Dortmund Stadtbahn

Dortmund Stadtbahn
Stadtbahn Dortmund

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Stadtbahn plan of Dortmund
Info
Locale Dortmund, Germany
Transit type Flexity Classic, B80, N8
Number of lines 8
Number of stations 83
Website stadtbahnamt.dortmund.de
Operation
Began operation 1984
Operator(s) DSW21 (Dortmunder Stadtwerke)
Technical
Track gauge 1435 mm

The Stadtbahn Dortmund is a light rail system in the German city of Dortmund and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn network. Its network consists of eight lines which pass the city centre in underground tunnels and belongs to the VRR transport union. Opened 1984, it consecutively replaced the tram lines that were operating on the surface. On its 77 km of tracks (20 km of which in tunnels), it serves 83 stations, 24 of which underground.

Network

The railway network is separated into three 'cardinal tracks' (Stammstrecken): The Stammstrecke I, which is home to the U41, U45, U47 and U49 lines, connects stations on a north-south-axis between the Leopoldstraße and Markgrafenstraße stations (including the main station). Lines U42 and U46 operate on the Stammstrecke II between Brunnenstraße and Stadtgarten and offer connections from the south-west to the north-east of Dortmund. In 2008, the lines on the Stammstrecke III (U43 and U44) finally switched to the Stadtbahn system, a newly built tunnel replacing the tram tracks of the former lines 403 and 404 between Unionstraße and Ostentor.

Möllerbrücke
Line Route Stations
(of which underground)
U41 DO-Hörde Clarenberg – Hörde Bf – Märkische Str. – Stadthaus – Stadtgarten – Dortmund Hbf – Fredenbaum – Grävingholz – Brechten Zentrum – Brambauer Verkehrshof 28 (12)
U42 DO-Hombruch Grotenbachstraße – Barop Parkhaus – Theodor-Fliedner-Heim – Möllerbrücke – Städtische Kliniken – Stadtgarten – Schulte Rödding – Kirchderne – Scharnhorst Zentrum – Grevel 28 (7)
U43 DO-Dorstfeld – Westentor – Kampstraße – Brackel – Asseln Aplerbecker Straße – Am Hagedorn –Wickede Post/DO-Wickede S 34 (5)
U44 DO-Marten – Dorstfeld – Westentor – Kampstraße – Westfalenhütte 19 (4)
U45 Dortmund Westfalenhallen – Markgrafenstr. – Stadthaus – Stadtgarten – Dortmund Hbf ( - Hafen) 8 (7)
U46 Dortmund Westfalenhallen – Saarlandstraße – Stadtgarten – Brunnenstraße 8 (8)
U47 DO-Westerfilde – Huckarde – Hafen – Dortmund Hbf – Stadtgarten – Stadthaus – Märkische Str. – Westfalendamm – Aplerbeck 27 (8)
U49 DO-Hacheney –Rombergpark – Westfalenpark – Markgrafenstraße – Stadthaus – Stadtgarten – Kampstraße – Dortmund Hauptbahnhof – (Hafen) 11 (8)
High Kampstraße - U41 ,U45 ,U47 and U49 stops today
Low Kampstraße - U43 and U44 stops today
Low Reinodikirche - U42 and U46 stops today
High Reinodikirche - U43 and U44 stops today
High Stadtgarten - U41 ,U45 ,U46 ,U47 and U49 stops today
Low Stadtgarten - U42 ,U45 ,U46 stops today

Gallery

  • Underground station

  • B80 trains on a surface station

  • Flexity Classic train on former tram tracks

  • N8 train on former tram line 403

  • File:Stadtbahn Dortmund - MaerkischeStrasse.jpg

    Markische Strasse

External links

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