Trams in Kassel

Kassel tramway network
Operation
Locale	Kassel, Hesse, Germany
Steam tram era: 1877 (1877)–1897 (1897) Status Converted to electricity Operator(s) Cassel Tramways Company Casseler-Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Propulsion system(s) steam
Horsecar era: 1884 (1884)–1909 (1909) Status Converted to electricity Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Propulsion system(s) Horses
Electric tram era: since 1897 (1897) Status Operational Lines 7 (5 local + 2 regional)[1] Operator(s) Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG) (since 1897) Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Propulsion system(s) electricity Electrification 600 V DC overhead lines Route length 93.3 km (58.0 mi)[1] Website Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (in German)

The Kassel tramway network is a 93.3-kilometer (58.0 mi) network of tramways,^[1] forming part of the public transport system in Kassel, a city in the north of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. As of 2014^[update], the Kassel tram network is made up of seven regular tramlines.^[2]

Opened in 1877 as a steam tramway from Wilhelmshöhe the Königsplatz (Royal Square), the network has been operated since 1897 by Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG), and is integrated in the Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (NVV). The track gauge is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. There existed also a narrow gauge network to the Hercules monument. The network was extended gradually into the surrounding area, partly as conventional tramways, and partly as a tram-train RegioTram network.