Photos from Chemnitzer Verkehr (CVAG)
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Photos of trams in Chemnitz
Chemnitzer Verkehr (CVAG), City-Bahn Chemnitz (CB), and Straßenbahnmuseum Chemnitz.
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Opening of Chemnitz line 3 (2017)On December 8th, 2017, line 3 was officially opened with a small ceremony. Afterwards and on December 9th, 2017, free trial rides took place. Unfortunately, there is no video of this, as December 9th, 2017 was also the last ride on line 6 and we collected film material for this.By Tatra477 & Tram-MD - .
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Chemnitz Hbf tram passage (2014)Since June 16, 2014, the tram has been running through the former facade into Chemnitz Central Station.By liveoverseas - .
Postcard: Chemnitz tram line 10 on Theaterstraße (2014)Chemnitz Inner Klosterstraßen, Schauspielhaus, Theaterstraße
Greetings from Chemnitz
View of the Schauspielhaus,
1838 - 1945
with the tram lines H and K crossing in the picture in front of it – from 1927 as lines 8 and 10.
(Before 1925 the City Theater, today: the traffic area of Theaterstraße)By Ansichtskarten-M. Wagner, Henrik Boye - .
Postcard: Chemnitz railcar 251 (2013)Historic Tram Initiative
Boveraclub Liberec
www.boveraclub.czechtrams.com
OVPS Oberelbische Verkehrsgesellschaft Pina-Sebnitz mbH
www.ovps.de
Tram Friends of Chemnitz e.V.
www.strassenbahn-chemnitz.de
European Union, European Regional Development Fund: Investing in Your FutureBy Christopher Haley Simpson (C.H.Simp), Henrik Boye, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz - .
Model tram: Chemnitz, side view (2012)Grell
China
Einsiedeler Brauhaus AG
Bought at Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum.
125 year trams in Chemnitz.By Grell, Henrik Boye - .
Model tram: Chemnitz, the front (2012)Grell
China
Einsiedel
Bought at Hannoversches Straßenbahn-Museum.
125 year trams in Chemnitz.By Grell, Henrik Boye - .
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Tram traffic in the city of Chemnitz (2012)Video taken on May 15, 2012, in the German city of Chemnitz. Footage shows regular tram traffic through the town with test runs of Škoda 15T vehicles, registration number 9238, with passengers on line 5. From 5:01 to 8:34, footage captures an emergency incident when a passenger hit her head while starting and waited for the ambulance. Because of this, a temporary single-track operation was established to prevent traffic disruption on the line to Gablenz. From 13:03 to 20:30, footage shows the single-track intercity line from Chemnitz to Stollberg. From 22:00 to 27:00, footage is from the rear window of a Škoda 15T vehicle.By tom88CZ - .
Chemnitz tram line 5 with low-floor articulated tram 611 at Zentralhaltestelle (2008)By Henrik Boye..
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Driver's cab ride on Chemnitz tram (CVAG), Gablenz - Hutholz (2001)Ride in the driver's cab on tram line 5 in Chemnitz (Gablenz - Hutholz) on May 22, 2001, on a Variobahn. Found on my dad's videos.By Stofffuchs - .
Postcard: Chemnitz tram line 2 near Theaterplatz (2000)Chemnitz Trams
Trams in Chemnitz
T 3D Carolastraße
TW 169 in the Kappel Tram Museum
Traditional Railcar 1102 (Gotha Type)
Variobahn Street of NationsBy Bildverlag Böttger, Henrik Boye, Thomas Böttger - .
Postcard: Chemnitz museum tram 69 in front of Altendorf (1988)Heritage railcar 69, built in 1919.
Converted from driving school railcar 1169 in 1980.
Here in front of the Altendorf carriage depot, in November 1988.By Bildverlag Böttger, Henrik Boye, Thomas Böttger - .
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Karl-Marx-Sadt - Tram - Chemnitz Rottluff (1988)The year is 1988. The GDR still exists, and so does the 925 mm tram in Karl-Marx-Stadt. It was its last year of operation, and in the spring of 1989, we produced this short report. The tram in Karl-Marx-Stadt was a 925 mm narrow-gauge railway. For 108 years, it was the only such gauge in Germany. Line 3 ran from the central station to Rottluff. The trailers and caravans date back to 1929. In 1929, 35 railcars and 50 trailers were delivered to what was then known as the Chemnitz Transport Company. The railcars were built by Busch in Bautzen. AEG and Siemens Schuckertwerke supplied the electrical components. Twelve railcars and three original trailers were still in use during the last year of operation. Many lines have since been converted to standard gauge and are now served by modern Tatra trains. Tram service in Karl-Marx-Stadt was phased out, and the final closure, which involved the remaining operations on line 3, took place in November 1988.By pcneustadt - .
Postcard: Chemnitz extra line 13 with sidecar 543 inside Straßenbahnmuseum (1988)Museum trams
in Chemnitz
Trailer car 543, built in 1926
1543 bidirectional tramcar / narrow gauge Chemnitz, built around 1926
Series nos. 521 - 550, data sheet B 15
Vehicle number 543: Decommissioned in 1983.
1986 in museum car (currently being refurbished)
Manufacturer: Waggonfabrik Christoph & Unmack, Niesky
Length over crash barrier: 9990 mm
Seats 22 (across) / Standing room 44By Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz - .
Postcard: Chemnitz freight car 1053 in front of Straßenbahnmuseum (1988)Museum tram cars in Chemnitz
Ground car 1053, built in 1917
Ground car 1053 / Narrow Gauge Chemnitz, built in 1917
Series Nos. 350 - 365; (356, 357, 366 - 373 built in 1918). Data sheet AB 4
Vehicle number 353, around 1925, in No. 1053
1986: in museum car No. 1053
Manufacturer: Carl Friedrich Schubert, Iron and Steel Construction, Chemnitz, own tram main workshop in Kappel (wooden construction)
Length over crash barriers: 5300 mm
Terrain: 3.8 t
Load capacity: 10 t / Loading volume: 5.4 m3By Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz, Thomas Böttger - .
Postcard: Chemnitz railcar 251 in Straßenbahnmuseum (1988)Museum trams
in Chemnitz
Motor car 251, built in 1929
251 bidirectional motor car / narrow gauge Chemnitz, built around 1929
Series nos. 240 - 247 and 248 - 252, data sheet T 21
Vehicle number 251: 1975: converted to museum car no. 251
Manufacturer: Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik AG, formerly Waggonfabrik W. C. F. Busch. Bautzen
Electrical equipment: Siemens-Schuckert-Werke (SSW) AG, Berlin and Erlangen
Motor / Power: 2 x 44.2 kW (Db 731, SSW), 1975: equipped with 2 x 47.8 kW (Uk 523a, AEG)
Length over crash barrier: 10,294 mm
Seats: 22 (across) / Standing places: 38By Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz, Thomas Böttger - .
Postcard: Chemnitz school tram 1169 in front of Straßenbahnmuseum (1988)Museum trams in Chemnitz
Motor car 169, built around 1920
169 bidirectional motor car / narrow gauge Chemnitz, built around 1920, series nos. 163-172. Data sheet T 10
Vehicle number 169: converted to training car no. 169
1958: training car to no. 1169
1980: converted to museum car no. 69 (open car)
1997: returned to vehicle number no. 169 (still a museum car)
Manufacturer: Own tram main workshop in Kappel
Electrical equipment: Siemens-Schuckert-Werke (SSW), Berlin and Erlanger, Elektricitäts-Aktiengesellschaft, formerly Hermann Pöge, Chemnitz.
Engine / Power: 2 x 25.8 kW (SSW), 1927-29 equipped with 2 x 33.1 kW (BVR 450, Pöge)
Length over crash barrier: 8440 mm
Seats: 18 (across) / Standing: 30By Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz, Thomas Böttger - .
Postcard: Chemnitz service vehicle 1331 at Zentralhaltestelle (1988)Museum trams
in Chemnitz
Auxiliary equipment railcar 1331, built in 1928
1331 bidirectional railcar / narrow gauge Chemnitz, built around 1928
Series Nos. 218 - 239, data sheet T 20
Vehicle number 231, 1975: No. 331
1980: converted to Hillsgeräte railcar No. 1331
1988: to museum car No. 1331
Manufacturer: Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik AG, formerly Waggonfabrik W. C. F. Busch, Bautzen
Electrical equipment: Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellscalt (AEG), Berlin
Motor / Power: 2 x 47.8 kW (Uk 523a, AEG)
Length over crash barrier: 10294 mmBy Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz, Thomas Böttger - .
Postcard: Chemnitz tram line 3 with railcar 316 on Limbacher Straße (1988)Museum trams
in Chemnitz
Motor car 306, built in 1928
306 bidirectional motor car / narrow gauge Chemnitz, built around 1928
Series nos. 203-207, data sheet T 17
Vehicle number 206: 1975: renamed no. 306
1977: renamed no. 316
Converted to museum car no. 306 in the mid-1990s
Manufacturer: Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik AG, formerly Waggonfabrik W. C. F. Busch. Bautzen
Electrical equipment: Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschalt (AEG), Berlin
Motor/Power: 2 x 47.8 kW (AEG), 1976/77: equipped with the chassis of former railcar 346 (motor/power: 2 x 44.2 kW-Db 731, SSW) and until 1988: again equipped with AEG motors
Length over crash barrier: 10,216 mm
Seats: 22 (across) / Standing places: 38By Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz, Thomas Böttger - .
Postcard: Chemnitz tram line 3 with sidecar 552 at Rottluff (1988)Museum trams
in Chemnitz
Trailer car 552, built in 1927
552 bidirectional railcar / narrow gauge Chemnitz, built around 1927
Series nos. 551 - 560, data sheet B 16
Vehicle number 552: decommissioned in 1983.
1986 converted to a museum car, mid-1990s: converted to museum car no. 552
Manufacturer: Waggon-und Maschinenfabrik AG, formerly Waggonfabrik W. C. F. Busch, Bautzen
Length over crash barrier: 10026 mm
Seats: 22 (across) / Standing places: 44By Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz - .
Postcard: Chemnitz tram line 3 with sidecar 566 at Rottluff (1988)Museum trams
in Chemnitz
Trailer car 566, built in 1927
566 bidirectional railcar / narrow gauge Chemnitz, built around 1927
Series nos. 566 - 568, 569, 570, data sheet B 18
Vehicle number 566: Decommissioned in 1986 (currently being refurbished)
Manufacturer: Vereinigte Westdeutsche Waggonfabriken, Düsseldorf-Oberbilk plant
Length over crash barrier: 10026 mm
Seats 22 (across) / Standing room 44By Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz - .
Postcard: Chemnitz tram line 3 with sidecar 598 on Erzbergerstraße (1988)Limbacher Straße
Museum trams
in Chemnitz
Trailer car 598, built in 1929
598 bidirectional tram / narrow-gauge Chemnitz, built around 1929
Series Nos. 576-600, Data Sheet B 20
Vehicle number 598, 1985: decommissioned,
1986: converted to museum car
Converted to museum car no. 598 in the early 1990s
Manufacturer: Sächsische Waggonfabrik GmbH Werdau, formerly Waggonfabrik Schumann, Werdau
Length over crash barrier: 10104 mm
Seats 22 (across) / Standing places 44By Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz, Thomas Böttger - .
Postcard: Chemnitz tram line 3 with railcar 334 at Rottluff (1979)Chemnitzer Verkehrs-AG tramcar no. 334 of the former 925 mm narrow-gauge network at the Rottluff terminus in August 1979.
Waggonfabrik Busch, Bautzen/AEG 1928/29, 2 x 47 kW, top speed = 40 km/h
CVAG, electric narrow-gauge tramcar no. 334 in August 1979 at the Rottluff terminusBy Der Bahnladen, Henrik Boye, Wolfgang Walper - .
Postcard: Chemnitz grinder car 1035 in front of Straßenbahnmuseum (1977)Museum trams
in Chemnitz
Rail-grinding tramcar 1035,
built in 1940
1035 Rail-grinding tramcar / narrow-gauge Chemnitz, built around 1940
Vehicle number 1035, data sheet AT 3
1983: decommissioned
1986: in museum car no. 1035
Manufacturer: Waggonbau Schörling, Hanover
Electrical equipment: Siemens-Schuckert-Werke (SSW) AG, Berlin and Erlangen
Motor / power: 2 x 44.2 kW (Db 731, SSW)
Length over crash barrier: 5700 mmBy Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz, Thomas Böttger - .
Postcard: Chemnitz tram line 8 with railcar 332 at Zentralhaltestelle (1977)Museum trams in Chemnitz
Motor car 332, built in 1928
332 bidirectional motor car / narrow gauge Chemnitz, built around 1928
Series nos. 218 - 239, data sheet T 20
Vehicle number 232, 1975: as no. 332,
1988: as museum car no. 332.
Manufacturer: Waggon- und Maschinenfabrik AG, formerly Waggonfabrik W. C. F. Busch, Bautzen
Electrical equipment: Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellscalt (AEG), Berlin
Motor / power: 2 x 47.8 kW (Uk 523a, AEG)
Length over crash barrier: 10294 mm
Seats: 22 (across) / Standing places: 38By Henrik Boye, Maik Wagner, Straßenbahnfreunde Chemnitz - .
Postcard: Chemnitz tram line 2 with railcar 42 on Falkeplatz (1930)By Henrik Boye, J. Bettenhausen & Sohn..
Postcard: Chemnitz near Theaterplatz (1899)Chemnitz. Carolastrasse.
New Theater. St. Peter's Church.
Greetings from Chemnitz
View from the beautifully landscaped station forecourt onto Carolastrasse, St. Peter's Church, and the New Theater.
(today: Opera House)By Ansichtskarten-M. Wagner, Henrik Boye - .
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Narrow-gauge trams in Karl-Marx-Stadt (1893-1988)It all started in 1880 with a horse-drawn tram on the unusual gauge of 915 mm (about three feet), which remained the standard until 1893, when electric operation began. From 1917 onward, plans were made to widen the gauge to 1000 mm. However, it wasn't until 1958 that VEB Verkehrsbetriebe Chemnitz launched a truly ambitious gauge conversion program. Due to numerous urban development challenges and austerity measures typical of the GDR, the latter VEB Nahverkehr Karl-Marx-Stadt was only able to complete this program in 1988.
Look back at the lively tram scene and scheduled service on the narrow gauge line with the legendary three-car trains. These railcars from the 1920s were kept operational through extensive maintenance and continued to run until the last Rottluff-Zentrumsring line was shut down on November 6, 1988. Footage from the 1920s, of course, is just as common as winter shots from the 1980s.
First Chemnitz, then Karl Marstadt, then Chemnitz again. The city's name changed as often as its tramway. Even the track width was unusual. In 1890, an English engineer based his work on British units and chose a track spacing of three feet, or approximately 915 mm. In 1917, the track was widened to just 925 mm. It stayed that way for decades. This measurement was unique in Germany. This chapter wasn't finished until 1988. Until then, only vehicles from the 1920s were in operation. The footage in this film dates from the 1980s, but the film also offers a glimpse into earlier times. The employees of this tramway company had a knack for improvisation. When they wanted to showcase a historic carriage for the centenary, they converted a much newer model. Entry into the carriages was relatively high, ranging from over 36 cm to the first step. The coupling system was also old and extremely rare. The footage was shot by Jörg Langfeld, who also filmed in winter. This 50-minute film is an incredible journey through time for tram enthusiasts.By tram-TV - - .
Postcard: Chemnitz railcar 14 near Hauptbahnhof (1893)Chemnitz Central Station.
Reproduction of a historic postcard from the Frank Sahrada Collection, Chemnitz.By Bildverlag Böttger, Henrik Boye - .