(Germany )NORDHAUSEN

Nordhausen
Unless its low number of inhabitants (50.000), Nordhausen has a metric gauge tramway network articulated in 2 lines (7 km long, built at the beginning of XX century). The central point of the system is located at the railway station, where a double track ring allow urban electric trams (internal track) and diesel trains (external track) from Ilfed to invert their route at the terminal. Currently the local railway adopts dual rolling stock (Siemens Combino-Duo, able to run in tramway mode and in diesel train mode), in order to allow some trains to continue their run along tramway tracks without any vehicle interchange at the railway station.
Stadtwerke Nordhausen (official site)

CHRONOLOGY
2004	Ilfeld-Krankenhaus

Country	Germany
Line	--
Inhabitants	City 48.000, District --
Date opening	2004
Future development:	--
Length (km)	11
Track sections	existing train tracks: Ilfeld-Bahnhofsplatz; existing tram tracks: Bahnhofsplatz-Krankenhaus
Stops	21 average distance 550 m
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
General characteristics	--
n. of vehicles	35
n. of cars per vehicle	--
Type	steel wheels
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length 20, width 2.30
Vehicle capacity (pax)	122 (27 seated)
Frequency	--
Current/Voltage	tram: 600 V DC overhead; tram-train: 600 V DC/diesel
Type of guide/gauge	metric gauge rails (1000 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm --, Max 70
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	--
System capacity	--
Ridership	2.3 million pax/year
Total cost	--
Staff	--
System builder	SIEMENS
Model	tram: Combino, tram-train: Duo-Combino
NOTE	rolling stock including tram vehicles (Combino) and tram-train vehicles (Duo-Combino); existing tram network renewal in 2002