This is a list of town tramway systems in Germany by Land

States of Germany

Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...

. It includes all tram systems, past and present.

Baden-Württemberg

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Baden-Baden Baden-Baden Baden-Baden is a spa town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River, in the region of Karlsruhe...	Electric	24 January 1910	28 February 1951
	Esslingen am Neckar	Electric	24 May 1912	7 July 1944
	♦ Esslingen - Nellingen Nellingen Nellingen is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany....  - Denkendorf Denkendorf, Baden-Württemberg Denkendorf is a municipality in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located 5 km south of Esslingen, and 14 km southeast of Stuttgart.-References:...	Electric	19 December 1926	28 February 1978
VAG Freiburg Freiburger Verkehrs AG Freiburger Verkehrs AG, also known as VAG Freiburg or just VAG, is the municipal transport company of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau in Germany...	Freiburg im Breisgau	Electric	14 October 1901
	Heidelberg Heidelberg -Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...	Horse	13 May 1885	7 October 1902
		Electric	17 March 1903		see also Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart.... .
	♦ Heidelberg - Schwetzingen Schwetzingen Schwetzingen is a German town situated in the northwest of Baden-Württemberg, around southwest of Heidelberg and southeast of Mannheim.Schwetzingen is one of the 5 biggest cities of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district and it is a medium-sized centre including the cities and municipalities of...			4 January 1974
	♦ Schwetzingen - Ketsch Ketsch Ketsch is a municipality in the district of Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, 13 km south of Mannheim....	Electric	12 December 1910	31 March 1938.
	♦ Walldorf (in Baden) Walldorf Walldorf is a town in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis of Baden-Württemberg in Germany.Walldorf is currently probably best known as the city that headquarters the world's third largest software company SAP, but it is also the birthplace of the millionaire John Jacob Astor, at the time of his death the...	Horse	22 February 1902	21 February 1907
		Electric	22 February 1907	1 August 1954	Separate undertaking to 3 September 1945.
	♦ Wiesloch Wiesloch Wiesloch is a city in Germany, in northern Baden-Württemberg. It is situated 13 kilometres south of Heidelberg.After Weinheim, Sinsheim and Leimen it is the fourth largest city of the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis and is in the north-central area near Heidelberg with its neighbouring town Walldorf...	Horse	1 September 1886	4 July 1901
	♦ Heidelberg - Wiesloch	Electric	24 July 1901	16 June 1973
	Heilbronn (am Neckar) Heilbronn Heilbronn is a city in northern Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is completely surrounded by Heilbronn County and with approximately 123.000 residents, it is the sixth-largest city in the state....	Electric	29 May 1897 21 July 2001	1 April 1955 -	New segment opened 2001 worked as par of Karlsruhe Karlsruhe The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...  regional system.;
	Karlsruhe Karlsruhe The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...	Horse	21 January 1877	19 March 1900
		Steam	16 July 1881	19 March 1900
		Accumulator (storage battery)	10 February 1900	1903
		Electric	10 February 1900
Albtalbahn		Steam	1 December 1897	1911
		Electric	1 December 1898
	♦ Karlsruhe - Ettlingen Ettlingen Ettlingen is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about south of the city of Karlsruhe. Ettlingen is the second largest town in the district of Karlsruhe, after Bruchsal.-Geography:...		1 December 1897
	♦ Ettlingen - Bad Herrenalb Bad Herrenalb Bad Herrenalb is a municipality in the district of Calw, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the northern Black Forest, 15 km east of Baden-Baden, and 22 km southwest of Pforzheim....		2 July 1898		Opened in stages, completed 2 July 1898.
	♦ Branch Busenbach - Ittersbach		10 April 1899
	Lörrach Lörrach Lörrach is a city in southwest Germany, in the valley of the Wiese, close to the French and the Swiss border. It is the capital of the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg. The biggest industry is the chocolate factory Milka...	Electric	16 November 1919	31 August 1967	Worked by tramcars hired from Basel Basel Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...  Switzerland, tramway undertaking . Operation suspended 1 September 1939 – 11 May 1947 because of closure of border.
	Mannheim Mannheim Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....	Horse	2 June 1878	22 May 1902
		Steam	6 May 1884	23 March 1914
		Electric	10 December 1900		Operated jointly with Ludwigshafen system (q.v.). See also Heidelberg.
OEG	Mannheim - Heidelberg Heidelberg -Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...	Steam	12 December 1887	31 August 1956
		Electric	10 December 1900
OEG	♦ Mannheim - Heidelberg				Opened 1892. Electrified 1928–1929.
OEG	♦ Mannheim - Weinheim Weinheim Weinheim is a town in the north west of the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany with 43 000 inhabitants, approximately 15 km north of Heidelberg and 10 km northeast of Mannheim. Together with these cities, it makes up the Rhine-Neckar triangle...				Opened 1887. Electrified 1915.
OEG	♦ Heidelberg - Weinheim				Opened 1890. Electrified 1949–1956.
	Müllheim	Steam	15 February 1896	1913
		Electric	7 April 1914	22 May 1955
	♦ Müllheim - Badenweiler Badenweiler Badenweiler, a health resort and spa of the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, historically in the Markgräflerland. It is 28 kilometers by road and rail from Basel, 10 kilometers from the French border, and 20 kilometers away from Mulhouse...			22 May 1955
	Pforzheim Pforzheim Pforzheim is a town of nearly 119,000 inhabitants in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southwest Germany at the gate to the Black Forest. It is world-famous for its jewelry and watch-making industry. Until 1565 it was the home to the Margraves of Baden. Because of that it gained the nickname...	Electric	1 December 1911	10 October 1964
	Ravensburg Ravensburg Ravensburg is a town in Upper Swabia in Southern Germany, capital of the district of Ravensburg, Baden-Württemberg.Ravensburg was first mentioned in 1088. In the Middle Ages, it was an Imperial Free City and an important trading centre...  - Weingarten Weingarten (Württemberg) Weingarten is a town with a population of 24,000 in Württemberg, in the District of Ravensburg, in the valley of the Schussen River. Together with the southern neighbour cities of Ravensburg and Friedrichshafen on Lake Constance , it forms one of 14 medium-sized infrastructural centres in...  - Baienfurt Baienfurt Baienfurt is a municipality in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.-Sister cities: Brest, Belarus...	Steam	6 January 1888	12 September 1911
		Electric	1 September 1910	1 July 1959
	Reutlingen Reutlingen Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of April 2008, it has a population of 109,828....	Steam	1 November 1899	24 July 1912
		Electric	24 July 1912	19 October 1974
	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....	Horse	28 July 1868	28 November 1896
		Electric	26 September 1895		First tunnel segment opened 1966. First standard-gauge Stadtbahn line opened 28 September 1985.
	♦ Bad Cannstatt	Electric	20 July 1899		Separate undertaking to 1 January 1919.
	♦ Feuerbach Feuerbach Feuerbach may refer to:a surname* Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach , German legal scholar* Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach , German mathematician* Ludwig Feuerbach , German philosopher and anthropologist...	Electric	30 December 1926		Separate undertaking to 1 January 1934.
	♦ Rack tramway	Steam	23 August 1884	1907
		Electric	1 May 1904
	Ulm (an der Donau) Ulm Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...	Electric	15 May 1897

Bayern

Bavaria

Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...

 (Bavaria)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Augsburg Augsburg Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...	Horse	8 May 1881	31 August 1898
		Steam	12 September 1886	15 June 1887
		Electric	1 September 1898
	Bamberg Bamberg Bamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...	Electric	1 November 1897	10 June 1922
	Hof (an der Saale) Hof, Germany Hof is a city located on the banks of the Saale in the northeastern corner of the German state of Bavaria, in the Franconia region, at the Czech border and the forested Fichtelgebirge and Frankenwald upland regions....	Electric	5 August 1901	14 November 1922
	Ingolstadt (an der Donau) Ingolstadt Ingolstadt is a city in the Free State of Bavaria, in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is located along the banks of the Danube River, in the center of Bavaria. As at 31 March 2011, Ingolstadt had 125.407 residents...	Horse	10 November 1878	3 March 1921
		(Electric)			Construction started, not completed (ca. 1914).
	Landshut (in Bayern) Landshut Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany, belonging to both Eastern and Southern Bavaria. Situated on the banks of the River Isar, Landshut is the capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria. It is also the seat of the...	Horse	1 July 1902	1913
		Electric	15 January 1913	18 March 1945	Closed because of war damage.
Straßenbahn München Munich Tramway The Munich tramway is the tramway network for the city of Munich in Germany. Today it is operated by the municipally owned Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft and is known officially and colloquially as the Tram... (owned by MVG)	München Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...  /Munich	Horse	21 October 1876	1 November 1900
		Steam	9 June 1883	15 July 1900
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1 July 1886	17 July 1895
		Electric	23 June 1895		See also Trams in Munich.
	Nürnberg Nuremberg Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...  /Nuremberg	Horse	25 August 1881	20 July 1898
		Electric	7 May 1896		See also Trams in Nuremberg Trams in Nuremberg The Nuremberg tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Nuremberg, in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany.Opened in 1881, the network is currently operated by Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg... .
	♦ Nürnberg - Fürth Fürth The city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. It is now contiguous with the larger city of Nuremberg, the centres of the two cities being only 7 km apart....	Steam	7 December 1835	31 October 1922	Bayerische Ludwigsbahn, Nürnberg - Fürth, first railway in Germany.
		Electric	?	21 June 1981	Express tramway, built on alignment of closed railway (Ludwigsbahn). Closed, together with remaining tramway lines in Fürth, because of U-Bahn (metro) construction.
	Regensburg Regensburg Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany, located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. To the east lies the Bavarian Forest. Regensburg is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate...	Electric	21 April 1903	1 August 1964
	Schweinfurt Schweinfurt Schweinfurt is a city in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km northeast of Würzburg.- History :...	Horse	5 May 1895	31 January 1921
	Würzburg Würzburg Würzburg is a city in the region of Franconia which lies in the northern tip of Bavaria, Germany. Located at the Main River, it is the capital of the Regierungsbezirk Lower Franconia. The regional dialect is Franconian....	Horse	8 April 1892	4 October 1900
		Electric	30 June 1900 18 September 1924	20 April 1920 -	Reopened by a new undertaking. See also Trams in Würzburg Trams in Würzburg The Würzburg tramway network forms part of the public transport system in Würzburg, in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany.Opened in 1892, the network presently consists of five lines, and is currently operated by Würzburger Straßenbahn GmbH, a subsidiary of Würzburger Versorgungs- und... .

Berlin and Brandenburg

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Straßenbahn Berlin  (Owned by BVG Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe The is the main public transport company of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It manages the city's U-Bahn underground railway, tram, bus and ferry networks, but not the S-Bahn urban rail system.... )	Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...	Horse	22 June 1865	8 December 1907
		Steam	5 May 1886	1919
		Accumulator (storage battery)	8 February 1895	1902
		Electric	16 May 1881
	♦ Buchholz Buchholz -Places:In Germany*Buchholz in der Nordheide, a town in the district of Harburg, Lower Saxony*Französisch Buchholz, a part of Pankow in Berlin*Märkisch Buchholz, in the Dahme-Spreewald district, Brandenburg...	Horse	9 July 1904	8 December 1907
		Electric	8 December 1907		Separate undertaking to 22 July 1907.
	♦ Heiligensee an der Havel	Electric	29 May 1913	1 June 1958	Separate undertaking to 3 December 1920.
	♦ Köpenick (Cöpenick) Köpenick Köpenick is a historic town and locality that is situated at the confluence of the rivers Dahme and Spree in the south-east of the German capital city of Berlin. It was formerly known as Copanic and then Cöpenick, only officially adopting the current spelling in 1931...	Horse	18 October 1882	11 August 1903
		Electric	11 August 1903		Separate undertaking to 1 October 1920.
	♦ Spandau Spandau Spandau is the fifth of the twelve boroughs of Berlin. It is the fourth largest and westernmost borough, situated at the confluence of the Havel and Spree rivers and along the western bank of the Havel, but the least populated.-Overview:...	Horse	5 June 1892	17 March 1896
		Electric	18 March 1896	2 October 1967	Separate undertaking to 1 August 1920.
	♦♦ Spandau - Nonnendamm	Electric	30 September 1908	2 October 1967
	♦♦ Spandau West - Hennigsdorf Hennigsdorf Hennigsdorf is a town in the district of Oberhavel, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is situated north-west of Berlin, just across the city border, which is formed mainly by the Havel river.-History:...	Petrol (gasoline)	1 August 1923	11 November 1929
		Electric	11 November 1929	April 1945
Grunewaldbahn	♦ Steglitz Steglitz Steglitz is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in the south-west of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The locality also includes the neighbourhood of Südende.-History:...	Electric	3 December 1905	2 May 1963
	♦ Teltow Teltow Teltow is a town in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Geography:Teltow is part of the agglomeration of Berlin. The distance to the Berlin city centre is , while the distance to Potsdam is ....				Separate undertaking to 16 April 1921.
	♦♦ Berlin-Lichterfelde - Steglitz Steglitz Steglitz is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in the south-west of Berlin, the capital of Germany. The locality also includes the neighbourhood of Südende.-History:...  - Südende-Mariendorf line	Electric	16 May 1881	14 February 1930	Incorporated segment of line opened 1881 by Siemens und Halske Siemens & Halske Siemens & Halske AG was a German electrical engineering company that later became part of Siemens AG.It was founded on 12 October 1847 as Telegraphen-Bauanstalt von Siemens & Halske by Ernst Werner von Siemens and Johann Georg Halske... , world's first electric tramway.
	♦♦ Berlin-Lichterfelde - Teltow - Stahnsdorf Stahnsdorf Stahnsdorf is a municipality in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, in Brandenburg, Germany.-Geography:It is situated 20 km southwest of Berlin , and 12 km east of Potsdam.-History:...  - Klein Machnow (Schleuse)	Steam	1 July 1888	30 March 1907
		Electric	30 March 1907	2 May 1966
Straßenbahn Potsdam Potsdam Tramway The Potsdam tram network is the tram system of the German city of Potsdam, the capital of Brandenburg. It is owned by the public citizen company Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam and included in the fare zone "C" of the Berliner public transport area.-History:The network opened on 12 May 1880: It was an... (Owned by ViP)	♦♦ Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre....	Horse	11 May 1880	1 September 1907
		Electric	2 September 1907
	♦♦ Schöneiche (bei Berlin)	Petrol (gasoline)	28 August 1910	30 May 1914
		Electric	30 May 1914
Strausberger Eisenbahn	♦♦ Strausberg Strausberg Strausberg is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, located 30 km east of Berlin. With a population of 26,206 in 2010 it is the largest town in the district of Märkisch-Oderland.-History:...	Steam	17 August 1893	15 March 1921
		Electric	18 March 1921
	♦♦ Woltersdorf (bei Berlin)	Electric	17 May 1913

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Brandenburg (an der Havel)	Horse	1 October 1897	20 April 1911
		Electric	1 April 1911
	♦ Plaue (an der Havel)	Electric	24 December 1912	28 September 2002	Separate undertaking to 1 October 1952.
	Cottbus (Chóśebuz) Cottbus Cottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...	Electric	8 July 1903
	Eberswalde Eberswalde Eberswalde is a major town and the administrative seat of the district Barnim in the German Federal State of Brandenburg, about 50 km northeast of Berlin. Population 42144 , geographical location . The town is often called Waldstadt , because of the large forests around it, including the...	Electric	1 September 1910	3 November 1940
	Frankfurt an der Oder	Electric	23 January 1898		see also Słubice, Poland.
	Guben Guben Guben is a town on the Lusatian Neisse river in the state of Brandenburg, Germany. Located in the Spree-Neiße district, Guben has a population of 20,049...	Electric	24 February 1904	8 June 1938	see also Gubin, Poland.
	Jüterbog Jüterbog Jüterbog is a historic town in north-eastern Germany, located in the Teltow-Fläming district of Brandenburg. It is located on the Nuthe river at the northern slope of the Fläming hill range, about southwest of Berlin.-History:...	Horse	21 March 1897	29 July 1928
	Küstrin Küstrin Before 1945 Küstrin was a town in the former Prussian province of Brandenburg in Germany, situated on both sides of the Oder river...	Electric	16 May 1927	30 January 1945	see also Kostrzyn nad Odrą;, Poland.
	Werder (an der Havel) Werder (Havel) Werder , is a town in the state of Brandenburg, Germany, located on the Havel river in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district, west of the state's capital Potsdam.Werder has a long and rich history and is a nationally recognized Erholungsort – a government designation given to...	Horse	27 July 1895	7 August 1926

Note for Berlin: Tramway divided into East Berlin

East Berlin

East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...

 and West Berlin

West Berlin

West Berlin was a political exclave that existed between 1949 and 1990. It comprised the western regions of Berlin, which were bordered by East Berlin and parts of East Germany. West Berlin consisted of the American, British, and French occupation sectors, which had been established in 1945...

 systems from 16 January 1953. West Berlin tramway lines replaced by motorbus from 1954, final closure on 2 October 1967. (See Berlin Straßenbahn

Berlin Straßenbahn

The Berlin tram network is the main tram system in Berlin, Germany. It is one of the oldest tram networks in the world having its origins in 1865 and is operated by , which was founded in 1929. It is notable for being one of the largest tram systems; there are 22 tram lines operate across a...

; link to English-language page.)

Bremen

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
'Bremen Tramway	Bremen Bremen The City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...	Horse	4 June 1876	31 October 1911
		Electric	22 June 1890
	Bremerhaven Bremerhaven Bremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...	Horse	26 June 1881	28 August 1908
		Accumulator (storage battery)	21 August 1898	31 July 1908
		Electric	4 June 1908	30 July 1982

Hamburg

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...	Horse	16 August 1866	18 December 1922
		Steam	13 May 1878	22 June 1897
		Electric	5 March 1894	1 October 1978
	♦ Harburg Hamburg-Harburg Harburg is a borough of the city of Hamburg, Germany and a quarter in this borough. The borough Harburg lies on the southern shores of the river Elbe and covers parts of the port of Hamburg, residential and rural areas and some research institutes...	Electric	30 September 1899	24 September 1975
	♦ Alt-Rahlstedt - Volksdorf	Electric	30 October 1906	15 April 1923	Town tramway service on local railway (kleinbahn).
	♦ Altona Altona, Hamburg Altona is the westernmost urban borough of the German city state of Hamburg, on the right bank of the Elbe river. From 1640 to 1864 Altona was under the administration of the Danish monarchy. Altona was an independent city until 1937...  - Blankenese Blankenese Blankenese is a former independent town, now a suburban quarter in the borough Altona in the western part of Hamburg . It is located on right bank of the Elbe river...	Electric	26 August 1899	9 November 1921

Hesse

Hesse

Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...

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Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bad Homburg (vor der Höhe) Bad Homburg Bad Homburg vor der Höhe is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus, bordering among others Frankfurt am Main and Oberursel...	Electric	26 July 1899	31 July 1935	Served by line of Frankfurt am Main system to 1971 (this line was upgraded to the Frankfurt U-Bahn line that serves Bad Homburg).
	Darmstadt Darmstadt Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...	Horse	25 August 1886	31 March 1922
		Electric	24 November 1897
	Eltville Eltville Eltville am Rhein is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the German Half-Timbered House Road ....  - Schlangenbad Schlangenbad Schlangenbad is a community in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.- Location :The community, which is a health resort , lies above sea level in a sheltered location on a valley slope on the southern slope of the Taunus from Wiesbaden, from Eltville...	Steam	20 June 1895	17 March 1933
	Frankfurt am Main	Horse	19 May 1872	17 June 1904
		Steam	1 September 1888	13 July 1929
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1 January 1897	9 September 1900
		Electric	18 February 1884		(see: Trams in Frankfurt am Main)
	♦ Offenbach am Main Offenbach, Hesse Offenbach am Main is a city in Hesse, Germany, located on southside of the river Main just next to Frankfurt am Main. In 2009 it had a population of 118,770. The city is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan area as well as the Frankfurt urban area....	Horse	10 April 1884	28 October 1906
		Electric	27 October 1906	3 November 1963.	Worked by Frankfurt tramway system, 31 March 1907 – 3 November 1963. Offenbach am Main served by line of Frankfurt am Main tramway system to 1 June 1996.
	Gießen Gießen Gießen, also spelt Giessen is a town in the German federal state of Hesse, capital of both the district of Gießen and the administrative region of Gießen...	Electric	20 November 1909	31 March 1953
	Hanau Hanau Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...	Electric	15 June 1908	18 March 1945	Closed because of war damage.
	Kassel Kassel Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...	Steam	9 July 1877	10 May 1899
		Horse	27 April 1884	28 February 1899
		Electric	14 December 1898
	♦ Kassel - Wolfsanger	Horse	24 September 1897	20 October 1911
		Electric	20 October 1911
Herkulesbahn	♦ Kassel - Palmenbad, Brasselsberg, Herkules, Hohes Gras Hohes Gras Hohes Gras is a mountain of Hesse, Germany....	Electric	27 April 1903	12 April 1966
	Marburg (an der Lahn) Marburg Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...	Horse	1 October 1903	10 October 1911
		Electric	28 November 1911	17 May 1951
	Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...	Horse	16 August 1875	14 August 1900
		Steam	18 May 1889	27 August 1900
		Electric	16 May 1896	30 April 1955	See also Mainz (Rheinland-Pfalz).

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Rostock Rostock Rostock -Early history:In the 11th century Polabian Slavs founded a settlement at the Warnow river called Roztoc ; the name Rostock is derived from that designation. The Danish king Valdemar I set the town aflame in 1161.Afterwards the place was settled by German traders...	Electric	16 October 1888
	Schwerin Schwerin Schwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...	Electric	1 December 1908
	Stralsund Stralsund - Main sights :* The Brick Gothic historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.* The heart of the old town is the Old Market Square , with the Gothic Town Hall . Behind the town hall stands the imposing Nikolaikirche , built in 1270-1360...	Electric	25 March 1900	7 April 1966
	Warnemünde Warnemünde Warnemünde is a sea resort and northmost district of Rostock in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, situated on the Baltic Sea in the northeast of Germany at the estuary of the river Warnow.- History :...	Electric	1 July 1910	30 April 1945	Closed because of war damage.

Niedersachsen

Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony is a German state situated in north-western Germany and is second in area and fourth in population among the sixteen states of Germany...

 (Lower Saxony)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bad Pyrmont Bad Pyrmont -External links:* * -Multimedia:*...	Horse	1 June 1879	12 March 1925
	Bückeburg Bückeburg Bückeburg is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the border with North Rhine Westphalia. It was once the capital of the tiny principality of Schaumburg-Lippe and is today located in the district of Schaumburg close to the northern slopes of the Weserbergland ridge...  - Bad Eilsen Bad Eilsen Bad Eilsen is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approx. 11 km southwest of Stadthagen, and 13 km southeast of Minden.Bad Eilsen is also the seat of the Samtgemeinde Eilsen....	Electric	1918	21 May 1966
	Braunschweig Braunschweig Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....	Horse	11 October 1879	24 September 1904
		Electric	28 October 1897		1,100-mm gauge Narrow gauge A narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...
	Celle Celle Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...	Electric	1 November 1907	2 June 1956
	Cuxhaven	Petrol-electric (Benzolelektrisch)	6 July 1914	2 August 1914
	Emden Emden Emden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692.-History:...	Electric	23 February 1902	30 April 1953
	Göttingen Göttingen Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...	(Electric)			Construction started, not completed (ca. 1914).
	Hannover	Horse	16 September 1872	1897
		Accumulator (storage battery)	10 September 1895	20 November 1903
		Electric	19 May 1893
	♦ Hannover - Hildesheim	Electric	22 March 1899	16 August 1959
	Hildesheim Hildesheim Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...	Electric	7 August 1905	22 March 1945	Closed because of war damage.
	Osnabrück Osnabrück Osnabrück is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany, some 80 km NNE of Dortmund, 45 km NE of Münster, and some 100 km due west of Hanover. It lies in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest...	Electric	31 January 1906	29 May 1960
	Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven Wilhelmshaven is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the western side of the Jade Bight, a bay of the North Sea.-History:...	Electric	17 March 1913	30 March 1945	Closed because of war damage.

Nordrhein-Westfalen

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

 (North Rhine-Westphalia)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Aachen Aachen Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...	Horse	26 December 1880	10 September 1897
		Caustic soda (Natronsmotor)	June 1884	March 1885
		Electric	15 July 1895	29 September 1974
	♦ Eschweiler Eschweiler Eschweiler is a municipality in the district of Aachen in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany on the river Inde, near the German-Belgian-Dutch frontier, and about 15 km east of Aachen and 50 km west of Cologne.- History :...	Electric	1897	6 October 1969
	♦ Stolberg	Electric	1898	8 January 1967
	Bad Salzuflen Bad Salzuflen Bad Salzuflen is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At the end of 2006 it had 54415 inhabitants.-Details:Bad Salzuflen is a spa town and is known for its saltwater springs and thermal baths. In former times the town profited from the salt trade...	Horse	1 July 1909	1924
	♦ Bad Salzuflen - Schötmar Bad Salzuflen Bad Salzuflen is a town in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. At the end of 2006 it had 54415 inhabitants.-Details:Bad Salzuflen is a spa town and is known for its saltwater springs and thermal baths. In former times the town profited from the salt trade...	Horse	15 June 1912	1915
	Bielefeld Bielefeld Bielefeld is an independent city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population of 323,000, it is also the most populous city in the Regierungsbezirk Detmold...	Electric	20 December 1900
	Düren Düren Düren is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, capital of Düren district. It is located between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur.-Roman era:Celts inhabited Düren's area before the Romans. They called their small settlement Durum . After the Celts other Germanic tribes settled this area...	Steam	1 April 1893	1913
		Electric	20 November 1913	30 June 1965
Dürener Kreisbahn	♦ Düren - Nörvenich Nörvenich Nörvenich is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located about east of Düren....  - Besenich	Electric	6 October 1908	30 April 1963	Nörvenich - Besenich closed 31 January 1960. Düren - Nörvenich closed 30 April 1963.
	Gummersbach Gummersbach Gummersbach is a city in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, being the district seat of the Oberbergischer Kreis. It is located 50 km east of Cologne. In the past it was nicknamed "the Lime Tree Town", because lime trees lined the main street...	Electric	1 October 1915	4 October 1953
	Herford Herford Herford is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest. It is the capital of the district of Herford.- Geographic location :...	Steam	10 August 1900	10 May 1932
		Electric	26 June 1930	22 April 1966
	Kleve Kleve Kleve , is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century onwards, Kleve was capital of a county and later a duchy...	Electric	1 October 1911	31 March 1962
	Minden (in Westfalen) Minden Minden is a town of about 83,000 inhabitants in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town extends along both sides of the river Weser. It is the capital of the Kreis of Minden-Lübbecke, which is part of the region of Detmold. Minden is the historic political centre of the...	Steam	7 September 1893	7 December 1920
		Electric	9 December 1920	29 December 1959
	Münster (in Westfalen) Münster Münster is an independent city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also capital of the local government region Münsterland...	Electric	14 July 1901	25 November 1954
	Paderborn Paderborn Paderborn is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader, which originates in more than 200 springs near Paderborn Cathedral, where St. Liborius is buried.-History:...	Electric	11 November 1900	27 September 1963
	♦ Detmold Detmold Detmold is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, with a population of about 74,000. It was the capital of the small Principality of Lippe from 1468 until 1918 and then of the Free State of Lippe until 1947...	Electric	1 March 1900	15 August 1954	Separate undertaking to 1920.
	Plettenberg Plettenberg Plettenberg is a town in the Märkischer Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Plettenberg is located in the east of the Sauerland hills. The highest elevation of the city area is in the Ebbegebirge with 593 m above sea level, the lowest elevation with 194 m near Teindeln...	Steam	25 May 1896	1 January 1959
	Rees Rees, Germany Rees is a town in the district of Cleves in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 20 km east of Cleves...  - Empel Empel Empel is a town in the Dutch province of North Brabant. It is located in the municipality of 's-Hertogenbosch.Empel was a separate municipality until 1971, when it was merged with 's-Hertogenbosch. The complete name of the municipality was Empel en Meerwijk.-Points of interest:Empel was the ancient...	Steam	5 September 1897	1914
		Electric	28 February 1915	30 April 1966
	♦ Wesel Wesel Wesel is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel district.-Division of the town:Suburbs of Wesel include Lackhausen, Obrighoven, Ginderich, Feldmark,Fusternberg, Büderich, Flüren and Blumenkamp.-History:...  - Rees Rees, Germany Rees is a town in the district of Cleves in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 20 km east of Cleves...  - Emmerich (am Rhein)	Electric	25 May 1914	30 April 1966
	Siegen Siegen Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region...	Electric	14 November 1904	31 August 1958
	♦ Siegen - Kreuztal Kreuztal Kreuztal is a town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Location:Kreuztal is a town in the low mountains of the northern Siegerland and lies at the western edge of the Rothaargebirge about 10 km north of Siegen....	Electric	14 November 1904	29 May 1952

Rhein-Ruhr

Rhine-Ruhr

The Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region is the largest metropolitan region in Germany with about 10,100,000 inhabitants. It is of polycentric nature and the only megacity in Germany. It covers an area of 7,110 square kilometers and lies entirely within the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia...

Ruhrgebiet (Ruhr Area)

Ruhr Area

The Ruhr, by German-speaking geographers and historians more accurately called Ruhr district or Ruhr region , is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km² and a population of some 5.2 million , it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany...

 towns in geographic order, west to east:

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Moers Moers Moers is a German city on the left bank of the Rhine. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel...	Electric	1 October 1908	25 September 1954
	♦ Homberg Homberg -In Germany:*Homberg , administrative seat of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse*Homberg , in the district of Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse*Homberg, Westerwaldkreis, in the district of Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate...	Electric	1 April 1909	25 September 1954	Separate undertaking to 1 January 1925.
Homberg lines extended to:	♦♦ Ruhrort Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...		1913	March 1945
Homberg also served by:	♦♦ Düsseldorf (Rheinbahn) system		1911	20 October 1958
	♦♦ Krefeld system		1918	2 November 1962
	♦ Moers - Kamp Kamp The Kamp is a 153 km long river in northern Austria, left tributary of the Danube. The source of the Kamp is on the border of Lower Austria and Upper Austria, near the town Liebenau, in the Mühlviertel. It flows generally east through Rapottenstein , Zwettl, Krumau am Kamp and Gars am Kamp...  - Rheinberg Rheinberg Rheinberg is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. north of Moers and south of Wesel....	Electric	12 February 1915	11 October 1952
	Duisburg Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...	Horse	24 December 1881	31 July 1898
		Steam	22 July 1882	25 December 1897
		Electric	3 August 1897		First Stadtbahn tunnel segment opened 11 July 1992.
Duisburg Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...  lines extend to:	♦ Ruhrort Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...		24 December 1881
	♦ Hamborn Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...		24 February 1898
	♦ Dinslaken Dinslaken Dinslaken is a city in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is known for its harness horse race track, its now closed coal mine in Lohberg and its wealthy neighborhoods Hiesfeld and Eppinghoven.- Geography :...		1 May 1900
	♦ Mülheim an der Ruhr		1912
	Oberhausen (im Rheinland) Oberhausen Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...	Electric	4 April 1897 1 June 1996	13 October 1968 -	- Connects with Mülheim an der Ruhr system.
Oberhausen Oberhausen Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...  lines connected with:	♦ Essen system				Now closed.
	♦ Mülheim an der Ruhr system				Closed, now reopened.
	♦ Recklinghausen system				Now closed.
	♦ Duisburg system				No track connection at Duisburg-Holten Holten Holten is a small village in the municipality of Rijssen-Holten in the Dutch province of Overijssel, with approximately 10,000 inhabitants. Holten is located in an ample-forested area, just south of the Holterberg. This hill, which is about 65m high, is part of the "Sallandse Heuvelrug" National...  because of gauge difference. Now closed.
Oberhausen Oberhausen Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...  also served by:	♦ Mülheim an der Ruhr system			4 April 1971
	Mülheim an der Ruhr	Electric	8 July 1897		First Stadtbahn tunnel opened 3 November 1979 (served by Essen Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...  system). First tunnel segment for Mülheim system opened 27 April 1985.
Mülheim an der Ruhr lines connect with:	♦ Essen system
	♦ Oberhausen system
	Essen Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...	Electric	23 August 1893		First tunnel segment opened 5 October 1967. First Stadtbahn tunnel segment opened 29 May 1977.
Essen Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...  lines connect with:	♦ Mülheim an der Ruhr system
	♦ Bochum - Gelsenkirchen system
	♦ Recklinghausen system				Now closed.
	Bochum Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...  - Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....	Electric	23 November 1894		First tunnel segment (Bochum Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:... ) opened 26 May 1979. First Stadtbahn tunnel segment (Bochum Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...  - Herne Herne, Germany Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century... ) opened 2 September 1989. First tunnel segment (Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000.... ) opened 1 September 1984.
Bochum Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...  - Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....  lines extend to:	♦ Herne Herne, Germany Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century...		23 November 1894
	♦ Wanne-Eickel Herne, Germany Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century...		20 October 1896
	♦ Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....		3 November 1895
	♦ Buer Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....		24 June 1901
	♦ Horst		24 June 1901	18 October 1955	Now closed.
	♦ Hattingen Hattingen Hattingen is a German town located in northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:Hattingen is located on the south bank of the River Ruhr in the south of the Ruhr region. The town was first mentioned in 1396, when the Duke of Mark granted permission to build...		1 October 1902
	♦ Witten Witten Witten is a university city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the home of the Witten/Herdecke University, the first private university in Germany.-Bordering municipalities:* Bochum* Dortmund* Herdecke* Wetter * Sprockhoevel* Hattingen...		21 December 1900
	♦ Castrop-Rauxel Castrop-Rauxel -Geography:Castrop-Rauxel is between Dortmund to the east, Bochum , Herne , and to the north, Recklinghausen, Datteln and Waltrop.- Urban Area :The urban area of Castrop-Rauxel has an total expanse of...		20 December 1909	8 May 1967
	♦ Hattingen Hattingen Hattingen is a German town located in northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:Hattingen is located on the south bank of the River Ruhr in the south of the Ruhr region. The town was first mentioned in 1396, when the Duke of Mark granted permission to build...	Electric	12 March 1914	30 June 1969	Operation suspended 24 October 1923 – 31 May 1924 because of Occupation of the Ruhr Occupation of the Ruhr The Occupation of the Ruhr between 1923 and 1925, by troops from France and Belgium, was a response to the failure of the German Weimar Republic under Chancellor Cuno to pay reparations in the aftermath of World War I.-Background:... . Separate undertaking to 1 October 1932.
	Herne Herne, Germany Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century...	Electric	20 December 1906	30 September 1959	Lines extended to Castrop-Rauxel Castrop-Rauxel -Geography:Castrop-Rauxel is between Dortmund to the east, Bochum , Herne , and to the north, Recklinghausen, Datteln and Waltrop.- Urban Area :The urban area of Castrop-Rauxel has an total expanse of... , 15 July 1910 – 1 January 1952.
	Castrop-Rauxel Castrop-Rauxel -Geography:Castrop-Rauxel is between Dortmund to the east, Bochum , Herne , and to the north, Recklinghausen, Datteln and Waltrop.- Urban Area :The urban area of Castrop-Rauxel has an total expanse of...
Served by:	♦ Bochum Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...  - Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....  system		1909	8 May 1967
	♦ Herne Herne, Germany Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century...  system		15 July 1910	30 September 1959
	♦ Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....  system		1 November 1910	1 July 1962
	Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....	Horse	1 June 1881	1897
		Steam	February 1892	1896
		Electric	1 March 1894		First tunnel segment opened 1983.
Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....  lines extended to:	♦ Recklinghausen Recklinghausen Recklinghausen is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and industry in the south...  (Henrichenburg)		1 November 1910	1 July 1958	Now closed.
	♦ Castrop-Rauxel Castrop-Rauxel -Geography:Castrop-Rauxel is between Dortmund to the east, Bochum , Herne , and to the north, Recklinghausen, Datteln and Waltrop.- Urban Area :The urban area of Castrop-Rauxel has an total expanse of...		1 November 1910	1 July 1962	Now closed.
	♦ Unna Unna Unna is a town of around 67,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the seat of the Unna district.-Geography:Unna is situated on an ancient salt-trading route, the Hellweg road. Trade on this route and during the period of the Hansa Trade Route came from as far as London...		1906	31 March 1965	Now closed.
	Unna Unna Unna is a town of around 67,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the seat of the Unna district.-Geography:Unna is situated on an ancient salt-trading route, the Hellweg road. Trade on this route and during the period of the Hansa Trade Route came from as far as London...  - Kamen Kamen Kamen is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the district Unna.-Geography:Kamen is situated at the east end of the Ruhr area, approx...  - Werne Werne Werne is a town in the Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Unna district in Germany. It is located on the southern edge of the Münsterland region near the Ruhrgebiet...	Electric	1 August 1909	15 December 1950	See also Dortmund Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union.... .
	Hamm (im Westfalen Hamm Hamm is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany. It is located in the northeastern part of the Ruhr area. As of December 2003 its population was 180,849. The city is situated between the A1 motorway and A2 motorway...	Electric	20 October 1898	2 April 1961

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Vestische Straßenbahn	Recklinghausen Recklinghausen Recklinghausen is the northernmost city in the Ruhr-Area and the capital of the Recklinghausen district. It borders the rural Münsterland and is characterized by large fields and farms in the north and industry in the south...	Electric	26 February 1898	30 December 1982	Connected with Essen Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...  and Bochum Bochum Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...  - Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....  systems.
	Lines extended to:
	♦ Herten in Westfalen Herten Herten is a town and a municipality in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the industrial Ruhr Area, approx...		10 May 1901	30 May 1981
	♦ Wanne-Eickel Herne, Germany Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century...		10 May 1901	15 November 1975
	♦ Buer Gelsenkirchen Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....		1907	1 October 1980
	♦ Gladbeck Gladbeck Gladbeck is a city in the district of Recklinghausen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.The name ´Gladbeck´ evolves from Low German, originally spoken in the area around Gladbeck. ´Glad´ means something like gleamy and ´beck´ means about brook. However, the brook Gladbeck flows under the ground...		1909	31 October 1978
	♦ Horst Horst Horst is a Germanic word meaning "eagle's nest" and "man from the forest" . It may refer to:-Given name:* Horst * Horst Buchholz, a German actor* Horst Bulau, a Canadian ski jumper...		1909	31 October 1978
	♦ Bottrop Bottrop Bottrop is a city in west central Germany, on the Rhine-Herne Canal, in North Rhine-Westphalia. Located in the Ruhr industrial area, Bottrop adjoins Essen, Oberhausen, Gladbeck and Dorsten. The city had been a coal-mining and rail center and contains factories producing coal-tar derivatives,...		1910	27 November 1976

Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Region)

Düsseldorf (region)

Düsseldorf is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the north-west of the country. It covers the western part of the Ruhr Area, as well as the Niederrheinische Tiefebene, the lower Rhine area. It is the most populated of all German administrative areas of...

 and Bezirksregierung Arnsberg (Arnsberg Region)

Arnsberg (region)

Arnsberg is one of the five Regierungsbezirke of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the south-east of the country. It covers the Sauerland hills as well as the east part of the Ruhr area....

 towns not tabulated above, in geographic order, west to east:

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....	Horse	10 August 1881	14 February 1900
		Electric	15 February 1900	15 March 1969	Lines extended to Rheydt Rheydt Rheydt is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1918 and then again from 1933 through 1975 it was an independent city....  (10 August 1881 – 5 October 1968). Connected with Krefeld Krefeld Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...  system.
	♦ Rheydt Rheydt Rheydt is a borough of the German city Mönchengladbach, located in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia. Until 1918 and then again from 1933 through 1975 it was an independent city....	Horse	10 August 1881	14 February 1900
		Electric	15 February 1900	31 January 1959
	Krefeld Krefeld Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...	Steam	3 May 1883	18 September 1901
		Horse	11 May 1883	6 April 1901
		Electric	30 October 1901
Krefeld Krefeld Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...  lines extended to:	♦ Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....  (Neuwerk Neuwerk Neuwerk is a Wadden Sea island on the German North Sea coast and a homonymous quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany, in the borough Hamburg-Mitte...		1910	8 March 1954	Now closed.
	♦ Moers Moers Moers is a German city on the left bank of the Rhine. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel...		1918	2 November 1962	Now closed.
Rheinbahn Rheinbahn The Rheinbahn is a public transport provider operating in and around Düsseldorf. Its network consists of 7 Stadtbahn lines as well as 13 tram and 92 bus services and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network. The total rail network length is...	Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...	Horse	6 February 1876	21 June 1900
		Steam	5 August 1901	30 April 1902
		Electric	27 January 1896		Lines extend to Neuss Neuss Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district and owes its prosperity to its location at the crossing of historic and modern trade routes. It is primarily known...  (27 December 1901 – ). First tunnel segment opened 4 October 1981. See also Rheinbahn Rheinbahn The Rheinbahn is a public transport provider operating in and around Düsseldorf. Its network consists of 7 Stadtbahn lines as well as 13 tram and 92 bus services and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network. The total rail network length is... ; link to English-language page.
	♦ Düsseldorf - Duisburg Duisburg - History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...	Electric	31 October 1899		New alignment opened 1 May 1926.
	♦ Düsseldorf - Moers Moers Moers is a German city on the left bank of the Rhine. Moers belongs to the district of Wesel...	Electric	1911	20 October 1958
	♦ Düsseldorf - Krefeld Krefeld Krefeld , also known as Crefeld until 1929, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its centre lying just a few kilometres to the west of the River Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine...	Electric	15 December 1898
	♦ Mettmann Mettmann Mettmann is a Rhenish town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district...	Electric	19 July 1909	17 May 1952
	♦ Düsseldorf (Benrath Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... ) - Solingen (Ohligs) Solingen Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and with a 2009 population of 161,366 is the second largest city in the Bergisches Land...	Electric	1899	15 April 1962
	♦ Düsseldorf (Benrath Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... ) - Wuppertal (Vohwinkel) Wuppertal Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...	Steam	1899	1900
		Electric	1900	7 May 1961
	♦ Neuss Neuss Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district and owes its prosperity to its location at the crossing of historic and modern trade routes. It is primarily known...	Electric	24 December 1910	7 August 1971	Served by Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...  system (21 December 1901 – ).
	Solingen Solingen Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and with a 2009 population of 161,366 is the second largest city in the Bergisches Land...	Electric	1 July 1897	15 November 1959
Solingen Solingen Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and with a 2009 population of 161,366 is the second largest city in the Bergisches Land...  lines extended to:	♦ Wuppertal (Vohwinkel) Wuppertal Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...		1899	1 October 1958	Now closed.
	♦ Solingen (Ohligs) Solingen Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and with a 2009 population of 161,366 is the second largest city in the Bergisches Land...		19 November 1898	1 August 1953	Now closed.
	♦ Burg am der Wupper		1908	12 October 1959	Now closed.
	Remscheid Remscheid Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on south side of the Ruhr area....	Electric	9 July 1893	10 April 1969
Remscheid Remscheid Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on south side of the Ruhr area....  lines extended to:	♦ Burg am der Wupper		12 July 1900	31 July 1960	Now closed.
	♦ Wuppertal (Cronenfeld) Wuppertal Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...		1901	30 April 1965	Worked jointly with Wuppertal Wuppertal Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...  system, now closed.
	Wuppertal Wuppertal Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...	Horse	10 April 1874	5 February 1896
		Steam	28 May 1891	3 April 1903
		Electric	16 April 1894	30 May 1987	Towns of Barmen Barmen Barmen is a former industrial metropolis of the region of Bergisches Land, Germany, which in 1929 with four other towns was merged with the city of Wuppertal, North Rhine-Westphalia. Barmen was the birth-place of Friedrich Engels and together with the neighbouring town of Elberfeld founded the... , Eberfeld and several neighboring towns were amalgamated at 1929 as Wuppertal.
Barmer Bergbahn	♦ Rack tramway (zahnradbahn), Barmen - Toelleturm	Electric	16 April 1894	4 July 1959
Wuppertal Wuppertal Wuppertal is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in and around the Wupper river valley, and is situated east of the city of Düsseldorf and south of the Ruhr area. With a population of approximately 350,000, it is the largest city in the Bergisches Land...  lines extended to:	♦ Velbert Velbert Velbert is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Langenberg, a district of Velbert, is well known as the location of the Sender Langenberg transmitter site.-Geography:...  - Essen (Werden) Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...		15 March 1899	1 February 1952	Now closed.
	♦ Essen (Steele) Essen - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...		24 November 1907	16 April 1954	Now closed.
	♦ Sprockhövel Sprockhövel Sprockhövel is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Neighbouring places:* Hattingen* Witten* Wetter * Gevelsberg* Wuppertal* Schwelm-Divisions of the town:* Niedersprockhövel* Obersprockhövel...  - Hattingen Hattingen Hattingen is a German town located in northern part of the Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia.-History:Hattingen is located on the south bank of the River Ruhr in the south of the Ruhr region. The town was first mentioned in 1396, when the Duke of Mark granted permission to build...		1907	30 November 1953	Now closed.
	♦ Schwelm Schwelm Schwelm is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis in the administrative region of Arnsberg within the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.It's a town that's noted for the famed basketball player Virgil Matthews.-Geography:...  - Milspe		7 August 1896	3 May 1969	Schwelm - Milpse segment, 18 January 1907 – 28 September 1964. Now closed.
	♦ Remscheid Remscheid Remscheid is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on south side of the Ruhr area....		15 August 1901	16 June 1954	Now closed.
	♦ Solingen Solingen Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and with a 2009 population of 161,366 is the second largest city in the Bergisches Land...		4 August 1914	3 May 1969	Now closed.
	♦ Wülfrath Wülfrath Wülfrath is a town in the district of Mettmann , in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:The town is situated on the mountain spurs of the Bergische Land, between the Rhine, Ruhr and Wupper rivers. It is located in the central part of the Berg region, approx...		19 July 1909	1 June 1952	Now closed.
	♦ Mettmann Mettmann Mettmann is a Rhenish town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district...		19 July 1909	17 May 1952	Now closed.
	Ennepetal (in Westfalen) Ennepetal Ennepetal is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.The town was featured in the headlines when on April 12, 2005, a hostage taker snatched several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking.- Division of the...	Electric	24 February 1907	31 March 1956
Ennepetal Ennepetal Ennepetal is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.The town was featured in the headlines when on April 12, 2005, a hostage taker snatched several school children from a school bus and took them as hostages, see Ennepetal hostage taking.- Division of the...  lines extended:	♦ Gevelsberg Gevelsberg Gevelsberg is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, .- Geography :The city extends from the wooded mountainous south up, into the narrow valley of the Ennepe with Route 7 up to the hilly northern part...  - Milspe - Voerde Voerde Voerde is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Wesel, and 20 km north of Duisburg.-City structure:According to art...		24 February 1907	31 March 1956	Now closed.
	♦ Gevelsberg Gevelsberg Gevelsberg is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, .- Geography :The city extends from the wooded mountainous south up, into the narrow valley of the Ennepe with Route 7 up to the hilly northern part...  - Haßlinghausen		19 May 1909	31 March 1956	Now closed.
	Hagen Hagen Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr...	Horse	13 November 1884	1 July 1898
		Accumulator (storage battery)	7 January 1895	20 December 1902
		Electric	18 November 1896	29 May 1976
Hagen Hagen Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr...  lines extended to:	♦ Gevelsberg Gevelsberg Gevelsberg is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, .- Geography :The city extends from the wooded mountainous south up, into the narrow valley of the Ennepe with Route 7 up to the hilly northern part...		12 April 1900	26 July 1953	Now closed.
	♦ Hagen (Hohenlimburg) Hagen Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr...		8 May 1900	15 September 1968	Now closed.
	♦ Eckesey	Horse	7 July 1895	189_
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1 July 1898	20 October 1900
		Electric	21 October 1900	26 May 1974
	♦ Hagen (Haspe) Hagen Hagen is the 39th-largest city in Germany, located in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the eastern edge of the Ruhr area, 15 km south of Dortmund, where the rivers Lenne, Volme and Ennepe meet the river Ruhr...  - Voerde Voerde Voerde is a town in the district of Wesel, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km south-east of Wesel, and 20 km north of Duisburg.-City structure:According to art...  - Breckerfeld Breckerfeld Breckerfeld is a town in the district of Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, . It is located in the southeastern-most part of the Ruhr area in northern Sauerland. The town is a member of Regionalverband Ruhr .-Geography:...	Steam	1 May 1903	1927 (?)	Opened in stages to 1906. Passenger service withdrawn 1921. restored 1926.
		Electric	9 December 1927	2 November 1963	Separate undertaking to 1926.
	Iserlohn Iserlohn Iserlohn is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region.-Geography:...	Electric	4 March 1901	31 December 1959

Note for Rheydt: Amalgamated with Mönchengladbach from 29 July 1929 to 31 July 1933, and again from 1 January 1975.

Note for Mettmann: Line extended Düsseldorf (Auf der Hardt)

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

 - Mettmann

Mettmann

Mettmann is a Rhenish town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district...

 (closed 9 December 1936) - Wülfrath

Wülfrath

Wülfrath is a town in the district of Mettmann , in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:The town is situated on the mountain spurs of the Bergische Land, between the Rhine, Ruhr and Wupper rivers. It is located in the central part of the Berg region, approx...

 (closed 14 May 1938) - Tönisheide (closed 14 May 1938), and Mettmann

Mettmann

Mettmann is a Rhenish town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district...

 - Wieden

Wieden

Wieden is the 4th municipal District of Vienna, Austria . It is near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but borders changed later...

 (closed 17 May 1952). Separate undertaking to 1 April 1937.

Note for Wuppertal: Town tramway system ranked as fifth-largest in Germany, with peak system length of 175 km (109 mi, ca. 1948).

Bezirksregierung Köln (Cologne Region)

Cologne (region)

Cologne is one of the five governmental districts of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the south-west of that state and covers the hills of the Eifel as well as the Bergisches Land....

 towns in geographic order, north to south:

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Opladen Opladen Opladen, now a suburb of Leverkusen, used to be the capital of the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis up to 1975. Opladen station is located 10 m. N.E. from Cologne on the railway to Wuppertal. Its is also on the Autobahn A3. Pop. 6338, 42,000. It has an Evangelical and several Roman Catholic churches...  - Lützenkirchen Lützenkirchen Lützenkirchen is a German DJ and producer. He is specialized in techno and electro, and is best known for having created the 2008 song "3 Tage Wach" which reached the German Top 40 Charts....	Electric	9 April 1914	11 July 1955
	♦ Köln KOLN KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...  - Opladen Opladen Opladen, now a suburb of Leverkusen, used to be the capital of the Rhein-Wupper-Kreis up to 1975. Opladen station is located 10 m. N.E. from Cologne on the railway to Wuppertal. Its is also on the Autobahn A3. Pop. 6338, 42,000. It has an Evangelical and several Roman Catholic churches...  - Solingen (Ohligs) Solingen Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and with a 2009 population of 161,366 is the second largest city in the Bergisches Land...  / Solingen (Höhscheid) Solingen Solingen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and with a 2009 population of 161,366 is the second largest city in the Bergisches Land...	Electric	22 July 1911	10 July 1955
	Köln KOLN KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...	Horse	28 April 1877	22 May 1907
		Steam	13 November 1893	1914
		Electric	15 October 1901		First tunnel segment opened 1968.
	Wahn	Electric	6 May 1917	1 October 1961
	Zündorf - Troisdorf Troisdorf Troisdorf is a town in the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis , in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Troisdorf is located approx. 22 kilometers south of Cologne and 13 kilometers north east of Bonn.-Division of the town:...  - Siegburg Siegburg --122.148.78.228 05:06, 14 November 2011 Siegburg is a city in the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany...	Electric	19 March 1914	31 August 1965	Opened in stages, completed 1 October 1921. Closed in stages from 14 October 1963.
Rheinuferbahn	Köln KOLN KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...  - Wesseling Wesseling Wesseling is an industrial German city on the Rhine bordering Cologne city on the south. Wesseling originates from the Latin „Wasliacum“ which means "Villlage of Waslica" The story that Wesselig originates from "changing of the rope"...  - Bonn Bonn Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....	Electric	September 1905
Vorgebirgsbahn	♦ Köln KOLN KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...  - Brühl Brühl -Places and locations:Germany* Brühl * Brühl * Brühl , a street in LeipzigPoland* Brühl Palace, Warsaw-People:* Alois Friedrich von Brühl , a Polish-Saxon diplomat, politician, soldier, actor and playwright... - Bonn Bonn Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....	Electric	1 August 1897		Opened in stages, (Köln KOLN KOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...  - Brühl) completed 20 January 1898.
	Bonn Bonn Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....	Horse	19 April 1891	24 September 1909
		Steam	22 May 1892	12 October 1911
		Electric	21 May 1902		First tunnel segment opened 22 March 1975.
	♦ Bonn - Bad Godesberg Bad Godesberg Bad Godesberg is a municipal district of Bonn, southern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. From 1949 till 1990 , the majority of foreign embassies to Germany were located in Bad Godesberg...	Steam	22 May 1892	1911
		Electric	27 March 1911		Tunnel segment in Bad Godesberg opened September 1994.
	♦ Bad Godesberg - Mehlem	Electric	3 October 1911	23 December 1976
	♦ Bonn - Siegburg Siegburg --122.148.78.228 05:06, 14 November 2011 Siegburg is a city in the district of Rhein-Sieg-Kreis, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany...	Electric	21 September 1911
	♦ Bonn - Königswinter Königswinter Königswinter is a town and summer resort in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite to Bonn, at the foot of the Siebengebirge.- Main sights :...  - Bad Honnef Bad Honnef Bad Honnef is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the border of the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate...	Electric	18 March 1913		Königswinter - Bad Honnef segment opened 27 September 1925.

Rheinland-Pfalz

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

 (Rhineland-Palatinate)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach is the capital of the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on the Nahe river, a tributary of the Rhine...	Electric	11 September 1906	5 January 1953
	Bingen am Rhein Bingen am Rhein Bingen am Rhein is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.The settlement’s original name was Bingium, a Celtic word that may have meant “hole in the rock”, a description of the shoal behind the Mäuseturm, known as the Binger Loch. Bingen was the starting point for the...	Electric	25 February 1906	20 October 1955
	Idar-Oberstein Idar-Oberstein Idar-Oberstein is a town in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. As a Große kreisangehörige Stadt , it assumes some of the responsibilities that for smaller municipalities in the district are assumed by the district administration...	Electric	1 October 1900	29 July 1956
	Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...	Electric	18 December 1916	1 July 1935
	Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the...	Horse	28 May 1887	1 October 1899
		Electric	17 January 1899	19 July 1967
	Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen am Rhein is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Ludwigshafen is located on the Rhine opposite Mannheim. Together with Mannheim, Heidelberg and the surrounding region, it forms the Rhine Neckar Area....	Horse	2 June 1878	23 May 1902
		Electric	30 May 1902		Operated jointly with Mannheim system (q.v.).
Rhein-Haardtbahn	♦ Ludwigshafen - Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim Bad Dürkheim is a spa town in the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration, and is the seat of the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :...	Electric	4 September 1913		Trains operate over town tramway systems in Ludwigshafen and Mannheim to serve business centers and main railway stations.
	Mainz Mainz Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...	Horse	27 September 1883	1 October 1904
		Steam	12 August 1891	8 June 1923
		Electric	15 July 1904		See also Wiesbaden (Hesse).
	Neuwied Neuwied Neuwied is a town in the north of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, capital of the District of Neuwied. Neuwied lies on the right bank of the Rhine, 12 km northwest of Koblenz, on the railway from Frankfurt am Main to Cologne...	Electric	29 July 1901	31 October 1950
	Pirmasens Pirmasens Pirmasens is a district-free city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It is famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called Pirmasens from 1818 until 1997, when it was renamed Südwestpfalz....	Electric	8 June 1905	3 July 1943
	Trier Trier Trier, historically called in English Treves is a city in Germany on the banks of the Moselle. It is the oldest city in Germany, founded in or before 16 BC....	Horse	27 July 1890	15 July 1905
		Electric	13 October 1905	14 September 1951
	Worms Worms, Germany Worms is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Rhine River. At the end of 2004, it had 85,829 inhabitants.Established by the Celts, who called it Borbetomagus, Worms today remains embattled with the cities Trier and Cologne over the title of "Oldest City in Germany." Worms is the only...	Electric	22 December 1906	29 January 1956

Saarland

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Neunkirchen (im Saarland) Neunkirchen, Saarland Neunkirchen is a town and a municipality in Saarland, Germany. It is the largest town in, and the seat of the district of Neunkirchen. It is situated on the river Blies, approx. 20 km northeast of Saarbrücken. With about 50,000 inhabitants, Neunkirchen is Saarland's 2nd largest city...	Electric	13 September 1907	10 June 1978
	Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live....	Steam	4 November 1890	26 September 1899
		Electric	8 February 1899	22 May 1965
		Electric	24 October 1997	-	International line to Sarreguemines Sarreguemines Sarreguemines is a commune in the Moselle department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.It is the seat of an arrondissement.-Geography:...  in France.
	♦ Rastpfuhl - Heusweiler Heusweiler Heusweiler is a municipality in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approx. 13 km north of Saarbrücken. As of 2005, it has 20,081 inhabitants. Heusweiler is the location of a high power medium wave transmitter, the transmitter Heusweiler....	Electric	27 January 1907	1948	Separate undertaking to 1 July 1937.
	Saarlouis Saarlouis Saarlouis is a city in the Saarland, Germany, capital of the district of Saarlouis. In 2006, the town had a population of 38,327. Saarlouis, as the name implies, is located at the river Saar....	Electric	20 May 1913	28 February 1961
	♦ Saarlouis - Dillingen (an der Saar)			31 May 1957
	Völklingen (an der Saar) Völklingen Völklingen is a town in the district of Saarbrücken, in Saarland, Germany. It is situated near the border with France, on the river Saar, approx. 10 km west of Saarbrücken....	Electric	3 September 1909	18 April 1959

Sachsen

Saxony

The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....

 (Saxony)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Kirnitzschtalbahn	Bad Schandau Bad Schandau Bad Schandau is a spa town in Germany, in the south of the Free State of Saxony and the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. It is situated on the right bank of the Elbe, at the mouth of the little valley of the Kirnitzsch.-Geography:...	Electric	28 May 1898		Operation suspended from 21 July 1969 following an accident. Operation restored from 24 July 1972.
	Chemnitz Chemnitz Chemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...	Horse	22 April 1880	5 February 1894
		Electric	19 December 1893		First standard-gauge line opened 8 May 1960. Last 925-mm gauge line closed 6 November 1988.
	♦ Chemnitz - Altchemnitz - Stollberg Stollberg Stollberg is a town in the Free State of Saxony, in the district Erzgebirgskreis. It is situated 20 km east of Zwickau, and 17 km southwest of Chemnitz....	Electric	15 December 2002		Operates over DB railway line (Würschnitztalbahn) between Altchemnitz and Stollberg,
Döbelner Straßenbahn Döbeln Tramway The Döbeln Tramway or Döbelner Straßenbahn is a tramway in the German town of Döbeln. It is the only horse-drawn tram line to operate on its original urban route in Germany, and one of only a handful in the world....	Döbeln Döbeln Döbeln is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, part of the Mittelsachsen district, located at both banks of the river Freiberger Mulde.-History:It was founded in the 10th century, the first written proof of its existence dates back to the year 981....	Horse	10 July 1892		Closed 20 December 1926; reopened 9 June 2007
Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe	Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....	Horse	26 September 1872	25 August 1900
		Gas	28 July 1894	31 December 1895
		Electric	6 July 1893		1,450-mm gauge Narrow gauge A narrow gauge railway is a railway that has a track gauge narrower than the of standard gauge railways. Most existing narrow gauge railways have gauges of between and .- Overview :...
	♦ Dresden - Bühlau	Electric	22 August 1899		Separate undertaking to 1926.
	♦ Dresden-Cotta - Cossebaude	Electric	27 September 1906	2 December 1990	Separate undertaking to 1926.
Lößnitzbahn	♦ Dresden-Mickten Mickten Mickten is a quarter of the city of Dresden, eastern Germany. It is part of the northwestern borough of Pieschen.The historic village at the road to Leipzig north of the Elbe river was incorporated into Dresden in 1903...  - Zitzschewig	Electric	21 August 1899		First electric narrow-gauge railway in Saxony Saxony The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states.... , later regauged. Separate undertaking to 1926. Initial segment, Mickten - Weißes Roß. Weißes Roß - Radebeul Radebeul Radebeul is a town in the Elbe valley in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany, a suburb of Dresden. It is well-known for its viticulture, a museum dedicated to writer Karl May and a narrow gauge railway connecting Radebeul with the castle of Moritzburg and the town of Radeburg...  - Coswig Coswig Coswig can refer to two towns in Germany, both on the river Elbe:*Coswig, Saxony, in the district of Meißen, Saxony*Coswig, Anhalt, in the district of Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt... reopened in stages September 1929 – May 1930. Coswig - Weinböhla Weinböhla Weinböhla is a municipality in the district of Meißen, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 7 km east of Meißen, and 17 km northwest of Dresden.The municipality can be reached from Dresden by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe tram route 4....  reopened 14 November 1931.
Lockwitztalbahn	♦ Dresden-Niedersedlitz - Kreischa Kreischa Kreischa is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It directly borders the Saxon capital Dresden and consists of 14 districts.Kreischa was first mentioned in 1282...	Electric	3 March 1906	18 October 1977
	Freiberg in Sachsen Freiberg, Saxony Freiberg is a city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, administrative center of the Mittelsachsen district.-History:The city was founded in 1186, and has been a center of the mining industry in the Ore Mountains for centuries...	Electric	11 August 1902	31 December 1919
	Görlitz Görlitz Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...	Horse	25 May 1882	30 November 1897
		Electric	1 December 1897		See also Zgorzelec, Poland.
	Hohenstein-Ernstthal Hohenstein-Ernstthal Hohenstein-Ernstthal is a town in the Zwickau rural district, Free State of Saxony, Germany. The towns of Hohenstein and Ernstthal were united in 1898, and the town is either known by its hyphenated form, or simply called Hohenstein....  - Oelsnitz (Erzgebirge) Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge Oelsnitz is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 14 km east of Zwickau, and 20 km southwest of Chemnitz. Between 1844 and 1971 hardcoal was mined in Oelsnitz and the surrounding towns. The major mine "Karl-Liebknecht" became a...	Electric	15 February 1913	26 March 1960
	Klingenthal (Sachsen)	Electric	27 May 1917	4 April 1964
	Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...	Horse	18 May 1872	16 April 1897
		Electric	17 April 1896		See Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, Leipzig Tramway Network History Leipzig Tramway Network History This article is a translation of the German article Geschichte des Straßenbahnnetzes Leipzig.Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH operates one of Germany's largest tramway networks. The tramway network history is presented below in tabular form, including opening, electrification, and closing dates by... .
	Meißen	Electric	13 December 1899	1 March 1936
	Plauen (im Vogtland) Plauen Plauen is a town in the Free State of Saxony, east-central Germany.It is the capital of the Vogtlandkreis. The town is situated near the border of Bavaria and the Czech Republic.Plauen's slogan is Plauen - echt Spitze.-History:...	Electric	17 November 1894
	Zittau Zittau Zittau is a city in the south east of the Free State of Saxony, Germany, close to the border tripoint of Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. , there are 28,638 people in the city. It is part of the Görlitz district....	Accumulator (storage battery)	29 June	22 September 1902
		Electric	14 December 1904	19 November 1919
	Zwickau Zwickau Zwickau in Germany, former seat of the government of the south-western region of the Free State of Saxony, belongs to an industrial and economical core region. Nowadays it is the capital city of the district of Zwickau...	Electric	6 May 1894

Sachsen-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt

Saxony-Anhalt is a landlocked state of Germany. Its capital is Magdeburg and it is surrounded by the German states of Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia.Saxony-Anhalt covers an area of...

 (Saxony-Anhalt)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bernburg Bernburg Bernburg is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, capital of the district of Salzlandkreis. It is situated on the river Saale, approx. 30 km downstream from Halle. The town is dominated by its huge Renaissance castle featuring a museum as well as a popular, recently updated bear pit in its...	Electric	1 April 1897	19 April 1921
	Dessau Dessau Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...	Gas	15 November 1894	24 March 1901
		Electric	26 March 1901
	Groß Rosenburg Groß Rosenburg Groß Rosenburg is a village and a former municipality in the district Salzlandkreis, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Barby....	Horse	3 October 1884	1 October 1922
	Halberstadt Halberstadt Halberstadt is a town in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt and the capital of the district of Harz. It is located on the German Half-Timbered House Road and the Magdeburg–Thale railway....	Horse	28 June 1887	30 April 1903
		Electric	2 May 1903
	Halle an der Saale	Horse	15 October 1882	14 May 1899
		Electric	24 April 1891
	♦ Halle - Merseburg Merseburg Merseburg is a town in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt on the river Saale, approx. 14 km south of Halle . It is the capital of the Saalekreis district. It had a diocese founded by Archbishop Adalbert of Magdeburg....	Electric	15 March 1902		Separate undertaking to 1 May 1951.
	Magdeburg Magdeburg Magdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....	Horse	16 October 1877	19 December 1899
		Steam	14 July 1886	21 March 1900
		Electric	18 July 1899
	Mansfeld Mansfeld Mansfeld is a town in the Mansfeld-Südharz district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Wipper, 10 km northwest of Eisleben....  - Eisleben Eisleben Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as the hometown of Martin Luther, hence its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben. As of 2005, Eisleben had a population of 24,552...	Electric	10 April 1900	2 December 1922
	Naumburg (an der Saale) Naumburg Naumburg is a town in Germany, on the Saale River. It is in the district Burgenlandkreis in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. It is approximately southwest of Leipzig, south-southwest of Halle, and north-northeast of Jena....	Electric	18 June 1892		Operation suspended 19 August 1991 because of poor track condition. Reopening in 2007.
	Schönebeck - Salzelmen	Horse	22 June 1886	15 February 1917
	Staßfurt Staßfurt Staßfurt is a town in the Salzlandkreis district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on both sides of the river Bode, approximately northeast of Aschersleben, and south of Magdeburg. Pop. 23,538....	Electric	10 April 1900	31 December 1957
	Stendal Stendal Stendal is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of Stendal District and unofficial capital of the Altmark. Its population in 2001 was 38,900. It is located some west of Berlin and around east of Hanover...	Horse	3 June 1892	14 October 1926
	Lutherstadt Wittenberg Wittenberg Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is a city in Germany in the Bundesland Saxony-Anhalt, on the river Elbe. It has a population of about 50,000....	Horse	26 July 1888	1921
	Zerbst Zerbst Zerbst is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until the administrative reform of 2007, Zerbst was the capital of the Anhalt-Zerbst district. Since the 1 January 2010 local government reform, Zerbst has about 24,000 inhabitants.It is not clear when was it founded;...	Horse	2 November 1891	1 August 1928

Schleswig-Holstein

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Wittdün - Norddorf (Amrum Amrum Amrum is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German North Sea coast, south of Sylt and west of Föhr. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein...  island, North Frisian Islands North Frisian Islands The North Frisian Islands are a group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea, off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The German islands are in the traditional region of North Frisia and are part of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park and the Kreis of... )	Steam	1893	1 November 1939
		Electric	10 July 1909	August 1910	Use of electric traction ended because generating station was destroyed by fire. Overhead contact system removed 1920. Operation suspended 17 October 1918 – 1920.
	Flensburg Flensburg Flensburg is an independent town in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the region of Southern Schleswig...	Horse	8 May 1881	30 December 1906
		Electric	6 July 1907	2 June 1973
	Kiel Kiel Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...	Horse	9 July 1881	11 April 1896
		Electric	12 May 1896	4 May 1985
	Lübeck Lübeck The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...	Horse	1 May 1881	19 June 1894
		Electric	12 May 1894	15 November 1959
	Schleswig	Horse	1 July 1890	31 December 1909
		Electric	1 January 1910	26 August 1936

Light railway (kleinbahn) operating under tramway (straßenbahn) concession (from 1952–1953):

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Sylt Sylt Sylt is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland district, Schleswig-Holstein, and well known for the distinctive shape of its shoreline. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands and is the largest island in North Frisia...  (Sylter Inselbahn)
♦ Nordbahn	Westerland - List		8 July 1888	29 December 1970
♦ Südbahn	Westerland - Hörnum Hörnum Hörnum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is located on the southern headland of the island of Sylt...		1 July 1901	30 May 1970

Thüringen

Thuringia

The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....

 (Thuringia)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Altenburg Altenburg Altenburg is a town in the German federal state of Thuringia, 45 km south of Leipzig. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district.-Geography:...	Electric	18 April 1895	30 April 1920
	Eisenach Eisenach Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated between the northern foothills of the Thuringian Forest and the Hainich National Park. Its population in 2006 was 43,626.-History:...	Electric	3 August 1897	31 December 1975
	Erfurt Erfurt Erfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...	Horse	13 May 1883	20 August 1894
		Electric	1 June 1894
	Gera Gera Gera, the third-largest city in the German state of Thuringia , lies in east Thuringia on the river Weiße Elster, approximately 60 kilometres to the south of the city of Leipzig and 80 kilometres to the east of Erfurt...	Electric	22 February 1892
	Gotha Gotha (town) Gotha is a town in Thuringia, within the central core of Germany. It is the capital of the district of Gotha.- History :The town has existed at least since the 8th century, when it was mentioned in a document signed by Charlemagne as Villa Gotaha . Its importance derives from having been chosen in...	Electric	3 May 1894
Thüringerwaldbahn	♦ Gotha - Waltershausen Waltershausen Waltershausen is a city in the district of Gotha, Thuringia, Germany.The town has a population of 11475 .-Sister cities: Bruay-sur-l'Escaut, France Korbach, Germany Wolbrom, Poland Hanau, Germany -External links:*...	Electric	17 July 1929
	Jena Jena Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...	Electric	6 April 1901
	Mühlhausen Mühlhausen Mühlhausen is a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Unstrut-Hainich district, and lies along the river Unstrut. Mühlhausen had c. 37,000 inhabitants in 2006.-History:...	Electric	21 December 1898	27 June 1969
	Nordhausen Nordhausen Nordhausen is a town at the southern edge of the Harz Mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Nordhausen...	Electric	25 August 1900
	Weimar Weimar Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...	Electric	4 June 1899	30 June 1937

See also

• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of trolleybus systems