as smallpox and scurvy. Incorporations Population Augsburg has a population of about 300,000. It is the 3rd largest city in Bavaria and the largest city in Swabia region. Augsburg was in about 1500 with population of about 30,000 one of the largest city in Holy Roman Empire alongside with Cologne and Prague. Augsburg passed 100,000 in 1909 and the population grow normally since then. Twin towns – sister cities Augsburg is twinned with: Amagasaki, Japan (1959) Bourges, France (1963) Dayton, United States (1964) Inverness, Scotland, UK (1956) Jinan, China (2004) Liberec, Czech Republic (2001) Nagahama, Japan (1959) Transport Roads The main road link is autobahn A 8 between Munich and Stuttgart. Public transport Public transport is very well catered for. It is controlled by the Augsburger Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund (Augsburg transport and tariff association, AVV) extended over central Swabia. There are seven rail Regionalbahn lines, five tram lines, 27 city bus lines and six night bus lines, as well as several taxi companies. The Augsburg tramway network is now 35.5 km-long after the opening of new lines to the university in 1996, the northern city boundary in 2001 and to the Klinikum Augsburg (Augsburg hospital) in 2002. Tram line 6, which runs 5.2 km from Friedberg West to Hauptbahnhof (Central Station), opened in December 2010. Intercity bus There is one station for intercity bus services in Augsburg: Augsburg Nord, located in the north of the city. Railway Augsburg has seven stations, the Central Station (Hauptbahnhof), Hochzoll, Oberhausen, Haunstetterstraße, Morellstraße, Messe and Inningen. The Central Station, built from 1843 to 1846, is Germany's oldest main station in a large city still providing services in the original building. It is currently being modernized and an underground tram station is built underneath it. Hauptbahnhof is on the Munich–Augsburg and Ulm–Augsburg lines and is connected by ICE and IC services to Munich, Berlin, Dortmund, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Stuttgart. As of December 2007, the French TGV connected Augsburg with a direct High Speed Connection to Paris. In addition EC and night train services connect to Amsterdam, Paris and Vienna and connections will be substantially improved by the creation of the planned Magistrale for Europe. The AVV operates seven Regionalbahn lines from the main station to: Mammendorf Schmiechen (direction to Ammersee) Aichach/Radersdorf Meitingen/Donauwörth Dinkelscherben Schwabmünchen Klosterlechfeld Starting in 2008, the regional services are planned to be altered to S-Bahn frequencies and developed long term as integrated