List of Town Tramway Systems in Germany - Hessen

Hessen

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Bad Homburg (vor der Höhe) 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 Horse 25 August 1886 31 March 1922
Electric 24 November 1897
Eltville - Schlangenbad 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 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 Electric 20 November 1909 31 March 1953
Hanau Electric 15 June 1908 18 March 1945 Closed because of war damage.
Kassel 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 Electric 27 April 1903 12 April 1966
Marburg (an der Lahn) Horse 1 October 1903 10 October 1911
Electric 28 November 1911 17 May 1951
Wiesbaden 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).

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