Stuttgart Stadtbahn

Light rail system in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
4 ft 8+12 in)
standard gaugeElectrification750 V DC overhead linesAverage speed27 km/h (17 mph)[2]Top speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Stuttgart Stadtbahn
Map of Stuttgart Stadtbahn network before December 2021
A Stadtbahn train; the mixed gauge track is visible.
Ruhbank Stadtbahn station.
Stadtbahn cars at the terminus of line U1.
A sign at a light rail stop in Stuttgart which includes information advising passengers whether services will be formed of single or double / twin light rail vehicles

The Stuttgart Stadtbahn is a semi-metro system in Stuttgart, Germany.[4] The Stadtbahn began service on 28 September 1985.[3] It is operated by the Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB), which also operates the bus systems in that city. The Stuttgart Stadtbahn is successor system of a tram network (Straßenbahnen) that characterized the urban traffic in Stuttgart for decades.

The network of the Stadtbahn covers much of Stuttgart and also reaches the neighbouring towns of Remseck am Neckar, Fellbach, Ostfildern, Leinfelden-Echterdingen and Gerlingen (clockwise). Currently, the Stuttgart Stadtbahn system is made up of fourteen main lines (U1-U9, U12-U15, U19), a special event line (U11) and two temporary lines during construction site,[1] serving 203 stations, and operating on 130 kilometres (81 mi) of route.[2] In 2014, the Stuttgart Stadtbahn carried 174.9 million passengers.[2]

Route network

Current lines

As of 2024[update], the Stuttgart Stadtbahn system consists of:

  • longitudinal lines that run lengthways through the valley basin (U1, U2, U4, U9, U14)
  • cross-valley lines that run across the valley (U5, U6, U7, U12, U15)
  • tangential lines that run tangentially past the valley (U3, U8, U13, U16, U19)
  • special lines or event lines that only run for special events (U11)
  • line number 10 is reserved for the cog railway and line 20 for the cable car.
Line Route Stations Journey time
(in minutes)
U1 Fellbach Lutherkirche – Bad Cannstatt – Charlottenplatz – Marienplatz – Heslach 27 41
U2 Neugereut – Bad Cannstatt – Rotebühlplatz – Vogelsang – Botnang 28 36
U3 Plieningen – Möhringen – Vaihingen 11 13
U4 Untertürkheim – Ostendplatz – Neckartor – Charlottenplatz – Rotebühlplatz – Hölderlinplatz 22 25
U5 KillesbergHauptbahnhof – Charlottenplatz – Degerloch – Möhringen – Leinfelden[Note. 1][Note. 2] 22 29
U6 Gerlingen – Giebel – Feuerbach – Pragsattel – Hauptbahnhof – Charlottenplatz – Degerloch – Möhringen – Fasanenhof – Echterding – Messe/Flughafen[Note. 3] 43 60
U7 Mönchfeld – Zuffenhausen – Pragsattel – Hauptbahnhof – Charlottenplatz – Ruhbank (Fernsehturm) – Heumaden – Ostfildern 36 50
U8 Vaihingen – Möhringen – Degerloch – Ruhbank (Fernsehturm) – Heumaden – Ostfildern[Note. 4][Note. 5] 26 33
U9 Hedelfingen – Raitelsberg – Charlottenplatz – Vogelsang [– Botnang][Note. 6] 22 [28] 27 [35]
U11 Hauptbahnhof – Rotebühlplatz – Charlottenplatz – Cannstatter Wasen / Neckarpark (Stadion)[Note. 7][Note. 8] 13/14 17
U12 Remseck – Hallschlag – Löwentor – Nordbahnhof – Hauptbahnhof – Charlottenplatz – Degerloch – Möhringen – Dürrlewang 36 50
U13 [Giebel –] Feuerbach – Pragsattel – Löwentor – Bad Cannstatt – Untertürkheim – Hedelfingen
(Service to Giebel only during the rush hour on school days.)
25 38
U14 Mühlhausen – Münster – Charlottenplatz-Heslach Vogelrain-Vaihingen Bf 33 41
U15 Stammheim – Zuffenhausen – Pragsattel – Hauptbahnhof – Charlottenplatz – Eugensplatz – Ruhbank (Fernsehturm) [– Heumaden][Note. 9] 27 [32] 37 [45]
U16 Giebel – Feuerbach – Pragsattel – Löwentor – Wilhelma – Bad Cannstatt – Fellbach Lutherkirche[Note. 10] 30 43
U19 Neugereut – Bad Cannstatt – Neckarpark (Stadion)[Note. 11][Note. 12] 9 20
  1. ^ U5 noramlly runs only every 20 minutes.
  2. ^ During major events on the Killesberg, such as the Festival of Lights, the service is split into two parts: between Killesberg and Degerloch Albstraße or Möhringen with a more frequent service and double sets as a special line, and between Leinfelden and Waldau with normal services. During smaller events, the service is operated as a ten-minute service only between Degerloch Albstraße and between Möhringen and Killesberg.
  3. ^ U6 runs during large public exhibitions, such as the Caravan, Motor und Touristik exhibition additionally every 20 minutes between Killesberg and Messe/Flughafen as a special line between U5 services.
  4. ^ U8 only runs Monday to Friday from 5:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every 20 minutes and during the afternoon peak hour between Vaihingen and Heumaden every ten minutes.
  5. ^ The U7 and U15 lines will be routed as U8 between the SSB-Zentrum and Ostfildern (U7) or Heumaden (U15). The entry and exit services marked in the timetable may be cancelled if the double set operation of the U7 at SSB-Zentrum does not stop at the usual time, for example during major events.
  6. ^ Service to Botnang only during the peak hour on school days.
  7. ^ (Only during the Volksfest, Spring Festival, sport, music or other events.)
  8. ^ (No stop at the Berliner Platz (Hohe Str.) and Staatsgalerie stations.)
  9. ^ U15 runs during school holidays and outside of the morning rush hour only between Stammheim and Ruhbank/Fernsehturm.
  10. ^ Only runs Monday to Friday during peak hour.
  11. ^ U19 only runs Monday to Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. (during school holidays no trips between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.)).
  12. ^ During smaller sporting events and concerts, U19 also runs on the Bad Cannstatt Wilhelmsplatz – Neckarpark section with a more frequent service as a special line.

The U6, U7 and U12 lines run Monday to Saturday during the day as double sets as 80-metre long trains. The event line U11 and the special event services on the U5 run as double sets when required. All lines except the U5 and U8 run every ten minutes during the day during their operating hours.

Development of the route network

Stuttgart Stadtbahn, now all 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge, developed out of a traditional tramway system, which in Stuttgart was 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge.

In 1961 the city council of Stuttgart decided that a general modernisation of the municipal tram system was needed; in central areas, tram track would be relocated underground, and in peripheral areas it would get new tracks that would be separate from road traffic. Concurrent proposals for a new completely underground subway (U-Bahn) were rejected in 1976. At the same time, it was decided to modernise the existing tram infrastructure and change from metre gauge to the standard gauge. For this reason, tracks were initially converted to mixed-gauge, on which old trams (SSB GT4, built 1959–1965) could run as well as new metro cars (SSB DT 8, in regular service since 1985).

In 1989, the light rail lines were given new numbers U1, U3 and U14 to distinguish them from the S-Bahn and tram lines. The E-line to Cannstatter Wasen and the stadium was renamed to U11 in 1994.

Network 2011

The SSB changed the route of some light rail lines at the timetable change on 12 December 2010. The north branches of the lines U5 and U7 were exchanged, so that the U5 now goes to Killesberg and the U7 to Mönchfeld. Likewise, the U4 runs—as 25 years ago—from Berliner Platz on the previous route of the U2 to Hölderlinplatz, while the U2 runs instead to Botnang.[5][6] The change connects outer branches with equally high volumes. The large residential area of ​​Zuffenhausen/Rot/Freiberg/Mönchfeld is now served by double sets on the U7 lines, eliminating the previous overcrowding. The U2 also now serves two heavily frequented outer branches, where an expansion of capacity is being considered.

Line U12 operated until 2013 between Möhringen and Killesberg (in the peak hour: Vaihingen–Killesberg). On the Möhringen–Vaihingen section, it partially replaced the U6, which has been operating from Möhringen since 11 December 2010 to the Fasanenhof-Ost industrial area. Since 11 December 2011, the U15 line has also been running on the newly built section between Zuffenhausen and Stammheim.

Network 2013

With the opening of the new section of the line north of the Löwentorkreuzung to Hallschlag on 14 September 2013, the route network was changed. The previous section of the U15, from the Stadtbibliothek stop on Nordbahnhofstraße to the Löwentor crossing, has since been served by the U12, which runs from there to Hallschlag. The U15 has since run on Heilbronner Straße directly to Pragsattel. From now on, Killesberg will only be served by the U5 every 20 minutes.

Network 2016/2018

Construction work on the new Hauptbahnhof as part of Stuttgart 21. Stadtbahn projects in yellow: to the west of the Bonatz building the Heilbronner Straße Stadtbahn tunnel, to the east the new Staatsgalerie stop

The lines planned in the context of Stuttgart 21 require a new Staatsgalerie railway station to be built and the tunnel between Staatsgalerie and the adjoining tunnel. The Staatsgalerie–Charlottenplatz and Staatsgalerie–Hauptbahnhof sections of the line were interrupted and rebuilt over seven and a half years.

The Staatsgalerie–Charlottenplatz section was closed from May 2016 until December 2017 ("Network 2016"). The U1 and U2 lines were diverted via the Hauptbahnhof, the U4 line only ran as far as Neckartor with a turnaround at the Staatsgalerie stop. The U11 ran in both directions via the inner-city loop with a turnaround at Charlottenplatz. In order to maintain the connection between the Charlottenplatz stop and the northern branch of the U4 to Hölderlinplatz (there is no connection from Hauptbahnhof at Berliner Platz), the additional lines, U21 (Charlottenplatz–Südheimer Platz) and U24 (Charlottenplatz–Hölderlinplatz) were introduced.

From December 2017 until December 2023, the Staatsgalerie–Hauptbahnhof section was closed ("Network 2018").[7] The U9 was routed via Charlottenplatz to Heslach Vogelrain and supplemented by the additional line U29, which connected to the Hauptbahnhof, which can only be reached from the north, with the actual terminus of the U9 at Vogelsang (in peak hours in Botnang). The U14 line was routed via the inner-city loop to the Hauptbahnhof and was supplemented by the additional line U34 until summer 2023, which ran from Vogelsang to Südheimer Platz (if the S-Bahn main line was closed during peak hours, it also continued to Vaihingen Bf).[8]

For the 2018 network, it was initially planned that the U14 would run from Mühlhausen via the Leuzeknoten and Bad Cannstatt to Neugereut instead of into the city center, where it would relieve the U2 and increase its traffic on its more frequented Bad Cannstatt–Neugereut section. The U11 was planned to be used in regular service for the connection to the city center.These plans were abandoned after a trial run from 17 October 2016 to 13 April 2017 in favour of the U19 reinforcement line, which finally began scheduled operations on 16 October 2017. It runs between Neugereut and Neckarpark and increases the frequency of the U2 on the section in question to approximately every five minutes. In addition, the U34 was to start in Heslach and go to the Hauptbahnhof instead of Vogelsang. The end point of the U9 would have been at Südheimer Platz instead.[9]

With the timetable change on 9 December 2017, as part of the of the closing of the gap on the U12 between Hallschlag and Wagrainäcker, the U14 was withdrawn to Mühlhausen and the U12 was operated with double sets to its previous terminus in Remseck-Neckargröningen.

With the timetable change in December 2018, the new supplementary line U16 (Giebel–Fellbach) also began operations. It offers additional capacity during peak hours on the heavily used sections: Fellbach–Bad Cannstatt, Bad Cannstatt–Pragsattel and Pragsattel–Giebel.[10] The U13, which previously ran to Giebel during peak hours, was withdrawn as far as Feuerbach Pfostenwäldle.

Network 2024

With the timetable change on 10 December 2023, following the commissioning of the new tunnel between the State Gallery and the Hauptbahnhof, it was possible to return to the original Stadtbahn network, before the restrictions imposed by Stuttgart 21 (networks 2016 and 2018). In addition, the U1 and U14 lines swapped their southern and central branches as a preliminary measure for the capacity increase of the U1. In the future, the U1 will run via the inner-city loop (Hauptbahnhof–Berliner Platz–Rotebühlplatz) and on to Heslach Vogelrain (if the S-Bahn main line is closed during peak hour, initially also on to Vaihingen) and the U14 via Charlottenplatz and Rathaus to Vaihingen Bahnhof.[11][12] The line swap in the city centre is due to better utilisation of vehicle capacity and the connection of the Neckar valley around Mühlhausen with the city centre by the U12.[13]

The U11 again ran anticlockwise through the inner city loop and the additional lines U34 (already discontinued due to a lack of staff) and U29 were made obsolete by the return of U9 and U14 and thus discontinued. In addition, the U8 will now take over the U15 services to Heumaden during the afternoon peak hour and will be intensified to a ten-minute cycle between Vaihingen and Heumaden during this time.[12]

Route chronology

In 1989, the U1, U3 and U14 tram lines that had been introduced up to that point were given the letter U in front of them to distinguish them from the S-Bahn and tram lines. The E line to Cannstatter Wasen and the stadium was given its current name U11 in 1994.

Opening Section Line Explanation
1 May 1985 Plieningen – Möhringen Bf U3 Preliminary operation
28 September 1985 Möhringen Bf – Vaihingen Bf U3 U3 conversion
19 April 1986 Vaihingen Bf – Fellbach Lutherkirche U1 U1 conversion
12 July 1986 Mineralbäder – Mühlhausen
Staatsgalerie – Berliner Platz – Österreichischer Platz
U14 U14 conversion
24 September 1988 Mercedesstraße – Cannstatter Wasen E Route to Cannstatter Wasen
30 September 1989 Stöckach – Raitelsberg – Hedelfingen
Berliner Platz (Liederhalle) – Vogelsang
U9 U9 conversion
3 November 1990 Pragsattel – Freiberg
Pragsattel – Feuerbach Pfostenwäldle
Pragsattel – Möhringen Bf
Vaihinger Straße – Leinfelden Bf
U5 U6 U5/U6 conversion
26 September 1992 Feuerbach Pfostenwäldle – Giebel U6 U6 extension to Giebel
19 April 1993 Eckartshaldenweg – Killesberg U7 Route to Killesberg
13 August 1993 Cannstatter Wasen – Neckarstadion (heute Neckarpark (Stadion)) E Route to Neckarstadion
3 October 1993 Giebel – Gerlingen Siedlung U6 U6 extension to Gerlingen Siedlung
24 September 1994 Untertürkheim Bf – Wasenstraße
Wangener-/Landhausstraße – Ostendplatz – Bergfriedhof
Vogelsang – Botnang
U4 U4 conversion
1 June 1997 Gerlingen Siedlung – Gerlingen U6 U6 extension to Gerlingen
13 September 1997 Pragsattel – Bad Cannstatt Wilhelmsplatz
Augsburger Platz – Schlotterbeckstraße
U13 U13 conversion
27 March 1998 Schlotterbeckstraße – Wasenstraße U13 U13 conversion
23 May 1998 Bopser – Ruhbank U7 Route to Ruhbank
22 May 1999 Mühlhausen – Neckargröningen U14 U14 extension to Neckargröningen
11 September 1999 Ruhbank – Heumaden U7 U7 extension to Heumaden
9 September 2000 Heumaden – Nellingen U7 U8 U7/U8 extension to Nellingen
22 June 2002 Bad Cannstatt Wilhelmsplatz – Hauptfriedhof U2 U2 conversion
14 December 2002 Berliner Platz (Hohe Straße) – Hölderlinplatz U2 U2 conversion
16 July 2005 Hauptfriedhof – Neugereut U2 U2 extension to Neugereut
11 December 2005 Freiberg – Mönchfeld U5 U5 extension to Mönchfeld
8 December 2007 Löwentor – Nordbahnhof – Türlenstraße
Olgaeck – Eugensplatz – Ruhbank
U15 U15 conversion
11 December 2010 Möhringen Freibad – Fasanenhof Schelmenwasen U6 U6 extension to Fasanenhof
10 December 2011 Zuffenhausen – Stammheim U15 U15 conversion/extension to Stammheim
14 September 2013 Löwentor – Hallschlag U12 Route to Hallschlag
13 May 2016 Wallgraben – Dürrlewang U12 Route to Dürrlewang
20 November 2016 (towards the city),
9 April 2017 (away from the city)
Hauptbahnhof – Stadtbibliothek (construction of new tunnel in a different location) U5 U6 U7 U12 U15 Construction of new Heilbronner Straße tunnel
9 December 2017 Hauptbahnhof – Milchhof
Hallschlag – Aubrücke
U12 U12 extension to Neckartal
10 December 2017 Charlottenplatz – Staatsgalerie

(construction of new tunnel in a different location)

U1 U2 U4
U9 U11 U14
Network 2018
11 December 2021 Fasanenhof – Echterdingen – Messe/Flughafen U6 U6 extension to the airport
10 December 2023 Hauptbahnhof – Staatsgalerie

(Neubau des Tunnels in geänderter Lage)

U1 U9 U11 Network 2024

Current light rail system

The Stadtbahn system runs over 257 kilometres (160 mi) of rail track,[2] and 231 kilometres (144 mi) of rail line,[2] covering 130 kilometres (81 mi) of route. (The Stuttgart rail system also encompasses a rack railway (Line 10),[14] a funicular (Line 20),[14] and a weekend heritage tram line (Line 21).[15]) In the city centre as well as in other densely built-up districts of the city, the Stadtbahn runs underground. The Stadtbahn uses the "U" logo like the underground systems (U-Bahnen) in other German cities. However, here the "U" does not stand for untergrund (underground) but for unabhängig (independent, meaning independent of other traffic infrastructure).[16] Outside the densely built up areas, the Stadtbahn runs on the surface, often along roads with level crossings, though on a separate right-of-way. However some trains, especially U15 line's trains, operate partially with street running and share space with other traffic.[17]

Rolling stock

The system's fleet consists of 224 light rail vehicles, all of which are variants of the DT8 model.[2] The system operates on standard gauge track, and is electrified at 750 volts DC.

Current fleet:[18]

Fleet # Image Type Year Delivered Make Notes
3008–3086 DT8.4 1985-86 Duewag
3300–3346 DT8.10 1999–2000 ADtranz/Siemens
3347–3400 DT8.11 2004-05 Bombardier
3501–3540 DT8.12 2012–14 Stadler based on Stadler Tango
3541–3580 DT8.14 2017
3581–3620 DT8.15 2021–23
4087–4104 DT8.S 1988 Duewag formerly DT8.5, 3087–3104, before refurbishment by Bombardier
4105–4168 1989–1990 formerly DT8.6, 3105–3168, before refurbishment by Bombardier
4169–4180 1992 formerly DT8.7, 3169–3180, before refurbishment by Bombardier
4181–4202 1993 formerly DT8.8, 3181–3202, before refurbishment by Bombardier
4203–4234 1996 formerly DT8.9, 3203–3234, before refurbishment by Bombardier

Color

Since the coat of arms of Stuttgart shows a black, rampant horse on a yellow or golden field, the Stuttgart Stadtbahn (as well as all the buses and the last old trams) comes in yellow with black or dark blue window frames.

Hours of operation

The Stuttgart Stadtbahn operates from 04:00 - 01:00.

  • Monday-Friday: Service frequency is every 10 minutes between 06:00 - 07:00 and 20:00 - 20:30.
  • Saturday: Service frequency is every 10 minutes between 09:30 - 10:30 and 20:00 - 20:30.
  • Sunday: Service frequency is every 10 minutes between 10:30 - 11:30 and 17:30 - 18:00.
  • On all days: Prior to the 10 minute frequency service times the service interval is every 15–30 minutes and after the 10 minute frequency service times the service interval is every 15 minutes.
  • Exceptions are the U5 line which operates every 20 minutes during the day and evening (and every 30 minutes at other times) and the U8 line which only operates Monday-Friday from 6:00 to 19:00 with a service frequency of every 20 minutes.

Most routes are served by two or more lines in the city centre, so there is a train every few minutes at most stations.[19]

Fares and ticketing

The Stadtbahn is part of the regional transport cooperative, the Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart (VVS; Stuttgart Transit and Tariff Association), which coordinates tickets and fares among all transport operators in the metropolitan area. Besides the Stadtbahn, these include the SSB's bus networks, together with the Stuttgart S-Bahn, operated by a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG (DBAG), and DBAG's Regionalbahn regional train services within the VVS area.[20]

Extensions

U12 construction site in Hallschlag

Relocation of Staatsgalerie stop (follow-up due to Stuttgart 21)

The Staatsgalerie stop has had to be raised and moved to the Schlossgarten in order to create space for the eastern access to the underground station planned as part of the Stuttgart 21 project. This measure includes reimbursement of costs for possible malfunctions funded by funds from the project. Construction work for the new route has started; from 10 December 2017 to 10 December 2023, the section between Staatsgalerie and Hauptbahnhof was closed to Stadtbahn trains. The corresponding lines were diverted via Charlottenplatz. The newly rebuilt stop opened to passengers in September 2021

Rosenstein Tunnel

Due to the construction of the Rosenstein tunnel for the B10, the Wilhelma station was rebuilt in a different location, directly in front of the main entrance to the Wilhelma. Likewise, the Rosensteinpark station is to be rebuilt. As of January 2018, the old platform has already been demolished and replaced by two temporary platforms. Due to the construction pits, the route between Rosensteinpark and Glockenstraße and between Wilhelma and Mineralbäder or Mercedesstraße ran in a single track.[21]

U6-Süd: Fasanenhof Schelmenwasen – Flughafen/Messe Ost

The U6 has been extended by three kilometers from the Fasanenhof Ost commercial area to the Messe Stuttgart and the airport. Commissioning was scheduled for mid-2021 and realized in December 2021. After crossing the A8, the route runs east along the B 27 with stops at Echterdingen Stadionstraße and Messe West, and then north of the airport road to the final stop, Flughafen/Messe Ost, in the immediate vicinity of the existing S-Bahn station and planned Filderbahnhof. The initial cost estimate was €70 million, but was revised to €94 million in 2016, and €101.3 million in 2017.

On 14 November 2012, the state of Baden-Württemberg decided to promote the U6. The state assumes 20% of the eligible costs, and the federal government 60%. In the cost-benefit analysis, the U6 extension performed better than a fair connection with the U5 from Leinfelden. Therefore, the U6 extension was pursued, although both routes would be economical.

In late summer 2013, there was agreement on the financing of the negotiators of the cities of Stuttgart and Leinfelden-Echterdingen, the state, the SSB and the district of Esslingen. In September 2013, the regional assembly approved the agreements and thus decided to build the U5 (see article below), the U6 and the S2. Work on clearing the construction site started in October 2017.

Possible projects

After completing the U6 extension to the airport, no further network extensions are planned, although there are a number of considerations for improving the offerings on the existing infrastructure as well as further infrastructure upgrades.

Capacity increase on the U1

The platforms on the section between Fellbach and Heslach Vogelrain are to be extended in order to use there double tractions with 80 meters train length. This should increase the capacity on the U1 line. The demand on the section Heslach Vogelrain-Vaihingen is lower, so this part is then to be used with 40-meter trains of the U14. Only the aboveground stops have to be rebuilt, as the platforms of the tunnel stations were already designed for 120 meter long trains.

The platform extension was originally scheduled to be completed in 2016, but was deferred due to lack of funding. Instead, the required capacity should first be created through the U16 amplifier line (Fellbach - Bad Cannstatt - Feuerbach - Giebel). In 2018 plans are to be resumed. Completion is scheduled for 2023.

U19 extension to Mercedes-Benz

There are plans to extend the U19 line from the Neckarpark / Stadion terminus by about 800 meters to the factory gate of Mercedes-Benz. This is intended to make the journey to many employees more attractive by public transport. The Mercedes-Benz world will also be better developed. Even though the mayor of Stuttgart, Fritz Kuhn, is open-minded about the project, according to the SSB a realization before 2021 is hardly possible, since the planning is complex and the planners of the SSB are already busy with the other projects. In view of the particulate matter problem with the impending ban on driving a car, this project received high priority in 2016.

U5-Süd: Leinfelden Markomannenstraße – Echterdingen Hinterhof (– Flughafen/Messe / Filderstadt)

The intention is to rebuild the route between the planned new terminus Markomannenstraße via Echterdingen Gymnasium to the final stop Echterdingen Hinterhof. The line was decommissioned and demolished in 1990, but its route was kept clear. An older investigation confirms the reconstruction of a positive cost-benefit factor. At the request of the municipal council of Leinfelden-Echterdingen, the SSB will consider this extension in the further development of the light rail network.

Next, a possibly subterranean continuation to the outskirts, from there on the surface further to the planned commercial area Echterdingen East and from there to the airport / fair and / or direction Filderstadt possible. If the said business park is created, it will be developed by the U6 (see article U6-renewal above) according to the decisions of the regional assembly, which is why an extension of the U5 beyond Echterdingen backyard seems unlikely.

Light rail connection Pattonville

In addition, the community district of Pattonville brought the cities of Ludwigsburg, Kornwestheim and Remseck am Neckar in the discussion of the U14, by proposing the U12, and the U14 from the Neckar valley in the future in Pattonville end. A study commissioned by the Zweckverband Sonnenberg / Pattonville came to the conclusion that a Stadtbahnverlängerung only up to Pattonville with a benefit cost factor of only 0.5 to 0.6 would be very uneconomic and thus has no chance of realization. However, the alternative route as part of the light rail to Ludwigsburg (see below) achieved an economic value of 1.15.

Stadtbahn Markgröningen - Möglingen - Ludwigsburg - Pattonville

This urban railway line, which runs from Markgröningen via the existing, no longer operated railway line of the Deutsche Bahn to Ludwigsburg and from there through the urban area of Ludwigsburg to Pattonville, is being planned. The project is eligible, as the benefit-cost factor is 1.3. [39] With its 19 stops this would be a major extension of the light rail network and the first, which would be completely outside the city limits of Stuttgart. About the light rail connection Pattonville (see above), the route would be directly connected to the existing light rail network.

Further development Rosensteinviertel

The after completion of Stuttgart 21 to be built Rosensteinviertel should be developed according to the framework plan Stuttgart 21 if necessary with the light rail. A Stadtbahntrasse should then run in the axis Mittnachtstraße, the Rosenstein Park gently cross and connect to the existing Stadtbahntrasse in Stuttgart East. At the new station Stuttgart Mittnachtstraße a transfer point to the discharge of the main station is to be created.

Connection Nellingen - Esslingen

The U7 and U8 currently end in Nellingen at the stop Nellingen-Ostfildern. Until the end of the 1970s, there was an overland tram, which connected Nellingen Zollberg with Esslingen, the tram Esslingen-Nellingen-Denkendorf. A reconstruction of the route from Nellingen to Esslingen with connection of the Esslinger district Zollberg and the Festo headquarters in Berkheim with connection to the S-Bahn line S1 in the Neckar valley was discussed.

Extension of the U2 / U19 to Fellbach-Schmiden

An extension of the U2 or U19 over Neugereut out into the Fellbacher districts Schmiden and Oeffingen is desired by the SSB. An investigation of the possible alignment has already been carried out. By the commissioning of the U19 and the associated relief of the much sought after section Neugereut to Wilhelmsplatz, this extension seems feasible, but an implementation is currently (as of 2016) is not yet foreseeable.

Unused tunnels

  • The Herderplatz stop is already set up on a lower lying, today unused tunnel trough, which merges into the existing tunnel to Botnang and to which a possible future tunnel under the Bebelstraße can be connected. At the Herderplatz, two lift shafts were already built in 1994; However, the one on the city-facing platform is still only in the shell state. *This side of the bus stop can still be reached barrier-free via a long ramp. Whether the second elevator is installed, is therefore not foreseeable.
  • The terminus Ostfildern-Nellingen was laid out in a deep concrete trough, which can be converted into a tunnel ramp during a possible further construction towards Esslingen.
  • Between the Charlottenplatz and Staatsgalerie stops, the extension of the tunnel, which runs parallel to the south and is currently unused, can be seen, leading to the former provisional tunnel ramp Konrad-Adenauer-Straße (abandoned in 1972 with the opening of the Charlottenplatz-Stöckach section of the tunnel).
  • As early as the 1980s, a tunnel box was built under the B 10 / B 27 in Zuffenhausen as a preliminary construction allowance for the eventual guidance of the present-day U15 line via Zuffenhausen station. This tunnel is still unused. It extends only under the surface of the federal highway, not under the railway systems of the German course, since these were reduced during the construction of the federal highway, but not rebuilt. As part of the construction of the U15, this tunnel was not used, because it has opted for a leadership of the light rail line through Zuffenhausen. In the future, it is expected that the tunnel will be removed by lowering the B 10 / B 27.
  • On the section from Vaihingen to Möhringen, an additional standard-gauge turnout was installed in the track to Möhringen during the construction of the new bridge over the north-south road at the beginning of the 1980s. In a then planned relocation of the track construction Wangen to the present Stadtbahnbetriebshof Möhringen (now no longer pursued) would be on this turnout a freight siding from Vaihingen station, which would have shared in parts such as the former Filderbahn the Stadtbahn route along the north-south street connected to the new railway construction yard.
  • As part of the S-Bahn construction until 1978, a short tunnel section was built in the second basement below the Rotebühlplatz as a construction advance for the light rail. This tunnel went into operation in 1983 after the construction of the underground station Rotebühlplatz and the ramp in the Fritz-Elsas-Straße.
  • At the section lying today between Leinfelden and Echterdingen in the area Echterdingen high school already in the late 1970s, when the future of this route was not yet decided finally, laid thresholds for a three-rail track (albeit in outer layer). Together with the remaining railway tracks also this already developed section was rebuilt in 1991, since the U5 had received its end point in Leinfelden in 1990 and a continuation was not foreseeable.
  • At the opening of the inner city tunnel of the Talquerlinie in 1976 and 1978, this was already equipped with standard gauge sleepers between Schlossplatz and the main station and already equipped with elevated platform approaches at the staircases of the stops. At that time, however, it was still from an outer layer of the third rail, which is why the thresholds had to be reversed in the mid-1980s in several night actions on the usual today inner layer. As a result, the edges of the Hochbahnsteigstümpfe at the south end of the station main station were too far from the track, so they in the 2010 made through the Hochbahnsteigs, d. H. Task of the Tiefbahnsteigs, for the light rail operation were not usable. SSB therefore had to adjust the track situation in this area in the summer of 2010.
  • Under the Small Palace Square was a tunnel of the tram line 8 from 1968 to 1978. In anticipation of future use by the light rail, he was considered a construction advance. In 2002, as part of the new construction of the Kunstmuseum, it was integrated into the exhibition rooms on the lower floors.
  • In connection with the construction of the municipal library on Milan Square, two 60 m (out of town) and 40 m (city-in) long single-track tunnel tube sections for the U12 route through the Europaviertel were built on the site of the former freight station from November 2008 to the beginning of 2010. These tunnels were connected in 2017 to the newly built tunnel tubes of the Talquerlinien between the city library and the central station and put into operation on December 9, 2017.

See also

References

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