| Leipzig tramway network | |
| Native Name: | Straßenbahn Leipzig |
| Native Name Lang: | de |
| Image Alt: | See caption |
| Locale: | Leipzig, Saxony, Germany |
| Era1 Name: | Horsecar |
| Era1 State: | show |
| Era1 Status: | Converted to electricity |
| Era1 Operator: | Leipziger Pferde-Eisenbahn (LPE) |
| Era1 Propulsion System: | Horses |
| Era2 Name: | Electric tram |
| Era2 Start Year: | since |
| Era2 State: | show |
| Era2 Status: | Operational |
| Era2 Lines: | 13 |
| Era2 Operator: | Große Leipziger Straßenbahn (GLSt) (1896–1938) Leipziger Elektrische Straßenbahn (LESt) (1896–1916) Leipziger Außenbahn AG (LAAG) (1900–1946) Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (1938–) |
| Era2 Propulsion System: | Electricity |
| Era2 El: | 600 V DC trolley wire |
| Era2 Route Length: | 143.5NaN[1] |
| Era2 Pass Year: | 2022 |
| Era2 Passengers: | 135,000,000 |
| Era2 Website: | https://www.l.de/verkehrsbetriebe Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe |
The Leipzig tramway (de|Straßenbahn Leipzig) is a network of tramways which, together with the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland, forms the backbone of the public transport system in Leipzig, a city in Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, the network has been operated since 1938 by Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB). The network has been integrated in the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV) since 1 August 2001.[1]
With its 13 lines, route length of 143.5km (89.2miles) and 522 tram stops, the network is currently the third biggest in Germany, after the Cologne and Berlin tramway networks.
See main article: History of trams in Leipzig.
there were a total of 228 trams and 43 trailers in regular service,[1] consisting of the following:
In 2018 Leipzig sold 20 used trams to the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, to be used on its tram routes.[4]
In 2019 a procurement project for new trams was launched jointly with tram operators in Görlitz and Zwickau. A contract was signed in December 2021 with LEIWAG (a consortium of and Kiepe Electric) and Leipzig will receive 25 new 45 m long trams, with options for up to 130 more.[5]