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TW 3000
🇩🇪 Germany ·built by Kiepe Electric· from 2015· rolling stock class of light rail vehicles for Hannover, Germany
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 2015-03-15 TW 3000 tram first commercial service Allerweg station Linden-Sued Hannover Germany 01: Christian A. Schröder ( ChristianSchd )· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. TW 3109 in Hannover: Clic· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. TW 3151 in Hannover: Clic· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Holzsitze des TW 3000, InnoTrans2014: Geogast· CC BY 3.0
- 5. Einführung TW 3000, üstra neue Stadtbahn Hannover, (001) stellvertretender Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender (Aufsichtsratsmitglied der Arbeitnehmer gemäß § 7 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 MitbestG) der üstra Dietmar Kaschube: Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 6. Einführung TW 3000, üstra neue Stadtbahn Hannover, (006) Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender und Regionspräsident Hauke Jagau sowie Oberbürgermeister Stefan Schostok auf dem Betriebshof Glocksee: Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 7. Einführung TW 3000, üstra neue Stadtbahn Hannover, (008) Fotograf Franz Fender ..: Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 8. Einführung TW 3000, üstra neue Stadtbahn Hannover, (103) Beifall (v.l.) von André Neiß, Stefan Schostok, Hauke Jagau und Olaf Lies: Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 9. Einführung TW 3000, üstra neue Stadtbahn Hannover, (104) der Vorhang ist gefallen ..: Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 10. Einführung TW 3000, üstra neue Stadtbahn Hannover, (186) das Victory-Zeichen von einem Gast aus Karlsruhe in der Fahrerkabine: Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover· CC BY-SA 3.0
what is it?
The TW 3000 is a type of articulated light rail vehicle used on the Hanover Stadtbahn system since 2015. The trains are built by a consortium of Vossloh Kiepe and Alstom, with the final assembly taking place at HeiterBlick's Leipzig factory.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 11 years ago, in 2015.
- 500 kW is about 6 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 25.2 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 2015
- in service from
- 2015
- status
- in service
- number built
- 153
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Kiepe Electric, Alstom
- operators
- üstra
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 500 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- 600– overhead catenary
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′2′+Bo′
- length
- 25.2 m
- capacity
- 54 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1260864, Wikipedia: TW 3000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.
