CarGoTram
Sign in to saveThe CarGoTram was a freight tram in Dresden, Germany that operated between 2001 and 2020. It supplied Volkswagen's "Transparent Factory" with parts for car assembly.
Key facts
- Train.name
- CarGoTram
- Train.image
- CarGoTram Dresden.jpg
- Train.imagesize
- 200
- Train.caption
- The CarGoTram
- Train.manufacturer
- Schalker EisenhütteMaschinenfabrik GmbH
- Train.yearconstruction
- 2000
- Train.numberbuilt
- 2
- Train.formation
- 5 EMU + 7 middle carriages
- Train.poweroutput
- 20 × =
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- rolling stock class
- Subclass of
- freight tram
- Country
- Germany
- Mass
- +90
- Image
- CarGoTram Dresden.jpg
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The CarGoTram was a freight tram in Dresden, Germany that operated between 2001 and 2020. It supplied Volkswagen's "Transparent Factory" with parts for car assembly.
== History == thumb|left|CarGoTram ran by Volkswagen in [[Dresden. Trams operated by the service were used to carry freight, as opposed to passengers.]] The idea of building a "transparent factory" for Volkswagen automobile production in Dresden arose in 1997. In March 2000, Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG (DVB AG, Dresden Public Transport Co.) and Volkswagen Automobil-Manufaktur Dresden GmbH signed a contract for the CarGoTram. Car parts were to be transported from the logistics centre in Friedrichstadt, Dresden to the new factory, using infrastructure normally used for passenger trams. Since the long route from the logistics centre to the factory ran through Dresden's inner city of Dresden, the tram caused less traffic congestion than trucks.