RegioTram Kassel
A RegioTram at the low platforms of Kassel Hauptbahnhof.
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| Overview | |
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| Locale | Kassel, Hesse, Germany |
| Transit type | Tram-train |
| Number of lines | 4 |
| Website | KVG |
| Operation | |
| Operator(s) | Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG) |
| Number of vehicles | 28 vehicles (see below) |
| Train length | 3–cars |
| Headway | 30–60 minutes |
| Technical | |
| System length | 184 km (114 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 600 V DC/15 kV AC (18 vehicles) 600 V DC/on-board diesel engine (10 vehicles) |
The RegioTram is a 184-kilometer (114 mi)tram-train light rail system in Kassel, Hesse, Germany.
Kassel's tram-train system follows the Karlsruhe model, and has been in full operation since 2007. With special RegioTram tramcars, continuing trips between the Deutsche Bahn regional train network and Kassel's city tram network are easily possible, thus avoiding transfers requiring long walking distances between trains of the regional rail system and trams of the Kassel city system.
The operator of the RegioTram network was, until December 2013, RegioTram mbH, a joint venture between Regionalbahn Kassel (RBK) a subsidiary of Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft, and DB Regio. In addition, the Nordhessische Verkehrsverbund is involved in the organization of RegioTram. Since 9 December 2013, Kassel's RegioTram is operated by a consortium of Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG) and Hessische Landesbahn (HLB).
The implementation of the RegioTram project includes various interlocking measures to improve local public transport in Kassel. The aim of the project is to link Kassel's local tram network with the regional rail network so that tram-train vehicles can travel from the city's tram network into the surrounding countryside on regional railroad tracks. The core component of the Kassel RegioTram project is a newly created link between the two rail systems at the Kassel Hauptbahnhof. The development of the infrastructure required to allow for a 30-minute headways on all lines will be implemented by 2014 at the earliest.
Kassel is served by the four lines of the RegioTram system, which operate on 184 kilometers (114 mi) of rail route of which only 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) is newly built rail route (mostly to link the regional rail network to Kassel city's tram network).
RegioTram operates using 28 tramcars from Alstom RegioCitadis delivered in 2004. There are two versions of these tramcars: 18 dual voltage tram-trains for use on the electrified network in and outside of Kassel, and 10 hybrid tram-trains (DC/diesel) for use with a diesel engine outside Kassel on the section around Wolfhagen. Similar vehicles of the same model are also in use on RandstadRail in the Netherlands.
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