Trams in Ulm

The Ulm tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Ulm) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Ulm, a city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Ulm tramway network
SWU Siemens Combino tram in Ulm, 2006.
Operation
LocaleUlm, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Open1897 (1897)
StatusOperational
Lines2
Operator(s)Stadtwerke Ulm/Neu-Ulm GmbH (SWU)
Infrastructure
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Propulsion system(s)Electricity
Stock10 Siemens Combino NGT 6 UL (2003),
12 Siemens Avenio M NGT 6 UL [1]
Statistics
Route length20.1 km (12.5 mi)
WebsiteStadtwerke Ulm/Neu-Ulm GmbH (in German)

Opened in 1897, the network is currently operated by Stadtwerke Ulm/Neu-Ulm GmbH (SWU), and integrated in the Donau-Iller-Nahverkehrsverbund (DING).


Rolling stock
Combino tram near the central station.

Currently, SWU has ten Combino NGT 6 UL trams and twelve Avenio M NGT 6 UL trams, both types manufactured by Siemens Mobility. All trams use a 1000 mm gauge.

Combino trams

In 2003, the previous fleet of GT4 trams was replaced with eight Combino NGT 6 UL vehicles. Two more trams were delivered in 2008 to service the extended Line 1.

Fleet Numbers:
41 – Albrecht Berblinger
42 – Agathe Streicher
43 – Albert Einstein
44 – Max Eyth
45 – Otl Aicher
46 – Johannes Kepler
47 – Jörg Syrlin
48 – Sophie Scholl
49 – Hans Scholl
50 – Resi Weglein

Avenio trams
Avenio tram number 51 in the depot

For the newly built Line 2, SWU invited tenders for twelve more vehicles.

Fleet NumberNamed afterDelivered
51Inge Aicher-SchollJanuary 2018
52Lina EinsteinFebruary 2018
53Anna EssingerMarch 2018
54Felix FabriApril 2018
55Agnes SchultheißJune 2018
56Hildegard KnefAugust 2018
57Conrad Dietrich MagirusAugust 2018
58Kurt SchumacherSeptember 2018
59Heinrich Parler the ElderOktober 2018
60Mathilde PlanckNovember 2018
61"Emmy" (Emilie) WechßlerNovember 2018
62Alfred MoosNovember 2018

See also

References
  • Riechers, Daniel (1997). 100 Jahre Straßenbahn Ulm/Neu-Ulm [100 Years of the Ulm/Neu-Ulm Tramway] (in German). Ulm.
  • Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. p. 138. ISBN 9783936573336.
  1. "Fuhrpark und Vermietung" (in German). Stadtwerke Ulm. Retrieved 2019-07-18.

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