The Frankfurt (Oder) tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Frankfurt (Oder)) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Frankfurt (Oder), a town in the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany, on the Oder River, at the German-Polish border.
| Trams in Frankfurt (Oder) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 GT6M tram in front of the Oderturm. | |||
| Operation | |||
| Locale | Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg, Germany | ||
| Open | 22 January 1898 | ||
| Lines | 5 | ||
| Operator(s) | Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt (Oder) (SVF) | ||
| Infrastructure | |||
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
| Propulsion system(s) | Electricity | ||
| Electrification | 600 V DC overhead line | ||
| Stock | 16 KT4DM, 8 GT6M | ||
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| Website | https://www.svf-ffo.de/ Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurt (Oder) (in German) | ||
Opened in 1898, the network presently consists of five lines. It is operated by Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurt (Oder) (SVF), and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB).
Lines
editAs of 2022[update], the three main tram lines in Frankfurt (Oder) operated daily 4:00 to 23:30, at:
- a 20-minute headway: Monday to Friday, 6:00–19:00, and Saturday 9:00–16:00;
- a 30-minute headway: Sundays and public holidays all day (from 6:00), and Monday-Saturday before and after the period with 20-minute intervals.
Line 1 runs from the new housing development of Neuberesinchen through the city centre to the stadium.
Line 2 connects the university campuses (the main building, the auditorium and the Marion Gräfin Dönhoff building) with the speech centre in the Witzlebenstraße and extends to the fairgrounds.
Line 3 is a booster line for line 4 on weekdays. It operates Monday to Friday from the European University via the Südring to Kopernikusstraße, and, in rush hour, continues to the Technology Park and the hospital in the suburb of Markendorf (Ort) at 20-minute intervals.
Line 4, a main line, runs from the Lebus-suburb in Frankfurt's north via the railway station and the Südring, past the new solar factories, to Markendorf (Ort).
Line 5 is a tangential line - it "bypasses" the city centre, from Neuberesinchen via the station to the fairgrounds. However, it connects at Dresdener Platz or the station with lines towards the city centre. On weekdays, it is operated every 20 minutes by KT4Dms running in pairs, or a single KT4Dm, or a low-floor vehicle.
Rolling stock
editKT4DM
editA total of 34 Tatra KT4D trams were delivered to Frankfurt between 1987 and 1990. After modernisation in 1992 these became type KT4DM and 16 were still in service as of 2021.[1]
GT6M
editIn addition to the KT4DM trams SVF also operates eight GT6M low-floor trams, numbered 301-308.[2]
ForCity Plus
editTo replace the KT4DM trams a procurement project was started in 2018, jointly with Cottbus and Brandenburg, and a contract was awarded to Škoda Transportation in 2020.[3] Th first of 13 new trams was delivered to Frankfurt in April 2024.[2]
The new trams are designated ForCity Plus 46T by the manufacturer and are three-section unidirectional vehicles with a length of 28.96 m and a width of 2.3 m. They have two fully-rotating traction bogies, one under each of the end sections, and a fixed trailer bogie under the central section. The trams are 70% low-floor and have a total capacity of 151 passengers, including 51 seats.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Kochems, Michael (May 2021). "Wo die Kurzgelenker noch surren". Straßenbahn Magazin (in German). GeraMond. pp. 32–42.
- ^ a b Hrubeš, Ondřej Matěj (July 2024). "Škoda ForCity Plus FCB". Straßenbahn Magazin (in German). GeraMond. pp. 38–43.
- ^ "Cottbus, Frankfurt/Oder und Brandenburg dürfen Škoda Trams bestellen" [Cottbus, Frankfurt/Oder and Brandenburg may order Škoda trams]. Urban Transport Magazine (in German). June 3, 2020. Archived from the original on August 26, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ "Tram ForCity Plus Frankfurt-Cottbus-Brandenburg" (PDF). Škoda Transportation. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
Bibliography
edit- Bauer, Gerhard; Kuschinski, Norbert (1995). Die Straßenbahnen in Ostdeutschland [The Tramways in East Germany]. Vol. Band 3: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [Volume 3: Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]. Aachen, Germany: Schweers + Wall. ISBN 3921679818. (in German)
- Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. pp. 60–61. ISBN 9783936573336.
External links
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Media related to Tram transport in Frankfurt (Oder) at Wikimedia Commons
- Frankfurt an der Oder database / photo gallery and Frankfurt an der Oder tram list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.
- Frankfurt (Oder) database / photo gallery at Phototrans – in various languages, including English.
