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The Dortmund Stadtbahn is a
light rail
Light rail (or light rail transit, abbreviated to LRT) is a form of passenger urban rail transit that uses rolling stock derived from tram technology National Conference of the Transportation Research Board while also having some features from ...
system in the German city of
Dortmund
Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...
and is integrated in the
Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn
The Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn () 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, Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area in ...
network. Its network consists of eight lines and is operated by
Dortmunder Stadtwerke, 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
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers large parts of the Ruhr, Ruhr area, the Lower Rhine region including Düsse ...
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List of rapid transit systems
These lists of urban rail 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 system
* List of premetro systems
* List of metro systems
* List o ...
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