List of Town Tramway Systems in Germany - Bayern (Bavaria)

Bayern (Bavaria)

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Augsburg Horse 8 May 1881 31 August 1898
Steam 12 September 1886 15 June 1887
Electric 1 September 1898
Bamberg Electric 1 November 1897 10 June 1922
Hof (an der Saale) Electric 5 August 1901 14 November 1922
Ingolstadt (an der Donau) Horse 10 November 1878 3 March 1921
(Electric) Construction started, not completed (ca. 1914).
Landshut (in Bayern) Horse 1 July 1902 1913
Electric 15 January 1913 18 March 1945 Closed because of war damage.
Straßenbahn München
(owned by MVG)
München /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 Horse 25 August 1881 20 July 1898
Electric 7 May 1896 See also Trams in Nuremberg.
♦ Nürnberg - Fürth 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 Electric 21 April 1903 1 August 1964
Schweinfurt Horse 5 May 1895 31 January 1921
Würzburg 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.

Read more about this topic:  List Of Town Tramway Systems In Germany