Gmunden Tramway / Traunsee TramGmunden Tramway / Traunsee TramThe Gmunden Tramway is part of the tram-train-system Traunsee Tram, that opened in 2018 and is located in Upper Austria, Austria. The Traunsee Tram connects the shortest and oldest tram system in Austria with the Traunseebahn. It is operated by Stern & Hafferl, which was founded in 1893. The tramway was opened on 13 August 1894. It is 2.3 km long. The line's maximum gradient of 9.6% makes it one of the world's steepest surviving adhesion-only tram lines. Gmunden Tramway History The works, directed by the engineers Josef Stern and Franz Hafferl, began on 25 February 1894. It took five months to build the entire tramway, one depot, one power plant and two buildings for employees. The original route ran from the railway station (named Rudolfsbahnhof at that time) to "Rathausplatz" (i.e. Town Hall Square). In 1975 the route was shortened to Franz-Josef-Platz. There were several renovations in the late 1990s and the following decade, including the renewal of "Keramik" station and of the Tennisplatz - Franz-Josef-Platz route. In February 2013, the municipal council of Gmunden decided to link the tram to the Traunseebahn and this opened in 2018. Traunsee Tram The tram-train system opened in 2018. The former route to Rathausplatz has been reactivated and a new route links to the new terminus of the Traunseebahn at Klosterplatz. The tram-train has its terminus in Vorchdorf. In Gmunden the tramway route runs entirely in the town, from the railway station to the central Franz-Josef-Platz on the Traunsee lake. It includes eight stations, with two closed and one replaced. A planned extension to the Seebahnhof, terminal station of the Traunsee Railway Gmunden-Vorchdorf has been partially built. This includes three stations and uses the route "Franz-Josef-Platz" - "Rathausplatz". The reopening of Postgebäude is not planned. The line is unusual in that all platforms are on one side of this single track line. In view of this, the cars that run on it only have doors on one side but have driving positions at both ends. Gmunden Tramway Rolling Stock
List of all Earlier Gmunden Trams, Built Between 1893 and 1907:
Gmunden Tramway / Traunsee Tram Overview Gmunden Tramway Owner: ÖBB Gmunden Tramway Locale: Gmunden, Austria Gmunden Tramway Termini: Gmunden Bahnhof Vorchdorf Gmunden Tramway Stations: 8 Gmunden Tramway Service Type: Tram-train Gmunden Tramway Operator(s): Stern & Hafferl Gmunden Tramway History Opened: 13 August 1894 Gmunden Tramway Line Length: 3.090 km (1.920 mi) Gmunden Tramway Number of Tracks: Single track Gmunden Tramway Track Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3/8 in) Gmunden Tramway Electrification: 600 V DC Overhead lines Gmunden Tramway Route Map Station Km Notes Gmunden (Bahnhof) 0.00 Station on the Salzkammergut Railway, tram depot planned Gmunden Grüner Wald 0.35 closed in 2014 Gmundner Keramik 0.60 Built in 2005 to substitute the nearby "Gmunden Kraftstation", passing loop, tram depot Gmunden Rosenkranz 1.00 Gmunden Tennisplatz 1.36 passing loop Gmunden Kuferzeile 1.60 Gmunden Parkstraße 1.77 closed Gmunden Bezirkshauptmannschaft 2.05 Gmunden Korso 2.22 closed Gmunden Franz-Josef-Platz 2.32 Terminal 1975-2018 Gmunden Postgebäude 2.42 closed in 1975 Gmunden Rathausplatz 2.54 closed in 1975, reactivated 1.9.2018. Gmunden Klosterplatz 2.84 Terminus of the Traun railway since 2014, connection to the Traunseebahn since 1.9.2018. Gmunden Seebahnhof 3.09 New terminal station on the Traunsee Railway since 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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