Trams in Duisburg

The Duisburg tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Duisburg) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Duisburg, a city in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Duisburg tramway network
NF4 tram at Dinslaken station, 2023.
Operation
Locale	Duisburg, Mülheim and Dinslaken, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Horsecar era: 1881 (1881)–1898 (1898) Status Superseded Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) / 750 mm (2 ft 5+1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Horses
Steam tram era: 1882 (1882)–1899 (1899) Status Superseded Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Propulsion system(s) Steam
Electric tram era: since 1897 (1897) Status Operational Routes 2 + 1 Operator(s) Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft [de] (since 1940) Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) (to 1966) / 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 750 V DC Route length 43.7 km (27.2 mi) Duisburg tramway network (dark blue: Stadtbahn Duisburg). Website Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (in German)

Opened in 1881, the network has been operated since 1940 by the Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft [de] (DVG) and is integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). It now forms part of the larger Duisburg Stadtbahn system, which in turn makes up part of the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn system.

Lines

As of 2013^[update], the Duisburg tramway network had the following lines:

Line	Route	Travel time	Stops	Headway (rush hour)
901	Obermarxloh Schleife – Marxloh Pollmann – Beeck Denkmal – Laar Kirche – Scholtenhofstraße – Ruhrort Friedrichsplatz – Kaßlerfeld – König-Heinrich-Platz – Duisburg Hbf – Zoo/Uni – MH-Speldorf – MH Stadtmitte – Mülheim Hbf	64 min	46	7.5 / 15 min
903	Dinslaken Bf – Walsum Watereck – Marxloh Pollmann – Hamborn Rathaus – Meiderich Süd Bf – Duissern – Duisburg Hbf – König-Heinrich-Platz – Platanenhof – Hochfeld Süd Bf – Wanheim Rheintörchenstraße – Hüttenheim Mannesmann Tor 2	69 min	45	7.5 / 15 min
Line sections with longer headways in italics
Line 902 operates only during events at the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena; the number 902 is also used to designate trams travelling to and from the Grunewald depot.
(902)	(Walsum Watereck – Marxloh Pollmann – Hamborn Rathaus – Meiderich Süd Bf – Duissern – Duisburg Hbf – König-Heinrich-Platz – Platanenhof – Grunewald Betriebshof)

Rolling stock

43 type GT10NC-DU trams are operated in Duisburg, which were built by Duewag from 1986 until 1993.^[1] The first of 47 new Bombardier Flexity trams was delivered in 2020, which are scheduled to replace the old trams.^[1]

GT10NC-DU tram in Duisburg-Marxloh, 2005.

See also

• List of town tramway systems in Germany
• Trams in Germany