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The Berlin Straßenbahn (Berlin Tramway)
is one of the oldest and still today one of the largest tram
networks in the world. It is operated by Berliner
Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) (Berlin Transport Services)
which was founded in 1929. Today the standard gauge-
network has a route length of 190.4 km and 380 stops.
Since 1865 Berlin had a horse tramway. In 1881, the
world's first electric tram line opened. Numerous private
and municipal operating companies built new routes. So
Modern two-directional tram cars of the type
GT6NZ of the BVG
at the end of the 19th century the network developed quite rapidly and the horse trams were changed
into electric ones. Around 1930 the network had a route length of over 630 km and more than 90 lines.
In 1929, all operating companies were unified into the BVG. After World War II, BVG was divided into
an eastern and a western company, but again reunited in 1992. In West-Berlin, by 1967 all tram lines
were shut down. With the exception of two lines being built after the German reunion, the Berlin tram
only runs through the eastern part of the city.
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