(Germany )DORTMUND

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Campus North-Campus South section	Curve switch	Double indipendent track
Siemens H-Bahn car Dortmund University S Eichlinghofen station

DORTMUND
A suspended monorail system (the so-called H-Bahn) opened in Dortmund on 1984. This monorail (SAFEGE type) is articulated in 2 lines: the first one connects Eichlinghofen district to Technologiezentrum (with an intermediate stop at Do-Universitat, where H-Bahn interchanges with Bochum-Dusseldorf suburban railway line), the second one connects the 2 university campus (Campus North, Campus South) mostly running along the same alignement of the first line. H-Bahn system is completely driverless and carries about 1.5 millions passengers per year; fares and timetables are well integrated with the rest of public tranport.
A similar monorail operates also in Dusseldorf since 2002.
H-Bahn (official site)

CHRONOLOGY
02-05-1984	Eichlinghofen-Campus Nord/Fraunhofen Institut Technologiezentrum

Country	Germany
Line	H-Bahn
Inhabitants	City 590.000, District --
Date opening	1984
Future development:	--
Length (km)	3.0
Track sections	track on viaduct
Stops	5, average distange m 750
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
General characteristics	--
n. of vehicles	5
n. of cars per vehicle	1
Type	--
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length 9.2, width 2.24
Vehicle capacity (pax)	45 (16 seated)
Frequency	40 sec
Current/Voltage	400 VAC
Type of guide/gauge	suspended monorail (SAFEGE)
Speed Km/h	Max 50
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	1.0/1.0
System capacity	--
Ridership	1.6 million pax/year
Total cost	--
Staff	--
System builder	SIEMENS
Model	SIPEM/H-Bahn
NOTE	--