title: Trams in Mainz
text: # Trams in Mainz
  
  The Mainz tramway network (German: Straßenbahnnetz Mainz) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Mainz, the capital city of the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
  
  Opened in 1883, the network has been operated since 2001 by the Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft [de] (MVG), and is integrated in the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV).
  
  ## Lines
  
  As of 2017, the Mainz tramway network has the following five lines:
  
  | Line | Route |
  | - | - |
  | 50 | Hechtsheim/Bürgerhaus ↔ Hechtsheim/Mühldreieck ↔ Hechtsheim/Jägerhaus ↔ Mainz/Pariser Tor ↔ Mainz/Hauptbahnhof ↔ Mombach/Turmstraße (Haltepunkt Waggonfabrik) ↔ Gonsenheim/Kapellenstraße ↔ Finthen/Gemarkungsgrenze ↔ Finthen/Römerquelle |
  | 51 | Finthen;↔ Mainz/Hauptbahnhof ↔ Hauptbahnhof West;↔ Universität;↔ Lerchenberg;↔ (launched: 2016) |
  | 52 | Hechtsheim/Am Schinnergraben ↔ Hechtsheim/Jägerhaus ↔ Mainz/Pariser Tor ↔ Mainz/Hauptbahnhof ↔ Mainz/Zahlbach ↔ Bretzenheim/Bahnstraße |
  | 53 | Hechtsheim/Bürgerhaus ↔ Hechtsheim/Mühldreieck ↔ Hechtsheim/Jägerhaus ↔ Mainz/Pariser Tor ↔ Mainz/Hauptbahnhof ↔ Universität ↔ Lerchenberg ' |
  | 59 | Zollhafen ↔ Bismarckplatz ↔ Mainz Hauptbahnhof ↔ Hauptbahnhof West ↔ Hochschule Mainz (launched: 2017) |
  
  Since Autumn 2016, the "Mainzelbahn" has been transporting passengers from Hauptbahnhof West (main station, west entrance) via University and Marienborn to Lerchenberg, and offers a fast connection between the main station and the University as well as the headquarters of ZDF ("Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen", a public television channel in Germany) in the district of Lerchenberg. Further, a new line is planned. The "Zollhafen Tram" links the new Zollhafen residential area with the tram network. To operate the new lines, the MVG ordered 10 Variotrams from Stadler Rail.
  
  ## Rolling stock
  
  | Manufacturer | Type | Quantity | Numbers | built in | low-floor vehicle | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Duewag / Siemens | M8S | 01 | 277 | 1975 | no | Bought in 1987/89 from Bielefeld Stadtbahn; Identical vehicles 278-280 were scrapped in 2016. |
  | Duewag / Siemens | M8C | 06 | 271–276 | 1984 | no | Modernised at Ceglec in Prague between 2015 and 2017. |
  | Adtranz | GT6M-ZR | 16 | 201–216 | 1996 | yes | |
  | Stadler Rail | Variobahn | 09 | 217–225 | 2011/12 | yes | |
  | Stadler Rail | Variobahn | 10 | 227-236 | 2015/16 | yes | Ten further trams for operating the new Mainzelbahn and Zollhafen line. |
  