Welcome to the Ebbelwei Express:
We invite you to explore our vibrant city with an historic train. Enjoy an hour of stories and history, memorials and anything noteworthy along the way.
We hope you enjoy yourself
Your VGF, the Frankfurt Transportation Company
Notes on the audio city tour:
The trip with the Ebbelwei Express begins at the zoo and takes you on a tour of the most important sights of the city of Frankfurt am Main.
For better orientation, an identification sound, the track number and the respective stop are given at the beginning of each audio file. Then, the sights to the left or right along the route are mentioned. You can switch between the stops as you wish with your MP3-Player. This assumes that you have transferred all of the Podcast files to your MP3-player in the correct sequence. There is another identification sound at the end of a track. If you hear this and have not yet reached the next stop, press pause on your MP3-player and wait until the next stop.
The Ebbelwei Express:
Before we begin our city tour, we would like to introduce our Ebbelwei Express: streetcar models in Frankfurt are designated by consecutive letters. The latest type of streetcar is the “S”-car. The Ebbelwei Express is a generation “K” train and was built between 1949 and 1954 by Duewag/Crede. It is 11 metres 44 centimetres long, 2 metres 16 centimetres wide, and has 22 seats and room for 8 standing passengers. With a weight of 13 tons, it has a motor output of 2 x 60 kW. VGF has a total of 4 locomotives and 6 trailer cars.
And now, we wish you lots of fun on your journey through our beautiful city. If the train is already moving and has departed the Zoo stop, quickly switch to the next track.