Germany

 

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 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.

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This page last updated 31 JL 2007