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The Lockwitztal tramway, known in
The Lockwitztal Tramway at bahninfo.net
(in German)
The Lockwitztal Tramway on Stadtwiki Dresden
(in German) Interurban railways Tram transport in Germany Transport in Dresden Transport in Saxony Metre gauge railways in Germany Defunct town tramway systems by city History of Dresden {{Germany-rail-transport-stub
The Lockwitztal tramway, known in German
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as the ''Lockwitztalbahn'', was a metre gauge interurban tramway in the German
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state of Saxony
Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...
.
History
The line connected theDresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
suburb of Niedersedlitz with the adjoining municipality of Kreischa
Kreischa is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It directly borders the Saxon capital Dresden and consists of 14 districts.
Kreischa was first mentioned in 1282 in the name ''Heinricus de Kryschowe'' ...
. It opened in 1906, and was replaced by a bus service in 1977.
On closure, several of the Lockwitztal Tramway's cars were transferred to the Kirnitzschtal tramway
The Kirnitzschtal tramway, also known as the ''Kirnitzschtalbahn'', is an electric tramway in Saxony, Germany. The line runs through the valley of the Kirnitzsch river in Saxon Switzerland, from the town of Bad Schandau up to the Lichtenhain W ...
. One of these cars (240 005) is now preserved at the Dresden Tram Museum, whilst another (240 008) is still used on occasional heritage services on the Kirnitzschtal Tramway.
See also
*Trams in Dresden
The Dresden tramway network (german: Straßenbahnnetz Dresden) is a network of tramways forming the backbone of the public transport system in Dresden, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, it has been operated since 1 ...
*Lößnitz tramway
Bergstadt Lößnitz (“Mining Town of Lößnitz”, also spelt Lössnitz), sometimes also called ''Muhme'' (“Aunt”) for its age, is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, and belongs to the Town League of Silberberg (''St ...
External links
*The Lockwitztal Tramway at bahninfo.net
(in German)
The Lockwitztal Tramway on Stadtwiki Dresden
(in German) Interurban railways Tram transport in Germany Transport in Dresden Transport in Saxony Metre gauge railways in Germany Defunct town tramway systems by city History of Dresden {{Germany-rail-transport-stub