{"id":51538,"date":"2023-11-04T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51538"},"modified":"2023-11-04T17:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T17:10:14","slug":"around-the-world-in-trams-stuttgart-3013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=51538","title":{"rendered":"Around the World in Trams: Stuttgart 3013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Its time to move on in our series which takes a look at trams from outside the British Isles and the next location the pin has stuck in on our map in Stuttgart in Germany.<\/p>\n

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Stuttgart is located in the southwest of Germany and is the capital of the Baden-Wurttemberg state. Both Mercedes-Benz and Porsche have their headquarters in the city and its also home to one of the largest zoos and botanical gardens in Europe.<\/p>\n

The city is now home to a Stadtbhan light rail system which started running on its standard gauge network in 1985. This system is the successor of a tram network (which ran on metre gauge) and now consists of 81 miles (130km) of route mileage. In addition to the modern light rail system there is also a heritage line, a rack railway and a funicular meaning there is something for everyone (that\u2019s if everyone likes their transport to be on rails we guess!).<\/p>\n

In this photo below \u2013 captured in 1990 \u2013 we are looking at 3013<\/strong> which is at the end of route U1 which now runs between Vaihingen and Fellbach. In the standard yellow livery 3013<\/strong> is a Duewag DT8.4 which was built in 1985. 80 of this class were built for Stuggart and there remain 76 operational.<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Nigel Pennick, 1990<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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