| Görlitz tramway network | |
| Locale: | Görlitz, Saxony, Germany |
| Era1 Name: | Horsecar |
| Era1 State: | show |
| Era1 Status: | Converted to electricity |
| Era1 Propulsion System: | Horses |
| Era2 Name: | Electric tram |
| Era2 Start Year: | since |
| Era2 State: | show |
| Era2 Status: | Operational |
| Era2 Propulsion System: | Electricity |
| Era2 El: | 600 V DC |
| Era2 Stock: | 14 KT4D-C |
| Era2 Route Length: | 11.8km (07.3miles) |
| Era2 Website: | https://www.goerlitztakt.de/ Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe |
The Görlitz tramway network (de|Straßenbahnnetz Görlitz) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Görlitz, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.
Opened in 1882, the network has been operated since 1996 by the Verkehrsgesellschaft Görlitz (VGG), since 2019 by the Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe, and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien (ZVON).
, the network had the following lines:[1]
| Line | Route | Stops | Journey time | Headway (rush hour) | Headway (evenings) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weinhübel – Bahnhof – Demianiplatz – Alexander-Bolze-Hof – Königshufen Am Marktkauf / (– Königshufen Am Wiesengrund) (the Königshufen termini alternate in the evenings) | 17 | 24/25 min | 20 min | 30 min | ||
| Biesnitz/Landeskrone – Bahnhof – Demianiplatz – Alexander-Bolze-Hof – Königshufen Am Wiesengrund | 17 | 24/25 min | 20 min | - |
On weekdays line 1 is served by coupled pairs of trams.
The current fleet consists of 14 KT4D trams built between 1979 and 1990. The trams were modernised during the 1990s with a chopper control system and received the designation KT4D-C.[2]
In 2019 a procurement project for new trams was launched jointly with tram operators in Leipzig and Zwickau. A contract was signed in December 2021 with LEIWAG (a consortium of and Kiepe Electric) and Görlitz will receive eight new 30 m long trams.[3]