Erfurt Stadtbahn
| Erfurt Stadtbahn | |||
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Erfurt Stadtbahn at Anger station at night. | |||
| Overview | |||
| Locale | Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany | ||
| Transit type | Tram | ||
| Number of lines | 6 | ||
| Number of stations | 192 | ||
| Daily ridership | 114,885 (average, 2012) | ||
| Annual ridership | 41.9 million (2012) | ||
| Website | SWE EVAG | ||
| Operation | |||
| Began operation | 1893 (as Tram) 1997 (as Stadtbahn) | ||
| Operator(s) | SWE EVAG | ||
| Number of vehicles | 84 | ||
| Technical | |||
| System length | 45.2 km (28.1 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) (metre gauge) | ||
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The Erfurt Stadtbahn is a light rail (German: Stadtbahn) network that is the basic public transit system of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia in Germany. It represents the evolution of the city's original tramway which, outside of the city center, travels on track in its own right-of-way. The meter gauge network is made up of six lines, and has a total route length of 45.2 kilometers (28.1 mi), making it one of Germany's more moderate-sized Stadtbahn networks. The network is run by Stadtwerken Erfurter Verkehrsbetriebe AG (SWE EVAG), and is integrated in the Verkehrsverbund Mittelthüringen (VMT). The Stadtbahn carried 41.933 million passengers in 2012, which corresponds to about 114,885 passengers per day.