Halberstadt, Germany, trams

Electric tram operation in this town which presently has a population of 41,000 began on 2 May 1903 with the conversion of the 19th century horse tramlines and construction of a new tram depot on Gröperstrasse.

The meter-gauge tramway currently operates two routes, both of which start at the Hauptbahnhof or main station with a combined route length of 11.7 km, about half the maxium extent reached a century ago.

The main railway station as it it looked then, less substantial now.

Outside the Handelsorganisation (retail trade) store in DDR days.

A scene in a narrow street from the 1970s by Michel Huhardeaux

Another 1957 Gotha T57 seen near the Voigtei terminus of route 2 in early 1990.