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The Dortmund Stadtbahn is a
light rail system in the German city of
Dortmund
Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is the la ...
and is integrated in the
Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn
The Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn (german: Stadtbahn Rhein-Ruhr) is an umbrella system of all of the Stadtbahn ( light rail) lines included in the integrated public transport network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR), which covers the Rhine-Ruhr met ...
network. Its network consists of eight lines and is operated by
Dortmunder Stadtwerke
DSW21 customer center in Kampstraße, in front of Petri church.Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG is a municipal services and public transport company in Dortmund, wholly owned by the city of Dortmund. It is operating under the brand DSW21 since 2005. T ...
, which is operating under the brand ''DSW21'' since 2005.
The light rail system was gradually opened between 1976 and 2008 by relocating the inner-city tram tracks in underground tunnels and opening new
express tram routes that are independent of road traffic (e.g. Kirchderne – Grevel). It operates on of route (of which are underground in tunnels, with the other being above-ground in dedicated rights-of-way).
It has 23 underground stations and 59 on the surface.
Network
The system has eight Stadtbahn lines:
The U41 and U47 rail lines connect with bus 490, which travels to Dortmund Airport.
Rolling stock
File:Stadtbahn Dortmund - Saarlandstrasse.jpg, Underground station ''Saarlandstraße'' in 2010
File:Stadtbahn_DSW_Remydamm_2005-07-13.JL.JPG, B80C trains at ''Remydamm'' station in 2005
File:Dortmund-West-IMG 8343.jpg, NGT8 train on line U43 in 2009
File:Dsw151heinrichstrasse151005.jpg, N8C train on former tram line 403 (today U43) in 2005
File:Do Damals – Straßenbahn – GT8.jpg, GT8 train on former tram line 402 (today U42) in 1992
See also
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Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
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List of rapid transit systems
These lists of rapid transit systems are sorted by the type of system:
* List of tram and light rail transit systems
* List of town tramway systems
* Medium-capacity rail transport system
* List of premetro systems
* List of metro systems
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References
External links
Dortmund Stadtbahn - official site
{{Urban public transport in Germany
Transport in Dortmund
Light rail in Germany
Tram transport in Germany
Underground rapid transit in Germany