Tram transport in Germany

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 43. Chapters: Leipzig Tramway Network History, List of town tramway systems in Germany, Berlin tram, Cologne Stadtbahn, Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe, Trams in Germany, Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, Bremer Straßenbahn, Hanover Stadtbahn, Munich Tramway, Kirnitzschtal tram, Stuttgart Stadtbahn, Trams in Frankfurt am Main, Düsseldorf Stadtbahn, Bonn Stadtbahn, Strausberg Railway, Dortmund Stadtbahn, Rheinbahn, Bergische Museumsbahnen, BOGESTRA, Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft, Juridicum, Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway, Bundesrechnungshof, Bochum Stadtbahn, Universität-Markt, Bielefeld Stadtbahn, Ungerer Tramway, Aachen Tramway. Excerpt: This article is a translation of the German article Geschichte des Straßenbahnnetzes Leipzig. Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (LVB, "Leipzig Transport Company, LLC" ) operates one of Germany's largest tramway networks. The tramway network history is presented below in tabular form, including opening, electrification, and closing dates by segment. Street names of the time are used in the tables, with current names in (parentheses). On 20 April 1871, the Leipzig local authority granted to Count ("Graf") Gabriel Diodati and Geneva banker Adolph Schaeck a concession for construction of horse tramway lines. Construction was started in February 1872. On 24 May 1872, six days following the opening of the initial segment, the company, its property and concession was taken over by the Leipzig Tramways Company Ltd., organized in London by the British engineer Hutton Vignoles. The undertaking continued to use the LPE title in the German Empire. The LPE was taken over on 1 January 1896 by the Großen Leipziger Straßenbahn (GLSt, "Greater Leipzig Tramway") undertaking. After the new transport system had worked satisfactorily and enjoyed increasing popularity with Leipzig citizens, the company planned extensions to link surrounding districts of Leipzig with the tramway network. The second tramway undertaking in Leipzig, the LESt, was founded on 3 April 1893 and entered into the municipal Trade Register (Handelsregister) on 7 May 1895. The electrical-equipment manufacturer AEG served as the principal financial backer of the new undertaking. Because LESt cars were painted red, the company was known colloquially as the Rote ("Red One"). The competing tramway enterprise (LPE, from 1896 the GLSt) operated blue cars, and was known as the Blaue ("Blue One"). The concession for construction and operation of electric tramways was granted to LESt on 28 February 1895. Construction began after a short planning period on 11 June 1895. Because of the regulation limiting the length of each LESt