Germany | Information supplied by Vadims Falkovs and Leo Sullivan. | |||
Aachen | 2 JA 1944 | 3 MR 1974 | Operated half-double deckers. | |
Augsburg | 28 OC 1943 | 17 MR 1959 | ||
Bad Neuenahr | 23 MY 1906 | 1919 | Schiemann system. 5.3 km. | |
Baden-Baden | 26 JN 1949 | 31 JL 1971 | ||
Berlin #1 (western part) | 24 DE 1933 | 22 MR 1965 | ||
Berlin #2 (eastern part) | 1 AU 1951 | 1 FE 1973 | ||
Bielatalbahn | 10 JL 1901 | 1904 | Schiemann system, 12" width, single track. Carried package and mails. Vehicles had poles at both ends. Cars were not double-ended. Apparently second pole used for reversing. | |
Bielefeld | 27 MY 1944 | 8 NO 1968 | ||
Bitterfeld | 1984 | 1988 | Trolleyfreight only. | |
Böckingen | ?? | ?? | Cedes Stoll system. | |
Bochum & Gelsenkirchen | 18 JN 1949 | 18 OC 1959 | ||
Bonn | 17 FE 1951 | 30 JN 1971 | ||
Bremen | 1 NO 1949 | 5 NO 1961 | ||
Bremerhaven | 20 DE 1947 | 30 JN 1958 | ||
Darmstadt | 1 MR 1944 | 16 AP 1963 | ||
Dortmund | 29 MY 1942 | 18 JU 1967 | ||
Dresden I | 24 MR 1903 | JL 1904 | Klotsche to Königswald. 5.2 km. | |
Dresden II | 5 NO 1947 | 28 NO 1975 | ||
Duisbirg | 18 DE 1954 | 28 MY 1967 | ||
Eberswalde I | 15 MR 1901 | JN 1901? | ||
Eberswalde II | 1904 | 1904? | ||
Eberswalde III | 3 NO 1940 | (operating) | Eberswalde Former Routes | |
Elbingerode | MR 1988 | FE 1989 | Trolleyfreight only. Closed because vehicles could not attain a high enough speed. | |
Erfurt | 26 FE 1948 | 7 NO 75 | ||
Essen | 1983 | 1995? | Duo-bus operation. Duo-buses still running but in diesel mode only. | |
Esslingen | 1944 | (operating) | ||
Flensburg | 9 OC 1943 | 14 SE 1957 | ||
Frankfurt-am-Main | 6 JA 1944 | 17 OC 1959 | ||
Gera | 2 NO 1939 | 14 SE 1977 | ||
Giessen | 18 JN 1941 | 11 JL 1968 | ||
Greiz | 21 SE 1945 | 11 JL 1969 | ||
Grevenbrück | JN 1904 | 6 JN 1916 | Schiemann system. Probable closing date. Definitely gone by 1918. | |
Grossbauschlitz (Mühlenbahn) | 1905 | 1914 | 1 kilometer, Schiemann System. | |
Gummersbach | 25 NO 1948 | 30 SE 1962 | ||
Hamburg | 27 AP 1949 | 18 JA 1958 | ||
Hamburg-Altona | 2 JA 1912 | 1949 | .6 kilometer, Schiemann system, freight line. Operated with steeple cabs drawing drays from other companies. The second to the last narrow gauge system. | |
Hannover | 6 JN 1937 | 10 MY 1958 | ||
Heilbronn-Böckingen | 1911 | 1916 | ||
Heilbronn am Neckar | 23 SE 1951 | 30 DE 1960 | ||
Hildesheim | 7 AY 1843 | 1 MY 1969 | ||
Hoyerswerda | 7 OC 1989 | 30 DE 1994 | Main line never constructed. Completed lines never went downtown and thus became weak sister lines. This led to closure. | |
Kaiserslautern | 29 OC 1949 | 30 NO 1985 | Single line system. | |
Kalkbahn Gravenbrück | 3 FE 1903 | -- 1907 | Schiemann system. Freight only. | |
Kassel | 12 JL 1944 | 28 MY 1962 | ||
Kiel | 28 MY 1944 | 15 AP 1964 | ||
Koblenz | 17 JL 1941 | 30 OC 1970 | ||
Köln (Cologne) | 6 NO 1950 | 15 MR 1959 | ||
Königstein | 10 JL 1901 | 1904 | Schiemann system. | |
Krefeld | 3 DE 1949 | 29 MY 1964 | ||
Landshut in Bayern | 27 NO 1948 | 1 JL 1966 | ||
Langenfeld - Monheim | 31 MY 1904 | 5 NO 1908 | Schiemann system. Wide gauge, two trolley poles. Used steeplecabs and ordinary motor cars. The steeple cabs pulled freight wagons and passenger wagons. This would be a sort of "trolley-train". | |
Leipzig | 29 JL 1938 | 31 MY 1975 | Had Schiemann demonstrator in 1912. | |
Magdeburg | 1 JL 1951 | 31 OC 1970 | ||
Mainz | 19 DE 1946 | 12 FE 1967 | Ended at 11:55 p.m. Construction started in 1943, some training of drivers in 1944, road tests began on 12 DE 1946. | |
Marburg | 19 MY 1951 | 5 OC 1968 | ||
Mettman | 26 AU 1930 | 31 DE 1954 | ||
Minden | 19 DE 1953 | 20 JN 1965 | ||
Moers (Stadt--city) | 7 SE 1952 | 19 SE 1968 | ||
Moers (kreis--area) | 27 OC 1950 | 19 SE 1968 | ||
Mülhausen im Elsass | 9 OC 1908 | 17 JL 1918 | 3.3 km in length. Alsass is now in France (Alsace). | |
Munich (München) | 28 Apr 1948 | 28 AP 1966 | Same opening and closing day (Shares opening date with Seattle). | |
Münster in Westfalen | 1 OC 1949 | 26 MY 1968 | ||
Neunkirchen | 1 AU 1953 | 31 MR 1964 | (in Saarland) | |
Neuss | 28 JN 1948 | 31 OC 1959 | ||
Neuwied | 1 OC 1949 | 28 FE 1963 | ||
Nürnburg | 15 NO 1948 | 13 DE 1962 | ||
Offenbach | 14 JL 1951 | 26 SE 1972 | ||
Oldenburg | 26 SE 1936 | 27 OC 1957 | ||
Osnabruck | 2 DE 1949 | 15 JL 1968 | ||
Pforzhein | 10 SE 1951 | 1 OC 1959 | ||
Pirmasens | 25 NO 1941 | 13 OC 1967 | ||
Potsdam | 1 OC 1949 | 2 FE 1995 | Or it opened 2 OC 1949. Brought to an end by a railroad electrification prject that cut the line in two. Duo-mode trolleys did not work out. | |
Regensburg | 18 MR 1953 | 17 MY 1963 | ||
Rheydt | 18 MY 1952 | 16 JN 1973 | ||
Saarbrucken | 12 NO 1948 | 1964 | ||
Siegen | 16 OC 1941 | 5 JA 1969 | ||
Solingen | 19 JN 1952 | (operating) | ||
Trier | 20 JA 1940 | 27 MY 1970 | Two former trolleybuses fitted with diesel engines and still in Trier. | |
Ulm | 14 MY 1947 | 23 OC 1963 | ||
Weimar | 1948 | 2 AP 1993 | ||
Werdau | 19-- | 19- | ||
Wiesbaden | 23 DE 1948 | 17 NO 1961 | ||
Wilhelmshaven | 1 OC 1942 | 10 OC 1960 | ||
Wilhelmshaven - Jever | 8 DE 1944 | 20 SE 2954 | ||
Wuppertal | 19-- | 197- | Operated some deck-and-a-half trolleys. Wuppertal is really a valley with a string of connected towns. The line ran from the town of Barmen. It (the Barmer Bergbahn) started out as a country streetcar line that was converted to electric trolleybuses, | |
Wurzen (Industriebahn) | 7 AP 1905 | 1929 | Schiemann system. Freight only. | |
Zwickau | 29 NO 1939 | 31 AU 1977 | Closed at 5:30 p.m. |