Saarbrücken tram
| Saarbrücken tram | |
|---|---|
| Route length: | 54 km |
| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) |
| Top speed: | 50 km / h |
The Saarbrücken tram ran from 1890 to 1965 and was operated by the company for trams in the Saar Valley .
history
The tram in Saarbrücken was built by the Localbahn-Bau und Betriebs-Gesellschaft Wilhelm Hostmann & Co. from Hanover and opened on November 4, 1890 as a meter-gauge steam tram . The Luisenthal – Malstatt – St. Johann was then 8.5 kilometers long. In 1893 the extension to Halberg was inaugurated, in 1899 the extension to Brebach. In 1899 the tram was electrified. Also in 1899, the cities of St. Johann and Saarbrücken (today: Alt-Saarbrücken ) were connected by tram across today's Luisenbrücke. In 1901 the tram reached the station in St. Johann (today: Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof ). In addition, the route to Friedrichsthal via Jägersfreude, Dudweiler, Sulzbach and Altenwald was opened that year. In 1906 the route to Sankt Arnual was extended to the forester's house in St. Arnual. A line from Halberg to Schafbrücke and from Brebach to Bischmisheim was put into operation. In 1908 Gersweiler was connected to the tram. On July 11, 1913, the overland route followed from Brebach via Ensheim and Eschringen to Ormesheim.
In 1908 eight lines were operated.
| line | Line route |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brebach - Halberg - St. Johann - Malstatt - Burbach - Luisenthal |
| 2 | Gersweiler - Burbach - Malstatt - St. Johann |
| 3 | St. Johann - Bischmisheim |
| 5 | Forsthaus - St. Arnual - Saarbrücken - St. Johann |
| 6th | Saarbrücken - St. Johann |
| 7th | Downtown Saarbrücken |
| 8th | St. Johann - Hunters Joy - Sulzbach - Friedrichsthal |
| R * | Heusweiler - Riegelsberg - St. Johann |
* Note: Was own company until 1937
During the First World War , male personnel were replaced by women due to the war, and tram traffic initially came to a standstill. 1,923 new cars were procured, taking with role pantographs with pantographs drove. In 1929 the route to the Schanzenberg and the Deutschmühlenweiher was extended. There was cooperation with the Völklingen tram and the Neunkircher tram , later also with the Riegelsberg tram . In 1930, 13 lines ran over a distance of 51 kilometers.
Traffic came to a standstill towards the end of World War II . From April 14, 1945, line 9 operated again between Spiesen and Jägersfreude. By 1949, the lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, 9S, 10 and 11 resumed traffic on ten routes in Saarbrücken, with line 9S being a high-speed line that did not serve all the stops. When Saarland fell under French administration in 1946 , some lines, the first line 15, were switched to bus operation. Lines 5 and 10 were reactivated at the beginning of the 1950s. In 1953 the exhibition center was connected by line 13. On November 14, 1953, the second line of the Saarbrücken trolleybus went into operation with line 10 , after line 21 was switched to trolleybus as early as 1948. In 1957 Saartal AG wanted to buy the same type of vehicle ( GT 6 Z ) as it was being used for the Bogestra in Bochum / Gelsenkirchen. A test car drove in Saarbrücken, but the vehicles were not purchased.
The withdrawal began with the end of joint traffic with the Völklingen tram in 1958. From November 5, 1958, lines 8, 9 and 9S were also replaced by trolleybuses. Between September 1, 1960 and May 22, 1965, the remaining tram lines were finally shut down, and the tram took a farewell trip. The trolleybus had already been discontinued in 1964 and converted to bus operation.
The overhead lines of the trams were partially converted into street lighting with a carrier system. Many original masts are still there. In the 32 years without a tram, diesel bus traffic increased sharply, and so did carbon dioxide emissions. After driving sometimes every minute, the planning of a regional light rail system began in 1987 : the Saarbahn . Some of the catenary masts used for street lighting were reused for the catenary.
literature
- Dieter Höltge, Michael Kochems: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany. Volume 12: Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland . EK-Verlag, Freiburg im Breisgau 2011, ISBN 3-88255-393-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.sufk-koeln.de/stillegungen/orte/saarbr.html
- ↑ http://www.saarbahn.de/de/ueber_uns/historie_1899_-_2012
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 6, 2008 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.
