Gothenburg tram
The Gothenburg tram network is part of the
public transport system organised by Gteborgs Sprvgar AB, controlled by Vsttrafik in the
Swedish city
Gothenburg. The tram network has a lengh of around 190 km on a total track length of 80 km—making the Gothenburg tram the largest tram network in Scandinavia—used by around 200 trams which
as of 2006 are serving the twelve day-time and five night-time lines currently in use. These figures will increase when the second stage of
Kringen is finished. The trams perform about 2,000 trips and 30,000 km per day.
Encyclopedia
The
Gothenburg tram network is part of the
public transport system organised by Göteborgs Spårvägar AB, controlled by Västtrafik in the
Swedish city
Gothenburg. The tram network has a lengh of around 190 km on a total track length of 80 km—making the Gothenburg tram the largest tram network in Scandinavia—used by around 200 trams which
as of 2006 are serving the twelve day-time and five night-time lines currently in use. These figures will increase when the second stage of
Kringen is finished. The trams perform about 2,000 trips and 30,000 km per day.
History
The first tram line in Gothenburg was started in 1879 by the
English company Gothenburg Tramway Ltd. This was a horse-drawn tramway, which stretched from Brunnsparken to Stigbergsliden. The city of Gothenburg bought the tramway in 1900, and introduced electrically powered trams only two years later. During the next 40 years, the tram system was heavily expanded, reaching outside the city borders by 1907, and
Hisingen in 1940.
In the
1960s, plans for converting the tram system to an
underground system were created, and the new tram sections to the suburbs Tynnered,
Angered,
Bergsjön and Länsmansgården were built free from level crossings and partly in tunnels to make a future conversion to underground standards easier. However, after further investigation, it was concluded that it would be too expensive to dig the necessary tunnels under the city centre, as the foundation of the city is partially made up of clay.
Today, the politicians of Gothenburg seem to enjoy having a tram system in the city, even though the average speed in the inner city is very slow, and a lot of money is spent on keeping the tramway up to standards. This is realized both with the expansion of the net itself through the
Kringen project which will create a tramway ring around the city centre and with the delivery of the modern
Italian Sirio trams , but also with the introduction of a new fully electronic payment system.
Currently the M32s, numbered in the range of 400s is taken out of service for minor technical problems. M32 407 and 408 has not yet been approved for travel.
Lines
>!Line!!Stretch!!Length!!Stops!!Travel time!!Avg speedlign="center" style="background:#ffffff; color:#001953;"|1||Tynnered–Östra Sjukhuset||15.59 km||33||47/49 min||19.1 km/h||32 500
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|align="center" style="background:#ffff00; color:#001953;"|2||Högsbotorp–Krokslätt||? km||22|| || ||
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|align="center" style="background:#004b94; color:#ffffff;"|3||Marklandsgatan–Kålltorp||12.68 km||30||44/45 min||16.9 km/h||32 400
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|align="center" style="background:#00741e; color:#ffffff;"|4||Mölndal–Angered||19.26 km||21||41/40 min||28.2 km/h||27 400
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|align="center" style="background:#bb0000; color:#ffffff;"|5||Torp–Länsmansgården||13.78 km||29||39/38 min||21.2 km/h||25 500
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|align="center" style="background:#c87400; color:#001953;"|6||Länsmansgården–Kortedala||24.55 km||46||71/71 min||20.7 km/h||43 400
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|align="center" style="background:#641003; color:#ffffff;"|7||Tynnered–Bergsjön||21.05 km||35||54/55 min||23.0 km/h||35 900
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|align="center" style="background:#82005b; color:#ffffff;"|8||Frölunda–Angered||21.31 km||25||46/47 min||27.2 km/h||19 600
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|align="center" style="background:#5ba6c6; color:#001953;"|9||Kungssten–Angered||18.98 km||21||43/43 min||26.5 km/h||25 600
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|align="center" style="background:#98a835; color:#001953;"|10||Guldheden–Eketrägatan/Biskopsgården||8.79 km||17/23||24/31 / 25/32 min||21.7 km/h||15 600
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|align="center" style="background:#000000; color:#ffffff;"|11||Saltholmen–Bergsjön||21.83 km||38||58/58 min||22.6 km/h||38 000
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|align="center" style="background:#cca168; color:#001953;"|13||Marklandsgatan–Centralstationen||7.24 km||10||19/17 min||22.9 km/h= References
- Engberg, Patrik . . Retrieved 19 Mar., 2006.
- Göteborgs Spårvägar . . Retrieved 19 Mar., 2006
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