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FREIBURG
 Baden-Württemberg . Germany

Freiburg im Breisgau Tram Network © R. Schwandl

 System

Freiburg im Breisgau - approx. 218,000 inh., in the southwest of the state of Baden-Württemberg, close to the French and Swiss border.

Tramway
- network length approx. 36 km
- 5 lines
- 1000 mm gauge
- rolling stock: DUEWAG GT8Z (partly low-floor), Siemens Combino and Combino advanced (low-floor), CAF Urbos

 Recent History

1983: Technisches Rathaus - Paduaallee
1985: Paduaallee - Landwasser
1994: Runzenmattenweg - Haid
1997: Am Lindenwäldle - Rieselfeld
2002: Am Lindenwäldle - Pressehaus
2004: Pressehaus - Johanneskirche
2006: Heinrich-von-Stephan-Straße - Vauban
15-03-2014: Reutebachgasse - Zähringen/Gundelfinger Str. (1.8 km)
11-12-2015: Robert-Koch-Straße - Technische Fakultät
(1.5 km)
16-03-2019: Heinrich-von-Stephan-Str. - Europaplatz (1.9 km)
13-12-2020: Technische Fakultät
Messe (1 km)
14-06-2023: section Hauptfriedhof - Hornusstraße loop relocated from Komturstraße to parallel Waldkircher Straße

 Photos
Tram Freiburg CAF Tram Freiburg CAF Tram Freiburg CAF

Stadttheater © Robert Schwandl

Hornusstraße © Robert Schwandl

Holzmarkt © Matthias Frey

Reiterstraße (Basler Straße) © Matthias Frey

Hauptbahnhof © Matthias Frey

Peter-Thumb-Straße © Matthias Frey

Pressehaus > H.-von-Stephan-Str. © Matthias Frey

Haslach Bad © Matthias Frey
   
 Our books about Urban Rail in Germany

Tram Atlas DeutschlandRobert Schwandl:

TRAM ATLAS DEUTSCHLAND 6

- 06/2024, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 74 9

- Detailed colour maps for more than 50 German tramway cities, illustrated with numerous photos

- Text German and English

- More details

Schnellbahnen in Deutschland/Metros in GermanyRobert Schwandl:

U-Bahnen in Deutschland

+ U-Stadtbahnen

- Feb 2019, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 57 2

- Anything you need to know about German metro and light rail systems with underground sections, with detailed maps and hundreds of colour photos; 160 pages; Text German and English - More details

 Official Websites

VAG Freiburg

RVF - Regional Fare System

Breisgau-S-Bahn

 

 Other Links

Freunde der Freiburger Straßenbahn

Freiburg Tram Rolling Stock

Straßenbahn Freiburg at Wikipedia.de

Nahverkehr Breisgau

 

 Video - Dec 2020 extension to Messe:

 

 


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