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Düwag or Duewag, formerly Waggonfabrik Uerdingen, was a German manufacturer of rail vehicles. It was sold in 1999 to Siemens with the brand later retired. History [ edit ]
The Siemens–Duewag U2 is a type of light rail vehicle (LRV), built by consortium of Siemens, Duewag and Wegmann & Co built between 1968 and 1990. The design was based on the prototype U1 tram built in 1965 for the Frankfurt U-Bahn. The U2 was also designed for and used by the Frankfurt U-Bahn.
Duewag U2. The U2 light rail car is an electric multiple unit consisted of two carriages, both with powersupply via overhead wire and one with a pantograph (carriage A), developed in the late 1960s.
However, 9 rebuilt DUEWAG articulated tramways of the same age are still part of the operating fleet and can be seen in Norrköping’s streets today. The story of the DUEWAG in Norrköping started in the 1990s when the operator planned to modernize the ASEA M67 four-axle trams.
The Siemens-Duewag Supertram is a fleet of 25 trams built by Siemens-Duewag of Düsseldorf, Germany, in 1992 for use on the Sheffield Supertram light rail network in England. They were the only trams in use on the network until the entry into service of British Rail Class 399 tram-trains in 2017.
Duewag, acquired by Siemens in 1989, produced around one-quarter of the comfortable passenger cars – 168 out of a total of 694 – at its Krefeld factory. They offered a completely new level of travel comfort, with music and radio programs available at every seat and a passenger information system on LCD displays.
The operation of the classic Düwag GT8N (and GT6) trams in Łódź is now history I © KMST/ Michał Czechowicz. On Friday 3 November, the scheduled operation of the over 60-year-old classic Düwag GT8N ended at the MPK Łódź transport company in Poland.
