Trams in Dresden west of the city centre. Trams in Dresden The Dresden tramway network () is a network of tramways forming the backbone of the public transport system in Dresden, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, it has been operated since 1993 by Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe (DVB). , the network comprised 12 tram lines, with a total line length of approximately and a total route length of . There was of track, which translated into of actual tram line, serving 154 tram stops. The origins of the Dresden tramway network can be traced back to the year
Buehlau, Dresden Buehlau, Dresden Buehlau (German: Bühlau) is a quarter in the east of the Saxon capital Dresden and belongs to the statistical quarter Buehlau/Weisser Hirsch. It lies in the outside of the Elbe valley between the Dresden Heath and the Schoenfeld Upland. It was first mentioned in 1349, in 1839 it formed a country commune together with Quohren and in 1921 it became incorporated into Dresden. Today, Buehlau is part of one of the Dresden villa quarters. Buehlau is located seven kilometres to the east of Dresden's city centre, the Inner Old Town ("Innere Altstadt"). It lies an average altitude of