The Ungerer Tramway was the first
electrical tramway in
Munich
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. It was built by engineer and owner of the Ungerer Bath, August Ungerer to connect the bath with the 750 m distant stop of the horse powered tramway. The 1.2 km long Ungerer Tramway existed from 1 July 1886 to June 1895, when it was adjusted because of the extension of the horse tramway to the north
cemetery
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. The current supply was made with x volt as at the
Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway by the rails, which began only some meters after the last stops, which were increased. Thus for a start of the trip the brakes were loosened, whereby the train loose-rolled by the force of
gravity
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, before it began to drive electrically. The vehicle shed with the
clock tower
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for the two green motor coaches with gold ornament and two summer cars still stood in the year 1944.
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Rail transport in Munich
Tram transport in Germany
History of rail transport in Germany
Railway companies established in 1886
Railway companies disestablished in 1895
1886 establishments in Germany
1895 disestablishments in Germany