AEG GT6M
This new main tramway junction was opened in the city center in 1997.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Gotha T57 + Raw Sw (Reko) BZ70/1 + Gotha B57
The new post-1997 configuration of tramway lines through the city center includes a passage under the building on Am Volksbad. to the city center from the south includes a passage under the building over Am Volksbad
( 04.06.1999 , Yury Maller )
Gotha T57 + Raw Sw (Reko) BZ70/1 + Gotha B57
( 04.06.1999 , Yury Maller )
AEG GT6M
( 04.06.1999 , Yury Maller )
Gotha T57 + Raw Sw (Reko) BZ70/1 + Gotha B57
The post-1997 line via Am Volksbad passes directly near the regional bus station.
( 04.06.1999 , Yury Maller )
Gotha T57 + Gotha B57 + Raw Sw (Reko) BZ70/1
This new post-1997 tramway junction south of the city center constitutes a split between two southern lines - the newly realigned old line to Winzerla, and the new high speed line to Lobeda. The pictured train is Winzerla-bound.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Gotha T57 + Gotha B57 + Gotha B57
The post-1997 configuration of tramway lines through the city center allows for direct access to the Paradies Railroad Station - a major stop for regional, intercity and high-speed trains.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Gotha T57 + Gotha B57 + Gotha B57
The post-1997 alignment of the old tram line to Winzerla puts trams directly next to the Deutsche Bahn right-of-way.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Gotha T57 + Gotha B57 + Gotha B57
The Winzerla Line is being re-built.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Gotha T57 + Gotha B57 + Gotha B57
The southernmost section of the Winzerla Line is laid on a completely segregated right-of-way.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Gotha T57 + Raw Sw (Reko) BZ70/1 + Gotha B57
A train passes the hilly Winzerla apartment block development upon approaching the Winzerla Terminal.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Gotha T57 + Gotha B57 + Gotha B57
The Winzerla Loop was installed in 1969. The old 1935-1967 version of the line to Lobeda used to continue south beyond the current loop. It curved eastward to Lobeda some 250 m. down the road. This photo was taken just after the collapse of the DDR.
( 29.04.1990 , Frank Hohmann )
Gotha T57 + Gotha B57 + Gotha B57
Dealing with high-floor design of older cars. Old 2-axle Gotha trains continued to operate on Line 1 until 03.2003.
( 03.05.1996 , Frank Hohmann )
Gotha T57 + Gotha B57 + Gotha B57, AEG GT6M
A train of older cars is serving the city's busiest Line 1, while a new-at-a-time low-floor car is serving the short low-ridership shuttle-like Line 3 that operates between outer neighborhoods of Winzerla and Lobeda.
( 31.07.1998 , Frank Hohmann )
AEG GT6M, Gotha T57
Through the last few years of operation of 2-axle trams in Jena, single Gotha cars were employed on the short low-ridership Line 3. Incidentally in this photo Line 1 is being represented by the only low-floor car operating on that line on the given day.
( 04.06.1999 , Yury Maller )
Gotha / AEG
A tram at the stub-end terminal at end of the old line to Lobeda that existed between 1935-1967. The line terminated near the town center of the old Lobeda. The new developments of apartment blocks which define modern Lobeda will be built south of here.
( 1938 , Friedrich Grunwald, "Trambahn-Album" )
AEG GT6M
A tram crosses the new post-1997 tramway junction south of the city center that constitutes a split between two southern lines - the newly realigned old line to Winzerla, and the new high speed line to Lobeda. The pictured tram is Lobeda-bound.
( 16.08.2002 , Frank Hohmann )
GT6M
A tram leaves the city center and crosses the Saalebahnhof railroad access tracks at the beginning of the high speed tram line to the development of apartment blocks in Lobeda.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Bombardier GT6M
A tram crosses a tram-pedestrian-only bridge at the beginning of the high speed tram line to Lobeda.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
AEG GT6M
The high speed section of the line to the development of apartment blocks in Lobeda that goes through the Oberaue Valley was opened in 1997 as a flyover alternative to the old line that follows city streets via Winzerla.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Construction in progress of the new line to apartment block developments in Lobeda. The line will open half a year later. The old Lobeda Line that existed 1935-1967 terminated in the mouth of Jenaische Starsse in the background of this photo, in the old Lobeda. The old line was closed due to the construction of the new highway that cut across it.
( 03.05.1996 , Frank Hohmann )
Bombardier GT6M
Trams return to Lobeda after a 29-year absence between 1967-1996 - here is the new tram stop right next to the old Lobeda neighborhood. A footbridge over the highway is provided in order to access the latter.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
GT6M
The new high speed tram line to Lobeda was opened in 2 stages in 1996 and 1997. It was essentially the postponed old DDR-era project finally realized. Prior to opening of the tram line, Lobeda residents were served by an interim army of articulated Ikarus buses.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
GT6M
Entering the development of apartment blocks in Lobeda built amid the hills in the southern suburb of the city.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
AEG GT6M
The 3-track terminal at the end of the short Lobeda-West branch. This section was the first to open in Lobeda in 1996.
( 04.06.1999 , Yury Maller )
Gotha T57
Line 3 is a short low-ridership shuttle-like service that operates between the outer terminals of Winzerla, Lobeda-West and Lobeda-Ost. It was served with single Gotha cars throughout the last years of operation of 2-axle trams in Jena. The last Gotha car ran on this line on 09.07.2003, which was thought to be the last day of operation of these trams in Jena (they breifley re-appeared on Line 2 later, in 2004).
( 16.08.2002 , Frank Hohmann )
AEG GT6M, Gotha T57
Line 4 is the main service that connects Lobeda-West and the city center. It is served exclusively with low-floor trams. Line 3 serves both Lobeda-West and Lobeda-Ost branches by way of each run stopping over and changing ends at Lobeda-West while en-route between Winzerla and Lobeda-Ost.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Gotha T57
A single car is changing ends at the stub-end. The new extension to Bahnhof Goschwitz is to be opened in mid-2009. It will later be extended to Burgau, and will become the new access line to Lobeda via Goschwitz allowing a one-shot through service from the city center to both Lobeda-West and Lobeda-Ost.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
GT6M, GT6M
A junction between Lobeda-West and Lobeda-Ost branches. Trams are pictured on the dedicated tram bridge over the highway at the base of the Lobeda-Ost Line.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Bombardier GT6M
The 3-track terminal at the end of the Lobeda-Ost Line. At the time of this photo this was the newest line in Jena, opened in 1997. Line 5 is the main service that connects Lobeda-Ost and the city center. It is served exclusively with low-floor trams.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
GT6M
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
Raw Sw (Reko) TZ70/1, Gotha T57
Reko TZ70/1 motor cars were seldom used toward the end of the era of 2-axle cars in Jena - one of the last serviceable cars of this type is pictured here at the old Depot. Trailers of Reko BZ70/1 type, however, did survive to the end.
( 16.08.2002 , Frank Hohmann )
Raw Sw (Reko) BZ70/1
This old Depot remained the only tram Depot in Jena until 1997, when the new Depot opened in the suburban Oberaue Valley, alongside the new high speed line to Lobeda.
( 16.08.2002 , Frank Hohmann )
Gotha / AEG
These cars of 1929 were the backbone of the Jena fleet in the 1930-1950s.
( 16.08.2002 , Frank Hohmann )
Werdau ET50
A tram of the first DDR-designed type used in Jena. These trams were delivered in the early 1950s.
( 16.08.2002 , Frank Hohmann )
Gotha T57 + Gotha B57 + Gotha B57
Up until 1997 there was only one tram Depot in the city - the small Darnburger Strasse Depot. A car storage yard was erected near by to cope with cars that wouldn’t fit at the Depot.
( 11.10.2002 , Vladislav Prudnikov )
GT6M, Gotha / AEG
( 16.08.2002 , Frank Hohmann )