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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Frankfurt (M) trams 1991 - Length: 10:06 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Tram Frankfurt/Main 1978 - Length: 29:11 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The Metro/U-bahn in Frankfurt, Germany - Length: 6:11 mins. |
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CENTRAL FRANKFURT MAP
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAPS
| Fb | Friedensbrücke | OPl | Opernplatz |
| HBh | Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) | PR | Platz der Republik |
| HbS | Heilbronner Straße | Rbw | Röderbergweg |
| HW | Hauptwache | TPl | Theaterplatz |
| JTP | Johanna-Tesch-Platz | Umb | Untermainbrücke |
| KW | Konstablerwache |
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NEW TRAM AND STADTBAHN TRACKS BUILT BETWEEN 1 JULY 1960 AND 26 MAY 1974 (affected route numbers in parantheses).
- 1961 Jan. 30: Terminal loop at Hugo-Junkers-Straße (5,6)
- 1963 Sept. 24: Hansallee (13,23,24,25)
- 1968 Oct. 4: Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - Dornbusch - Heddernheim - Nordweststadt (A1)
- 1970 Sept. 5: Südbahnhof - Seehofstraße (16)
- 1971 July 8: Friedberger Landstraße (below Scheffelstraße) (7,12)
DISCONTINUATION DATES OF TRAM TRACKS BETWEEN 26 MAY 1974 AND 28 MAY 1978 (affected route numbers in parantheses).
TRAM AND U-BAHN (UNDERGROUND) ROUTES
Operator: Städtische Straßenbahn Frankfurt am Main
| A1 | Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - Dornbusch - Heddernheim - Nordweststadt |
| A2 | Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - Dornbusch - Heddernheim - Bonames - Gonzenheim |
| A3 | Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Hauptwache - Dornbusch - Heddernheim - Oberursel - Hohemark |
| A4 | Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Hauptwache - Dornbusch - Heddernheim - Bonames |
| B1 | Theaterplatz - Konstablerwache - Hauptfriedhof (Main Cemetery) - Gießener Str. |
| 6 | Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Zoo - Konstablerwache - Hauptwache - Opernplatz - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Hausen - Praunheim [Mo-Fr rush hours only] |
| 8 | Ginnheim - Bockenheim - Platz der Republik - Gallus - Griesheim |
| 9 | Oberforsthaus - Universitätsklinikum - Südbahnhof (South Station) [Rush hours: - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Riederhöfe - Hugo-Junkers-Str.] [Mo-Fr only] |
| 10 | Höchst - Nied - Gallus - Platz der Republik - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Konstablerwache - Zoo - Bornheim |
| 11 | Heilbronner Straße - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Friedensbrücke - Südbahnhof (South Station) - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Ostbahnhof (East Station) |
| 12 | Höchst - Nied - Gallus - Platz der Republik - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Prüfling |
| 13 | Praunheim - Hausen - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Platz der Republik - Opernplatz - Dornbusch - Gießener Str. - Berkersheim |
| 14 | Niederrad - Universitätsklinikum - Friedensbrücke - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - Konstablerwache - Zoo - Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Riederhöfe - Hugo-Junkers-Str. - Fechenheim |
| 15 | Stadion - Oberforsthaus - Universitätsklinikum - Friedensbrücke - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - Konstablerwache - Zoo - Inheidener Str. |
| 16 | Heilbronner Straße - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Oberrad - Stadtgrenze - Offenbach |
| 17 | Mönchofstr. - Ordnungsamt - Gallus - Platz der Republik - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Theaterplatz - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Friedensbrücke - Sandhof [Mo-Fr only] |
| 18 | Schwanheim - Oberforsthaus - Universitätsklinikum - Friedensbrücke - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Ostbahnhof (East Station) - Riederhöfe - Johanna-Tesch-Platz - Enkheim |
| 19 | Heerstraße - Hausen - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Prüfling |
| 20 | Bornheim - Johanna-Tesch-Platz - Bergen |
| 22 | Höchst - Nied - Ordnungsamt - Gallus - Platz der Republik - Opernplatz - Dornbusch - Gießener Str. [Mo-Fr rush hours only] |
| 23 | Rödelheim - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Opernplatz - Hauptwache - Konstablerwache - Zoo - Röderbergweg |
| 24 | Stadtgrenze - Oberrad - Obermainbrücke [Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke] - Konstablerwache - Hauptwache - Opernplatz - [Westbahnhof (West Station)] / [Rush hours: Bockenheim - Ginnheim] |
| 25 | Eckenheim - Hauptfriedhof (Main Cemetery) - Prüfling [Rush hours: - Riederhöfe - Hugo-Junkers-Str.] [Mo-Fr only] |
| 26 | Heilbronner Straße - Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) - Theaterplatz - Hauptwache - Opernplatz - Platz der Republik - Messe (Frankfurt Fair) [Rush hours: - Westbahnhof (West Station) - Hausen - Heerstraße] |
| 27 | Zoo - Konstablerwache - Hauptwache - Theaterplatz - Untermainbrücke - Louisa - Neu-Isenburg |
Note: Lines A1-4 and B1 ran partially in tunnels and private rights of way, and constituted a precursor to the U-Bahn (underground) network. But in 1974 they were still connected to the tram network.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ? km.
HISTORY
- Frankfurt Ctrams: Horse trams (19 May 1872 - 1904); Steam trams (1888 - 1929); Electric trams (10 Apr. 1884 - today).
- Bad Homburg trams (electric from the beginning): 22 July 1899 - 1 Aug. 1935. (some stretches were taken over by the Frankfurt system)
- Offenbach trams (electric from the beginning): 10 Apr. 1884 - 1963.
- U-Bahn: Oct. 1968 - today.
GAUGE
- Frankfurt trams: 1435 mm. (some trams 1884-1905, 1000 mm.)
- Bad Homburg trams: 1435 mm.
- Offenbach trams: (1884-1906) 1000 mm.; (1906-1963): 1435 mm.
TRAM PRESERVATION
The Verkehrsmuseum Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt Transport Museum) has a large collection of preserved trams from throughout the history of the city's transportation history. Some of them run as heritage trams on city streets.
SOURCES
- Buck, S.D. "Frankfurt-am-Main: The revolution begins". Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2004 (67: 793), p.16-18.
- Pagel, M. and Taplin, M.R. Tramways of Western Germany. Hassocks (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 3rd ed., 1980.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.18: Frankfurt am Main, Germany", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2009 (72: 855), p.99-101.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.131: Frankfurt am Main, Germany", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2018 (81: 969), p.344-349
- Schwandl, R. Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland. Berlin: Author, 2009.
- Straßenbahnatlas 2005: Deutschland. Berlin: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e.V., 2005.
- Walker, P.J. "Tramways in transition - Part 2: Frankfurt-am-Main". Modern Tramway, Nov. 1969 (32: 383), p.367-374.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Frankfurt: The pendulum swings back to tramways". Light Rail & Modern Tramway, Nov. 1997 (60: 719), p.416-418.
- Wyse, W.J. "Germany goes underground - Part 6: Fun and games in Frankfurt, or 'Interconnection with one-way tickets'". Modern Tramway, Aug. 1974 (37: 440), p.270-279.
- Wyse, W.J. "Germany goes underground - Part 12: Alles neu in der City". Modern Tramway, Sept. 1978 (41: 489), p.309-317.
WIKIS
- Fahrzeuge der Straßenbahn Frankfurt am Main
- Frankfurt U-Bahn
- Geschichte der Straßenbahn Frankfurt am Main
- Straßenbahn Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- Straßenbahn Offenbach am Main
- Trams in Frankfurt am Main
- Verkehrsmuseum Frankfurt am Main
WEB SITES
- Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV)
- Trampage am Main
- Frankfurt am Main (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Nahverkehr Frankfurt damals Strecken- und Liniendokumentation
- VGF - Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main
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