Norrkoping tram

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tram
Norrkoping tram
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Basic information
Country Sweden
city Norrkoping
opening March 10, 1904
operator Veolia Transport
Transport network Ostgötatagraphs
Infrastructure
Route length 18.7 km
Gauge 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system DC overhead line
Stops 50
business
Lines 2
statistics
Passengers 3 400 000 per year (2009)
Network plan
Schematic network plan (2008)

The Spårvägar Norrköping is the tram in the Swedish city ​​of Norrköping .

history

Historic carriage 1
Car 61 (2005)

The history of the tram in Norrköping began on March 10, 1904 with the opening of the first line. The first initiatives had already taken place in 1880, but the idea of ​​some citizens to set up a horse-drawn tram was never realized. The first day was not very spectacular, the railway only hit the headlines on the second day, when it had to stop operating again due to the heavy snowfall. An extension of the runway followed on December 24th. On May 31, 1906, a second and third line were added. While the first new opening was designed for permanent operation, the second was only designed as a temporary measure for an art exhibition and was dismantled again after its end on September 30 of the same year.

Between 1912 and 1914, the entire network was expanded to two tracks. With the opening of a further extension on July 31, 1926, the railway set up two lines. The third line followed on September 10, 1931 with another new line. On July 15, 1933, the network finally grew again.

During the Second World War , the number of passengers rose so strongly that even trams that had not been in service for years had to be reactivated. In addition, the vehicles were provided with closed platforms to enable them to be used in winter. After the war, the railway was restructured. In 1948, after some used vehicles had already been purchased, new vehicles came. Some changes followed until October 5, 1954 and the route network reached a length of 14.6 kilometers. A total of four lines were operated on it.

On November 16, 1956, the first line was shut down. To compensate for this, another line was extended at the next timetable change. On the night of September 2nd to 3rd, 1967, all road traffic in Sweden, including trams, was switched from left-hand to right-hand traffic. In the 1970s and 1980s, a few minor changes in the network followed.

The Norrköping tram has been part of the Östgöta tobacco transport association since 1980, as has all of the city's traffic . In the spring of 1993 a comprehensive investigation into the condition and sustainability of the tram was carried out. In the autumn of that year, the city council decided to keep trams running. The expansion of the network has been under discussion since the turn of the millennium. These include closing the gap between Norr Tull - Skvallertorget - Väster Tull or the extension Söder Tull - Vrinnevisjukhuset.

The following lines operate:

  • Line 1 : Museum line in the summer months
  • Line 2 : Fridvalla - Eneby - Hagaskolan - Marielund - Norr Tull - Resecentrum - Rådhuset - Östra Promenaden - Söder Tull - Ljura - Trumpetaregatan (Hageby) - Ringdansen - Kvarnberget
  • Line 3 : Vidablick - Sandbyhov - Hagaskolan - Marielund - Norr Tull - Resecentrum - Rådhuset - Drottninggatan - Söder Tull - Folkets Park - SMHI - Klockaretorpet

literature

  • Willy Forsström: Gula Faran rullar vidare: Norrköpings Spårvägar 100 år . Trafiknostalgiska Förlaget, Stockholm 2004, ISBN 91-971915-7-4 .

Web links

Commons : Trams in Norrköping  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Becky Ohlsen, Christian Bonetto: Sweden. Lonely Planet, 2010, ISBN 978-3-8297-1644-4 .