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tramway cars, and more than 14,400 employees within the tramway section. An average tramway car
ran over 42,500 kilometers per year. The Berlin tramway had more than 929 million passengers in 1929.
At the end of 1929, the BVG already had 93 tramway lines.
In the beginning of the thirties, the Berlin tramway network began to decline. After partial closing of the
world's first electric tram in 1930, on 31 October 1934 the oldest tramway of Germany followed: the
Charlottenburger Chaussee (today Straße des 17. Juni) was rebuilt by Nazi planners to a monumental
East-West-Axis, the tramway had to leave. In 1938, there were still 71 tramway lines, 2,800 tram cars
and about 12,500 employees. Consequently, the bus network was extended during this time. Since 1933,
Berlin also had trolley busses.
During World War II, some transport tasks were given back to the tramway to save oil. Thus an
extensive transport of goods was established. Bombings (from March 1943 on) and the lack of personal
and electricity caused the transport performance to decline. Due to the final fights for Berlin, the
tramway system collapsed on 23 April 1945.
The Berlin Tramway since 1945
Environment
The Berlin tram network is today the largest one in Germany,
and, in spite of many cutbacks, one of the largest in the world.
Around Berlin there are some additional tram companies that
do not belong to the BVG:
● the Potsdam Tramway,
● the Strausberg Railway (which is in fact a tram line),
● the Tramway Schöneiche-Rüdersdorf, and
● the Woltersdorf Tramway.
Motor car of type TWA2 of the BVG,
built in 1927
The last three companies are located in the eastern suburbs at the eastern edge of Berlin. Each of them
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