stops . The average distance between stops is 530 m. The four stops Augustusplatz , Goerdelerring , Hauptbahnhof and Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz on the inner city ring are central transfer points in the network. Each tram line serves at least one of these stops.

Augustusplatz

The Augustusplatz stop is located directly on Augustusplatz between Georgiring and Roßplatz. It is designed as a crossing stop, with two tracks running in north-south direction on the inner city ring (east side of Augustusplatz) and two more in east-west direction on the so-called central lane with continuation towards Goethestrasse and Grimmaischer Steinweg. In the stop area there is a connecting curve, called the "Postkurve", between the tracks on the northern inner city ring and those on the Grimmaischer Steinweg. In this way, traffic is guaranteed even when the central lane is closed, for example at events.

The trains on lines 8, 10, 11, 14 and 16 stop at the eastern edge (before the intersection) and those on lines 4, 7, 12, 15 and N17 on the central lane. Both stops are double stops, i.e. H. two trains can stop at the same time in each direction. A large part of driver changes also take place here.

Goerdelerring

Goerdelerring stop

The Goerdelerring stop is at the north end of the Goerdelerring on the Tröndlinring. It has four tracks, with each track being a double stop. At the western end, both the Goerdelerring and the Ranstädter Steinweg and Pfaffendorfer Straße are connected.

In the summer of 1997 the station was completely modernized, all tracks were replaced and barrier-free platforms were built. Since the end of March 2020, the entire stop and track system has been rebuilt analogous to the stop on the main station forecourt and is expected to last until November 2020.

Trains from lines 1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15 and N17 stop at Goerdelerring.

Central Station

The Hauptbahnhof stop is located directly south of Leipzig Central Station on Willy-Brandt-Platz. It has four tracks, with each track being a double stop - but three or four trains stop on each track at the collective connections, or on tracks 2, 3 and 4. The fourth wagon train stops on the traffic area in front of the pedestrian crossing on the west and east head. Kurt-Schumacher-Straße and Tröndlinring are connected at the western end. In an easterly direction, two routes run to Augustusplatz (one over Georgiring and another route through Goethestrasse) and one route to Wintergartenstrasse.

The stop was extensively modernized by 2006. At the western end of the platforms there are entrances to a distribution level, from which both the shopping center in the train station and the underground S-Bahn station of the city ​​tunnel can be reached.

Trains from lines 1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 and N17 as well as bus lines 72, 73 and 89 stop at the main station forecourt. Trains line 9 stop at Hauptbahnhof / Westseite and Line 8 at the Wintergartenstraße / Hauptbahnhof stop, east of the main station. Only line 2 is not close to the main train station.

Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz

The Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz stop is located south of the city center on the inner city ring between the Peterssteinweg and Grünewaldstraße branches. The stop is a two-track double stop and is connected to the Martin-Luther-Ring and Peterssteinweg to the west (later Karl-Liebknecht-Straße) and to the east to Roßplatz and Grünewaldstraße. Driver replacements will also take place at this stop.

To the south of the bus stop there is a turning loop through Windmühlenstraße, the so-called Messekehre .

In the course of the construction of the city tunnel, the stop was completely rebuilt from 2005 to 2006, but in contrast to the main train station, no direct connection between the tram stop and the S-Bahn station could be created.

Trains from lines 2, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 14 stop at Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz . During trade fairs, line 16E from the exhibition grounds ends at Wilhelm-Leuschner-Platz and turns through the fair bend.

Tracks of the disused Wendeschleife at the Tabaksmühle (Richard-Lehmann-Straße / Friedhofsweg)

Future prospects

The development of the Leipzig tram network was characterized after reunification, especially in the 21st century - to a degree unprecedented for this time in Germany - by the closure of individual lines and routes. In the period from 1997 to 2015, numerous sections of the route were shut down (Breite Strasse - Zweinaundorfer Strasse - Anger-Crottendorf, New Town Hall - Harkortstrasse - August-Bebel-Strasse - Kurt-Eisner-Strasse, lower Hermann-Liebmann-Strasse, eastern Richard-Lehmann -Straße - Friedhofsweg, southern Arthur-Hoffmann-Straße, Connewitzer Kreuz - Markkleeberg-West) or lost their regular traffic (Kohlgartenstraße, Leutzsch town hall - Leutzsch street station, Wittenberger Straße as well as parts of Richard-Lehmann-Straße), while the network in return was only slightly supplemented by new routes (Portitzer Allee - Paunsdorf-Nord - Sommerfeld, Wiederitzsch - Neue Messe, German National Library - Zwickauer Straße - Triftweg), of which the last new line opened in 2000 with the connection on Zwickauer Straße went. While in the 1990s further stretches (entire Arthur-Hoffmann- and Arno-Nitzsche-Strasse, Großzschocher - Knautkleeberg, Dölitz - Markkleeberg-Ost, Klingerweg - Karl-Heine-Strasse - Plagwitz, Waldstrasse / Platnerstrasse) were available, it seems after the closure of the line to Markkleeberg-West (line 9) in 2015, the further reduction of the tram network in Leipzig was stopped and the maintenance of the remaining lines ensured. However, apart from a route relocation in the Mockau area, there are no concrete plans to expand the tram network by the mid-2020s.

With the update of the local transport plan 2019, the following routes will be set as investigation routes for the potential conversion to tram traffic for the period after 2024:

• Mockauer and Tauchaer Strasse (route relocation from Kieler Strasse, implementation planned by 2025)
• Thekla - S-Bf. Thekla - Heiterblick (connection of the Thekla prefabricated building area and extension as an operating line to the main workshop)
• Connection to the heart center (either from Stötteritz or from Prager Straße via Franzosenallee)
• Linkelstraße (City Hall Wahren - S-Bf. Wahren)
• Antonienstraße - Rödelstraße - Schleußiger Weg - Kurt-Eisner-Straße - Semmelweisstraße - Technical Town Hall
• Brünner Straße and Antonienstraße (linking the routes in Lützner Straße and Ratzelstraße as well as relocation from Diezmannstraße to Antonien- / Brünner Straße)
• Plautstraße (connection to Lindenau harbor)
• Saalfelder Strasse (closing the gap between Plagwitz and Lützner Strasse)
• Development of a potential new building area in Böhlitz-Ehrenberg (south of Leipziger Strasse at the Forstweg stop)
• Markkleeberg-Ost - Markkleeberger See

In addition, in the local transport plan, route clearances are being considered for the following routes or whether they are necessary:

• Meusdorf - Liebertwolkwitz
• Gohlis / Landsberger Strasse - Lindenthal
• Schönefeld (Gorkistraße) - Löbauer Straße - Business Park Nordost (Braunstraße), including possible links to Torgauer Straße and the Thekla new development area
• Reudnitz / Breite Strasse - Anger-Crottendorf - Mölkau
• Roscherstraße (route relocation from Erich-Weinert-Straße)
• Max-Liebermann-Strasse (closing the gap between Gohlis-Nord and Delitzscher Strasse)
• Connewitzer Kreuz - W.-Heinze-Strasse - Koburger Strasse - Cospudener See
• southern H.-Liebmann-Straße (connection Eisenbahnstraße - Wurzner Straße)
• Straße des 18. Oktober (Bayerischer Bahnhof - Semmelweisstraße, route relocation from Ph.-Rosenthal-Straße)
• Sommerfeld - Engelsdorf
• Miltitz - Station Miltitz

Many of these routes have been kept free for a possible expansion of the tram network for decades or were already served by trams in the past (e. B. Liebertwolkwitz, Engelsdorf, Anger-Crottendorf, W.-Heinze-Strasse, Koburger Strasse, southern H.-Liebmann-Strasse). The route through Schleußiger Weg was intended as the third east-west connection in the 1920s for the conversion to tram operation, was served by trolleybuses between 1938 and 1972 and was used in the 1980s with service by bus lines A and I. three minutes on the densest train of cars in the entire LVB network.

Other extensions considered in the past have meanwhile been deleted from the zoning plans, e.g. B. Liebertwolkwitz - Großpösna (Pösna Park), Probstheida - Wachau (Globus market), New Exhibition Grounds - Seehausen and Thekla - Portitz.

The second update of the local transport plan of the city of Leipzig, which is intended to map the challenges resulting from population growth and the mobility transition, was adopted in December 2019 after intensive discussions with a delay of several years.

Tram underpass ramp, Jahnallee / Marschnerstraße junction

In 2017, with the renewal of the track systems in Philipp-Rosenthal-Straße, the tram-like expansion of line 16, which, in addition to a section-by-section separation of the tram tracks and a barrier-free stop extension, also included the expansion of the track center distance by the use of 2.40 m wider vehicles to enable practically complete. This adjustment on line 15 is also well advanced and should be finally completed by 2024 if possible. This expansion is then to be continued on line 11, with the tram tracks being largely dispensed with due to the changed priorities in urban development. In the long term, the entire tram network should be 2.40 for use m wider vehicles.

However, large parts of the rail network are badly worn out as a result of a persistent investment backlog and are characterized by numerous slow-speed areas, the scope of which has multiplied in recent years. Together with the limited or effective preferential treatment of the numerous traffic lights, even on routes that have been developed with light rail, this leads to a significant decrease in the average speed of the tram and increasingly requires the use of additional courses in order to be able to keep the pace.

vehicles

As of January 1, 2020, there were a total of 245 railcars and 43 sidecars in the active fleet of LVB for regular services , which are distributed as follows:

• 84 Tatra T4D -M railcars (type 33c / 33d / 33h / 33i)
• 56 low-floor articulated railcars NGT8 (type 36 / 36a)
• 49 low-floor articulated railcars NGTW6 Leoliner (type 37 / 37a / 37b)
• 33 low-floor articulated railcar NGT12-LEI classicXXL (type 38 / 38a)
• 23 low-floor articulated multiple units NGT10 Solaris Tramino (type 39)
• 43 low-floor sidecar NB4 (type 68a / 68b)

The system of type designations was introduced by the Great Leipzig Tram in the 1920s, but it has not been used for road vehicles since the end of the Second World War. So far, no type numbers have been assigned more than once.

Tatra T4D-M / B4D-M / B4D-NF

T4D double traction in delivery condition Type 33a, used until 2006 (June 1993)

→ Main article : Tatra modernization in Leipzig

The Tatra T4D already formed the backbone of the Leipzig tram fleet in GDR times. Between 1969 and 1986 598 multiple units and 273 trailer cars were delivered to Leipzig. This made the Leipzig T4 the largest uniform type series in the German-speaking area at the time. The cars drove and drive as a single multiple unit, as a double unit consisting of two multiple units, as a train consisting of multiple units and sidecars, and as a large train consisting of two multiple units and one sidecar. Because of the upstream-dependent switch control, which should not be changed when the first and initially only a few T4s were put into service, trains from multi-controlled Tatra wagons have operated in Leipzig to this day with only one pantograph. After reunification, these high-floor wagons were no longer up-to-date in terms of both technology and comfort and were partially modernized, while the oldest vehicles were gradually decommissioned and scrapped or sold to Eastern Europe.

Train with modernized T4D, Type 33c, clearly distinguishable from the unmodernized by the larger destination display, the larger and angular headlights and the bogie panels

In the years 1991 to 1998 the youngest 167 T4D and 45 B4D were converted in two series in the main Heiterblick workshop to the T4D-M (type 33c) and B4D-M (65c). In addition to various technical changes, the interior including the driver's cab was renewed. From the outside, the greatly enlarged and automated destination displays and the new headlights in the front are particularly noticeable. The cars of the second conversion series were technically less extensively modernized and classified as Type 33d. In 2011, as part of an accident repairs, the control of a railcar was adapted so that it can be used as a third car in a triple unit (type 33h). In November 2012, further cars were converted accordingly so that three-car trains could continue to be used after the last B4D-M was withdrawn.

In 2001, on the occasion of the revival of the city tour with tram cars and to support the special car "Offener Leipziger" (Tw 1600, Type 33o), which had been converted back in 1996 for the hundredth anniversary of the introduction of electrical operation, a modernized large Tatra train was used, especially in bad weather »Gläserne Leipziger« (1700 + 1800 + 700, type 33g / 65g) converted. This conversion included, among other things, the expansion of the central door, the installation of windows in the roof curves and seating adapted for use as a city tour. While the "Offene Leipziger" was only designed as a special wagon from the start, the "Gläsernern Leipzigers" wagons continued to be used in regular services, especially when there was a shortage of wagons, and can be coupled with the other modernized Tatra wagons. Due to structural damage to the roof glazing, the cars had been parked since spring 2019; however, the railcars were able to return to service in December 2019 after being repaired.

Low-floor conversion trailer type 65d

From 2002, the area between the bogies of four sidecars was lowered to the height of modern low-floor cars and provided with two double folding doors. Bicycle racks were installed in the interior and the cars were referred to as "bicycle mobile". This concept did not prove itself, mainly for reasons of tariff, so that at the end of 2004 the cars were converted into sidecars with low-floor entry for normal regular service. Two seats were installed in the low-floor area. Four more sidecars were converted accordingly, so that eight B4D-NF (type 65d) were available from the beginning of 2005. Because of the reduced rigidity of the car bodies, trains with type 65d sidecars could not be pushed off. Therefore the rear couplings of these sidecars were removed and the openings were closed with aprons. The first of these cars was retired in 2010, and the last sidecar was withdrawn from the fleet in September 2017.

Of the original 597 Tatra T4Ds and 273 B4Ds, 84 vehicles are currently still in active service and thus still make up a large part of the Leipzig tram fleet. While the modernized Tatra cars of the T4D-M1 series (type 33c / h / i) are still largely in use, the sidecars and the vehicles of the second modernization series T4D-M2 (type 33d) were mostly parked and sold in the years 2006-2017 or scrapped so that they are only used in small numbers. The remaining Tatra wagons are used Monday to Saturday as planned on lines 1, 2, 3 / 3E, 7, 8, 11 and 15 as well as the two school lines 18 and 19, while on Sundays they are currently only used on the line 1 is provided to a significant extent. However, unscheduled operations are also possible on all other tram lines at any time, which is also used extensively in the event of a lack of vehicles and various major events. In general, the use of vehicles is subject to frequent deviations and changes due to the extremely thin fleet, numerous events and construction sites in the city, which cannot all be listed here. After the last unmodernized Tatra T4Ds were taken out of service in 2006, according to LVB plans from 2010, the remaining modernized Tatras should initially be withdrawn from weekend traffic by 2012 and completely from regular service by 2017. Due to financial problems of the LVB in the procurement of new vehicles and an expansion of the range on Saturdays, both goals are currently not feasible, so that from 2012 to 2016 main inspections of Tatra multiple units were carried out again, although these had already been officially declared over in January 2010. Against this background, the use of Tatra wagons in scheduled services well beyond 2020 is very likely.

Tatra T6A2D / B6A2D

→ Main article : Tatra T6A2

Four parked Tatra T6A2s with one sidecar each in the Paunsdorf depot

The Tatra T6A2 represented the successor type of the Tatra T4D . Between 1988 and 1991, 28 motor coaches and 14 sidecars were delivered to Leipzig and classified as type 35 and 67, so they remained only a splinter type in the Leipzig fleet. The first large-scale train 1001, 1002 and 801 was supplied by the manufacturer in a special version for city ​​tours with upholstered seats and carpeting and therefore listed as type 35a and 67a, but the city tram tours were soon abandoned due to changed framework conditions. The three cars were then adapted to the series design. The dimensions correspond roughly to those of the T4, as well as the interior. They differ significantly from their predecessors in the angular car body with larger windows that offer an unobstructed view even for standing passengers. Another innovation was the auxiliary drive switches in the sidecars, with which the trains could be driven directly from behind; this meant that when turning in triangular tracks it was possible to dispense with the shunting post. This fact also justified the use of this type on lines 16 (until 1995, Gleisdreieck Wiederitzsch) and 3/4 (from 1995; Gleisdreieck Knautkleeberg). After the modernized T4D had also received reversing switches, the T6 / B6 ran more freely in the entire network.

Shortly after delivery, the T6A2 were re-seated and received a passenger information system. In contrast to the Leipzig T4D, however, they were not extensively modernized after reunification because they were still too young for that. It was later decided to take the wagons of this type of splinter out of stock as soon as possible, which happened in less than a year starting in December 2006. The last line operations were on line 8 in November 2007. Due to cross-border leasing contracts, the vehicles were neither scrapped nor sold until 2011, but had to be kept in a "value-preserving" way.

With the exception of the future historic cars, all vehicles were scrapped in the main Heiterblick workshop in April 2011. The relatively complicated control technology, lack of interest and poor general condition of the vehicles prevented the vehicles from being used again by other tram operators abroad. They stood up to its scrapping at various depots three and a half years of weathering unpreserved fully exposed asked z .

The 1001 railcar and the 801 sidecar will remain as museum vehicles.

NB4

Low-floor sidecar NB4

Since the use of the high-floor Tatra T4D-M / B4D-M is difficult or impossible for passengers with reduced mobility, 38 four-axle low-floor sidecars NB4 from the manufacturer Bombardier as LVB type 68 were purchased in 2000 and 2001 to expand the low-floor offer . The cars run on bogies with through axle shafts. At the rear end of the car there is a covered auxiliary driver's cab, which is why the front wall window is equipped with a windscreen wiper.

Since the relatively young NB4 would also become superfluous when the Tatra cars were parked, the LVB had been testing the combination of NB4 with an NGT8 railcar without passengers since the beginning of 2010. In the summer of 2011, the regular service of such a train from the equipped NGT8 1101 and NB4 906, which was also adapted to the current silver-colored design of the NGT8, finally began on a test basis. After these operations were satisfactory, the NB4, which has been running since 2015, will be adapted for operation behind NGT8, which is particularly noticeable on the outside due to the silver color. After the serial retrofitting of the NGT8 for sidecar operation started in 2016, the modified NB4 have been running both behind Tatra cars and behind the corresponding NGT8 since then. In 2013, five largely identical wagons (referred to there as 4NBWE) were taken over from Rostock, which were adapted to Leipzig conditions as part of a general inspection and went into operation in 2014.

NGT8

The 56 eight-axle low-floor articulated railcars NGT8 (LVB type 36) were the first modern low-floor tram cars of the second generation in Leipzig. The vehicles developed for Leipzig by a consortium of Duewag , Waggonbau Bautzen (DWA), ABB and Siemens were delivered between 1994 and 1998. The wagons originated from the MGT6D type , which is used in several versions in numerous cities, but the single-wheel single-wheel bogies, which are controlled by the articulation angle of the adjacent joint, were replaced by small-wheel bogies with continuous axle shafts. In order to limit the required turning angle of these bogies, the car bodies of the middle sections had to be shortened. This change is also visible from the outside at the shorter end windows. The external disc brakes of the wheelsets under the middle sections were removed again after a few years because they tended to lock up and flat spots due to the low axle load, which was also favored by the small wheel diameter.

After being replaced by the NGT12 on their initial main line 16, the vehicles are now mainly in use on lines 2, 9, 10 and 12 on weekdays, which they serve exclusively or mainly. In addition, there are some courses on line 8 and, coupled with the NB4 trailer, also on line 1. In early weekend traffic and daily late traffic, they can also be found on lines 11 and 16 in some cases.

From August 2, 2011, the LVB tested the originally not intended sidecar operation with NB4 (see there). In 2016, the conversion and the use of further cars in sidecar operation began.

Another technical modification that has been implemented as part of the third main inspection, which has been ongoing since summer 2016, is equipping it with two on-board power converters instead of one to increase reliability, which has already been checked for practicality on car 1120. The work also includes converting the interior lighting from fluorescent lamps and the direction indicators to LEDs and equipping the acoustic door closing signal with a beep, as is the case with the type 37 (»Leoliner«) and 38 (NGT12) railcars and red closing warning lights in the door portals.

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  NGT8 at Augustusplatz 2005

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  NGT8 in the current paint scheme 2012

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  NGT8 in the former paint scheme 2010

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  Trial train ET 1101 with EB 906 in Peterssteinweg

NGTW6L Leoliner

Leoliner prototype

Leoliner in double traction

→ Main article : Leoliner

Since the NGT8 had proven to be too small for many lines in Leipzig and the acquisition of new vehicles was not financially feasible on a larger scale, it was decided to develop a tram motor car, called the Leoliner , partially low-floor NGTW6L. The six-axle articulated railcar was developed and built by LEOLINER Fahrzeug-Bau Leipzig GmbH (FBL; today HeiterBlick ). The wagons are designed to be coupled for flexible use and are mainly used as double units in the Leipzig network.

In 2004 the first two prototypes were used on tram line 11E. After some changes were made to the design after the test phase, the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe gradually received a total of 30 series vehicles from December 2005.

On January 23, 2009, the Leipzig public transport company announced that a further 18 Leoliners were to be ordered, which can now also be found in regular service. In their first few years, the 50 cars did not prove to be operationally stable as expected. Repeatedly, various types of damage (preferably to the bogies ) led to long, sometimes multi-year stoppages of individual cars. In 2016, car 1302 was withdrawn from the fleet as a result of the conversion to driving school car 5003.

The Leoliners are currently used as double units on lines 3, 7 and 11 as well as solo cars on line 14. On weekends there are further solo assignments on lines 2 and 8.

NGT12-LEI classicXXL

→ Main article : Articulated multiple unit NGT12-LEI

From 2005 to 2007, a total of 24 of the 45 m long low-floor articulated railcar NGT12-LEI. The vehicles, also known in Leipzig under the name classicXXL, belong to the Flexity Classic series from the manufacturer Bombardier Transportation . A further nine NGT12 LEIs followed between 2010 and 2012 with a total value of 29 million euros. Currently they are only being used on routes 11 / 11E, 15 and 16 as planned.

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  Rear of an NGT12-LEI in the Bautzner Bombardier factory (2006)

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  NGT12-LEI in Miltitz

NGT10-XL

→ Main article : Solaris Tramino

On March 26, 2015, LVB ordered five pre-series vehicles from the Polish manufacturer Solaris Bus & Coach with an option to purchase 43 additional units over the next five years. The first low-floor vehicle was delivered on December 21, 2016. They are 2.30 meters wide and 38 meters long. One vehicle can carry up to 220 passengers. The entire order is worth around EUR 120 million. Each new car will replace two Tatra railcars. According to the LVB's plans, the wagons should first be used on lines 3 and 4 and later on lines 7 and 10. On July 13, 2017, the first LVB type 39 1002 car went into passenger service on line 4. The railcars have been prone to failure since they were put into operation and are not as stable as expected. Scheduled operations are currently only taking place on lines 3, 4 and N10. The LVB will receive one or two new units per month from May 2020. A total of 61 type 39 railcars are to be in regular service by 2023.

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  Railcar 1002 for presentation at the Leipzig Exhibition Center

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  Front view

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  Rear view

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  inner space

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  Driver's cab

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  Car 1002 at the main train station.

Vehicle list

Vehicle type	LVB type	Number series	Manufacturer	Construction year	Others	Article link
0T4D-M (Tatra Mountains)	33c, 33d, 33h, 33i	2055–2089 ( with gaps ), 2101–2195 ( with gaps )	ČKD	1981-1986	1992–2000 modernized ex T4D	go to Article
0NB4 low-floor sidecar	68a, 68b	901-943	BOMBARDIER	2000-2002	939–943: 2013 ex Rostock, 901–938: 2011–2018 conversion to type 68a (use behind NGT8 possible)
0NGT8	36, 36a	1101-1156	DWA / SIEMENS	1994-1998	since 2016 partial conversion to type 36a (use with NB4 possible)	go to Article
0NGTW6L (Leoliner)	37, 37a, 37b	1301-1350	LFB / cheerful view	2003-2011	1301-1302: prototypes; 1302: Driving school car since 2016	go to Article
0NGT12LEI (Classic XXL)	38, 38a	1201-1233	BOMBARDIER	2005–2012		go to Article
0NGT10 (XL)	39	1001-1043	Solaris / since 2020 Stadler	since 2016	Series in delivery	go to Article

technology

Point control

The change of course has been operated since the introduction of electrical actuation by the train driver, as in many tram networks with upper stream. The control current was tapped from the contact line, ran through the coil of the point machine and from there to an insulated sliding contact on the contact wire. As a result, the upper current flowed over the drive coil when it passed this contact. If the turnout was in the correct position, the contact with the travel switch had to be moved to the zero position. Should the switch be changed, the contact was made with the first speed step. With the increase in electrical consumers, they had to switch off when passing the switch contacts in order to avoid unwanted changes. For this purpose, specially built-in switches were used, which replaced driving with the first speed step with a defined resistance that was switched on in Gotha and Tatra cars with a button via a contactor. The position of the points was indicated by a special signal on the overhead contact line ("bone").

With the delivery of the Tatra wagons, the GDR transport companies were faced with a problem: For the first time, there were double tractions in which two pantographs had to be installed. Since, except in Halle, the points were controlled via overhead line contacts, the current flow through the second pantograph might have switched the points under the train. The conversion of almost all contacts was considered too time-consuming for the initially few Tatra T4D and changed the assignment of the contact coupling instead. Suitable contacts in the Scharfenberg coupling were used to supply the second railcar with contact wire voltage so that it operated with the pantograph pulled in. One consequence of this operating mode was that the pantographs had to be equipped with double pallets (with two instead of just one contact strip) because of the higher flows.

The vehicle manufacturer ČKD Praha was not prepared to deliver the vehicles in this form of equipment. You just laid the traction cable in the vehicles and supplied the necessary contactor loose. Therefore, the delivered vehicles had to be adjusted before they were put into service. It was not until the Tatra T6A2 that the special Leipzig operating mode was provided as standard and it was switched on via a selector switch.

With the introduction of inductive switch control , this became superfluous, but was initially retained for the Leoliner prototypes. Since two feed sections would be connected via the traction current connection when driving on route separators, but none of the vehicle-side parts were designed for the voltage differences that occurred, only one pantograph was allowed to be applied.

For the series Leoliner, it was not possible to deliver traction current-transmitting and retractable couplings, which is why this Leipzig specialty was abandoned and the Leoliner double units run with two pantographs. Since no modern tram car with traction current-transmitting couplings is available, this is certainly a relief for future vehicle purchases.

Today, the point control for powered points is carried out consistently via inductive signal transmission and, for trains that are scheduled to run on their routes, automatically on the basis of the timetable information stored in the on-board computers.

Accessibility

Recently, two noteworthy retrofitting or conversion measures have been carried out with the aim of ensuring barrier-free access to the vehicles. After installing the new ITCS on-board devices of the Trapeze ITT model, all vehicles are able to automatically play an announcement about the line and destination via external loudspeakers as an orientation aid for visually impaired passengers when they arrive at a stop. Furthermore, as part of a project that was prepared in coordination with local handicapped associations, all low-floor multiple units and the NB4 sidecars were equipped with drive-over strips on the double-leaf passenger doors, which reduce the gap between the car body and the platform edge to a minimum. At the same time, the previously existing ramps, which the drivers could fold out by hand, were no longer required. The aim of this measure was to ensure independent entry and exit for wheelchair users.

Depots

Angerbrücke tram station

• Angerbrücke tram station
• Paunsdorf tram station
• Dölitz tram station
• Main workshop Heiterblick (with storage facility)
• Parking facility Lausen
• Leutzsch tram station (without regular service)
• Tram station Wittenberger Straße (Tram Museum)
• Historical tram station Möckern (until 2018 tram museum)

Explanations of these and all former depots can be found in the article History of the Leipzig tram network .

See also

• Local transport in Leipzig
• Bus traffic in Leipzig
• S-Bahn Central Germany

Web links

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

• Official website of the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe
• Pictures at phototrans.eu
• Current information about the timetables and network plans in Leipzig
• Tram Museum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Publication of the LVB: Facts and Figures 2013 ( Memento from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) accessed on November 11, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} history on the LVB website ( memento of October 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 6, 2008.
3. ↑ lvz-online from June 26, 2015: Clock changes on Saturdays and during the holidays , accessed on October 5, 2015.
4. ↑ ^{a b} Netz before 2001 on l-nv.de ( Memento of the original from October 27, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 5, 2008. 
5. ↑ Brochure (PDF; 1.4 MB) "Facts and Figures of the Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe", August 2010 ( Memento from January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
6. ↑ Plagwitz bridge and Karl-Heine-Straße construction project on L.de , accessed on June 6, 2020.
7. ↑ Picture gallery for the modernization of the “Goerdelerring” stop on l-nv.de ( Memento from February 15, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 6, 2008.
8. ↑ The approved version can be downloaded here (PDF; 113 pages; 77 MB).
9. ↑ Evaluation of the local transport plan 2007-2015 (PDF; 56 pages; 3 MB)
10. ↑ Tatra T4D on l-nv.de ( Memento from May 26, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 6, 2008.
11. ↑ Last main Tatra inspection ( memento of January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, January 22, 2010, accessed on May 19, 2012.
12. ^ Gerhard Rieskamp: Tatra car T6A2 (type 35). (No longer available online.) Tobias Lüdde, archived from the original on May 5, 2010 ; Retrieved April 22, 2011 . 
13. ^ Christian Maibaum: Tatra Tram. Type T6A2 & B6A2. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 2, 2011 ; Retrieved April 22, 2011 . 
14. ↑ NB4 on l-nv.de ( memento from February 19, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 6, 2008.
15. ↑ Information with a photo on fotocommunity.de (accessed on September 14, 2010)
16. ↑ NGT8 on l-nv.de ( memento from February 19, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 6, 2008.
17. ↑ NGTW6L on l-nv.de ( Memento from February 19, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 6, 2008.
18. ↑ News from January 23, 2009 on the LVB website. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 21, 2009 ; Retrieved May 26, 2009 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
19. ↑ Description of the vehicle: The NGTW6 “Leoliner” (prototype) ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 19, 2012.
20. ↑ classicXXL on l-nv.de ( memento of the original from April 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed May 6, 2008. 
21. ↑ LVB-News before January 22, 2010: Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe increase tram fleet ( Memento from February 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 15, 2010.
22. ↑ The XL, our new Leipzig tram has arrived. Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, December 21, 2016, accessed on December 22, 2016 . 
23. ^ LVB homepage of March 27, 2015 ( Memento of March 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on March 27, 2015.
24. ↑ Bild-Online (Leipzig) of March 27, 2015 , accessed on March 27, 2015.
25. ↑ The XL goes on line and can be tested by passengers in everyday life. Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, July 13, 2017, accessed on July 15, 2017 .