page_title: Trams in Berlin
section_title: Rolling stock
hierarchical_section_title: Trams in Berlin / Rolling stock
caption_attribution_description: English: Open Day 2009 of BVG at Berlin-Lichtenberg depot. In front of the maintenance shop typical Berlin trams are presented. From left to right, new to old: Bombardier Flexity Berlin 4001 Bombardier Flexity Berlin 8001 Adtranz GT6N-ZR (BVG designation GT6-99) Adtranz GT6N (BVG designation GT6-94/96) ČKD Tatra KT4D mod ČKD Tatra KT4D, as delivered in 1986 TE59 (1924 model T 24 reconstructed in the GDR in 1959) T 24 of 1924 MAN truck crane Deutsch: "Tag der Offenen Tür" 2009 der BVG im Betriebshof Berlin-Lichtenberg. Vor der Werkstattshalle stehen typische aktuelle und historische Fahrzeuge der Berliner Straßenbahn. Von links nach rechts, neu nach alt: Bombardier Flexity Berlin 4001 Bombardier Flexity Berlin 8001 Adtranz GT6N-ZR (BVG-Bezeichnung GT6-99) Adtranz GT6N (BVG-Bezeichnung GT6-94/96) Tatra KT4D mod Tatra KT4D im Anlieferzustand 1986 Rekowagen TE59 T 24 MAN-Fahrzeugkran
context_page_description: The Berlin tramway is the main tram system in Berlin, Germany. It is one of the oldest tram networks in the world having its origins in 1865 and is operated by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, which was founded in 1929. It is notable for being the third-largest tram system in the world, after Melbourne and St. Petersburg. Berlin's streetcar system is made up of 22 lines that operate across a standard gauge network, with almost 800 stops and measuring almost 190 kilometres in route length and 430 kilometres in line length. Nine of the lines, called Metrotram, operate 24 hours a day and are identified with the letter "M" before their number; the other thirteen lines are regular city tram lines and are identified by just a line number.
  Most of the recent network is within the confines of the former East Berlin—tram lines within West Berlin having been replaced by buses during the division of Berlin. However the first extension into West Berlin opened in 1994 on today's M13. In the eastern vicinity of the city there are also three private tram lines that are not part of the main system, whereas to the south-west of Berlin is the Potsdam tram system, with its own network of lines.
context_section_description: Berlin's tram system has three different families of vehicles. In addition to Tatra high-floor vehicles, there are low floor six-axle double articulated GT6N and GT6N-ZR trams in unidirectional and bidirectional versions, and since 2008, the Bombardier Flexity Berlin. The Tatra KT4 trams were phased out by 2017, and the Communist-era T6A2/B6A2 trams were phased out by 2007.
  The number of trams has shrunk continuously. The BVB had 1,024 vehicles, while currently there are about 600. The reduction is possible because the new low-floor cars on average achieve more than twice the mileage per year (100,000 km) (62,000 mi), and, being longer, carry more passengers and therefore rarely operate in double header.
  In July 2006, the cost of energy per vehicle-kilometer was:
  tram €0.33
  coupled set €0.45
  bus €0.42
  underground train €1.18
caption: Open Day 2009 at BVG's Berlin-Lichtenberg depot. In front of the maintenance shop typical Berlin trams are presented. From left to right, new to old.
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