The Leipzig tramway network is a network of tramways which together with the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland forms the backbone of the public transport system in Leipzig, a city in the federal state of Saxony, Germany. Opened in 1872, the network has been operated since 1938 by Leipziger Verkehrsbetriebe (LVB), and is integrated in the Mitteldeutscher Verkehrsverbund (MDV). With its 13 lines, route length of 146 km and 522 tram stops, the network is currently the third biggest in Germany, after the Cologne and Berlin tramway networks.

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As of 1 January 2020 there were a total of 245 trams and 43 trailers in regular service, consisting of the following: In 2018 Leipzig sold 20 used trams to the Ukrainian city Dnipro, to be used on its tram routes. In 2019 a procurement project for new trams was launched jointly with tram operators in Görlitz and Zwickau. A contract was signed in December 2021 with LEIWAG (a consortium of HeiterBlick and Kiepe Electric) and Leipzig will receive 25 new 45 m long trams, with options for up to 130 more.

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