Trams in Mülheim/Oberhausen

The Mülheim/Oberhausen tramway network is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system focused on Mülheim an der Ruhr and Oberhausen, two cities in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Mülheim/Oberhausen tramway network
An Oberhausen tram en route to the Mülheim depot.
Operation
Locale
Open
  • 9 July 1897 (1897-07-09)
  • (Mülheim)
  • 4 April 1897 (1897-04-04)
  • (Oberhausen)
StatusOperational
Lines3 + 1 (total line length 36.2 km (22.5 mi))
Operator(s)
Infrastructure
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in)
Propulsion system(s)Electricity
Electrification750 V DC
Statistics
Route length32 km (20 mi)
Overview
The network in 2015 (dark blue: Stadtbahn).
Websitehttps://ruhrbahn.de/index.php?id=665 Ruhrbahn (in German)]
STOAG

Opened in 1897, the network is operated by Ruhrbahn [de] and Stadtwerke Oberhausen (STOAG), and integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR).

Lines

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As of 2015, the network had the following lines:

Line Route Headway (rush hour) Notes
102 Uhlenhorst – Stadtmitte – Mülheim Hbf – Oberdümpten 10' Metre gauge
104 MH Hauptfriedhof – Max-Planck-Institute – Stadtmitte – Rathausmarkt – Grenze Borbeck – E Abzweig Aktienstraße 20' Hauptfriedhof – Stadtmitte
10' Stadtmitte – Grenze Borbeck
20' Grenze Borbeck – E-Abzweig Aktienstr.
112/NE12 MH Hauptfriedhof – Kaiserplatz – Stadtmitte – Landwehr – Oberhausen Hbf – Feuerwache – Neue Mitte – Eisenheim – OB Neumarkt 10' 112 Hauptfriedhof – Landwehr
20' 112 Landwehr – OLGA-Park (morning rush hour 10')
20' 112 OLGA-Park - Neumarkt
60' NE12 Kaiserplatz – OB-OLGA-Park
Occasional trips NE12 OB-OLGA-Park – OB-Neumarkt
901 DU-Obermarxloh – Marxloh – Thyssen Verwaltung – Beeck – Neanderstr. – Laar – Thyssen Tor 30 – Ruhrort – Albertstr. – DU-Stadtmitte – Jakobstr. – Mülheim/Ruhr 15' Standard gauge Duisburg tramway line

The former line 110 (Styrum, Friesenstr. – Hauptfriedhof) was replaced by bus line 128 on October 4, 2015.

See also

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References

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  • Höltge, Dieter (1994). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany] (in German). Vol. Band 4: Ruhrgebiet - Von Dortmund bis Duisburg [Volume 4: Ruhr - from Dortmund to Duisburg]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 9783882553345.
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