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Kassel - approx. 192,000 inh., in the north of the state of Hessen.

Between 1968 and 2005, Kassel boasted an underground tram stop in front of the railway station (Hauptbahnhof). The stop was closed in 2005 and the southern ramp (city side) incorporated into a new tunnel which now allows RegioTram vehicles to leave the mainline station and continue on urban tram tracks. These lines loop run through the city centre and terminate at Holländische Straße and Auestadion. Tram line 4 continues as an interurban line to Hessisch Lichtenau on rail tracks which are not used by regular passenger trains, and only a short section occasionally seeing freight trains.

Tramway + RegioTram
- network length (urban sections) approx. 53 km (incl. Baunatal) + 21 km to Hessisch Lichtenau + 86 km RegioTram routes
- 8 urban lines (line 2 rush hour only) + 3 RegioTram lines, which run on shared DB railway tracks and urban tram tracks.
- 1435 mm gauge
- rolling stock: DUEWAG N8C (1981/1986); DUEWAG NGT 6C (low-floor, 1990/1996); Bombardier 8NGTW (1999-2003); Alstom RegioCitadis (2.65 m wide for RegioTram lines)

07/2007: Hauptbahnhof - Scheidemannplatz (tunnel)
22-10-2011: Holländische Straße - Vellmar Nord (4 km)

KVG - Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft

NVV - Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund

ÖPNV in Kassel

Straßenbahn Kassel at Wikipedia.de

Bilderbogen der Kasseler Straßenbahnen by Claus Ochs

Photos showing former underground stop at Hauptbahnhof by Christian Müller