Trams in Mannheim/Ludwigshafen

The Mannheim/Ludwigshafen tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Mannheim/Ludwigshafen) is a metre-gauge transport network of tramways focused on the cities of Mannheim and Ludwigshafen am Rhein, and connected to Heidelberg and Weinheim via the Upper Rhine Railway Company (OEG), in the Rhine Neckar Area of Germany.

Mannheim/Ludwigshafen tramway network
Operation
Locale
Open1878 (1878)
StatusOperational
Lines10 (total line length 97 km (60 mi))
Operator(s)Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (RNV)
Infrastructure
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge
Propulsion system(s)Electricity
Electrification750 V DC overhead lines
Statistics
Route length61 km (38 mi)
Overview
The network in 2016.
WebsiteRhein-Neckar-Verkehr (RNV) (in English)

Opened in 1878, the network has been operated since 2005 by Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV).

See also

References
    • Höltge, Dieter (1999). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany] (in German). Band 6: Baden [Volume 6: Baden]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 3882553375.
    • Kochems, Michael; Höltge, Dieter (2011). Straßen- und Stadtbahnen in Deutschland [Tramways and Stadtbahnen in Germany] (in German). Band 12: Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland [Volume 2: Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland]. Freiburg i. B., Germany: EK-Verlag. ISBN 9783882553932.
    • Schwandl, Robert (2012). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Deutschland (in German and English) (3rd ed.). Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. p. 118. ISBN 9783936573336.

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