Schleswig tram
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| Country |
 Germany
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| city | Schleswig |
| opening | July 5, 1890 |
| electrification | January 1, 1910 |
| Shutdown | May 26, 1936 |
| operator | AEG , Schleswig tram company, City of Schleswig |
| Infrastructure | |
| Route length | about 4.3 km |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Depots | 1 |
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| Lines | 1 |
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The Schleswig tram connected the then capital of the province of Schleswig-Holstein with the local railway station of the state railway from 1890 to 1909 as a horse-drawn tram and from 1909 to 1936 as an electric tram . From 1902, the city of Schleswig took over the management of the tram, which was now known as the Schleswig city tram .
history
The King Friedrik VII - Südschleswigsche Eisenbahn ran its Husum – Rendsburg line , opened in 1854, around two kilometers west of today's main railway road past Schleswig, for which the Klosterkrug-Schleswig station was set up. Since June 1, 1858, the almost 5-kilometer stretch of the Schleswig-Klosterkruger railway to the city branched off from there. After the main line had been straightened, from December 29, 1869, the Schleswig train station in the Friedrichsberg district was about three kilometers as the crow flies from the center of the old town.
Although part of the old route of the Schleswig-Klosterkruger Railway was left behind, it was not until May 15, 1881 that the Schleswig Railway Company started running passenger trains on the "Schleibahn" from Friedrichsberg to the old town, which soon no longer met the increasing needs after frequent connections between town and train station were sufficient. The timetable from May 1, 1897 had five pairs of trains a day.
Horse tram
On August 12, 1881, the citizenship requested the establishment of a horse-drawn tram. However, this application failed with the magistrate.
In a second attempt, the Schleswig tram company was founded on January 14, 1888. The purpose of the company was to operate a horse-drawn tram from the Großer Markt (Rathausmarkt) to the institution for the deaf and dumb (now the Bugenhagenschule) with a branch to the passenger station. The route was 4,300 meters long. Initially, three one-horse and one two-horse wagons, twelve horses, harness, stable equipment, blankets and a chopping machine were necessary for operation. The staff consisted of an inspector, four coachmen, a conductor, two grooms and two workers. The carriages had 12 seats and standing room for 4, the two-horse carriage could take 20 people with luggage.
On July 5, 1890, the Schleswig tram company opened the single-track horse-drawn tram with several passing points from the town hall in the old town to the train station. For this purpose, the tracks and wagons of the horse tram of the city of Oldenburg in Oldenburg, which was closed in 1888, were purchased. The fare was 10 pfennigs , which was paid with a token .
From 1895 the town owned the majority of the shares. As the traffic developed well, the city, which now had almost 20,000 inhabitants, made use of the right of purchase agreed in the concession after twelve years. On April 12, 1902, it was decided to dissolve the stock corporation and three months later the takeover agreement was signed between the city and the tram company. From July 17, 1902, the city operated the railway as the Schleswig horse-drawn railway .
In 1904, consideration was given to installing an electric tram. Construction began on July 5, 1909, and the last ride on the horse-drawn tram took place on December 31, 1909.
Electric tram
On September 19, 1907, the municipal colleges approved the construction and lease agreement for the construction of an electricity company and the operation of a tram. The contract partner was the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft . The plant was built at Poststrasse 1. According to the contract, the construction period was twelve months.
Electrical operation began on January 1, 1910. The route was only slightly changed near the train station. The standard-gauge line was single-track with four switches and was now 4.1 kilometers long. The operation was run by AEG until the end of 1924, after it was decided on April 26, 1923 that the electrical works and the tram should be taken over by the city on January 1, 1925. The contract with AEG had been terminated in good time according to the provisions. On January 1, 1925, the power station, tram and waterworks were combined and run under the company Städtische Betriebswerke .
On January 18, 1933, an extensive expansion and repair of the municipal facilities, port , gas works , water works, electricity works and trams were decided. These plans could no longer be carried out after Hitler came to power. As a result of the ordered electricity savings, the tram only ran irregularly and the number of passengers fell. Due to the lack of fare income, the tracks could only be poorly maintained. The condition of the tracks got worse and worse and operational disruptions occurred more and more frequently, so that on July 12, 1935, it was decided to remove the tram and use buses instead.
On May 26, 1936, the tram, which had seven railcars from the Norddeutsche Waggonfabrik Bremen , five converted horse-drawn trams as sidecars , a salt litter and a work car, was shut down and replaced by bus lines.
literature
- Henrik Karl Nielsen: The development of city traffic in Schleswig . In: Tram magazine. Issue 82, November 1991, pages 313-317.
- Dieter Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany, Volume 8 Schleswig-Holstein . EK-Verlag, Freiburg 2002, ISBN 3-88255-339-1
Web links
- Schleswig horse tram 1890–1909. In: alte-schleihalle.de. Retrieved April 20, 2020 .
- Widolf Wichmann: The electric tram from 1910 to 1936. In: alte-schleihalle.de. January 2013, accessed April 20, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d 804 TO 2004 - 1200 YEARS OF SCHLESWIG. (PDF) In: total-lokal.de. Press Office of the City of Schleswig, 2004, p. 55 , accessed on April 20, 2020 .
- ^ A b c Hermann Clausen: The construction of democracy in the city of Schleswig after the two world wars . Ed .: Lorenz Rerup. SKANDIA VERLAG NA SÖRENSEN KG., Flensburg 1966, p. 105-107, 125 ( dcbib.dk [PDF]).
- ^ Günter Fritz: Driving marks. (PDF) German-language brands and symbols of bus companies, driving schools, tram companies, ski lifts, shipping and taxi companies as well as other facilities for brand-controlled transportation. 2016, accessed April 20, 2020 .