| Duisburg tramway network | |
| Locale: | Duisburg, Mülheim and Dinslaken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
| Era1 Name: | Horsecar |
| Era1 State: | show |
| Era1 Status: | Superseded |
| Era1 Propulsion System: | Horses |
| Era2 Name: | Steam tram |
| Era2 State: | show |
| Era2 Status: | Superseded |
| Era2 Propulsion System: | Steam |
| Era3 Name: | Electric tram |
| Era3 Start Year: | since |
| Era3 State: | show |
| Era3 Status: | Operational |
| Era3 Routes: | 2 + 1 |
| Era3 Propulsion System: | Electricity |
| Era3 El: | 750 V DC |
| Era3 Route Length: | 43.7km (27.2miles) |
| Era3 Website: | http://www.dvg-duisburg.de Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft |
The Duisburg tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Duisburg) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Duisburg, a city in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Opened in 1881, the network has been operated since 1940 by the (DVG) and is integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). It now forms part of the larger Duisburg Stadtbahn system, which in turn makes up part of the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn system.
, the Duisburg tramway network had the following lines:
| Line | Route | Travel time | Stops | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Obermarxloh Schleife – Marxloh Pollmann – Beeck Denkmal – Laar Kirche – Scholtenhofstraße – Ruhrort Friedrichsplatz – Kaßlerfeld – König-Heinrich-Platz – Duisburg Hbf – Zoo/Uni – MH-Speldorf – MH Stadtmitte – Mülheim Hbf | 64 min | 46 | 7.5 / 15 min | ||
| Dinslaken Bf – Walsum Watereck – Marxloh Pollmann – Hamborn Rathaus – Meiderich Süd Bf – Duissern – Duisburg Hbf – König-Heinrich-Platz – Platanenhof – Hochfeld Süd Bf – Wanheim Rheintörchenstraße – Hüttenheim Mannesmann Tor 2 | 69 min | 45 | 7.5 / 15 min | ||
| Line sections with longer headways in italics | |||||
| Line 902 operates only during events at the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena; the number 902 is also used to designate trams travelling to and from the Grunewald depot. | |||||
| (Walsum Watereck – Marxloh Pollmann – Hamborn Rathaus – Meiderich Süd Bf – Duissern – Duisburg Hbf – König-Heinrich-Platz – Platanenhof – Grunewald Betriebshof) | |||||
43 type GT10NC-DU trams are operated in Duisburg, which were built by Duewag from 1986 until 1993.[1] The first of 47 new Bombardier Flexity trams was delivered in 2020, which are scheduled to replace the old trams.[1]