Trams in Gorzów Wielkopolski

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| native_name = Tramwaje w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim

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| caption = Pesa Twist tram in 2020

| locale = Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland

| lines = 4

| website = {{Official website}}

| open = 1899
July 2, 2020

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| operator = MZK Gorzów Wielkopolski

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The Gorzów Wielkopolski tram system is a tram system in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland, that has been in operation since 1899. The system is operated by {{interlanguage link|Miejski Zakład Komunikacji w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim|pl}} (MZK Gorzów Wielkopolski). Currently, Gorzów Wielkopolski has four tram lines.

Lines

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{{color box|white|1|black|border=silver}} Wieprzyce – Kostrzyńska – al. 11 listopada – Sikorskiego – Warszawska – Podmiejska – Pomorska – Walczaka – Dowgielewiczowej – Silwana – Gen. Fieldorfa-Nila
{{color box|white|2|black|border=silver}} Wieprzyce – Kostrzyńska – al. 11 listopada – Sikorskiego – B. Chrobrego – Mieszka I – Kazimierza Wielkiego – Piaski
{{color box|white|3|black|border=silver}} Piaski – Kazimierza Wielkiego – Mieszka I – B. Chrobrego – Warszawska – Podmiejska – Pomorska – Walczaka – Dowgielewiczowej – Silwana - Gen. Fieldorfa-Nila
{{color box|white|4|black|border=silver}} Dworzec Główny - Dworcowa - Sikorskiego - Warszawska – Podmiejska – Pomorska – Walczaka – Dowgielewiczowej – Silwana - Gen. Fieldorfa-Nila}}

History

The network opened in 1899 in the city then known as {{lang|de|Landsberg an der Warthe}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/gorzow-tram-modernisation-and-120-years-anniversary/ |title=Gorzów tram modernisation and 120th anniversary |date=July 26, 2019 |work=Urban Transport Magazine |access-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923094956/https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/gorzow-tram-modernisation-and-120-years-anniversary/ |archive-date=September 23, 2019 |url-status=live}} Damages in World War II resulted in the replacement of trams with trolleybuses from 1941 until 1947, with tram services being reinstated afterwards.

From October 1, 2017, all services were suspended in order to modernize the network. Trial runs began on April 16, 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/gorzow-starts-tram-testing-inauguration-planned-for-2-july-2020/ |title=Gorzow starts tram testing – Inauguration planned for 2 July 2020 |date=April 21, 2020 |work=Urban Transport Magazine |access-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521192422/https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/gorzow-starts-tram-testing-inauguration-planned-for-2-july-2020/ |archive-date=May 21, 2020 |url-status=live}} Regular services on line 1 resumed from July 2, 2020.{{cite web |last=Bernhardt |first=Jens |url=https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/gorzow-pl-reopens-tram-services-for-citys-763rd-birthday/ |title=Gorzów (PL) reopens tram services for city’s 763rd birthday |date=July 3, 2020 |work=Urban Transport Magazine |access-date=August 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210902203904/https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/gorzow-pl-reopens-tram-services-for-citys-763rd-birthday/ |archive-date=September 2, 2021 |url-status=live}} Since October 26, 2020, the trams terminate at the Dowgielewiczowej stop to allow the extension of the line to Gen. Emila Fieldorfa-Nila to be built.{{cite web |title=Pętla Silwana już zamknięta. Do przystanku ludzie mają teraz... kilkaset metrów. Będą autobusy? |trans-title=Silwana terminus closed. Passengers now have to walk a few hundred meters to nearest stop. Will there be replacement buses? |url=https://gorzowwielkopolski.naszemiasto.pl/petla-silwana-juz-zamknieta-do-przystanku-ludzie-maja-teraz/ar/c4-7972423 |website=Gorzów Wielkopolski Nasze Miasto |date=October 29, 2020 |lang=pl }}

The branch to the railway station, unused since 2012, is going to be refurbished as well.{{cite web |title=Przetarg na przebudowę ul. Dworcowej oraz budowę węzła przesiadkowego ogłoszony |trans-title=Tender for rebuilding of Dworcowa and building of interchange |url=http://transport.gorzow.pl/2021/09/02/przetarg-na-przebudowe-ul-dworcowej-oraz-budowe-wezla-przesiadkowego-ogloszony/ |date=September 2, 2021 |website=System zrównoważonego transportu miejskiego w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim |lang=pl }}

As of July 24, 2023, the extension to Gen. Fieldorfia-Nila has been completed.

The branch to the railway station was refurbished in 2024.{{cite web |title=Tramwaje znów docierają pod gorzowski dworzec kolejowy |trans-title=Trams arrive to Gorzów railway station again |url=https://www.transport-publiczny.pl/wiadomosci/tramwaje-znow-docieraja-pod-gorzowski-dworzec-kolejowy-81445.html |date=January 3, 2024 |website=System zrównoważonego transportu miejskiego w Gorzowie Wielkopolskim |lang=pl }}

Future plans

A new line, from Rondo Ofiar Katynia (near the Park Kopernika stop), through al. Ruchu Młodzieży Niezależnej, Piłsudskiego, Górczyńska, Okulickiego, Szarych Szeregów to Walczaka (near the Silwana stop) is planned.{{cite web |title=Charakterystyka planowanej sieci |trans-title=Planned network characteristic |url=http://transport.gorzow.pl/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/charakterystyka-planowanej-sieci.pdf |lang=pl }}

Rolling stock

The fleet consists of 14 Pesa Twist low-floor trams, 8 ex-Kassel 6ZGTW/6EGTW trams, built by Duewag and Wegmann, and four Konstal 105Na, though they were retired from regular service in 2014.

File:100 103.jpg|Konstal N in December 2010

File:1052.jpg|Konstal 105Na in November 2011

File:6ZGTW Gorzów.jpg|6ZGTW in September 2020

File:Stiopa-Twist-foto2.jpg|Pesa Twist in July 2020

References

External links

[http://transport.gorzow.pl/ Sustainable Urban Transport System in Gorzów Wielkopolski] {{in lang|pl}}
[http://www.urbanrail.net/eu/pl/gorzow/gorzow.htm Gorzów tramway at UrbanRail.net]

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