Why are there only trams in East Berlin?

There were already 93 tram lines by 1929, in both East and West Berlin. After the Second World War, the West Berlin administration decided that trams are outdated and replaced them with subway lines and busses. East Berlin kept them, and they still exist to this date.



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In West Berlin, from at least 1968, the senate (which is the state government) pursued the goal of a “car-friendly city”. Trams were considered obstacles to the free flow of cars, and therefore gradually abolished. The senate had plans to build a dense network of Autobahns in Berlin, also served by buses.

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The advent of personal motor vehicles and the improvements in motorized buses caused the rapid disappearance of the tram from most western and Asian countries by the end of the 1950s (for example the first major UK city to completely abandon its trams was Manchester by January 1949).

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In the first place we find the tram network that serves the Australian city of Melbourne. Consisting of twenty-eight lines, it is the largest network in the world with 245 km of tracks. Inaugurated in 1883, it has 28 lines and 1813 stops.

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In Germany, more than 60 towns and cities have trams. The smallest tram system in Germany is in Bad Wildbad, with just two stops! The word tram originally comes from the old German word for 'beam'.

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However, the demise of the streetcar came when lines were torn out of the major cities by bus manufacturing or oil marketing companies for the specific purpose of replacing rail service with buses. In many cases, postwar buses were cited as providing a smoother ride and a faster journey than the older, pre-war trams.

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The Environmental Reasons For Trams And Trains In Europe Rail systems are so popular in Europe because they can get loads of passengers to their respective destinations en masse — with much less of an impact on the environment.

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An extensive tram network covered large parts of London for several decades during the first half of the twentieth century. By the 1950s, however, trams were seen as old fashioned and were gradually phased out to create more room for buses and cars.

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West Berliners could travel to West Germany and all Western and non-aligned states at all times, except during the Berlin Blockade by the Soviet Union (24 June 1948 to 12 May 1949) when there were restrictions on passenger flight capacity imposed by the airlift.

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It is called Gmunden and has 13,199 inhabitants. The only existing tram line, inaugurated on August 13, 1894, is managed by Stern & Hafferl and runs only 2.3 km long for 8 stops and for years was the shortest urban tram line in the world. There are another 5 new stops under construction along the route.

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The smallest tram in the world we could find is the Volk's Electric Railway at 1.02km built in 1883.

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Trams, which are also known as trolley cars, are much shorter and lighted in comparison. Travelling much slower than trains (in respect for the vehicular traffic around them) trams are powered by an overhead electrical apparatus or occasionally by diesel.

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The KeolisAmey Metrolink tram system is the largest of its kind in the UK. It serves 99 stops across eight different lines along almost 103km of track, with a fleet of 120 modern trams catering for more than 34 million journeys a year.

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3 cities have standard metro/ underground systems. They are London (Underground/Tube), Glasgow (now called the subway), Newcastle upon Tyne (Tyne & Wear Metro). The 4th city is Liverpool but its underground route in the city centre is connected to the regional Merseyrail network & served by its mainline trains.

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Manchester boasts a modern and extensive tram network that connects various parts of the city, making it easy for tourists and locals to navigate. The Manchester Metrolink tram system is a convenient, reliable, and eco-friendly way to explore the city and its suburbs.

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