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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Scenes from the Linz Straßenbahn Linz Trams - Length: 20:31 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Die Linzerlokalbahn ( LILO ) - Length: 6:14 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Pöstlingbergbahn / The "mountain tramway" in Linz - Length: 4:00 mins. |
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MAP
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Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.
ROUTES
Operator: Linz AG Linien
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
| 1 | Universität - Hauptplatz - Landstraße - Hauptbahnhof - Wiener Straße - Auwiesen |
| 2 | Universität - Hauptplatz - Landstraße - Hauptbahnhof - Wiener Straße - Ebelsberg - SolarCity |
| 3 | Bergbahnhof Urfahr - Hauptplatz - Landstraße - Hauptbahnhof - Leonding |
MOUNTAIN TRAMWAY (PÖSTLINGBERGBAHN)
| 50 | Hauptplatz - Urfahr - Pöstlingberg |
The Pöstlingbergbahn was regauged to 900 mm in 2008-2009 and the trams running on it share city tram tracks between Hauptplatz and Urfahr.
Operator: Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft
LINZER LOKALBAHN (LILO)
| Linz Hochbahnhof - Leonding - Hitzing - Eferding - Waizenkirchen - Peuerbach |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 26 km.
- Pöstlingbergbahn: 4 km
- Lokalbahn: 59 km.
HISTORY
- Tramway: 1898 - today.
- Pöstlingbergbahn: 29 May 1898 - today.
- Lokalbahn: 1912 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramway: 900 mm.
- Pöstlingbergbahn: 1000 mm. (1898 - 25 March 2008); 900 mm (29 May 2009 - today)
- Lokalbahn: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1st ed., 1984.
- Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2000.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.74: Linz, Austria" Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2013 (76: 911), p.476-479.
- Russell, M. "110 years of unblemished service [The Pöstlingbergbahn]" Tramways & Urban Transit, June 2008 (71: 846), p.244-245.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Linz: Narrow gauge, broad vision", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2002 (64: 773), p.174-179.
WIKIS
- Linzer Lokalbahn
- Pöstlingbergbahn
- Stadtverkehr-Austria-Wiki (Wiki site devoted to Austrian urban transportation)
- Straßenbahn Linz
WEB SITES
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