The Gera tramway network is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Gera, a city in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany. Opened in 1883, the network is operated by Geraer Verkehrsbetrieb GmbH (GVB), and integrated in the

Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen The Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen (VMT) is a transport association in the middle of Thuringia, Germany. It comprises the cities of Erfurt, Weimar and Jena and Gera as well as parts of the districts of Weimarer Land, Sömmerda, Gotha, Ilm-Krei ...

(VMT).

Lines

, the network consisted of the following lines: During peak times, line 1 operates at 10-minute intervals, line 2 20 minutes, and line 3 Monday-Friday 5 minutes (7½ minutes on holidays), 10 minutes at weekends. Off peak only lines 1 and 3 run at 30-minute intervals. In the evenings only line 3 runs, taking 70 minutes for a return trip. For major events in the , such as the Hofwiesenparkfest, line 5 runs Lusan-Brüte – Heinrichstraße – Untermhaus 15 minutes either side of lines 1 and 3, reducing to 15 minutes the off-peak service interval between Lusan, the most heavily populated part of Gera, and Untermhaus.

Rolling stock

The current fleet consists of: *22 KT4D (built in 1981–1983 and 1990) *6 KTNF8 (built in 1990) *12 low-floor trams (built in 2006–2008 by Alstom LHB) File:StraBaGera04.JPG, KTNF8 and KT4D File:KTNF8.jpg, KTNF8 File:Gera, Leibnitzstrasse, ecke Cubaerstrasse - geo-en.hlipp.de - 1091.jpg, Low-floor tram

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