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Halle (Saale) - approx. 233,000 inh.; in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, 30 km west of Leipzig. Halle has a 20 km, U-shaped S-Bahn service (S7) on mainline tracks, with an underground station at Halle-Neustadt. Halle is linked to Leipzig via line S10.

Tramway
- network length approx. 51.5 km (+ approx. 18 km interurban line 5)
- 12 lines (in Halle) with basic 15-minute headway
- lines 9/10 and 11/12 are operated jointly
- south of Ammendorf, line 5 continues to Merseburg and Bad Dürrenberg (total length from Heide to Bad Dürrenberg 30.8 km) as an interurban tramway (every 30 minutes)
- 1000 mm gauge
- rolling stock: modernised CKD Tatra T4D-C + B4D-C (trailers); DUEWAG/Siemens MGT6D (1996); Bombardier MGT-K (2004)

1999: Rennbahnkreuz - S-Bahnhof Neustadt
2000: S-Bahnhof Neustadt - Eselsmühle
2002: Eselsmühle - Göttinger Bogen
2003: Eselsmühle - Soltauer Straße
2003: Saline - Glauchaer Platz - Franckeplatz
2005: Riebeckplatz - Hauptbahnhof - Pfännerhöhe (diverted route)
2006: Franckeplatz - Leipziger Turm - Riebeckplatz
2007: Heide - Kröllwitz

Hallesche Verkehrs-AG

Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV)

Straßenbahn Halle

Hallesche Straßenbahnfreunde e.V.

Hallesches Verkehrs AG at Wikipedia.de