Trams in Essen explained

Essen tramway network
Locale:	Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Status:	Operational
Lines:	7
Propulsion System:	Electricity
El:	750 V DC
Route Length:	52.4km (32.6miles)
Map State:	show
Website:	http://www.ruhrbahn.de/ Ruhrbahn

The Essen tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Essen) is a 52.4adj=onNaNadj=on^[1] network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Essen, a city in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Parts of the system also serve the neighbouring city of Gelsenkirchen.

Opened in 1893, the network has been operated since 1954 by (formerly Essener Verkehrs-AG), and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR).

The network is complemented by the three light rail lines of the Essen Stadtbahn.

Lines

, the 52.4adj=onNaNadj=on tram network consisted of the following seven lines:

Line	Route	Headway Mon.-Fri.	Headway Sat.	Headway Sun.
	(Bredeney – Rüttenscheid –) Essen Hbf – Bergeborbeck Bf – Borbeck Germaniaplatz	10	15	30/15
	Dellwig Wertstr. – Borbeck – Altendorf – Rathaus Essen – Essen Hbf/Hollestraße (– Huttrop – Steele (S))^1	10	15	30/15
	MH-Flughafen – Stadtmitte – MH-Grenze Borbeck – E-Schönebeck Abzw. Aktienstr.	10/20	15/30	30
	Frintrop Unterstr. – Altendorf – Essen Hbf – Bergerhausen – Rellinghausen Finefraustr.	10	15	30/15
	Altenessen Bf – Rathaus Essen – Essen Hbf – Rüttenscheid – Essen West (S) – Helenenstr. (– Bergeborbeck Bf)	10	15	15
	Gelsenkirchen Hbf – Feldmark – E-Katernberg – Abzweig Katernberg – Zollverein – Stoppenberg – Rathaus Essen – Hollestr./Essen Hbf – Rüttenscheid – Bredeney ^2/3	20/10/5	30/15	30/15
	Frohnhausen Breilsort – Alfred Krupp Schule – Berliner Platz – Rathaus Essen – Huttrop – Steele (S)	10	15	15

Sections with shorter headways in Bold, sections with longer headways in italics.
¹ During rush hour via Hollestraße to Steele, at shoulder times only to Hollestraße. and in off peak times Rathaus Essen to Essen Hbf.
² Line is operated jointly by Ruhrbahn/BOGESTRA (almost exclusively with Ruhrbahn rolling stock).
³ Extra services during rush hour from Rathaus Essen to Hollestraße, other services from Rathaus via Hbf. to Bredeney.

Rolling stock

Current fleet:^{[2] [3]}

Fleet #	Image	Type	Year	Make	Model
1501–1534		M8D-NF1	1999–2001	ADtranz/Bombardier	Flexity Classic
1601–1627		M8D-NF2	2013–15	Bombardier	Flexity Classic
8001–8015			2015–16
1051–1052		M8D-NF4	2021	Bombardier	Flexity Classic
1053–1063(+19 on order)			2022–23	Alstom

See also

• Essen Stadtbahn
• Trams in Germany
• List of town tramway systems in Germany

References

Bibliography

External links

51.4372°N 7.0011°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kleine EVAG Statistik 2010* (*stand 31.12.2009) . Essener Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (EVAG) . German . Small EVAG Statistics 2010* (*as of 31.12.2009) . December 31, 2009 . 2014-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111116030233/http://www.evag.de/fileadmin/downloads/Geschaeftsberichte_Statistik_Organigramm/Kleine_EVAG_Statistik_2010.pdf . November 16, 2011 .
2. Web site: Bombardier - FLEXITY Classic . 2023-06-27 . www.strassenbahn-online.de.
3. Web site: tram-info Wagenparkliste Essen . 2023-06-27 . www.tram-info.de.