Siemens Combino MGT4
Tram at the junction at the beginning of the Altentor (Parkallee) Line.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4
The junction at the beginning of the Altentor (Parkallee) Line was rebuilt in the early 2000s, upon which it no longer features two sets of double-track curves, but rather the double-track curve for the regular service Parkallee - Stadtzentrum move, and the single-track curve for the non-revenue service Parkallee - Bahnhofplatz move.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4
The Altentor Line is a leftover from the earlier circular line that opened in 1900 and went from Bahnhof to Kornmarkt via Altentor. The Kornmarkt - Altentor section was abandoned in 1922, thus only the southern half of the loop remains. The line was extended to Parkallee in 1983. The attractive single-track line follows Grimmelallee on the reserved siding.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4, Diesel-Electric MGT4
The Parkallee Line features two passing points. The Grimmel passing point is used for passing on weekdays. Note the left-hand-side operation with the island platform located between tracks.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
The city's only Depot is located on this single-track line ever since the opening of the system in 1900 - see the track split and the yellow barn in the background. There is an additional storage track located further down the line, near the Parkallee Terminal.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
Note the diesel-electric duo-tram operating the all-electric city Line 2.
( 28.08.2008 , Misha Vareshkin )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
Tram turns off Grimmelallee toward Altentor.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
The Landratsamt/Badehaus Stop in the Altentor area is the approximate site of the former Altentor Terminal.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Wismar 1934
The Altentor stub end Terminal existed between 1922-1983.
( 18.08.1968 , Strassenbahnen in Osteuropa )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
Trams go through a ragged terrain between the Landratsamt/Badehaus and Am Alten Tor Stops. The 700 meter single-track Altentor - Parkallee extension with one additional passing point was opened in 1983.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4
All suburban terminals in Nordhausen feature park+ride parking lots.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
GT4 ex-Esslingen, ex-Stuttgart
The ex-Esslingen (and some ex-Freiburg) GT4 trams of Stuttgart type replaced DDR-era two-axle Gotha trams in 1991. They were, in turn, mostly replaced with low-floor Combino trams in the mid-2000s. By the end of 2000s Stuttgart cars were still stored on the property.
( 07.2005 , Wikipedia )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
Diesel-electric Duo-Combino tram serving Line 10 arrives at the Bahnhofsplatz Stop. The tram has just completed the city segment of the line in electric mode. The track on the left connects the city tram network to the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) railroad network which trams serving Line 10 utilize to get to suburban Ilfeld. The overhead over that track is seeing ending abruptly.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4; Diesel-Electric MGT4
Both Ilfeld-bound and Nordhausen-bound duo-trams serving Line 10 arrive on the right side of the platform. Ilfeld-bound trams pull into the terminal moving away from the camera via the middle track, change ends, switch from electric to diesel mode, and pull out toward the camera via the rightmost track. Tram 202 on the right is seeing with pantograph already down, ready for diesel mode operation.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
Diesel-electric duo-tram is seeing returning from Ilfeld in diesel mode via the connecting track between the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) railroad network and the city electric tram network. The HSB platform (complete with the HSB placard) is visible on the left, attached to the Nordhausen Main Railroad Station.
( 07.2005 , Wikipedia )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
Diesel-electric duo-tram is seeing departing Bahnhofsplatz for Ilfeld in diesel mode via the connecting track between the city electric tram network and the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) railroad network. The HSB platform with 1000 mm HSB tracks are on the right, adjacent to the Nordhausen Main Railroad Station. The Bahnhofspaltz tramway Terminal located in the square in-front of the Station is visible in the background on the left.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
Ilfeld-bound diesel-electric duo-tram passes through the Nordhausen Bahnhof rail yard, via the "gate" connecting the city tram network to the intercity Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) railroad network.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Diesel Railbus
Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) diesel railbus is seeing on the connecting track between the city tram network and the HSB railroad network, outside the fence surrounding the Main Railroad Station platforms. Diesel railbuses are a backbone of HSB service. Most operate between Nordhausen Bahnhofsplatz tram Terminal and Eisfeld, just beyond Ilfeld. The timetable is coordinated with the city-operated duo-tram Line 10.
( 13.11.2005 , Wikipedia )
Siemens Combino MGT4
Some diesel railbus Depot runs that do not have to change ends in Nordhausen operate to/from the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) 1000 mm. platform at the Nordhausen Main Railroad Station. The HSB steam trains also serve this platform.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Steam Train
At the time of this photo one run daily via the tram Line 10 was operated by the steam engine (one outbound trip in the morning, and one inbound trip in the evening). Trains hauled by steamers operate via the entire HSB line between Nordhausen and Brocken, which covers the Nordhausen - Ilfeld segment, otherwise operated by diesel-electric duo-trams.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Steam Train
The steam train serves all tramway stops between Nordhausen and Ilfeld. The standardized timetable allocates the same running times for trams and steam trains, which renders the steamer to always fall behind.
( 28.08.2008 , Misha Vareshkin )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
Diesel-electric duo-tram serving Line 10 operates via the intercity Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) line.
( 21.01.2006 , Wikipedia )
Diesel Railbus
Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) diesel railbus at the Ilfeld Main Railroad Station. Duo-tram Line 10 runs one stop further, to the Ilfeld Hospital.
( 13.11.2005 , Wikipedia )
Siemens Combino MGT4 Diesel-Electric
The simple terminal for the duo-tram suburban Line 10 near the Ilfeld's small Hospital is located one stop passed the Ilfeld Main Railroad Station. There is no siding, trams change ends on the single mainline track. Beyond this point the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen (HSB) line begins a climb into Harz mountains where settlements are scarce and there is no justifiable ridership for the tram.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
GT4 ex-Esslingen, ex-Stuttgart
Due to a threat of potential structural problems with Combino low-floor cars, at the time of this photo Nordhausen opted to store enough older Stuttgart GT4 cars on the property to make full service in case of a failure of the Combino fleet.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
GT4 ex-Esslingen, ex-Stuttgart; Gotha/LEW T57
There are 10 low-floor Combino cars in Nordhausen, while 9 are needed to maintain regular service. Thus, older high-floor Stuttgart GT4 cars could only appear in regular service if as many as 2 Combino trams fail at the same time.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Gotha/LEW T57; GT4M ex-Esslingen, ex-Stuttgart
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
GT4 ex-Esslingen, ex-Stuttgart
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Gotha/LEW G4-65
Old two-rooms-an-a-bath double-articulated Gotha tram is converted into a party tram.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
Wismar 1934
This car was a backbone of tram service in Nordhausen in the 1930-60s.
( 28.08.2008 , Yury Maller )
The first type of tram to be used in Nordhausen.
( 1900 , Stadtwerke Nordhausen / Stadt- und Gastefuhrer Gilde )
By the 1930s some structural modifications were applied to the first batch of trams that operated in Nordhausen since the opening of the network in 1900.
( 1933 , Stadtwerke Nordhausen / Stadt- und Gastefuhrer Gilde )
Erfurt Car
Nordhausen had seeing a brief use of these distinctive trams that came second hand from Erfurt.
( 02.1971 , Strassenbahnen in Osteuropa )