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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Mit 10 Oldie Trams durch Düsseldorf (HD) - Length: 16:21 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Düsseldorf: Abschiedsfest bei der Rheinbahn am 19. Juni 2011 - Length: 14:53 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Straßenbahn Düsseldorf 1974-1985 - Length: 49:44 mins. |
PHOTOS
INSET: CENTRAL DÜSSELDORF
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP
| BA | Berliner Allee | JWP | Jan-Wellem-Platz |
| FES | Friedrich-Ebert-Straße | KgP | Karolingerplatz |
| GAP | Graf-Adolf-Platz | KP | Kirchplatz |
| HHA | Heinrich-Heine-Allee | WMH | Wilhelm-Marx-Haus |
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Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Rheinbahn
| 1 | Rath - Mörsenbroich - Derendorf – Dreieck – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Berliner Allee - Karolingerplatz – Universität – Wersten - Holthausen – Benrath (Betriebshof) |
| 2 | Unterrath – Dreieck – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Wilhelm-Marx-Haus [Rush hours only: – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Kirchplatz] |
| 3 | Gerresheim Bhf – Grafenberg – Wehrhahn – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Wilhelm-Marx-Haus – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Kirchplatz – Bilk – Aachener Platz – Volmerswerth |
| 4 | Derendorf Nord – Düsseldorf Hbf – Karolingerplatz – Universität |
| 5 | Düsseldorf Hbf – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Neusser Str. [back: Lorettostr.] - Bilker Kirche - Völklinger Str. – Südfriedhof – Rheinbrücke Düsseldorf–Neuss - Neuss – Heerdt – Oberkassel (Belsenplatz) – Oberkasseler Brücke – Heinrich-Heine-Allee - Jan-Wellem-Platz – Berliner Allee - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Düsseldorf Hbf [Circular route, both directions] |
| 6 | Am Steinberg – Volksgarten – Oberbilk – Flingern – Brehmplatz – Zoo – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Kirchplatz – Bilk – Karolingerplatz – Am Steinberg [Loop route, both directions] |
| 7 | Unterrath – Dreieck – Jacobistr. – Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Düsseldorf Hbf – Lierenfeld – Eller |
| 8 | Mörsenbroich – Brehmplatz – Düsseldorf Hbf – Bilk – Bilker Kirche - Hamm |
| 9 | Grafenberg – Flingern – Düsseldorf Hbf – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Neusser Str. [back: Lorettostr.] - Bilker Kirche - Völklinger Str. – Südfriedhof |
| 10 | Lörick – Oberkassel (Belsenplatz) – Oberkasseler Brücke – Heinrich-Heine-Allee - Jan-Wellem-Platz – Berliner Allee - Oberbilker Allee – Eller |
| 11 | Kaiserswerth – Lohausen - Golzheim – Jacobistr. – Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Düsseldorf Hbf [Rush hours only: – Oberbilk – Wersten - Holthausen] |
| 12 | Ratingen – Oberrath – Wehrhahn – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Wilhelm-Marx-Haus |
| 13 | Gerresheim Mitte – Grafenberg – Wehrhahn – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Wilhelm-Marx-Haus [Rush hours only: – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Kirchplatz – Bilk – Aachener Platz] |
| 14 | Rath – Mörsenbroich – Derendorf – Dreieck – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Berliner Allee - Karolingerplatz – Am Steinberg |
| 15 | Oberkassel (Belsenplatz) – Oberkasseler Brücke – Heinrich-Heine-Allee - Wilhelm-Marx-Haus – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Kirchplatz – Bilk – Karolingerplatz – Universität – Wersten - Holthausen |
| 16 | Wilhelm-Marx-Haus – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Berliner Allee - Oberbilker Allee – Eller |
| 18 | Stadion Stockum – Golzheim – Jan-Wellem-Platz – Berliner Allee - Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Düsseldorf Hbf – Oberbilk – Wersten - Holthausen [Rush hours only: – Benrath (Betriebshof)] |
| 19 | Oberrath – Flingern – Düsseldorf Hbf – Graf-Adolf-Platz – Neusser Str. [back: Lorettostr.] - Bilker Kirche - Völklinger Str. – Südfriedhof |
| D | Jan-Wellem-Platz – Golzheim – Lohausen - Kaiserswerth – Wittlaer – Duisburg |
| K | Düsseldorf Hbf – Friedrich-Ebert-Straße - Berliner Allee - Jan-Wellem-Platz – Heinrich-Heine-Allee - Oberkasseler Brücke – Oberkassel – Lörick – Meerbusch – Krefeld-Fischeln – Dießem – Krefeld |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ca. 145 km.
HISTORY
- Düsseldorf city trams: 6 Feb. 1876 - today (6 Feb. 1876 - 21 June 1900: horse-drawn; 27 Jan. 1896 - today: electric)
- Düsseldorf steam trams: 5 Aug. 1901 - 30 Apr. 1902
- Neuss tramways: 24 Dec. 1910 - 7 Aug. 1971 (except for tracks integrated into the Rheinbahn system)
- U-Bahn: 3 Oct. 1981 - today (electric)
- Monorail (H-Bahn): 1 July 2002 - today
GAUGE (all systems except the monorail)
- 1435 mm. (there were also 1000 mm. gauge tram lines between 1989 and 1962)
SOURCES
- Pagel, M. and Taplin, M.R. Tramways of Western Germany. Hassocks (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 3rd ed., 1980.
- Pulling, N. "Düsseldorf returns to ground", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2010 (73:874), p.382-383.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.55: Rheinbahn - Düsseldorf, Germany", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2012 (75:892), p.145-148.
- "Rheinisch-Westfälisches Straßenbahnnetz 1930". Map supplement to Hendlmeier, W. Handbuch der deutschen Straßenbahngeschichte, München: Self-published, 1981.
- Schwandl, R. Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland. Berlin: Author, 2009.
WIKIS
- Geschichte der Düsseldorfer Straßenbahn
- H-Bahn
- Rheinbahn (Unternehmen)
- Stadtbahn Düsseldorf
- Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr
- Stadtwerke Neuss
- Straßenbahn Düsseldorf
- Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
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