Light rail through the small village of Linkenheim.

This video shows part of a new inter-urban light rail line that opened in 1989 and is part of the Karlsruhe (Germany) city tramway system.

Much of the extension actually saw the light rail vehicles using (sharing) the tracks of an existing freight line, but to serve the village of Linkenheim a brand new deviation was built.

The video starts in Leopldshafen where the new tram line had to be dovetailed to fit through in an area where housing already pre-existed.

It was found that with concrete baffles overgrown by climbing plants it is possible to maintain the householder's privacy in a visually attractive way.

Then there is a short view inside the central section of one of the very comfortable outer-suburban light rail vehicles, showing the spacious 2 + 1 seating and large panoramic windows.

Most of the rest of the video is a view out of the front window, showing how the new line serves the village centre, which was traffic calmed.

Ideas which we in Britain would do well to copy.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Karlsruhe
• Linkenheim
• Leopldshafen
• tram
• streetcar
• strassenbahn

[Klingl3r]

Do you have more footage from Karlsruhe, e.g. trams in the city?

[citytransportinfo]

@Klingl3r

Yes, trams in the city, on the railway, and more. But very little has been digitised. Since I started work in December 2011 I have not had the time to digitise anything, but will have to start doing this again when everything that is digitised has been uplifted to Youtube.

[gm7]

It seems to be considered "cool" among teenagers from the Karlsruhe/SW-German area to use the local Baden dialect even in written form. What they totally don't get is that this - combined with occasional typos - makes it nearly impossible for non-german-speakers to understand.

[citytransportinfo]

This makes understanding almost as difficult as when people in one oart of the English speaking world use local dialects...

eg: understanding Australian slang here in Britain or the regional dialects of northern England in the USA - it has even been known for programmes from Manchester and the Yorkshire area of England to be subtitled when shown on the TV in the USA (ie: what is being said shown as text for people to read).

Simon

[citytransportinfo]

Thanks for explaining this to me.

Simon

[Typfelt]

so ein stuss...seit wann ist linkenheim ein kleines Dorf?? von wegen "small village"

linkenheim ist im umkreis der größte ort...also bitte...das video ist zwar alt...aber so alt nun auch wieder nich

[citytransportinfo]

this video was filmed in 1992.

Line 'A' has now been replaced with routes S1 / S11.

Simon

[Klingl3r]

@citytransportinfo That would be fine! I hope you find time to digitise more of your good old films.

[Leofee97]

If you want to know, what this ''cool'' germans say... something like this:

Yeah, our train :O

Just a joke^^

they say for example, that linkenheim isn't small

But they are wrong -.-

I am happy when I am 18 and old enough to MOVE OUT

[KloseyOuRAYs007]

i love linkenheim <3

[jimritem]

Das ist sere gut!

[94ksc]

Sammal...ich stimme echt zu linkenheim isch wirklich net klein...ich wohn zwar in Eggenstoi..aber trotzdem