Jena tram line 4: Ernst-Abbe-Platz - Lobeda-West

Operational

City: Jena (Germany).
Total route length: 6.8 km (4.2 miles).
Driving time: 33 min.

Track gauge: 1000 mm (metre gauge).
Opened: May 14, 1914.
Closed: 1925.
Reopened: December 16, 1996.

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Tram lines in Jena

Jena tram line 1: Lobeda-Ost - Zwätzen Schleife
Operational

Jena tram line 2: Jena-Ost - Winzerla
Operational

Jena tram line 3: Lobeda-Ost - Winzerla
Operational

Jena tram line 4: Ernst-Abbe-Platz - Lobeda-West
Operational

Jena tram line 5: Ernst-Abbe-Platz - Lobeda-West
Operational

Jena tram line 34
Closed

Jena tram line 35
Closed

Stops

Zwätzen Schleife → Lobeda-West → Stadtzentrum Löbdergraben → Ernst-Abbe-Platz → Stadtzentrum Holzmarkt → Burgaupark → Göschwitz Bahnhof Jena-Göschwit → Sparkassen-Arena.

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Documentary: New tram in Jena | Light tram from Stadler (2024)The new tram for Jena has been operating since December 2023, and there are now usually several routes running each day. 16 of the 33 trams ordered are 42 meters long, making them significantly longer than their predecessors. The new Stadler trams have been running in Jena for nearly four months now. They are called "light trams" in this city, and their primary purpose is to replace older vehicle types, but also, and most importantly, to increase capacity in the tram network because of their length. At first, they were only seen occasionally. Now, more and more vehicles appear on the network every day; usually at least one, but sometimes even more, with this new vehicle type. On December 15, 2023, the new Stadler vehicles were seen in scheduled service for the first time. To celebrate the start of scheduled service for the light tram, a ceremony was held at the depot in Borgau on the day of the maiden voyage. The new tram left the Borgau depot surrounded by cold parks and fog. Guests from Jena's public transportation and the city were also there. A cake shaped like the light tram was also cut. The first tram ride happened in the afternoon of that day. It was operated on tram line 5. Initially, the tram was primarily used on line 5 during the first few months. It is now also operated on lines 1 and 4, which are connected. Following a Europe-wide tender, Stadler was selected as the winner in mid-2021. In September 2021, the design of the new illuminated tramway was unveiled. Subsequently, work on upgrading the track infrastructure and depot to accommodate the new tramway also started. In December 2021, construction began on the first illuminated tramway in Valencia, located in Stadlerberg. On May 5, 2023, the first new illuminated tramway will be transported to Jena by a low-loader. In August, the conversion work at the depot was completed. Not long after the first vehicles arrived in the summer, the first test and trial runs could begin. The maiden run on December 16 was then made by a vehicle with the number 801. The new Stadler trams are intended primarily to offer more space than the older vehicles. Sixteen of the twenty-four vehicles ordered are 42 meters long and have seven sections. The remaining eight vehicles are 32.5 meters long, but even the shorter version is shorter than their predecessors. The predecessors, the GT6N, are approximately five meters longer, measuring just under 27 meters in length. In January 2024, nine more vehicles of the short version, i.e., 32 meters, were ordered. A total of 17 will be delivered in this configuration, along with 33 light tracks. This means that nine vehicles have already been ordered from the option for 19 additional vehicles originally agreed upon in the contract. There is currently an option to order ten more vehicles that can still be exercised. The new vehicles are designed to match the track width of the Jenah road network, which is 1000 mm. They can reach a top speed of 70 kilometers per hour. The low-floor proportion of these vehicles is 100%. Of course, the new vehicles are not only meant to provide passengers with more space but also to modernize the fleet and increase passenger comfort. The vehicles feature a sleek and modern design. The front tapers at the bottom and is rounded at the sides of the windscreen. It also features narrow headlights and taillights, along with an LED matrix display. Electronic rearview mirrors are also included. The front and side designs of the vehicles resemble those of the trams in Gemünden, Austria. In Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, there are also trams. The similarities are especially noticeable on the side panels. For example, the doors have light strips that glow green when they are released and turn red or flash when they close or the release is revoked. Each vehicle has four double-swinging doors on each side, and the end carriage has two single doors on each side. Depending on the travel direction or platform side, there are usually two double doors in the second carriage and one double door in the fourth and sixth carriages. This depends on the direction of travel because all vehicles are two-way. Otherwise, the cars stay fairly straight, bending only slightly on the underside. The paintwork and stickers on the new cars feature a dark blue window band with a lighter blue decorative stripe underneath. Above and below this, on the roof or lower edge, there are white stripes. Instead of the light blue stripe, the vehicles have an orange stripe on the doors. The cars thus fit in well.By Bahnwelten - April 12, 2024.

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Impressions of the Jena Tram (2015)By Hausgeist1977.
April 30, 2015.

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Jena tram line 4 (2014)Tram line no. 4 Lobeda West - Zwätzen Schleife in Jena (Germany - Deutschland - Germany).By esbek2 - November 24, 2014.

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Jena tram line 3 (2014)Route of tram line no. 3 Lobeda Ost - Jena Ost in Jena (Germany).By esbek2 - November 19, 2014.

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Jena Solaris Tramino tram (2014)A Solaris Tramino tram running in Jena (Germany).By esbek2 - November 1, 2014.

Last updated: October 7, 2026.