Frankfurt (Main) Tram - Line 18 New XXL Line (2011)
YouTube name: Horst Honig.
Language: German.
Date: December 11, 2011.
City: Frankfurt am Main (Germany).
The video shows
Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main (VGF)
Operational
Frankfurt am Main tram line 18: Preungesheim Gravensteiner-Platz - Louisa Bahnhof
Operational
Signed Sachsenhausen Lokalbahnhof.
Description
The new VGF tram line 18 in Frankfurt am Main was officially put into operation on December 11, 2011, after a trial run of around a month, just in time for the timetable change. The footage was taken just under a week after the line opened.
The video shows the new line of line 18, which stretches from the Rohrbachstrasse / Friedberger Landstrasse stop to Gravensteiner Platz in Preungesheim. Our journey begins at Gravensteiner Platz, which opens up the new development area of Frankfurter Bogen. It continues past the Preungesheim prison and the A661 to Friedberger Landstrasse. Up to there, the route runs on its own route in the form of a grass track. On Friedberger Landstrasse, line 18 shares the route with buses on a public transport lane. It goes past the Friedberger Warte and the FH. The last short stretch of the tram actually runs in normal traffic to the Rohrbachstrasse / Friedberger Landstrasse stop. The video ends here. Line 18 then continues on the existing route via Konstablerwache to Lokalbahnhof, and on Saturdays partially to the Offenbach city limits.
The route is 3.5 km long and has been completely double-tracked, 1.4 km of which is grass track. It has eight new stops, all of which are shown in this video. The construction costs were around €50 million. Construction began in March 2009 after lengthy legal disputes in the tendering process. On Friedberger Landstraße in particular, the construction work involved laying canals and various pipes, which made the work complex and expensive on the one hand, and led to massive traffic disruptions on the busy road on the other.
At the time of the recordings, driving school trips were also taking place on the route in addition to scheduled operations. Therefore, in addition to the S-cars used there, you can also see the driving school Pt car 2050.
Small correction: The stop is called Alkmenestraße and not Akmenestraße as incorrectly titled in the video.
A video with a test drive before the line opened can be found at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYq2AfHyZig YouTube: Frankfurt (Main) tram - Line 18 test drive (14.11.2011) (HD)
A detailed article about the new line can be found on Wikipedia at:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stra%C3%9Fenbahnstrecke_Rohrbachstra%C3%9Fe/Friedberger_Landstra%C3%9Fe%E2%80%93Gravensteiner_Platz
