Trams in Kassel

Kassel tramway network
Kassel tramway network
Operation
Locale	Kassel, Hesse, Germany
Steam tram era: 1877–1897
Status	Converted to electricity
Operator(s)	Cassel Tramways Company; Casseler-Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Propulsion system(s)	steam
Horsecar era: 1884–1909
Status	Converted to electricity
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Propulsion system(s)	Horses
Electric tram era: since 1897
Status	Operational
Lines	7 (5 local + 2 regional)
Operator(s)	Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG) (since 1897)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Propulsion system(s)	electricity
Electrification	600 V DC overhead lines
Route length	93.3 km (58.0 mi)
Website	Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (in German)

The Kassel tramway network is a 93.3-kilometer (58.0 mi) network of tramways, forming part of the public transport system in Kassel, a city in the north of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. As of 2014, the Kassel tram network is made up of seven regular tramlines.

Opened in 1877 as a steam tramway from Wilhelmshöhe the Königsplatz (Royal Square), the network has been operated since 1897 by Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG), and is integrated in the Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (NVV). The track gauge is 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge. There existed also a narrow gauge network to the Hercules monument. The network was extended gradually into the surrounding area, partly as conventional tramways, and partly as a tram-train RegioTram network.

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