Trams in Würzburg

The Würzburg tramway network (Straßenbahnnetz Würzburg) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Würzburg, a city in the federal state of Bavaria, Germany.

The network presently consists of five lines, with a total track length of 42 km (yielding a one-way route length of approximately 21 km). It is currently operated by Würzburger Straßenbahn GmbH, a subsidiary of (WVV), and integrated in the  (VVM).

History
The first horse-drawn tramway opened in Würzburg in 1892. The first electric trams went into operation in Würzburg in 1900.

Beginning in the 1990s, a concerted effort was made to move Würzburg's tramlines into their own rights-of-way and convert them more to a light rail (Stadtbahn) type of operation over the traditional tram system operating in regular road traffic. Currently, most of Würzburg tramlines, outside of sections downtown and in the Sanderau district, operate as light rail in their own rights-of-way. In addition, low-floor light rail vehicles were purchased.

Lines
, the network was made up of the following five lines: * The figure refers to both directions, ie a complete round trip.

Rolling stock
The Würzburg tram fleet consists of:


 * GTW-D8 (6 trams, built by Düwag in 1968)
 * GT-E (14 trams, built by LHB in 1989)
 * GT-N (20 trams, built by Alstom LHB in 1995)

An Artic tram was tested on the network in October 2014. 18 new low-floor trams were ordered from HeiterBlick in 2019, with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2022.