Why is Bremen, Germany missing a tram line?

Bremen, Germany sometimes is advertised as the "City of Trams", or even simply as the "Dorf mit Straßenbahn" (village with a tram).

But what if I told you it was missing a tram line? And that this line has been missing for over 50 years now, despite having served a very dense area?

This is the story of Bremen's Tram Line #7 - and why it needs to come back!

This video is a submission for ‪@ClassyWhale‬'s One Line More Contest. It felt fitting to end the year with a main video for a Classy Whale contest, seeing as my first one was also for a Classy Whale contest!

Special thanks to Spacy in the TFTSB Discord for providing me the scans and images of infrastructure, the proposed Bremen U-Bahn and S-Bahn networks, and even helped me source research on Line 7!

By the way, check out my Discord:   / discord  

Time Stamps:

Intro: 00:00
The Bremen Straßenbahnnetz: 00:50
The Foam Zone: 01:23
A Brief History of the Bremen Tram Network: 01:38
The Route of Line 7 to Rablinghausen: 03:25
Is it the Americans' fault?: 05:08
The Line Closures of the 1960s and 70s: 07:10
The Bremen U-Bahn: 08:43
Oops, that fizzled out, can we have Tram 7 back now?: 09:47
I love LiniePlus: 10:52
A Call to Action for the BSAG: 11:16
By the way, Bremerhaven exists: 11:52
The Path Forward: 12:02
A Special Unboxing: 12:15

Some footage from:

The Library of Old Car Ads:    / @thelibraryofoldcarads  

Bremen 1971 BSAG Straßenbahnfahrerin:    • Bremen 1971 BSAG Straßenbahnfahrerin  

Eine Stadtrundfahrt durch Bremen 1963:    • Eine Stadtrundfahrt durch Bremen 1963  

Straßenbahnen vor dem HBF Bremen [Sommer 1994]:    • Straßenbahnen vor dem HBF Bremen [Som...  

Check out the map from LiniePlus here: https://linieplus.de/proposal/bremen-...

Music:

"Double Cherry Pass" from Super Mario 3D World

"Sumo Swagger" by minusworld, AarekMG, and DakotaCityRag (via OCRemix)
   • Aah! Harimanada OC ReMix by minusworl...  

"Next of Kin Showdown" from Streets of Rage 4

"America F Yeah (Instrumental)" from Team America: World Police

"Speed Highway (Classic)" from Sonic Generations

"Night Jazz Beats" from PIxabay

"Creative Technology Showreel" from Pixabay

"Planet Undertow Theme" from Ristar"

"zeal" by YMK (via OCRemix)
   • Chrono Trigger OC ReMix by ymK: "Zeal...  

"Rainbow Road" from Mario Kart 64

Further reading: https://www.butenunbinnen.de/nachrich...

All clips used either with permission, under fair use, or under creative commons.