Berlin's Slowest Tram Line M10 Gets a Speed Upgrade — Then a Seven-Week Closure

Berlin's tram line M10 — the city's slowest, averaging just 14.2 km/h — is set to have a key 500-metre stretch between Alt-Moabit and Hauptbahnhof significantly sped up, roughly halving travel time on that segment, before an extended closure that begins 2 November 2026. From 9 November to 21 December, the busiest section between Turmstraße and Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark will be shut entirely for construction work. The M10 carries around 100,000 passengers daily; the Hauptbahnhof–Turmstraße section alone handles roughly 28,000 weekday riders — about three times the originally projected figure since the 2023 extension. BVG has 23 trams currently assigned to the line, rising to 24 in December. A BVG employee described the overall situation across much of the route as "a catastrophe." The speed improvements aim to address years of complaints that the line's poor performance undermines its usefulness despite its enormous ridership.