Darmstadt Tram - The Route to Arheilgen XXL (2012)
YouTube name: Horst Honig.
Language: German.
Date: May 6, 2012.
City: Darmstadt (Germany).
The video shows
HEAG mobilo
Operational
Darmstadt fast line 6: Alsbach Am Hinkelstein - Arheilgen Dreieichweg
Operational
Darmstadt tram line 7: Arheilgen Dreieichweg - Eberstadt Frankenstein
Operational
Description
The route to Arheilgen of the Darmstadt tram of HEAG mobiTram was extended to Dreieichweg in 2010 and 2011. Previously, the route ended in the Hofgasse turnaround loop. This has since been removed and the nearby new stop has been renamed Löwenplatz. The new route with three new stops runs almost exclusively in the street plenum of the very narrow Frankfurter Landstraße. At the end there is a two-track turnaround loop to the west of the street.
The video shows the new route as well as the existing route to the Kranichstein junction. It is used by lines 6, 7 and 8. A special feature of Darmstadt is the express line 6, which runs on weekdays from around 5 a.m. to 7 p.m. and does not stop at all stops. However, this does not apply to the section of the route shown in the film, where it stops everywhere. At times when line 6 is not running, line 8 runs the route instead.
All vehicle types that were in regular use in Darmstadt at the time of the photo shoot can be seen: ST 12, ST 13, ST 14 and the SB 9 trailer cars.
