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Gallery 952: Around the World in Trams Special - Leipzig Trams 2014

Leipzig, in the eastern German state of Saxony, can trace its tramway history back to 1872 when the first horse route opened. Electric trams followed in 1896 and the gradual expansion of the tramway continued through until 1917 when network rationalisation started following the merger of two competing tramway undertakings. Operated by Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe since 1938 the current tramway network has 13 lines with a route length of 92.1 miles (148.3km). It is now the third biggest tramway in Germany (only beaten by Cologne and Berlin). At the start of 2020 the operational fleet consisted of 245 trams and 43 trailers including some Tatra T4D-Ms as well as more modern low floor vehicles with some from the Bombardier Flexity Classic family.

In this collection we head back to 2014 with images taken during a two hour break from a steam train excursion as part of the Dresden-Leipzig 175 railway events. Concentrated in the main square in front of the railway station of the service trams we also take a quick look at the then museum collection held at Mockern.

* Details of transport in Leipzig - including tickets, maps and timetables - can be found at https://www.l.de/verkehrsbetriebe-en.

Photographer: David Mee
All Photographs were taken on Saturday 12th April 2014.

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