Trams in Magdeburg

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| image = Magdeburg Breiter Weg Justizzentrum.jpg

| caption = Magdeburg tram in October 2018

| locale = Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

| era1_name = Horsecar

| era1_start_year = {{Start date|1877}}

| era1_end_year = ca. {{End date|1899}}

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| era1_status = Converted to electricity

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| era2_name = Electric tram

| era2_start_year = since {{Start date|1899}}

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| era2_status = Operational

| era2_lines = 10 + 2 (at night)

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| era2_operator = {{Interlanguage link|Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe|de}} (MVB)

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| era2_propulsion_system = Electricity

| era2_el = 600 V DC

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| era2_stock = NGT8D, KT4Dmod, T6A2/B6A2

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| era2_website = http://www.mvbnet.de/ Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe {{in lang|de}}

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The Magdeburg tramway network ({{langx|de|Straßenbahnnetz Magdeburg}}) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Magdeburg, the capital city of the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

Opened in 1877, the network has been operated since 1999 by {{Interlanguage link|Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe|de}} (MVB), and is integrated in the {{Interlanguage link|Magdeburger Regionalverkehrsverbund|de}} (marego).

Rolling stock

The fleet of the Magdeburg tram network consists of 83 LHB low-floor trams, 8 Tatra KT4Dmod trams, 4 Tatra T6A2M trams and 13 B6A2M trailers.{{cite web |url=https://urban-transport-magazine.com/neuausschreibung-fuer-trams-in-magdeburg-angekuendigt/ |title=Neuausschreibung für Trams in Magdeburg angekündigt |trans-title=New tender for trams in Magdeburg |language=German |date=August 7, 2019 |work=Urban Transport Magazine |access-date=October 5, 2019 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20191005162839/https://urban-transport-magazine.com/neuausschreibung-fuer-trams-in-magdeburg-angekuendigt/ |archivedate=October 5, 2019 |url-status=live }} An order for 35 new Flexity trams was announced in 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/light-rail/magdeburg-transport-orders-35-lrvs/ |title=Magdeburg Transport orders 35 LRVs |last=Clinnick |first=Richard |date=2021-07-01 |website=International Railway Journal |access-date=2024-09-21}} The new trams, designated NGT 10 D will be 38 m long with space for 241 passengers{{cite web |url=https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/new-flexity-trams-for-magdeburg-are-about-to-be-delivered/ |title=New Flexity trams for Magdeburg are about to be delivered |date=2024-07-21 |publisher=Urban Transport Magazine |access-date=2024-09-21}} and the first vehicle was delivered to Magdeburg in September 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.mdr.de/nachrichten/sachsen-anhalt/magdeburg/magdeburg/neue-strassenbahn-mvb-bautzen-100.html |title=Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe stellen neue Straßenbahn vor |trans-title=Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe present new tram |date=2024-09-21 |publisher=MDR |access-date=2024-09-21}}

For assistance in case of a derailment, for rerailing and for hauling defective trams, the MVB uses a modified Unimog road–rail vehicle with a lengthened wheelbase of 4,500mm and a power output of 240 PS.{{cite news |last=Völklein |first=Marco |date=January 3, 2020 |title=Auf Schienen gesetzt |trans-title=Set on rails |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/magdeburg-fahrzeug-schiene-1.4731593 |language=German |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |access-date=February 3, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200104203003/https://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/magdeburg-fahrzeug-schiene-1.4731593 |archivedate=January 4, 2020 |url-status=live}}

Magdeburg asv2022-08 img41 OvGuerickeStr tram.jpg|Low-floor tram

Magdeburg asv2022-08 img17 Herrenkrug tram.jpg|Low-floor tram interior

TW 1282+1283 (8421408266).jpg|Tatra tram