The Jena tramway network (german: Straßenbahnnetz Jena) is a
network
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of
tram
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ways forming part of the
public transport
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system in
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a po ...
, a city in the
federal state
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of
Thuringia
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Erfurt is the capital and lar ...
, Germany.
Opened in 1901, the network is currently operated by , and is integrated in the
Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen
The Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen (VMT) is a List of German transport associations, 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 Wei ...
(VMT). It has five lines in operation.
Lines
On 17 December 2009, a new network of lines was introduced to coincide with the opening of the new Göschwitz–Burgau line. Since December 2017 all lines are also operated in the evening/overnight.
Lines 1 and 4 operate in ''fliegende Wechsel'' (flying exchange): i.e., at Lobeda-West all trams arriving on one of these lines departs on the other.
Rolling stock
The fleet of the Jena tram network consists of 33
Adtranz GT6M trams, and five
Solaris Tramino
Solaris Bus & Coach is a Polish producer of public transport vehicles (buses, trolleybuses and trams), with its headquarters in Bolechowo-Osiedle near Poznań. It is a subsidiary of Spanish CAF. Solaris owns four production sites: its main fact ...
trams.
In 2019, Jenaer Nahverkehr and the City of Jena announced preparations for an invitation of tenders for new trams, which are due to be delivered from 2022.
won the tender for an order of 24 vehicles in August 2020, composed of 16 42-meter long seven-section trams and 8 32-meter long five-section trams. The first vehicle was delivered on 5 May 2023.
See also
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List of town tramway systems in Germany
This is a list of town tramway systems in Germany by ''Land''. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Those t ...
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Trams in Germany
Germany has an extensive number of tramway networks (Straßenbahn in German). Some of these networks have been upgraded to light rail standards, called Stadtbahn in German. Straßenbahn and Stadtbahn schemes are usually operated on the legal foun ...
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Jena
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a po ...
Transport in Thuringia
Metre gauge railways in Germany
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a po ...