TRAM TRAVELS

Kieler Verkehr (KVAG)

Closed

May 12, 1896 - July 1, 1942: Allgemeine Lokalbahn- und Kraftwerke AG (ALOKA).

City: Kiel (Germany).
Total route length: 37.5 km (23.3 miles).

Track gauge: 1100 mm.
Opened: May 12, 1896.
Closed: April 4, 1945 because of World War II.
Reopened: July 20, 1945.
Closed: May 4, 1985.

Discontinued tram lines

1Kiel tram line 1
Closed

2Kiel tram line 2: Neue Universität - Hasseldieksdamm
Closed

3Kiel tram line 3
Closed

4Kiel tram line 4: Fähre Holtenau - Wellingdorf
Closed

7Kiel tram line 7: Hasseldieksdamm - Hauptbahnhof
Closed

Kiel tram line 5
Closed

Kiel tram line 6
Closed

Kiel tram line 8
Closed

Kiel tram line 9
Closed

Kiel tram line 10
Closed

Kieler Verkehr (KVAG) stops

Augustenstraße, Fähre Holtenau, Hasseldieksdamm, Hauptbahnhof, Neue Universität, and Wellingdorf.


Kieler Verkehr (KVAG) route map

View the route map in high resolution. See the official route map.

Former trams in operation

Articulated tram: 264.

Grinder car: 103, 354.

Rail cleaning car: 353.

Railcar: 92, 140, 146, 160, 166, 193, 195, 198, 231, 241, 242, 245, 247, 248, 251, 350, 352.

Salt wagon: 363.

School tram: 350.

Service vehicle: 196, 352.

Sidecar: 62, 64, 72, 77, 80.

Braunschweiger Verkehr (BSVG)
Operational

Museum tram: 2, 198, 250.

Railcar: 198.

Hanover Tramway Museum (HSM)
Open regularly

Railcar: 245, 247.

School tram: 350.

Museumsbahnen Schönberger Strand
Open regularly

Grinder car: 354.

Rail cleaning car: 353.

Railcar: 140, 195, 196, 241.

Sidecar: 64, 80.

Stadtverkehr Lübeck
Closed

Railcar: 242, 243, 247, 249.

Sidecar: 80.

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Links

Erinnerungen an die Kieler Straßenbahn
By: A. Hellmuth.
Language: German.

"In the employee magazine “FAHRPLAN” for the KVG, André Hellmuth looks back on the time of the Kiel tram in the section “Back then, do you still remember?”"

Freunde der Straßenbahn Kiel (FSK)
Language: German.

"The association 'Freunde der Strassenbahn, Kiel e.V.' (FSK) introduces itself and its activities: vehicle maintenance and refurbishment, driving services, model building, special bus trips, travel reports"

See all links about trams in Kiel.

Last updated: January 20, 2025.