F11 ferry line

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BVG ferry line F11 Baumschulenweg / Fähre -
Wilhelmstrand
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BVG ferry line F11, view towards Baumschulenweg
The ship Fährbär has 34 seats as well as a platform for staying outside with bicycle parking space. The solar catamaran ferry, built in 2013, is 18.50 m long and 5.22 m wide.

The ferry line F11 is a ferry connection of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) on the Spree between Baumschulenstrasse in Berlin-Baumschulenweg and the allotment gardens Wilhelmstrand in Berlin-Oberschöneweide . It is one of the oldest still existing ferry connections in Berlin.

history

The ferry had its first trip to the trade fair in 1896. The ferry belonged to the innkeeper of the Spreeschloss that was destroyed in World War II, a restaurant on the Oberschöneweider Ufer. In the 1960s, the private ferry was sold to VEB Fahrgastschifffahrt Berlin (later the White Fleet). Today it belongs to the BVG.

Until December 31, 2013, a ferry with a diesel engine was used on the line, since January 1, 2014 it has been served by a ship with an electric motor ( FährBär ). After a month, the old ferry had to be reactivated for a short time after the electrically powered ship had to pause due to a defect in the bow thruster . At the start of the season of the ferries F21 and F23, which were only used in the summer half-year, at the beginning of April 2014, all four newly purchased electric ferries were in use again.

The ferry service is provided on behalf of BVG, although the ferry is not owned by BVG.

After the completion of the new Minna-Todenhagen bridge , the ferry line was originally supposed to be discontinued at the end of 2017 and the connection should instead be taken over by a bus line over this Spree bridge. After user protests against the termination, the ferry service was initially continued until the end of 2018 and the development of the passenger numbers during this time was monitored. On the part of the Senate, a permanent continuation of the ferry connection at this point in time was considered rather unlikely. However, the ferry will continue to operate in 2019. The approved local transport plan 2019-2023 now provides for the permanent ordering of ferry services for the F11, the parallel traffic to the bus is acceptable with a view to the desirable local recreation and cycling as well as the development of the other residential and allotment areas outside the bus stop catchment areas of the 365 bus line estimated.

use

Figures from 2017 and 2018 on usage can be found in a Senate document in response to a written request.

The ferry line is mainly used for leisure traffic and by a high proportion of cyclists. It is part of the European Cycle Route R1 and also serves to develop the allotment garden colonies on the east side of the Spree.

Web links

Commons : Fährlinie 11 (Berlin)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ferry F11: Baumschulenstrasse – Oberschöneweide , Berlin.de - The official capital city portal.
  2. ↑ BVG will be using electric ferries from the New Year ( memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Berlin.de - The official capital city portal.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.berlin.de
  3. ↑ Klaus Kurpjuweit: New BVG electric ferry is already broken , Der Tagesspiegel , February 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ Brigitte Schmiemann: BVG puts new environmentally friendly solar ferries into operation , Berliner Morgenpost , March 31, 2014
  5. ↑ a b c printed matter 18/11758. (PDF) Berlin House of Representatives, July 24, 2017, accessed on August 13, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Grace period for Spree ferry F 11. In: Der Tagesspiegel . September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017 .
  7. ↑ André Görke, Thomas Loy: F as in Fährliebt: What's next with the BVG ferries? In: Der Tagesspiegel Online . July 19, 2018, ISSN  1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed August 29, 2018]).
  8. ↑ BVG line F 11 will also run in 2019: The Spree ferry has been saved . In: Berlin Week . ( berliner-woche.de [accessed on September 15, 2018]).
  9. ^ State of Berlin (ed.): Local transport plan 2019–2023 . S. 338 .
  10. ↑ Senate Berlin: Utilization and future of the ferry connection F11. Retrieved August 29, 2018 .

Coordinates: 52 ° 28 '24 "  N , 13 ° 29' 45.4"  E