Oberhausen - approx. 220,000 inhabitants.

Tram line 112 runs from Mülheim to the neighbouring city of Oberhausen, where since 1996 it has been operating on a dedicated right-of-way between Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof and Sterkrade, a route that is shared by CityExpress buses. This tram line also serves the new area referred to as Neue Mitte (CentrO).

Tram

- Route length approx. 8.9 km (6.8 km of which are on the dedicated right-of-way)
- 1 line (112), operated jointly with the Mülheim MVG
- 1000 mm gauge
- Rolling stock: MGT6D (1996)

1996: Hauptbahnhof - Sterkrade Bahnhof
2004: Sterkrade Bahnhof - Neumarkt

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Oberhausen is part of the VRR (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr), which also covers cities like Essen, Düsseldorf, Wuppertal and Dortmund. Fares:

A - for one city
B - city plus neightbouring cities
C - entire area

Full fare available from VRR.

STOAG (Stadtwerke Oberhausen)

VRR (Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr)

Stadtwerke Oberhausen at Wikipedia.de

Trambilderbuch

Straßenbahn in Mülheim an der Ruhr by Horst Spieker - Line 112

Die Straßenbahn in Oberhausen by Uwe Ziegler

Schwandl, Robert: Schnellbahnen in Deutschland / Metros in Germany. U-Bahn - Stadtbahn - S-Bahn. - April 2007, Berlin, ISBN 978 3 836573 18 3