From Berlin and Leipzig - the two biggest networks to Naumberg - a 2.5 km long route using one tram and taking 10 minutes.
Naumburg used to have a Ring Tramway - a circular route based on the Hauptbahnof. It tended to rely on second hand trams and thus became a subject of interest among tram enthusiasts. By the early 1990s the line faltered after many closure threats. In 1994 it was taken on by a support group (Nahverkehrsfreunde Naumburg - Jena e.V) and since 2007 has since run daily again with local authority support (though this is only guaranteed until the end of this year. Only part of the route runs - Hauptbahnof to Vogelweise - ironically including a post 1976 diversion between Poststrasse and Theatreplatz away from the now pedestrianised shopping area.
On the day of my visit car 37 was in use. This is a 1957 Gotha T57 which ran in Gorlitz, Gotha and Jena and has been in Naumburg since 2003. It is supported by similar 36 (ex Jena) and 38 (ex Cottbus via Jena) - 38 recently overhauled.
The fleet list also includes car 17 (new to Halle in 1928), 23 which like a Bad Schandau car ran for Klingenthal and Plauen, 29 - a Lowa car, 50/51 which I think are ex Jena Rekos from the early 1970s and 202 a Gotha built and operated articulated car which is single ended.
It will be interesting to see the future for this short line - an extension to Salztor (where the track remains) is mooted. Perhaps one day the ring will be complete again.
Nahverkehrsfreunde Naumburg - Jena e.V have a website
http://www.ringbahn-naumburg.de/
My photos here: http://paul-turner.fotopic.net/c1741202.html
Naumburg used to have a Ring Tramway - a circular route based on the Hauptbahnof. It tended to rely on second hand trams and thus became a subject of interest among tram enthusiasts. By the early 1990s the line faltered after many closure threats. In 1994 it was taken on by a support group (Nahverkehrsfreunde Naumburg - Jena e.V) and since 2007 has since run daily again with local authority support (though this is only guaranteed until the end of this year. Only part of the route runs - Hauptbahnof to Vogelweise - ironically including a post 1976 diversion between Poststrasse and Theatreplatz away from the now pedestrianised shopping area.
On the day of my visit car 37 was in use. This is a 1957 Gotha T57 which ran in Gorlitz, Gotha and Jena and has been in Naumburg since 2003. It is supported by similar 36 (ex Jena) and 38 (ex Cottbus via Jena) - 38 recently overhauled.
The fleet list also includes car 17 (new to Halle in 1928), 23 which like a Bad Schandau car ran for Klingenthal and Plauen, 29 - a Lowa car, 50/51 which I think are ex Jena Rekos from the early 1970s and 202 a Gotha built and operated articulated car which is single ended.
It will be interesting to see the future for this short line - an extension to Salztor (where the track remains) is mooted. Perhaps one day the ring will be complete again.
Nahverkehrsfreunde Naumburg - Jena e.V have a website
http://www.ringbahn-naumburg.de/
My photos here: http://paul-turner.fotopic.net/c1741202.html
