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Karlsruhe model means
urbanLight rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
and heavy rail trains running on the same track. It is so called because the city of
KarlsruheKarlsruhe is a city in the south west of Germany, in the Bundesland Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border....
in
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
was the first to link its street
tramA tram, tramcar, trolley, trolleycar, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a conventional train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets...
way and the main-line railway by running urban trams on both networks, creating the
Stadtbahn KarlsruheThe Stadtbahn Karlsruhe is a German tram-train system combining tram lines in the city with railway lines in the surrounding countryside, serving the entire region of the middle upper Rhine valley and creating connections to neighbouring regions...
. This system allows passengers from distant towns such as Baden-Baden to travel directly into the centre of Karlsruhe, bridging the inconvenient distance (2 – 3 km) between the main station and the city centre. The main line remains open at all times to all types of train - including local trains, heavy freight and
InterCityInterCity is the classification applied to certain long-distance passenger train services in Europe...
. The model has led to the creation of Tram-trains.
Other systems that have implemented the Karlsruhe model:
- Chemnitz
is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz...
, GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
- Saarbrücken
Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city sits at the heart of a metropolitan area that bounds westwards to Dillingen and northeastwards to Neunkirchen, in which most of the people of the Saarland live....
, GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
- Kassel
Kassel Kassel Kassel and of the district (Kreis) of the same name...
, GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
- Nordhausen
Nordhausen is a city at the southern edge of the Harz mountains, in the state of Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Nordhausen...
, GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
- Tyne and Wear Metro
The Tyne and Wear Metro, also known as the Metro, is a metro system in North East England, serving Newcastle upon Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, North Tyneside and Sunderland. It opened in 1980 and in 2007-2008 provided 40 million public journeys on its network of nearly...
, UK
- RijnGouweLijn
The RijnGouweLijn or RGL is a light rail project in South Holland, Netherlands.It will be the first system in the Netherlands where light rail vehicles will partly use heavy rail tracks, sharing these tracks with heavy rail trains, like the tram-train systems around Karlsruhe and Saarbrücken,...
, the NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
- RandstadRail
|}RandstadRail network in the southern part of the Randstad conurbation in the west of The Netherlands, connecting The Hague, Zoetermeer and Rotterdam, consists of a metro-like line between The Hague and Rotterdam and two light rail lines between The Hague and Zoetermeer...
, the NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
ZwickauZwickau/Saxony in Germany, former seat of the government from south-western region at Free State of Saxony, belongs to an industrial and economical core region of Chemnitz-Zwickau. Nowadays it is the capital city of country district Zwickau...
,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
has reversed the Karlsruhe model by extending Lightweight
RegioSprinterThe RegioSprinter is a German diesel railcar built by Siemens-Duewag for rapid regional railway services. Originally the RegioSprinter was designated as a Regional Combustion-engined Railbus by Duewag AG....
diesel trains from the main-line railway onto the street tramway as TrainTrams.
- The Adelaide Metro
Adelaide Metro is the public transport system of the South Australian capital of Adelaide and the brand name of the Public Transport Division of the Department for Transport, Energy and Infrastructure. It is an intermodal system with services provided by bus, tram or commuter rail throughout the...
in AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
will use the Karlsruhe model for 4.8 km between BowdenBowden is the first station on the suburban railway lines from Adelaide to Outer Harbor and Grange. It is 2.7km from Adelaide.Bowden serves the inner-city suburbs of Bowden, Brompton and Hindmarsh. The station mainly caters for workers commuting to nearby factories and patrons of events at the...
and WoodvilleWoodville station is on the suburban rail routes from Adelaide to Grange and Outer Harbor. Woodville is 7.5 km from Adelaide and is the junction station for the Grange branch.- Train and connecting bus services :Platform 1:...
from 2015, extending another 4.2 km to Port AdelaidePort Adelaide station is on the suburban rail route between Adelaide and Outer Harbor, 11.7 km from Adelaide, in the suburb of Port Adelaide....
from 2018.
External links
- http://www.eaue.de/winuwd/85.htm