Local transport in Bremen

Local public transport in Bremen is carried out in regular service with railways , trams , S-Bahn , regional and city ​​buses from various transport companies. The uniform tariff of the Bremen-Lower Saxony transport association applies in the city and the surrounding area .

Tram train on the Bremer Domsheide

city ​​traffic

In the area of ​​the city of Bremen , Bremer Straßenbahn AG , BSAG for short, operates the tram and bus routes. In 2012 it carried around 103.1 million passengers, i.e. around 282,000 every day. In 2019, BSAG carried around 290,000 passengers a day. Line 1 was used most frequently with around 58,000 passengers a day; bus route 25 was the bus route used most frequently with around 23,000 people a day.

Planning for U- and S-Bahn lines

In the very elongated city of Bremen, unlike in the other rather compact German cities with over and around 500,000 inhabitants such as Leipzig, Dresden and Duisburg, there are no subways or subway-like systems.

Subway

1952 there were the first underground tram plans . Several expert opinions endorsed the relocation of tram lines 2 and 3 in the city center between Ostertor and Doventor in a tunnel. In 1958, for the first time, a report by Professor Walther Lambert from the TH Stuttgart required three tunnel sections for the tram lines in the city center. In 1959, there was also a small report for an underground tram line .

The first report by Professor W. Grabe, which provided for the construction of four full underground lines , was published in 1967. According to a forecast at the time, the city of Bremen should have around 800,000 inhabitants in 2000; but that was unrealistic. Höltge (1992) notes: "Professor Grabe reckoned with an expansion time of 50 years and 1.2 billion DM costs".

Train

In 1970 Grave's subway appraisal was completed by a S-Bahn project drawn up by Professor Rolf Kracke from the TH Hannover . This appraiser calculated investment costs of 1.586 billion for construction stages I to III. DM.

The concepts for the U- and S-Bahn were not implemented. Critics therefore criticize the insufficient average travel speed of public transport, which has to share the streets with other road users on the routes in the city center and the sections close to the city center. Other users, on the other hand, rate it as positive that the stops are also on the surface in the city center, making them easy and quick to reach and easy for visitors to the city to perceive.

In 1969 and 1972, the Young Socialists of Bremen decided on a Bremen transport concept . They criticized the target population of 800,000, which was too high. They demanded the S-Bahn lines S1 to S3 on the existing railways and five above-ground urban railway lines on largely their own tracks.

Realizations

Today (2014) the tram (light rail) is run on five above-ground routes on mostly dedicated tracks and with eight lines.

With the introduction of the regional S-Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony , the RS1 line with 17 stops in the city and 15-minute intervals during rush hour traffic can also provide inner-city transport services.

Day traffic: tram

→ Main article : Bremen tram

Bremen tram network of the year 2019

The tram network forms the core of public urban transport in Bremen. Its focus is with three nodes in Bremen's old town, which is located directly on the right bank of the Weser . From there, eight lines extend in a star shape over eleven line branches, which open up the elongated urban area on the right bank of the Weser and the densely populated districts on the left bank of the Weser, but not the city district of Bremen-Nord. Since the late 1990s , steps have been taken to connect settlements and suburbs further outside the inner city area; in 2014, Lilienthal, the first suburb in the Lower Saxony area, was opened up.

Infrastructure and vehicles

Type GT8N low-floor tram from BSAG

The Bremen tram runs almost continuously on two tracks on standard gauge tracks (there is only one track on a short section in Lilienthal, Lower Saxony), some of which are laid in the street space, but mostly on a special track . On the outer branches of the routes to Arsten, Huchting and Osterholz there are also sections on independent railway tracks , some of which are elevated.
The route network of Bremer Straßenbahn AG covers 620 km, of which 505.4 km as a bus network and 114.6 km as a rail network.

In Bremen go way vehicles , the turning loops need to change direction. At the beginning of the 1990s, BSAG was the first company in Germany to improve the barrier-free accessibility of its means of transport with series of low-floor vehicles . In 2005 around thirty of the older high-floor trains, each consisting of a multiple unit and a sidecar, were still in use, but they have been gradually replaced by new low-floor vehicles since the end of the same year. To speed up the operation, 117 were from 1999 to 2003 for 7.5 million euros traffic signals equipped in the urban area with priority circuits for trams and buses. The operation is converted to vehicles with a car body width of 2.65 meters. After the start of expanding the center-to-center distance between lines 1 and 6 in 2005, all lines except for lines 2 and 10 have been accessible with the wider vehicles since autumn 2013.

The three hubs: Hauptbahnhof, Domsheide and Am Brill are particularly important . A six-track transfer station for trams and city buses was opened at the main train station in 1999, and six of the eight railway lines run on it. Instead, only lines 2 and 3 drive via Am Brill through the pedestrian zone in Obernstrasse , which is Bremen's main shopping street, and across Domsheide. With the Bürgermeister-Smidt- Bridge following the Brillkreuzung and the Wilhelm-Kaisen-Bridge near the Domsheide, two spatially separate crossings of the Weser are available.

In the inner city area, the track network has a number of additional switches , track triangles and travel options, so that most tram lines can be rerouted on a small scale during construction work or route closures. Historical special trains use these additional tracks for tourist tours through the city center.

Line overview

line	route	Stops	Peak hours	NVZ	Sundays and holiday	vehicles	Travel time within minutes
1	Station Mahndorf - Central Station - Am Brill - Huchting	44	7.5 min.	10 min.	20 min.	GT8N / GT8N-1	58
1S	Tenever - Kirchbachstraße → continue as line 1E in the direction of the main station	13	2 trips	-	-	GT8N / GT8N-1	20th
2	Gröpelingen - Am Brill - Domsheide - Sebaldsbrück	33	10 min.	10 min.	20 min.	GT8N	44
3	Gröpelingen - Überseestadt - Am Brill - -Domsheide - Weserwehr	29	10 min.	10 min.	20 min.	GT8N	36
4th	Lilienthal - main station - Domsheide - Arsten Borgfeld - main station - Domsheide - Arsten	49 39	15 minutes. 5 min.	20 min. 10 min.	20 min.	GT8N / GT8N-1	66 52
4S	Lilienthal - Borgfeld - Kirchbachstraße → further as line 4 arriving as line 4 → Kirchbachstraße - Borgfeld - Lilienthal	16 16	15 min. (5:36 - 9:00 am and 2:21 pm - 6:17 pm) 15 min. (6:15 am - 9:00 am and 2:30 pm - 7:00 pm)	-	-	GT8N / GT8N-1	61
5 & 5S	Gröpelingen - Use Akschen - Waller Ring → Line 5 → Überseestadt - Daniel-von-Büren-Str. - Central station - Bürgerpark Bürgerpark - Central Station - Daniel-von-Büren-Str. - Überseestadt - Waller Ring → Line 5S → Use Akschen - Gröpelingen	14th 14th	20 min.	20 min.	-	GT8N	24
6th	University North - Central Station - Domsheide - Airport South	25th	6 min.	10 min.	20 min.	GT8N / GT8N-1	33
8th	Kulenkampffallee - Central Station - Domsheide - Huchting Late-night traffic: Kulenkampffallee - Hauptbahnhof → Line E → Am Brill - Westerstraße → Line 8 → Domsheide - Kulenkampffallee	21st 24	20 min. -	20 min. 20 min.	20 min. 20 min.	GT8N / GT8N-1	30th 33
8E	Huchting - Westerstraße - Domsheide → Line E → Am Brill → Line 1 → Westerstraße - Huchting	12	20 min. (6:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.)	-	-	GT8N / GT8N-1	15th
10	Gröpelingen - Walle - Central Station - Sebaldsbrück	32	10 min.	10 min.	20 min.	GT8N	44

The three lines followed by an "S" are high-speed tram lines that pass a number of stops without stopping, making travel times a few minutes shorter. Another line "3S" was discontinued on October 2, 2014 after almost 18 years.

Timetable offer

Most of the tram lines run every 10 minutes during the day, Monday to Saturday, every 20 minutes in the evening and Sunday, and every 30 minutes from around midnight. Exceptions:

• Line 1 runs every 7.5 minutes during rush hour in the afternoon between 2:30 and 6:30 p.m.
• Line 4 runs on the Arsten ↔ Kirchbachstraße section during rush hour in the morning and in the afternoon every 5 minutes. On the Kirchbachstraße ↔ Borgfeld section, every third train runs as line 4S to Lilienthal at these times. The remaining journeys end in Borgfeld.
• Line 5 only runs Monday to Saturday, every 20 minutes. Start of operation is on weekdays from 5:30 a.m. and on Saturdays from 9:15 a.m. The closing time is Monday to Saturday at around 8:50 p.m.
• Line 6 runs between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. and between 2.30 p.m. and 7 p.m. every 6 minutes. Between approx. 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., individual repeater trains on line 6E operate on the route between the university and Wilhelm-Kaisen-Brücke. These trips take place during the lecture period at the university.
• Line 8 runs continuously only every 20 minutes. From about 8:30 p.m. it only runs on the northern section of Kulenkampffallee - Hauptbahnhof - Brill - Westerstraße and via Domsheide back to the main station and Kulenkampffallee.

Expansion plans

The tram network is to be expanded further. The aim of the expansion plans listed below is to improve the connection of external settlements to the inner city of Bremen, with the extension of line 4 to Lilienthal-Falkenberg, the border to Lower Saxony being crossed for the first time.

Specifically, the following expansion plans are currently being pursued:

line		Planned construction work		execution
1	South end	Extension of Huchting, Roland-Center over the route of the Bremen-Thedinghauser Eisenbahn and Heinrich-Plett-Allee to Mittelhuchting, Brusselser Straße	6 new stops	Fall 2020–2024
1/2	Eastern branch	Connection of both lines between Julius-Brecht-Allee and Bennigsenstraße	2 new stops	Vsl. Spring 2021-2024
8th	South end	Extension of Huchting, Roland-Center over the route of the Bremen-Thedinghauser railway to the state border Varreler Landstrasse	1 new stop	Fall 2020–2024
8th	South end	Continuation via the Bremen-Thedinghauser railway from the state border, Dovemoorstraße through Stuhr to Weyhe -Leeste, Hagener Straße	12 new stops	Time currently open

In the coalition agreement of the red-green-red coalition, the following further possible expansion projects are mentioned:

line		Planned construction work
2/3/10	Western end	Extension from Gröpelingen to Oslebshausen
2/10	Eastern end	Extension from Sebaldsbrück to Osterholz
3	Eastern end	Extension from the Weser weir over Malerstraße to Sebaldsbrück
4/6	Riensberg / Horn	Connection of both lines between Riensberg and Horn. Realization of a fast connection between Lilienthal and the city center
5	Western branch	A more direct route to Überseestadt , for example via Konsul-Smidt-Straße
8th	North / East branch	Extension from Kulenkampffallee to the university. Between the stops at Kulenkampffallee and Wätjenstraße or via Parkallee and Universitätsallee

In addition, the BSAG believes that long-term connections to Findorff and the Neue Vahr are conceivable. A tram connection to Woltmershausen will not be pursued for the time being. Furthermore, the planning progress of the individual expansion projects differs immensely. A start of construction for the sections Sebaldsbrück - Osterholz or Kulenkampffallee - University could already be realized from the end of 2023. The Gröpelingen - Oslebshausen section, for example, can only be realized well after 2025.

Day traffic: omnibus

BSAG bus

The city bus routes serve the areas not served by rail traffic and connect the tram lines with each other. In some cases they replace discontinued tram routes.

Vehicles and infrastructure

The bus fleet consists entirely of low-floor vehicles, of which in June 2020 181 as articulated, 48 as 12-m buses and 2 as 8.6-m buses were in the inventory of BSAG. That is 20 articulated buses more and 14 12-meter buses less than in July 2009. Vehicles from the manufacturers MAN and Mercedes-Benz are mainly used, in some cases also Solaris. 65 vehicles from the manufacturer Mercedes-Benz also meet the Euro 6 emissions standard. Priority circuits have been set up for the traffic lights at almost all traffic lights with bus traffic.

Line overview

All city bus routes are listed below, sorted by type of route and districts served. Complete and current route directories are available from the transport companies.

line	Endpoints	course	Tact
Diameter lines
24	Rablinghausen ↔ Neue Vahr-Nord (from April to September extension to Lankenauer Höft)	Rablinghausen - Westerstraße - Domsheide - Central Station - Kurfürstenallee - Neue-Vahr-Süd	7.5
25th	Weidedamm-Süd ↔ Central Station ↔ Osterholz	Weidedamm-Süd - Utbremer Ring - Am Brill - Domsheide - Central Station - Julius-Brecht-Allee - Hermann-Koenen-Str. - Schweizer Eck	7.5
26th	Überseestadt ↔ Central Station ↔ Kattenturm Klinikum Links der Weser	Überseestadt-Nord - Waller Ring - Walle train station - Utbremer Ring - Central Station - Am Brill - Westerstraße - Pappelstraße - Huckelriede - habenhauser Landstraße - Kattenturm-Mitte - main entrance to the clinic	15th
27	Weidedamm-Nord ↔ Hauptbahnhof ↔ Huckelriede ↔ Brinkum-Nord (IKEA)	Weidedamm Nord - Utbremer Ring - Hauptbahnhof - Am Brill - Westerstraße - Pappelstraße - Huckelriede - Kattenesch - Kattenturm-Mitte - Brinkum-Nord Ochtum Park / IKEA	15th
Radius lines
63	Central Station ↔ Freight Transport Center (GVZ)	Main station - Am Brill - Reedeich-Nord - Georg-Henschel-Straße - Franz-Stickan-Straße - GVZ-Zentralbereich - Georg-Henschel-Straße - Reedeich-Nord - Am Brill - Hauptbahnhof	15th
Tangential lines
21st	Blockdiek ↔ Sebaldsbrück ↔ North University	Blockdiek - Sebaldsbrück - Sebaldsbrück station - Police headquarters - Horn - Universität-Nord (at times further as line 44 from Sebaldsbrück to Mahndorf station)	15th
22nd	Kattenturm-Middle ↔ University-East	Kattenturm-Mitte - Karl-Carstens-Bridge - Near the Three Piles - Kirchbachstrasse - Kulenkampffallee - University - University East	15th
28	Überseestadt ↔ Walle ↔ Findorff ↔ Wiener Str.↔ Universität-Nord	Überseestadt-Nord - University of the Arts - Konsul-Smidt-Strasse - Hansestrasse - Utbremer Ring - Stadtwaldsee - Wiener Strasse - Universität-Nord	20th
29	Kattenturm-Mitte ↔ Neue Vahr-Nord (on Saturdays only Blockdiek ↔ Neue Vahr-Nord)	Kattenturm-Mitte - (Hemelinger Hafendamm) - Glockenstrasse / Bf Hemelingen - Sebaldsbrück - Mercedes-Benz - Im Holter Feld - Berliner Freiheit - Gustav-Radbruch-Strasse (temporarily as line 52 from Kattenturm-Mitte to Huchting)	30th
33	Horn ↔ Sebaldsbrück	Horner Church - Horner Mill - Apple Alley - Im Holze - Oberneuland Station - Osterholzer Landstrasse - Osterholzer Heerstrasse - Sebaldsbrück	30th
34		Horner Church - Horner Mill - Apple Alley - Modersohnweg - Oberneuland Station - Osterholzer Landstraße - Osterholzer Heerstraße - Sebaldsbrück	30th
52	Huchting ↔ Kattenturm-Mitte	Roland-Center - Grolland - Airport - Kattenturm-Mitte (temporarily further as line 29 from Kattenturm-Mitte to Neue Vahr-Nord)	30th
East area
31	Borgfeld Ost ↔ Horn ↔ Nedderland ↔ Horn ↔ Borgfeld Ost	Borgfeld Ost - Am Lehester Deich - Fultonstraße - Kopernikusstraße - University - Horn - Achterdiek - Nedderland - Horn - University - Kopernikusstraße - Fultonstraße - Am Lehster Deich - Borgfeld Ost	30th
37	Sebaldsbrück ↔ Mahndorf station	Sebaldsbrück - Osterholzer Heerstraße - Schweizer Eck - Am Großen Kuhkamp - Mahndorf station	15th
38	Mahndorf train station ↔ Weserpark-Süd	Mahndorf station - Malthusstrasse - Uphusen In den Ellern - Panrepel - Weserpark-Süd	30th
39	Mahndorf train station ↔ Weserpark-Süd	Mahndorf station - Malthusstrasse - Weserpark-Süd	20th
40	Mahndorf station ↔ Weserwehr	Mahndorf station - Heisiusstrasse - Glockenstrasse / Hemelingen station - Marschstrasse - Föhrenstrasse - Weserwehr	10
41	Mahndorf station ↔ Weserwehr	Mahndorf station - Hermann-Osterloh-Strasse - Marschstrasse - Glockenstrasse / Hemelingen station - Föhrenstrasse - Weserwehr	10
41S	Marschstrasse ↔ Weserwehr	as 41 coming from the BF Mahndorf: Marschstraße - Autobahn slip road Hemelingen - Weserwehr	30th
42	Business park Hansalinie ↔ Weserwehr	La-Rochelle-Strasse - Hemelinger Hafendamm - Marschstrasse - Glockenstrasse / Hemelingen station - Föhrenstrasse - Weserwehr	30th
44	Bf Mahndorf ↔ Sebaldsbrück	Mahndorf train station - Hermann-Osterloh-Straße - Marschstraße - Sebaldsbrück (at times further as line 21 from Sebaldsbrück to Universität-Nord)	30th
South area
55	Huchting ↔ Brinkum / ZOB	Roland-Center - Moordeich - Stuhr - Brinkum / ZOB	20th
57	Ring traffic Huchting	Ring line : Roland-Center - Am Sodenmatt - Brusselser Str. - Roland-Center	10
58		Ring line : Roland-Center - Brusselser Str. - Am Sodenmatt - Roland-Center	10
61	Rablinghausen ↔ Sandhausen	Rablinghausen - Electricity - Sandhausen	60
62	Rablinghausen ↔ Hasenbüren	Rablinghausen - Seehausen - Hasenbüren	60
65	Ring traffic Seehausen / Strom	Ring line : Rablinghausen - Seehausen - Hasenbüren - Strom - Rablinghausen	120
66		Ring line : Rablinghausen - Strom - Hasenbüren - Seehausen - Rablinghausen	120
West area
20th	Hohweg ↔ Bf Walle ↔ Europahafen	Hohweg - Bf Walle - Karl-Peters-Strasse - Konsul-Smidt-Strasse - Europahafen	30th
80	Groepelingen ↔ industrial ports	Gröpelingen - Togostraße - Steelworks Gate 2 - Hüttenstraße-Süd - Von-Ossietsky-Straße - Oslebshausen station	30th
81	Groepelingen ↔ industrial ports	Gröpelingen - Oslebshausen Bf - Mittelbürener Landstrasse - Steelworks Gate 2 - Hüttenstrasse-Süd - Steelworks Gate 1 - Mittelbürener Landstrasse - Oslebshausen Bf - Gröpelingen	30th
82	Ring traffic Gröpelingen	Gröpelingen - Schwarzer Weg - Klitzenburg - Bromberger Strasse - In den Barken - Lindenhofstrasse - Gröpelingen	30th
North area
90	Groepelingen ↔ Neuenkirchen	Gröpelingen - Ritterhuder Heerstraße - Burg Bf - Stader Landstr. - Rotdornalle - Lesum train station - Am St. Magnus train station - Schönebeck train station - Vegesack train station - Gustav-Heinemann-Bürgerhaus - Aumund train station - Blumenthal train station - Farge train station - Heidstrasse	15th
91	Groepelingen ↔ Rönnebeck	Gröpelingen - Riedemannstrasse - Burg station - Stader Landstrasse - Stehnckenshoff - Lesum Park - Am St. Magnus station - Schönebeck station - Vegesack station - Blumenthal station - Lüssum - Buschdeel	15th
92	Groepelingen ↔ Rönnebeck	Gröpelingen - Riedemannstraße - Burg train station - Stader Landstraße - Rotdornallee - Lesum train station - At St. Magnus train station - Vegesack train station - Blumenthal train station - Lüssum - Buschdeel	15th
93	Groepelingen ↔ Marßel	Gröpelingen - Ritterhuder Heerstraße - Burg station - Stader Landstraße - Burgdammer Ring - Marßel	15th
94	Marßel ​​↔ Bf Burg ↔ Schwanewede	Marßel ​​- Burg station - Knoops Park - Vegesack station - Fährgrund - Blumenthal station - Bockhorn - Am Spreeken	15th
95	Gröpelingen ↔ Bockhorn (or Blumenthal depot)	Gröpelingen - Ritterhuder Heerstraße - Burg station - Stader Landstrasse - Knoops Park - Grohn - Vegesack station - Gustav-Heinemann-Bürgerhaus - Aumund station - Blumenthal station - Lüssum - Blumenthal / Bockhorn depot	15th
96	Ring traffic Blumenthal	Ring line : Blumenthal station - Eggestedter Strasse - Blumenthal depot - Am Fillerkamp - Eggestedter Strasse - Blumenthal station	15th
98	Vegesack train station ↔ Hammersbeck ↔ Vegesack train station	Ring line : Vegesack train station - Gerhard-Rohlfs-Straße - Ascherfeld - Hammersbecker Ring - Dobbheide - Ascherfeld - Gerhard-Rohlfs-Straße - Vegesack train station	15th

Lines 61, 65, 66, 80 and 81 sometimes only run a few times a day and sometimes with call-line taxis.

Lines 77 and 87 were added to the timetable for line 677 at the end of 2017.

Line 99 was discontinued at the end of 2016 and incorporated into line 98.

When the timetable changed on December 10, 2017, there were minor route changes on lines 90, 91, 92 and 95. Lines 94 and 95 were swapped in the direction of Gröpelingen and Marßel. Line 96 will be replaced by lines 91, 92 and 95 during the week. Instead of these lines, line 96 runs on a new ring route on the weekend. Line 97 and the associated section via Am Knick have been discontinued. This measure should improve the connections to the regional S-Bahn line 1 and at the same time save overcapacity.

In the course of the timetable change, the following line colors were changed: Line 27: separated from line 26 in orange Line 61: light blue Line 65/66: light green Line 80: light green The color changes of lines 65, 66 and 80 are intended to replace the poorly recognizable, faded green. Line 61 got a new color to stand out from the new color of lines 65/66.

With the timetable change on May 4, 2020, line 51 was integrated into line 26 and line 53 was assigned to 27.

Night traffic

The night traffic network is geared towards an all-round connection at the main train station and only serves the most important traffic axes from there. The night lines N1, N4 and N10 operate as trams, the other night lines as a bus. On weekdays there are two trips at midnight and at 0:30 a.m. and one in the morning at 4:30 a.m. The night lines N1, N7 and N10 also run again at 1:30 a.m., the lines N1 and N10 again at 3:45 a.m. The N6 line runs every 30 minutes on weekdays. On the weekend nights, the night trains and buses also leave every 30 minutes until the daytime network starts again.

Since January 1, 2007, a surcharge of one euro per person per night had to be paid for using the night lines (until 4:00 a.m.). Holders of a MIAplus ticket, a JobTicket, a youth leisure ticket, a BahnCard 100 or a combination or night ticket were exempt from this surcharge. Since April 1, 2007, after strong protests, even the holders of a VBN semester ticket no longer had to pay a night surcharge. At the beginning of 2020 the night surcharge was abolished.

line	Endpoints	course	Cycle in minutes
Tram N1	Huchting ↔ Mahndorf station	Roland-Center - Am Brill - Central Station - Kirchbachstrasse - Mahndorf station	30th
Night bus N3	Rablinghausen ↔ Mahndorf station	Rablinghausen - Domsheide - Central Station - University - Mahndorf station	30th
Tram N4	Arsten ↔ Falkenberg	Arsten - Domsheide - Central Station - Schwachhausen - Horn - Falkenberg	30th
Night bus N5	Domsheide ↔ Mahndorf station	Domsheide - Central Station - Sebaldsbrück - Arbergen - Mahndorf station	30/60
Night bus N6	Ring traffic Huchting	Roland-Center - Sodenmatt - Mittelhuchting - Roland-Center	30th
Night bus N7 Night taxi N7	Central station ↔ Neuenkirchen Rönnebeck ↔ Neuenkirchen	Main station - Findorff - Walle - Gröpelingen - Vegesack station - Neuenkirchen Sun – Thu Rönnebeck / Ermlandstr. - Neuenkirchen night taxi	30th
Night bus N9	New Vahr-Nord ↔ Huckelriede	Neue Vahr-Nord - Central Station - Am Brill - Huckelriede - Arsten - Huckelriede	30th
Tram N10	Groepelingen ↔ Sebaldsbrück	Gröpelingen - Walle - Central Station - Steintor - Hastedt - Sebaldsbrück	30th
Night taxi N94	Bf Blumenthal ↔ Schwanewede	Bf Blumenthal - Bockhorn / state border - Schwanewede Ostlandstrasse	30th

Regional traffic

Local rail transport

Local rail passenger transport primarily fulfills the function of regional transport. Five regional express trains (RE), four regional trains (RB) and four lines of the Regio-S-Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony (RS) connect the municipality of Bremen to the surrounding area. The RS 1 line is also of great importance for city traffic in Bremen-Nord . A special feature is the Leipzig – Emden (–Norddeich Mole) intercity line, which is approved for local transport tickets in the Bremen – Emden (–Norddeich Mole) section.

Regional Express

line	Line course	Vehicles in regular operation	Traffic Company
RE 1	Hanover - Nienburg - Verden - Bremen - Oldenburg - Leer - Emden - Norddeich Mole	146.1 + 7 double-deck cars	DB Regio North
RE 4	Bremen - Rotenburg - Tostedt - Buchholz - Hamburg-Harburg - Hamburg	146.1 + 7 double-deck cars	metronome
RE 8	Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremerhaven - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen - Verden - Nienburg - Hanover	146.1 + 6–7 double deck cars	DB Regio North
RE 9	Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremerhaven - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen - Diepholz - Osnabrück	146.1 + 5 double deck cars	DB Regio North
RE 19	Bremen - Oldenburg - Sande - Wilhelmshaven	1-3 x 648	NordWestBahn
IC 56	Leipzig - Magdeburg - Hanover - Bremen - Oldenburg - Leer - Emden (- Norddeich Mole)	146.1 + 5 IC double decker	DB long-distance transport

Regional train

line	Line course	Vehicles in regular operation	Traffic Company
RB 37	Bremen - Langwedel - Visselhövede - Soltau - Munster - Uelzen	1-2 x 648	erixx
RB 41	Bremen - Rotenburg - Tostedt - Buchholz - Hamburg-Harburg - Hamburg	146.2 + 5–6 double deck cars	metronome
RB 58	Bremen - Delmenhorst - Wildeshausen - Vechta - Bramsche - Osnabrück	1-3 x 648	NordWestBahn

Regional S-Bahn

Network map of the regional S-Bahn

line	Line course	Vehicles in regular operation	Traffic Company
RS 1	Verden - Achim - Bremen Hbf - Brm-Burg - Brm-Vegesack - Brm-Farge	1-2 x 440	NordWestBahn
RS 2	Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremerhaven - Stubben - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremen Hbf - Kirchweyhe - Syke - Bassum - Twistringen	1-2 x 440	NordWestBahn
RS 3	Bremen Hbf - Delmenhorst - Hude - Oldenburg - Bad Zwischenahn	1-2 x 440	NordWestBahn
RS 4	Bremen Hbf - Delmenhorst - Hude - Brake - Nordenham	1-2 x 440	NordWestBahn

Tourist traffic

The Moorexpress runs from spring to autumn on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays with four pairs of trains according to the timetable.

line	Line course	Vehicles in regular operation	Traffic Company
MEX	Bremen Hbf - Brm-Burg - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Worpswede - Gnarrenburg - Bremervörde - Fredenbeck - Stade	1-2 × VT 98	EVB

Regional bus

In addition to the remaining railway connections, regional buses run from the surrounding area to Bremen. Most of these lines start or end at the central bus station on the station square .

Daytime traffic

Lines Bremen with the Diepholz connect

line	course	Cycle in minutes
101	Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Huckelriede - Brinkum - Seckenhausen - Bassum	60
102	Bremen Hbf - Bremen Huckelriede - Brinkum - Melchiorshausen - Syke (more than 150)	60
113	Bremen-Roland-Center - Varrel - Groß-Mackenstedt - Heiligenrode
120	Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Huckerlriede - Brinkum - Leeste - Kirchweyhe	60/120
121	Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Huckerlriede - Dreye - Kirchweyhe	60/120

Lines Bremen with the town of Delmenhorst or the district Oldenburg connect

Line 201	Bremen-Roland-Center - Bremen-Friedhof Huchting - Heidkrug - Delmenhorst Bf / ZOB - Delmenhorst-Deichhorst
Line 204	Bremen-Roland-Center - Varrel - Delmenhorst Bf / ZOB - Delmenhorst-Annenheide
Line 214	Bremen-Roland-Center - Varrel - Heidkrug - Delmenhorst Bf / ZOB
Line 226	Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Huckelriede - Brinkum - Heiligenrode - Kirchseelte - Harpstedt - Wildeshausen
Line 227	Bremen-Huchting - Groß Mackenstedt - Heiligenrode - Kirchseelte - Harpstedt - Wildeshausen
Line 237	Bremen, Mercedes-Benz Gate 7 - Stuhr - Delmenhorst - Schierbrok - Hude
Line 238	Bremen, Mercedes-Benz Gate 7 - Stuhr - Delmenhorst Bf / ZOB - Ganderkesee

, The lines Bremen with counties Osterholz , Cuxhaven or Rotenburg connect

line	course	Cycle in minutes
630	Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Borgfeld - Lilienthal - Grasberg junction - Tarmstedt bus station - Zeven BF Süd	30/60
644	Beckedorf - Schwanewede - Meyenburg - Hagen	3 times a day (Mon - Fri)
660	Bremen Hbf - Bremen- Burg - Garlstedt - Hagen	60
668	Bremen-Borgfeld - Lilienthal - Osterholz-Scharmbeck	5 times a day (Mon - Fri)
670	Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Borgfeld - Lilienthal - Worpswede	30/60
677	Bremen-Vegesack - Schwanewede - Uthlede	60
680	Bremen-Gröpelingen - Bremen- Burg - Ritterhude - Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Hambergen - Wallhöfen	60

, Lines the Bremen with Verden connect

Line 730	Bremen Hbf - Brm Tenever - Oyten - Ottersberg - Otterstedt
Line 739	Bremen main station - Brm Kurfürstenallee - Achim - Posthausen
Line 740	Bremen Hbf - Brm Weserpark - Achim - Langwedel - Verden
Line 750	Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Huckelriede - Dreye - Thedinghausen - (Morsum-Beppen)

Night traffic

Line N12	Bremen Hbf - Bremen-Huckelriede - Brinkum - Leeste - Kirchweyhe	60 '
Line N26	Bremen Hbf - Delmenhorst train station / ZOB - Wildeshausen, Fun Factory	Special rate
Line N61	Bremen-Vegesack - Bremen- Blumenthal - Schwanewede - Hagen	60 '/ 120' (only Sat - Sun)
Line N62	Bremen Hbf - Bremen Castle - Ihlpohl - Ritterhude - Osterholz-Scharmbeck	60 '(only Sat - Sun)
Line N63	Lilienthal Falkenberg - Tarmstedt bus station - Zeven BF Süd	60 '
Line N67	Falkenberg - Worpswede	60 '
Line N73	Bremen central station - Oyten	60 '/ 120'
Line N74	Bremen main station - Achim - Achim-Baden	60 '(only Sa)

The Regio night lines usually only run on the nights from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday!

Web links

• BSAG annual report for 2004 (PDF; 543 kB)
• VBN regional timetable for 2006
• Bremer Straßenbahn AG
• Interactive route network map
• Transport association Bremen / Lower Saxony with timetable information

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Swantje Friedrich: Modern mobility. In: Weser courier . October 21, 2013, p. 3.
2. ↑ BSAG: The magazine Mobil dialogue. Pp. 18 and 15, Bremen 2019.
3. ↑ City of Bremen: U-Tram Bremen : Tunnel 1 with location Domsheide - Central Station , costs 58.3 million DM.
4. ↑ Institute for Transport, Railway Construction and Operation, Prof. Dr. Ing. R. Kracke: S-Bahnverkehr Bremen, text and attachment volume. Hanover 1970.
5. ↑ BSAG annual report for 2003.
6. ↑ BahnBremen.de: Line 3S is closed!
7. ^ ^{A b} Esther Nöggerath: Bremen Senate decides to finance line 1 to Mittelhuchting. In: Weser courier. Retrieved June 18, 2020 . 
8. ^ SPD, Greens, Linke: Agreement on cooperation in a government coalition . S. 38 .
9. ↑ SKUMS: Accelerate the expansion of the tram network by 2030. In: https://www.bremische-buergerschaft.de/ . SKUMS 5, June 16, 2020, accessed June 23, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Current and complete line overview of BSAG ( Memento from May 23, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ Excerpts from the bus route overview: Status November 2012
12. ↑ ^{a b} Line notes N1 ( Memento from October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ Line notes N7 ( Memento from October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
14. ↑ ^{a b} Line information N10 ( Memento from September 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
15. ↑ VBN at night | Timetable | VBN. In: www.vbn.de. Retrieved December 30, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Night lines in city traffic: as of April 2013.
17. ↑ http://www.weser-ems-bus.de/weseremsbus/view/mdb/kursbuch/mdb_87932_6023_beide_allg_12_09_01.pdf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Timetable N23 (as of December 11, 2011) with reference to the special tariff