Public Transport / Germany / Bochum, Gelsenkirchen
The tram network in Bochum and Gelsenkirchen has a route length of almost 85 kilometres. It has a track gauge of 1,000 millimetres (metre-gauge) and is connected to the Essen metre-gauge network by the line 107 (Gelsenkirchen Hbf - Essen-Bredeney).
A special feature is the light rail line U35 (Bochum-Querenburg - Herne), which is the only route in standard-gauge and runs mostly underground. It has no track connection to other lines.
The network is operated by → BOGESTRA (Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahn AG).
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Public Transport / Germany / Halle (Saale)
Halle (Saale) is located in the south of Saxony-Anhalt and has about 230,000 inhabitants. The city has a metre-gauge tram network with a system length of some 90 kilometres including the approx. 25 kilometre-long interurban tram to Bad Dürrenberg via Merseburg (line 5).
The trams are operated by → HAVAG (Hallesche Verkehrs-AG).
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