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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Ancien tramway de Strasbourg-1880 à 1960 - Length: 5:02 mins. |
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INSET: URBAN STRASBURG
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ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Compagnie des tramways strasbourgeois (CTS)
| 1 | Gare centrale - Place Kléber - Place du Corbeau - Place de la Bourse - Neudorf - Pont Vauban |
| 2 | Koenigshoffen - Place Blanche - Place Kléber - Place de la République - Av. des Vosges - Place Brant - Place Arnold - Place d'Anvers |
| 3 | Gare centrale - Place Kléber - La Poste - Place Brant - Robertsau Église |
| 4 | Bischheim - Porte de Pierre - Place Kléber - Place du Corbeau - Place de la Bourse - Neudorf - Polygone |
| 6 | [At peak times: Gare centrale - ] Place Kléber - Place du Corbeau - Place de la Bourse - Neudorf Ouest - Meinau |
| 7 | Breuschwickersheim - Wolfisheim - Koenigshoffen - Place Blanche - Place Kléber - ... |
| 8 | Wacken - Porte de Schiltigheim - Rue Oberlin - Place Kléber - R. de Molsheim - Roethig |
| 9 | Route de Brumath - Schiltigheim - Porte de Pierre - Place Kléber - Porte de Saverne - Cronenbourg |
| 10 | Gare centrale - Bd. du Président Wilson - Av. des Vosges - Place de la République - Av. des Vosges - Place Brant - Place du Corbeau - Porte de l’Hôpital - Place Blanche - Gare centrale [Circular route, both directions] |
| 11 | Gare centrale - Place Kléber - Place du Corbeau - Place de la Bourse - Neudorf - Pont Vauban - Pont du Rhin |
| 12 | Breuschwickersheim - Wolfisheim - Koenigshoffen - Place Blanche - Place Kléber - Place de la République - Av. des Vosges - Place Brant - Place Arnold - Place d'Anvers |
| 13 | Gare centrale - Place Kléber - La Poste - Place Brant - Robertsau Église - Robertsau / Ste Anne |
| 14 | Hoenheim - Bischheim - Porte de Pierre - Place Kléber - Place du Corbeau - Place de la Bourse - Neudorf - Polygone - Neuhof - Neuhof Forêt |
| 15 | Place Arnold - Quartier des XV |
| 16 | Place Kléber - Place du Corbeau - Place de la Bourse - Neudorf Ouest - Meinau - Graffenstaden |
| 18 | Wacken - Porte de Schiltigheim - Rue Oberlin - Place Kléber - R. de Molsheim - Roethig - Lingolsheim |
| 19 | Route de Brumath - Schiltigheim - Porte de Pierre - Place Kléber - - Porte de Saverne - Cronenbourg - Oberhausbergen |
INTERURBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Compagnie des tramways strasbourgeois (CTS)
| B | Strasbourg (Place de la Bourse) - Graffenstaden - Erstein (branch to Erstein gare) - Boofzheim (branch to Rhinau) |
| O | Strasbourg (Ancienne Gare) - Gare centrale - R. de Molsheim - Roethig - Lingolsheim - Obernai - Ottrott |
| T | Strasbourg (Ancienne Gare) - Porte de Saverne - Cronenbourg - Oberhausbergen - Dingsheim - Truchtersheim |
| W | Strasbourg (Ancienne Gare) - Porte de Saverne - Cronenbourg - Oberhausbergen - Dingsheim - Westhoffen |
The interurban route designations B, O, T and W are used for convenience only, and were not used by the operator.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramway: ca. 80 km.
- Interurban tramways:
- Strasbourg - Boofzheim line: 33 km. (of which about 7 km. shared with the urban network) (+ Erstein branch: 3.2 km., Boofzheim - Rhinau branch: 2 km.)
- Strasbourg - Ottrott line: 34.7 km. (of which 7 km. shared with the urban network)
- Strasbourg - Dingsheim: 6.5 km. line: 15 km. (of which 5.2 km. shared with the urban network)
- Dingsheim - Truchtersheim: 8.5 km.
- Dingsheim - Westhoffen: 21 km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramway (first generation): (horse-drawn): 22 July 1878 - 2 Feb. 1926; (steam) 1878 - after 1895; (electric) 13 July 1895 - 30 Apr. 1960.
- Urban tramway (second generation): 26 Nov. 1994 - today.
- Interurban trams:
- Strasbourg - Marckolsheim line (steam originally, then electric after 1925/26): 20 Oct. 1886 - 1 Oct. 1955 (interrupted in 1944 due to war damage, restarted 4 Nov. 1945, but only as far as Boofzheim)
- Strasbourg - Ottrott line (always electric): 16 Jan. 1930 - 31 March 1955
- Strasbourg - Truchtersheim line (steam originally, then electric after 1925/26): 30 Sept. 1887 - 4 Oct. 1953 (with interruption, 1 Oct. 1937 - 7 Aug. 1938) (branch Dingsheim - Westhoffen, 1 July 1903 - 19 Aug. 1953)
Note: As Strasbourg belonged to Germany before 1918, its tram network originally extended across the Rhine to the city of Kehl and the countryside beyond. But these connections were interrupted in 1918, and never restarted. Tram service using modern trams was, however, restored across the Rhine on 28 Apr. 2017.
GAUGE
- Tramway (first generation): mostly 1000 mm. (horse tramways, some steam tramways and some early electric tramways: 1435 mm.)
- Tramway (second generation): 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Haydock, D. "French progress: Strasbourg's futuristic tramway", Light Rail Review 6, 1994, p. 41-50.
- Muller, G. Génération tram. Strasbourg: Oberlin, 2000.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.15: Strasbourg, France", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2008 (71: 852), p.463-465.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.48: Strasbourg, France", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2011 (74: 885), p.355-358.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.149: Strasbourg, France", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2020 (83: 987), p.105-109.
- Robert, J. Histoire des transports dans les villes de France. Neuilly-sur-Seine: J. Robert, 1974.
- Wilson, J.S. "Strasbourg opens its Eurotram service", Light Rail & Modern Tramway, Apr. 1995 (58: 688), p.90-92.
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