Gmunden Tramway
Tramlink train on the Traun bridge
Overview
Line number	965 01[citation needed]
Locale	Gmunden, Upper Austria, Austria
Termini	Gmunden railway station Klosterplatz (connection toTraunseebahn)
Stations	9[note 1]
Service
Type	Tram Tram-train
Route number	161
Operator(s)	Stern & Hafferl[1]
Daily ridership	2,260 (in 2019)[note 2][2]: 40
History
Opened	13 August 1894[3]: 36
Technical
Line length	3.090 km (1.920 mi)[note 3]
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)[1]
Minimum radius	17 m (55 ft 9 in)[1]
Electrification	600VDCoverhead line[4]
Maximum incline	10.0%[1]
Route map Legend km elev inmetres Salzkammergutbahn toStainach-Irdning 0.00 Gmunden railway station [de] 479 Salzkammergutbahn toAttnang-Puchheim 0.35 Grüner Wald closed 2014 480 B 145 Salzkammergutstraße 483 0.60 Keramik since 2005 485 0.70 Kraftstation closed 2005 484 0.70 Depot 484 1.00 Rosenkranz/OKA-Siedlung 477 1.36 Tennisplatz 458 1.60 Kuferzeile 430 1.77 Parkstraße closed 2.05 Bezirkshauptmannschaft 424 2.22 Korso closed 2.26 ↑single track ↓double track (since 2018) 2.32 Franz-Josef-Platz 423 T r a u n s e e 2.32 terminus 1975–2014 423 2.42 Postgebäude closed 1975 2.54 Rathausplatz closed 1975–2018 424 2.54 terminus until 1975 424 Trauntor Traun gate (10 m) 425 Traun River 2.84 Klosterplatz since 2014 2.84 ↑ Gmunden Tramway ↓Traunseebahn 428 crossover   closed 2014 424 3.09 Gmunden Seebahnhof since 2014 427 ↑double track ↓single track Traunseebahn toVorchdorf Note: elevation is in metres above the Adriatic This diagram: view talk edit

TheGmunden Tramway (German:Straßenbahn Gmunden) is atram line in the town ofGmunden inUpper Austria, Austria. The tramway opened in 1894 and since 2018 the line has been connected to theTraunseebahn as part of theTraunseetramtram-train service.^[5][4] It is operated byStern & Hafferl.^[6] The line's maximumgradient of 10.0% makes it one of the world's steepest survivingadhesion-only tram lines.^[7][8]

Construction work, directed by the engineers Josef Stern and Franz Hafferl, began on 25 February 1894. It took five months to build the entire tramway, depot and power plant. Thesingle-track line ran 2.6 km (1.6 mi), from the railway station (called theRudolfsbahnhof at the time) toRathausplatz (Town Hall Square), with nine stops. The line opened on 13 August 1894 as the first electric tramway in Austria and was operated by three electric railcars built by Hofwagenfabrik Rohrbacher in Vienna.^[4][3]: 36

Although the line runs in the street it was originally built as a local railway (Lokalbahn) and only legally became a tramway on 28 September 1937. The only operational change was fittingindicators to the vehicles.^{[3]: 35, 193}

In 1975 the section of the line from Franz-Josef-Platz to Rathausplatz was closed to make more space for road traffic,^[9][10] leaving the tramway only 2.3 km (1.4 mi) long.^[6] The shortening of the route led to a drop in passenger numbers and the tramway was threatened with closure until in 1989 thePro Gmundner Straßenbahn association was founded to financially support and lobby for the tramway.^[4]

There were several renovations in the late 1990s and the following decade, including the renewal of "Keramik" station and of the Tennisplatz – Franz-Josef-Platz route.^[11]

Until its extension and connection to the Traunseebahn the line was unusual in that all platforms were on the same side of the single-track line and the cars that ran on it only had doors on one side.^[12]

In February 2013, the municipal council of Gmunden decided to link the tram to theTraunseebahn, ametre-gauge railway running from Gmunden toVorchdorf. This involved building 700 m of new track, including rebuilding a road bridge over theTraun, and replacing the rolling stock on both lines with newlow-floor trams.^[13]

Construction of a new double-track line from Franz-Josef-Platz to Klosterplatz (via Rathausplatz, the original terminus) began in 2015, followed by reconstruction of the Traun bridge in 2017.^[4] The first test trains ran over the new track in August 2018 and theTraunseetram from Gmunden to Vorchdorf began operation on 1 September 2018.^[4][5] The town section of the line (from Gmunden railway station to Engelhof station on the Traunseebahn) is served by four trams per hour on weekdays and two on weekends, with half of these continuing to Vorchdorf.^{[4][14]: 27}

The Traunseetram is currently operated by a fleet ofTramlinklow-floor trams. Stern & Hafferl ordered eleven of these vehicles, numbered ET 121–131, fromVossloh España (now part ofStadler Rail) in 2013. Eight are used on the Traunseetram and the other three on theAttergaubahn [de]. They are five-section 100% low-floormulti-articulated trams with a capacity of 175 passengers, including 60 seats and 15 folding seats. The first trams entered service on theTraunseebahn in 2016. One vehicle was brought to the Gmunden Tramway for tests on the 10% gradients, but the tram depot did not have space to store the new vehicles so they did not enter passenger service in the town until through services began running over the connection to the Traunseebahn.^[1][15]

No.	Image	Origin	Year built	Length	Weight	Maximum speed	Power output
ET 121–123, ET 127–131		Vossloh España /Stadler Rail Valencia	2016	32 m	41.3 t	70 km/h	4 × 100 kW	[1]

No.	Image	Origin	Year built	Length	Weight	Maximum speed	Power output	Remarks
1		Rohrbacher/AEG	1894	8 m	6.6 t	25 km/h	2 × 13 kW	Rebuilt in 1933; scrapped 1952	[3]: 36, 191
2		Rohrbacher/AEG	1894	8 m	6.6 t	25 km/h	2 × 13 kW	Rebuilt in 1935; scrapped 1962	[3]: 36, 191
3		Rohrbacher/AEG	1894	8 m	6.6 t	25 km/h	2 × 13 kW	Rebuilt in 1938; sold to Kärntner Eisenbahnfreunde in 1975	[3]: 36, 191
4 (I)		Rohrbacher/AEG	1895	8 m	6.6 t		2 × 13 kW	Transferred to Vorchdorf (Traunseebahn) in 1935 and scrapped in 1950	[3]: 37, 191
4 (II)		Ganz & Co.	1913	9.53 m	13 t		2 × 40.5 kW	From the Pressburger Bahn in 1941, rebuilt and entered service in 1951; sold to Mariazell Tramway Museum in 1983	[3]: 193
5		Grazer Waggonfabrik/SSW	1911	9.08 m	11.0 t	30 km/h	2 × 26 kW	Still in Gmunden, used for special services	[3]: 191 [12]
6		Grazer Waggonfabrik/Siemens	1907	8.7 m	10.3 t		2 × 25.5 kW	Transferred from Unterach–See Tramway in 1943; transferred to Atterseebahn (Vöcklamarkt – Attersee) and rebuilt to unpowered carriage	[3]: 193 [12]
7		Grazer Waggonfabrik/Siemens	1907	8.7 m	10.3 t		2 × 25.5 kW	Loaned toFlorianerbahn museum tramway and regauged to 900 mm
8		Lohner/Kiepe	1961	13.4 m	17.0 t	60 km/h	2 × 100 kW	Fitted with fullpantograph; built with doors on only one side; rebuilt in 1978 forone-man operation	[12]
9		Ex-Vestische Straßenbahnen No. 347, built byDuewag/Kiepe	1952	14.3 m	17.0 t	70 km/h	200 kW	Entered service on the Gmunden tramway in 1977;[6] fitted with full pantograph and magnetic track brakes, doors on the off side sealed
10		Ex-Vestische Straßenbahnen No. 341, built by Duewag/Kiepe	1952	14.3 m	17.0 t	70 km/h	200 kW	Entered service on the Gmunden tramway in 1983;[6] fitted with full pantograph and magnetic track brakes, doors on the off side sealed
100		Ex-Pöstlingbergbahn car IV; built by Grazer Waggonfabrik	1898	6.8 m	8.8 t	14 km/h	40.8 kW	Open-sided; fitted with abow collector. Acquired from thePöstlingbergbahn in 1995[6]

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