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The Potsdam tramway network ((ドイツ語:Straßenbahnnetz Potsdam)) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Potsdam, the capital city of the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany. The network is owned by the public citizen company (ViP) and included in the fare zone "C" (''Tarifbereich C'')〔 (BVG: Berliner public transport pdf maps showing fare zones )〕〔 (Fares of Berlin ) on BVG website〕 of the Berliner public transport area. ==History== The network opened on 12 May 1880: It was a horsecar system owned by the society Reymer & Masch, named ''Potsdamer Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft'' and consisted of a pair of lines.〔 Günther Wolf-Dietger, Michael Wolf-Dietger, Machel Wolf-Dietger: "''Potsdamer Nahverkehr: Straßenbahn und Obus in Brandenburgs Landeshauptstadt''". Geramond-Verlag GmbH, Munich 1999 - ISBN 3-932785-03-7〕 1907 saw the introduction of electric trams which ran on a new line of 8km.〔http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/potsdam/〕 In 1908 the network was composed by 4 lines (named from A to D) and in 1949 by 5 (named from 1 to 5). At the end of the 1950s, new streetcars models were introduced (typical during the DDR era), the Gothawagen (T57, G4-61, G4-65 and T2-62), produced in the Thuringian town of Gotha by the Gothaer Waggonfabrik.〔 (Gothawagen in Potsdam )〕 In the 1980s, a pair of new routes were built: in 1984 through the new residential center in Babelsberg and in 1988 from ''Am Stern'' stop to the new south-eastern residential area in Drewitz.〔 The Czech trams Tatra KT4 were introduced in 1993, and the modern Combino and Variotram in the 2000s.〔 (History of transport in Potsdam )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trams in Potsdam」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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