depot12

Open regularly

City: Rostock (Germany).
Total route length: 9.6 km (6 miles).

Track gauge: 1435 mm (standard gauge).
Opened: May 15, 2004 at An der Jägerbäk 4.
Closed: March 23, 2020 because of COVID-19.
Reopened: November 30, 2020.

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Tram lines in operation

Rostock Traditionsbahnen
Operational

Rostock Adventsfahrten
December operation only

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Current trams at the museum

Articulated tram: 1.

Railcar: 26, 44, 46, 704.

Service vehicle: 552, 554.

Sidecar: 156.

Chemnitzer Verkehr (CVAG)
Operational

Railcar: 827.

Geraer Verkehrsbetrieb (GVB)
Operational

Railcar: 46.

Rostocker Straßenbahn (RSAG)
Operational

Articulated tram: 701.

Railcar: 26, 44, 46, 49, 619, 704, 786.

School tram: 434.

Service vehicle: 432, 437, 552, 554.

Sidecar: 156, 858.

Snowplow: 26, 441, 553.

Indicative opening hours

Saturday: 9 am - 12 noon

Address

An der Jägerbäk 4
18069 Rostock

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Photos from depot12

Rostock railcar 26 near Zoo (2010)By Tilo Bladt.
June 13, 2010.

Rostock railcar 46 in depot12 (2015)By Henrik Boye.
July 13, 2015.

Rostock service vehicle 554 in depot12 (2015)By Henrik Boye.
July 13, 2015.

Rostock railcar 46, the front Campus Südstadt Mensa (2010)By Tilo Bladt.
June 13, 2010.

Rostock articulated tram 1 on Südring (2010)By Tilo Bladt.
June 13, 2010.

Rostock sidecar 156 in depot12 (2015)By Henrik Boye.
July 13, 2015.

Rostock railcar 704 in depot12 (2015)By Henrik Boye.
July 13, 2015.

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Rostock tram (2012)A visit to the tram system of Rostock. Because it is planned to withdraw the T6A2 Tatra trams in 2013 and replace them with Tramlink vehicles I visited the city to film them as long as they are in passenger service. They can't drive through the tunnel at the main station due to new train protection system so they serve only line 1 which isn't going through the tunnel. If they are in service on other lines then only on shortened route. Two of them (one can seen in the depot, the orange car) were rebuilt as work cars. One tram and it's trailer was designed as football fan car for Hansa Rostock and is the only Tatra tram with single-arm pantograph, another one got a pseudo-historic livery in beige for an advertisement. The original color of the Tatra trams was beige. All lines are in service in a frequency of 15 minutes, during the rush hour all 12 minutes, so additional trams come into service, seen here in the depot and later in passenger service. I added a short S-Bahn scene with double deck cars and class 143 locomotive. I don't wanted to make an extra video for this and it is an interchange station to the tram so I think it fits in the video.By Klingl3r - May 2012.

Postcard: Rostock railcar 26 near Steintor IHK (2000)Straßenbahn-Triebwagen, Baujahr 1926By Henrik Boye - 2000.

Rostock railcar 46 near Zoo (2010)By Tilo Bladt.
June 13, 2010.

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Last updated: September 21, 2025.