Trams in Essen

{{Infobox tram network

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| name = Essen tramway network

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| image = EVAG M8C 1112 Hobeisenbruecke.jpg

| caption = An M8C tram at Hobeisenbrücke

| locale = Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

| open = {{Start date|1893|08|23|df=y}}

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| status = Operational

| lines = 7

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| operator = {{Interlanguage link multi|Ruhrbahn|de}}

| gauge = {{RailGauge|1000mm}}

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| propulsion_system = Electricity

| el = 750 V DC

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| route_length = {{convert|52.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}

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| map = File:Tram map of Essen.png)]]

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| website = http://www.ruhrbahn.de/ Ruhrbahn {{in lang|de}}

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The Essen tramway network ({{langx|de|Straßenbahnnetz Essen}}) is a {{convert|52.4|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}}{{cite web |url=http://www.evag.de/fileadmin/downloads/Geschaeftsberichte_Statistik_Organigramm/Kleine_EVAG_Statistik_2010.pdf |title=Kleine EVAG Statistik 2010* (*stand 31.12.2009) |publisher=Essener Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (EVAG) |language=German |trans-title=Small EVAG Statistics 2010* (*as of 31.12.2009) |date=December 31, 2009 |accessdate=2014-04-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111116030233/http://www.evag.de/fileadmin/downloads/Geschaeftsberichte_Statistik_Organigramm/Kleine_EVAG_Statistik_2010.pdf |archivedate=November 16, 2011 }} network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Essen, a city in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Parts of the system also serve the neighbouring city of Gelsenkirchen.

Opened in 1893, the network has been operated since 1954 by {{Interlanguage link multi|Ruhrbahn|de}} (formerly Essener Verkehrs-AG), and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR).

The network is complemented by the three light rail lines of the Essen Stadtbahn.

Lines

{{As of|2010|11}}, the {{convert|52.4|km|mi|adj=on|sp=us}} tram network consisted of the following seven lines:

class="wikitable" ! Line !! Route !! Headway Mon.-Fri. !! Headway Sat. !! Headway Sun.
style="background-color: #f8f8ff" \| {{Bahnlinie\|RB	101}}	(Bredeney – Rüttenscheid –) Essen Hbf – Bergeborbeck Bf – Borbeck Germaniaplatz	10	15	30/15
style="background-color: #f0f0ff" \| {{Bahnlinie\|RB	103}}	Dellwig Wertstr. – Borbeck – Altendorf – Rathaus Essen – Essen Hbf/Hollestraße (– Huttrop – Steele (S))¹	10	15	30/15
style="background-color: #f8f8ff" \| {{Bahnlinie\|RB	104}}	MH-Flughafen – Stadtmitte – MH-Grenze Borbeck – E-Schönebeck Abzw. Aktienstr.	10/20	15/30	30
style="background-color: #f0f0ff" \| {{Bahnlinie\|RB	105}}	Frintrop Unterstr. – Altendorf – Essen Hbf – Bergerhausen – Rellinghausen Finefraustr.	10	15	30/15
style="background-color: #f8f8ff" \| {{Bahnlinie\|RB	106}}	Altenessen Bf – Rathaus Essen – Essen Hbf – Rüttenscheid – Essen West (S) – Helenenstr. (– Bergeborbeck Bf)	10	15	15
style="background-color: #f0f0ff" \| {{Bahnlinie\|RB	107}}	Gelsenkirchen Hbf – Feldmark – E-Katernberg – Abzweig Katernberg – Zollverein – Stoppenberg – Rathaus Essen – Hollestr./Essen Hbf – Rüttenscheid – Bredeney ({{Interlanguage link multi\|KulturLinie 107\|de\|3=Kulturlinie 107}})^2/3	20/10/5	30/15	30/15
style="background-color: #f8f8ff" \| {{Bahnlinie\|RB	109}}	Frohnhausen Breilsort – Alfred Krupp Schule – Berliner Platz – Rathaus Essen – Huttrop – Steele (S)	10	15	15

Sections with shorter headways in Bold, sections with longer headways in italics.

¹ During rush hour via Hollestraße to Steele, at shoulder times only to Hollestraße. and in off peak times Rathaus Essen to Essen Hbf.

² Line is operated jointly by Ruhrbahn/BOGESTRA (almost exclusively with Ruhrbahn rolling stock).

³ Extra services during rush hour from Rathaus Essen to Hollestraße, other services from Rathaus via Hbf. to Bredeney.

Rolling stock

Current fleet:{{Cite web |title=Bombardier - FLEXITY Classic |url=http://www.strassenbahn-online.de/Betriebshof/LF050/FLEXITY_Essen/index.html |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=www.strassenbahn-online.de}}{{Cite web |title=tram-info Wagenparkliste Essen |url=https://www.tram-info.de/wagenp/essen.php |access-date=2023-06-27 |website=www.tram-info.de}}

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1501–1534

|220x220px

|M8D-NF1

|1999–2001

|ADtranz/Bombardier