| Leipzig tramway network | |
| 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 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: | 146NaN |
| Era2 Website: | https://www.l.de/verkehrsbetriebe Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe |
The Leipzig tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz 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 the federal state of Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, the network has been operated since 1938 by Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB), and is integrated in the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV).
With its 13 lines, route length of 146km (91miles) 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.
As of 1 January 2020 there were a total of 245 trams and 43 trailers in regular service, consisting of the following:
In 2018 Leipzig sold 20 used trams to the Ukrainian city Dnipro, to be used on its tram routes.[1]