The Essen tramway network is a 52.4-kilometer (32.6 mi) network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Essen, a city in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Parts of the system also serve the neighbouring city of Gelsenkirchen.
An M8C tram at Hobeisenbrücke
Image: Ruhrbahn Essen Straßenbahn 2000 Bombardier A Dtranz Flexity Classic 1527
Image: Ruhrbahn Essen Straßenbahn 2015 Bombardier Flexity Classic 1626
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The Essen Stadtbahn is a 19.6-kilometer (12.2 mi) light rail (Stadtbahn) network in Essen and the two neighbouring towns of Mülheim an der Ruhr and Gelsenkirchen in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia. It forms part of the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn.
Stadtbahn station at Essen Hauptbahnhof
The tracks of the "model line" in the middle of the Ruhr motorway
Karlsplatz station, built in 2001
Messe Ost / Gruga station on the U11