The city of Liberec is one of the seven cities in the Czech Republic where tram transport is present. The tram system is conjoined with an interurban tramway branch to Jablonec nad Nisou. It is operated by Dopravní podnik měst Liberce a Jablonce nad Nisou, a.s. The track system is approximately long with the branch between Liberec and Jablonec nad Nisou measuring around .

Narrow-gauge tracks were used since inception of the system in 1898 and a part of the network was decommissioned in the 1960s. A gradual reconstruction of the city line took place in the 1990s, where tracks were reconstructed to standard-gauge railway.

The branch between Liberec and Jablonec nad Nisou was out of service from July 2021 to May 2024 for upgrading and regauging to bring the network to an all standard-gauge track. It reopened on 1 May 2024.

On 17 July 2021, trams on the were in regular operation for the last time on the interurban line to Jablonec nad Nisou. The next day, construction work began on the regauging of the section U Lomu – Vratislavice. Operation on the normal gauge line to Vratislavice was resumed on 6 November 2021. Vratislavice - Jablonec section reopened on May 1 2024.

Other similar interurban tramway lines in the Czech Republic include Most–Litvínov, Ostrava–Kyjovice and Brno–Modřice.

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|Liberec, Fügnerova ↔ Vratislavice nad Nisou ↔ Jablonec nad Nisou, Tyršovy Sady

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Ticketing

Regular Liberec public transport tariffs apply both on Liberec and Jablonec services as all lines are part of the public transport network in Liberec. In the past, there was a zone tariff on the Liberec–Jablonec line and for this reason, conductors were still operating at a time when operation without conductors was already introduced in Liberec and other Czech cities. All tramcars are equipped with ticket vending machines.

Rolling stock

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! Subtypes

! Delivered

! In service

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| rowspan="6" |Tatra T3

| Tatra T3SUCS

| 1987<br />(1986–1987)

| 4

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| Tatra T3M.04

| 1996–1999

| 19

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| Tatra T3R.P

| 2003–2005

| 5

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| Tatra T3R.PV

| 2003–2008

| 12

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| Tatra T3R.PLF

| 2005–2007

| 12

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| Tatra T3R.SLF

| 2012–2021

| 10

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| EVO2

| EVO2

| 2012<br />(2012)

| 1

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See also

  • History of Liberec
  • List of tram and light rail transit systems
  • List of town tramway systems in the Czech Republic

References

Bibliography

  • Website of DPMLJ - network operator