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at the Berlin industrial exhibition two years before. In order to develop the concept, he received the official approval to run an electric tramway line on already existing tracks, which had been used for building the
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A photo of a plaque raised in Lichterfelde, Berlin, Germany, to mark the world's first electric streetcar line. The plaque is located on a stand near the Lichterfede Ost Railway Station in Berlin, Germany.
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was the world's first commercially successful electric tram and first public electric tramway used for permanent service. It was built by the
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tracks were generally separated from roads, and trespassing was prohibited.
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by putting wire mesh on the tracks, which shut down the operation.
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line. Each car was originally equipped with a 180-volt
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The 2.4-kilometre-long (1.5 mi) line started at
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The Railway News, Volume 56, Oct. 10, 1891, page 578
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Siemens & Halske
Lichterfelde
Berlin
Werner von Siemens
electric passenger train
Prussian
Lichterfelde West
Berlin-Lichterfelde Ost station
Anhalt Railway
DC
traction motor
model railways
metre gauge
level crossings
short circuits
overhead wire
Berlin-Lichterfelde West station
Trams in Berlin
Electromote
"Prints of The Gross Lichterfelde Tramway was the worlds first electric tramway"
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