Tram in Freiburg im Üechtland
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.jpg) Car 13 on rue de Lausanne
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 Route of the tram lines shown on a map from 2020
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| Gauge : | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) |
| Power system : | 500 volts = |
| Maximum slope : | 93 ‰ |
| Operator: | Société des tramways de Friborg (TF) |
| Opening: | July 28, 1897 |
| Shutdown: | March 31, 1965 |
The Freiburg tram ( French Tramway de Friborg ) was a meter-gauge tram running in and around Freiburg , which existed from 1897 to 1965 and was operated electrically from the start. The responsible transport company was the Société des tramways de Friborg (TF), which after the tram was discontinued, became Transports en commun de Friborg SA . was renamed and merged in 2000 into what is now the Freiburg Transport Authority . The tram system had routes with gradients of up to 93 ‰ , making it one of the steepest tram systems in Switzerland. Between 1951 and 1965 the tram was gradually replaced by the Freiburg trolleybus , which opened in 1949 .
history
The construction work for the first line Bahnhof – Tilleul – Pont-suspendu - this was 1.3 kilometers long - began on April 20, 1897, the opening took place on July 28, 1897. The other sections followed as follows:
- June 14, 1900: Station – Pérolles and Station – Beauregard
- October 31, 1912: Tilleul – Poya-cimetière
- June 9, 1913: Poya – Grandfey
- November 16, 1924: Zähringen – Schönberg
- December 17, 1936: Beauregard – Vignettaz
With that the tram had reached its maximum extent. Most recently, it only ran on the Pérolles – Bahnhof – Tilleul – Cimetière line, before this section was finally switched to trolleybus operation on March 31, 1965 .
vehicles
| number | Type | Construction year | length | Wheelbase | Weight | Manufacturer | Whereabouts |
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| 1 | Ce 2/2 | 1897 | 7.35 m | 1.55 m | 7,000 kg | Rathgeber / SAAS | Paris , Musée des transports urbains, interurbains et ruraux |
| 2 | Ce 2/2 | 1897 | 7.35 m | 1.55 m | 7,000 kg | Rathgeber / SAAS | scrapped |
| 3 | Ce 2/2 | 1897 | 7.35 m | 1.55 m | 7,000 kg | Rathgeber / SAAS | scrapped |
| 4th | Ce 2/2 | 1897 | 7.35 m | 1.55 m | 7,000 kg | Rathgeber / SAAS | Detroit |
| 5 | Ce 2/2 | 1900 | 7.35 m | 1.55 m | 8'500 kg | SWS / SAAS | initially AMUTRA, Brussels - today AMITRAM, Lille |
| 6th | Ce 2/2 | 1900 | 7.35 m | 1.55 m | 8'500 kg | SWS / SAAS | Scrapped in 1996 |
| 7th | Ce 2/2 | 1904 | 7.35 m | 1.65 m | 8'500 kg | Rathgeber / SAAS | Blonay – Chamby museum railway |
| 8th | Ce 2/2 | 1904 | 7.35 m | 1.65 m | 8'500 kg | Rathgeber / SAAS | scrapped |
| 9 | Ce 2/2 | 1913 | 9.20 m | 3.00 m | 11,800 kg | SIG / SAAS | 2010> Givisiez , Club du Tramway de Friborg |
| 10 | Ce 2/2 | 1913 | 9.20 m | 3.00 m | 11,800 kg | SIG / SAAS | Scrapped in 2010 |
| 11 | Ce 2/2 | 1913 | 9.20 m | 3.00 m | 11,800 kg | SIG / SAAS | Scrapped in 1970 |
| 12 | Ce 2/2 | 1913 | 9.20 m | 3.00 m | 11,800 kg | SIG / SAAS | scrapped |
| 13 | Ce 2/2 | 1913 | 9.20 m | 3.00 m | 11,800 kg | SIG / SAAS | scrapped |
gallery
Car 8 in 1965
Car 13 in 1965
Farewell trip
The preserved car 7 on the Blonay – Chamby museum railway
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literature
- Roland Ruffieux, Jean-Pierre Dorand: The TF: 100 years of history in text and images . without publisher, Freiburg 1997. (Bilingual: French and German)
- Tramclub Freiburg (ed.): A century of public transport in Freiburg. without publisher, Freiburg 1997, ISBN 2-9700147-0-X . (Bilingual: French and German)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Trüb: The steepest railways in Switzerland . In: Railway amateur . No. 9 , 1955, pp. 276 .
