List of Town Tramway Systems in Germany - Sachsen (Saxony)

Sachsen (Saxony)

Name of System Location Traction
Type
Date (From) Date (To) Notes
Kirnitzschtalbahn Bad Schandau Electric 28 May 1898 Operation suspended from 21 July 1969 following an accident. Operation restored from 24 July 1972.
Chemnitz 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 Electric 15 December 2002 Operates over DB railway line (Würschnitztalbahn) between Altchemnitz and Stollberg,
Döbelner Straßenbahn Döbeln Horse 10 July 1892 Closed 20 December 1926; reopened 9 June 2007
Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe Dresden Horse 26 September 1872 25 August 1900
Gas 28 July 1894 31 December 1895
Electric 6 July 1893 1,450-mm gauge
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 - Zitzschewig Electric 21 August 1899 First electric narrow-gauge railway in Saxony, later regauged. Separate undertaking to 1926. Initial segment, Mickten - Weißes Roß. Weißes Roß - Radebeul - Coswig reopened in stages September 1929 – May 1930. Coswig - Weinböhla reopened 14 November 1931.
Lockwitztalbahn ♦ Dresden-Niedersedlitz - Kreischa Electric 3 March 1906 18 October 1977
Freiberg in Sachsen Electric 11 August 1902 31 December 1919
Görlitz Horse 25 May 1882 30 November 1897
Electric 1 December 1897 See also Zgorzelec, Poland.
Hohenstein-Ernstthal - Oelsnitz (Erzgebirge) Electric 15 February 1913 26 March 1960
Klingenthal (Sachsen) Electric 27 May 1917 4 April 1964
Leipzig Horse 18 May 1872 16 April 1897
Electric 17 April 1896 See Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, Leipzig Tramway Network History.
Meißen Electric 13 December 1899 1 March 1936
Plauen (im Vogtland) Electric 17 November 1894
Zittau Accumulator (storage battery) 29 June 22 September 1902
Electric 14 December 1904 19 November 1919
Zwickau Electric 6 May 1894

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