Linz (capital of Upper Austria - 190,000 inh.)

Tramway
- 900 mm gauge
- network length 21.1 km
- 3 lines:
Line 1: Universität - Auwiesen 14.3 km, 35 stops
Line 2: Universität - SolarCity 19 km, 44 stops (31 shared with Line 1)
Line 3: Bergbahnhof Urfahr - Hauptbahnhof 3.2 km, 10 stops (7 shared with Line 1 and 2)

1.9 km tram tunnel including two underground stations, Hauptbahnhof and Unionkreuzung, and one below ground level station with open roof, Herz-Jesu-Kirche. The tunnel is used by all three tram lines, line 3 terminating in an underground loop at Hauptbahnhof.

Pöstlingbergbahn (reopened 29 May 2009)

- 4.1 km (Bergbahnhof Urfahr - Hauptplatz shared with line 3)
- 900 mm track gauge (before 2008: 1000 mm)
- mostly single-track, with three passing loops
- rolling stock: 3 Flexity Outlook in retro-look; 3 modernised cars from the 1950s

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31 Aug 2004 - Goethekreuzung - [ramp] - Hauptbahnhof - Herz-Jesu-Kirche [ramp] - Bulgariplatz

03 Sept 2005 - Hillerstraße - SolarCity

 Photos

Linz Linien (Official Site - Transport Operator)

Straßenbahn in Linz by Martin Mustermann

Bahn Linz by Martin Ruderstorfer

Robert Schrempf: Pöstlingbergbahn Album. - Summer 2009, German/English, Robert Schwandl Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 936573 24 4; feat. Linz Tramway and Gmunden Tramway.

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