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Dortmund Stadtbahn
Overview
LocaleDortmund and Lünen (Line U41), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Number of lines8
Number of stations125 (including 24 underground stations)[1]
Website[1]
Operation
Began operationJune 1, 1881 (tram)
May 15, 1976 (light rail)
Ended operationApril 27, 2008 (tram)
Operator(s)DSW21 (Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG)
Number of vehicles121 (+4 departmental vehicles)
Train length28 - 84 m
Technical
System length75.0 km (46.6 mi)[2]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC overhead line (top contact)
Average speed20 km/h (12.4 mph)
Top speed80 km/h (49.7 mph)
Network (January 2015)

The Dortmund Stadtbahn is a light rail system in the German city of Dortmund and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network. Its network consists of eight lines. It was originally a tram network (Lines 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408 (1992 - 2002) and 409) that was gradually replaced by the light rail between May 15, 1976 and April 27, 2008 by displacing parts of the network into a tunnel.

The light rail originally operated with a voltage of 600 V DC. Between 1999 and 2012, the voltage of the light rail system was successively increased to 750 V DC, since the B-cars and NGT8 cars were designed for 750 V DC. However, the N8C cars have not been converted for 750 V DC and were completely withdrawn from service between 2007 and December 2011.

It operates on 75.0 kilometres (46.6 mi) of route (of which 20.5 kilometres (12.7 mi) are in tunnels, with the other 54.5 kilometres (33.9 mi) being above-ground in dedicated rights-of-way),[2] serving 125 stations (24 of which are underground).[1]

Network

The system has eight Stadtbahn lines:[3]

Line Route
U41 Dortmund-Hörde – Lünen–Brambauer
U42 Hombruch – Grevel
U43 Dorstfeld – Wickede
U44 Marten – Westfalenhütte
U45 Westfalenhallen – (Stadion) – Dortmund Hbf – (Fredenbaum)
U46 Westfalenhallen – Brunnenstraße
U47 Westerfilde – Aplerbeck
U49 Hacheney – Dortmund Hbf – (Hafen)

The U41 and U47 rail lines connect with bus 490, which travels to Dortmund Airport.[4]

  • Underground station Saarlandstraße
    Underground station Saarlandstraße
  • B80C trains at Remydamm station
    B80C trains at Remydamm station
  • NGT8 Flexity Classic train on former tram tracks (Station Heinrichstraße)
    NGT8 Flexity Classic train on former tram tracks (Station Heinrichstraße)
  • N8C train on former tram line 403 (Station Heinrichstraße)
    N8C train on former tram line 403 (Station Heinrichstraße)

Rolling stock

There are four different types of rolling stock:

  • B80C/6, 43 vehicles built between 1986 and 1993, in use since March 1987. In 2018, 24 new B80C/6 cars have been bought in order to replace the B100S cars. Those cars are expected to enter service in 2021.
  • B80C/8, 21 vehicles built between 1994 and 1999, in use since 1998. B80C/8 No. 348 has been transported to HeiterBlick GmbH (a manufacturer for rail vehicles in Leipzig) as a prototype for the upcoming refurbishment of the B80C/6 and B80C/8 cars.
  • B100S (former vehicles from Bonn light rail), 13 vehicles built between 1973 and 1974, in use since 2005. Three vehicles have been scrapped between 2006 and 2013. The B100S cars will be withdrawn from service in 2021.
  • NGT8, 47 vehicles built between 2007 and 2012, in use since April 2008.

Former vehicles:

  • T2/T3, several vehicles build between 1908 and 1950, different variations of vehicles, in use between 1909 and April 2008. Some vehicles are parked at the local transport museum in Dortmund-Nette, others have been scrapped or parked somewhere else.
  • T4/B4, 12 vehicles built between 1953 and 1958, in use between 1954 and 1994. T4 No. 304 has been modified and was used as a departmental vehicle (No. 904) between 1982 and 1997. This vehicle is parked at the local transport museum in Dortmund-Nette. T4 No. 303/203 is parked at a museum in Dahlhausen. All the other vehicles have been scrapped.
  • GT4, 27 vehicles built between 1954 and 1957, in use between 1954 and 1998. GT4 No. 431 is parked at the local transport museum in Dortmund-Nette, GT4 No. 435 is privately owned. All the other vehicles have been scrapped.
  • GT8, 91 vehicles built between 1959 and 1974, in use between 1959 and April 2001. GT8 No. 13 and GT8 No. 87 are parked at the local transport museum in Dortmund-Nette, GT8 No. 76 is in use in the shopping center "The Outlets" in Hiroshima as a tourist attraction called "The Warp Tram". All the other vehicles have been scrapped.
  • N8C, 54 vehicles built between 1978 and 1982, in use between 1979 and December 2011. Some vehicles have been scrapped between 1988 and 2007, all the other vehicles are now operating on the Gdańsk tramway. In 1988, N8C No. 142 was heavily damaged during a collision with another tram vehicle on the Line U45. In 1996, the vehicle has been repaired. This vehicle is now in use as a departmental vehicle on the light rail network (No. 902), mostly in use as a railgrinder during the morning time on weekdays. During the nighttime, this vehicle is also used to transport components for track construction.

Older vehicles were withdrawn and scrapped after World War II.

Local transport museum Dortmund

The local transport museum in Dortmund was opened in 2001 and is located in a former railway depot in Dortmund-Nette. Therefore, the former Hoesch AG industrial railway system is operated with former trams and light rail vehicles from Dortmund, which were converted for railway operations.

The approximately 6 km (~3,7 miles) long railway network leads from Ellinghauser Straße (Dortmund-Niedernette) to the industrial area of ​​the former Union AG (Dortmund-Huckarde/Dorstfeld). In the long term, an extension of the railway network to the port of Dortmund is planned, where there is a connection to the light rail lines U47 and U49.

Since the railway network is not electrified, the tram and light rail cars were converted and are supplied with 600 V DC by connected generator cars. A planned fitting of the network with an overhead line was rejected.

The following vehicles are currently in use:

  • T2 No. 173 (Two-axle tramcar), built in 1918, in service since 2015.
  • ATW2 No. 905 (Electric two-axle tram locomotive for maintenance work), built in 1925, state unclear; conversion for railway operation may be canceled.
  • T2 No. 194 (Two-axle tramcar; Car body rebuilt after World War II), built in 1918/1949, in service since 2007.
  • B2 No. 713 (Two-axle tram trailer), built in 1950, in service since 2007.
  • T4 No. 304/904 (Four-axle tram car based on the PCC model; conversion to a departmental vehicle for maintenance work between 1979 and 1981), built in 1954/1981, state unclear, conversation for railway service might be canceled.
  • GT4 No. 431 (Four-axle articulated tramcar), built in 1957, in service since 2006.
  • GT8 No. 87 (Eight-axle articulated tramcar), built in 1969, currently being converted for railway operation.
  • B2 No. 510 (Originally a biaxial salt freight car; Converted to a summer tramcar in 1976), built in 1910/1976, occasionally in service as a horsecar since 2012.

Numerous other tram cars are also parked in the museum, but are not used on the railway network.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Stadtbahnbauamt - Fahrzeuge und Haltestellen" [Office for rapid-transit railway - Vehicles and Stops] (in German). Stadt Dortmund, Dortmund-Agentur. Retrieved 2013-10-20. [dead link‍]
  2. ^ a b "Betriebsstrecken" [Operating distances]. Stadtbahnbauamt (in German). Stadt Dortmund. Archived from the original on 2012-03-14. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Fahrpläne zum Download: U-Bahn". Fahrpläne (in German). Bus & Bahn Für Dortmund. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Travelling by public transport". Dortmund Airport. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
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