9 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. TW2000 2500 Schaumburgstrasse Hanover Germany 01: ChristianSchd· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. 2001-03-31.H-TW2000-Vahrenwalder-Platz: Dirk Hillbrecht· CC BY-SA 2.0 de
- 3. Stadtbahn Hannover Linie 8 TW 2000: Kristof Magnusson· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 2021-06-02 Hans-Böckler-Allee (Hannover) 03: Bärbel Miemietz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. 2021-07-02 Brücke Bischofshol (Bult) 06: Bärbel Miemietz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 6. 2021-12-10 Üstra Straßenbahn 01: Bärbel Miemietz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 7. 2023-01-29 Hannover-Limmer 02: Bärbel Miemietz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. 2023-01-29 Hannover-Limmer 03: Bärbel Miemietz· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. Gleidingen tram 2018 3: Smiley.toerist· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The TW 2000 is a Stadtbahn vehicle in operation on the Hanover Stadtbahn network in Hanover, Germany.
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
- 25.8 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
- Seats 101: 2 full city buses (~50 seats each).
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 144
- kind
- tram / light rail
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- builders
- Linke-Hofmann, Siemens
- operators
- üstra
- top speed
- 80 km/h
- power
- 146 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo'2Bo'
- length
- 25.8 m
- capacity
- 101 passengers
- Dutch name
- TW 2000 (en 2500)
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q575777, Wikipedia: TW 2000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.