(Germany )CHEMNITZ

Images kindly supplied by City-Bahn Chemnitz. (Thanks)
Stollberg stop	Klaffenbach bridge	Annaberger street
central section Klaffenbach stop Pfaffenhaim

Chemnitz
Chemnitz (important industrial town located in Saxony), as well as Zwickau, manteined the original metric gauge tramway set up during the DDR comunist regime.
At the end of years '90s it was decided to compatibilize the existing tramway and local diesel railways (with the addition of new shared track sections), giving the priority to the railways electrication.
The first route of this new integrated system opened in 2002 (Chemnitz Hbh-Stollberg, 23 km). Chemnitz Hbf-Altchemnitz section is tramlike (600 V CC, mostly running in the city center), while at Altchemnitz there's a system changement, wich proceedes in train mode up to Stollberg (750 V CC on a recently electrified elder single track railway, with electromechanical signalling).
Some important works at Chemnitz Hbh railway station have been planned in order to host future tram-train routes, to be obtained bringing suburban trains into the tramway urban net by new connecting sections.
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CHRONOLOGY
2002	Chemnitz Hbf.-Altchemnitz-Stollberg

Country	Germany
Line	City-Bahn (Line 522)
Inhabitants	City 250.000, District --
Date opening	2002
Future development:	--
Length (km)	23.1
Track sections	Chemnitz Hbf-Altchemnitz (6.8 km) in tramway mode; Altchemnitz-Stollberg (16.3 km) in train mode
Stops	26, average distance m 920
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
General characteristics	height m 0,2
n. of vehicles	6
n. of cars per vehicle	3
Type	steel wheels
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length 31,4width 2,65
Vehicle capacity (pax)	196 (74 seated)
Frequency	--
Current/Voltage	600/750 V DC
Type of guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm --, Max 75
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	--
System capacity	--
Ridership	--
Total cost	--
Staff	--
System builder	BOMBARDIER
Model	NGT6LDZ
NOTE	dual mode rolling stock (600/750 V DC)