Trams in Görlitz


The Görlitz tramway network is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Görlitz, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany.
Opened in 1882, the network has been operated since 1996 by the Verkehrsgesellschaft Görlitz, since 2019 by the Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe, and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien.

Lines

, the network had the following lines:
LineRouteStopsJourney timeHeadway Headway
Weinhübel – Bahnhof – Demianiplatz – Alexander-Bolze-Hof – Königshufen Am Marktkauf / 1724/25 min20 min30 min
Biesnitz/Landeskrone – Bahnhof – Demianiplatz – Alexander-Bolze-Hof – Königshufen Am Wiesengrund1724/25 min20 min-

On weekdays line 1 is served by coupled pairs of trams.

Rolling stock

The current fleet consists of 14 KT4D trams built between 1979 and 1990. The trams were modernised during the 1990s with a chopper control system and received the designation KT4D-C.
In 2019 a procurement project for new trams was launched jointly with tram operators in Leipzig and Zwickau. A contract was signed in December 2021 with LEIWAG and Görlitz will receive eight new 30 m long trams.