The Nuremberg tramway network forms part of the public transport

Public transport

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 system in Nuremberg

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...

, in the federal state

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 of Bavaria

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, Germany

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Opened in 1881, the network is currently operated by Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft Nürnberg (VAG). , it extended a total length of 36 km (22.4 mi), had six lines, and carried 39.152 million passengers annually.

Lines

The Nuremberg tramway network is presently made up of the following lines:

Line	Route (crossing points and termini)	Stops	Travel time
align="center" |	Gibitzenhof – Landgrabenstraße – Hallertor – Friedrich-Ebert-Platz – Thon	15	ca. 22 min.
align="center" |	Tiergarten Tiergarten Nürnberg Nuremberg Zoo is a zoo located in the Nuremberg Reichswald , southeast of Nuremberg, Germany. With an area of , approximately 300 animal species are kept by the zoo.- In the Middle Ages :...  – Mögeldorf – Marientunnel – Hauptbahnhof Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof Nuremberg Central Station is the main railway station for the city of Nuremberg in Germany. It is the largest station in north Bavaria and belongs to the 20 stations in the highest category of importance allocated by DB Station&Service....	12	ca. 15 min.
align="center" |	Doku-Zentrum – Dutzendteich – Schweiggerstraße – Christuskirche – Landgrabenstraße – Hallertor – Westfriedhof	22	ca. 30 min.
align="center" |	(Bayernstraße –) Tristanstraße – Wodanstraße – Schweiggerstraße – Marientunnel – Hauptbahnhof	7	ca. 10 min.
align="center" |	Worzeldorfer Straße – Frankenstraße – Christuskirche – Schweiggerstraße – Hauptbahnhof – Rathenauplatz – Erlenstegen	28	ca. 40 min.
align="center" |	Doku-Zentrum – Wodanstraße – Schweiggerstraße – Hauptbahnhof – Rathenauplatz – Friedrich-Ebert-Platz – Thon	20	ca. 30 min.

See also

• List of town tramway systems in Germany
• Nuremberg S-Bahn
• Nuremberg U-Bahn
  Nuremberg U-Bahn
  The Nuremberg U-Bahn is a metro run by VAG Nürnberg , which itself is a member of the VGN . The Nuremberg U-Bahn is Germany's newest metro...
  
  
• Trams in Germany
  Trams in Germany
  Germany has an extensive number of tramway networks . Some of these networks have been upgraded to light rail standards, called Stadtbahn in German...
  
  

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