Local transport in Potsdam

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Public transport infrastructure in Potsdam, as of 2009

The local public transport in Potsdam consists of lines of railroad ( Regional-Express , Regionalbahn , S-Bahn ), tram (tram) and omnibus as well as a ferry connection . The construction of the tram network began in 1880 as a horse-drawn tram . Difficulties of various kinds had to be mastered before electrification , which did not take place until 1907, but then formed the cornerstone for today's most important public transport in the Havel city with an almost 30 km long tram network. The transport company caused a sensation with various innovations and prototypes (for example the Tatra KT4 ). Trolleybuses also operated in the Babelsberg district of Potsdam until 1995 .

The tram and city ​​bus routes are operated by the municipal ViP - Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam GmbH ; the regional bus lines from the Havelbus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, the regiobus Potsdam Mittelmark GmbH and the Verkehrsgesellschaft Teltow-Fläming , as well as lines from and to Berlin from the BVG . Potsdam's public transport system is connected to the Berlin-Brandenburg transport association (VBB).

history

tram

trolleybus

omnibus

Even before the turn of the century there was a brisk cab traffic in Potsdam. Long before the horse-drawn tram, the first horse-drawn bus routes existed in Potsdam as early as 1850, leading from the Glienicke Bridge over Wilhelmplatz to the wildlife park and from the train station to Sanssouci . With the opening of the horse-drawn tram, future lines mainly opened up the districts not yet reached by the railway. From 1885, another line ran from Wilhelmplatz via Nowawes to Drewitz . Especially for the northern districts and the rapidly growing Nowawes there was a great need for a modern connection to the city center. As a compromise to the still unsuccessful efforts to establish a tram connection in the northernmost parts of the city, an omnibus line was established on December 13, 1906 between Nowawes and the artillery barracks of the 2nd and 4th Field Artillery Regiments in Nedlitz by the Potsdam General Omnibus Society . The Nowaweser banker Georg Friedeburg was in charge. Two buses from the manufacturer Daimler were used , but this operation was discontinued nine months later.

The Reichspost began operating a bus in Potsdam in 1924 with a few lines that mainly led to the Potsdam area. With the connection of Nowawes by tram, further projects were initially not pursued. However, the rapid growth of the community, especially through the Orenstein & Koppel locomotive factory , led to renewed efforts after the First World War . It was only around twenty years after the failure of the first operation in Nowawes on September 15, 1927, that a bus service was set up again with two lines. For this purpose, three buses of the Büssing type were acquired, which ran between the town center and Bergstück (near today's Steinstraße) and to the Neubabelsberg train station . The main means of transport in Potsdam remained the tram.

A tragic accident occurred on August 5, 1939, when a line 6 car collided with an express freight train at the level crossing in Steinstrasse . The barrier did not close, whereupon there was a collision and the bus was dragged along 400 meters. Eleven people did not survive the accident, twelve more suffered, some of the most serious injuries.

During the Second World War , the Potsdam residents had to accept considerable restrictions in bus traffic, so in 1942, due to a lack of fuel, the traffic was switched to vehicles with city ​​gas drives.

Omnibus at the Bornimer Institute for Agricultural Engineering, 1958
Omnibus near Unity Square, 1962

After the war, bus traffic in the Babelsberg district (previously Nowawes ) was resumed in 1949 and a centrally located bus station was set up on Bassinplatz in 1950 , initially on a provisional basis. Regular service to Werder was resumed three years later . The Berlin Wannsee train station could be reached again via the Glienicke Bridge with the A6 bus .

When the site of a former bakery in Babelsberger Johannsenstrasse was cleared in 1956, it could henceforth be used as a depot for a regional transport company. VEB Personenkraftverkehr Potsdam-Babelsberg was founded from the merger of the Stahnsdorf motor transport combine and the Potsdam part of the combine for motor transport , for which 71 buses and 12 trailers were available, which were used on a total of 16 routes. A year later, VEB Taxi with its 21 vehicles was also integrated into the operation.

The first new vehicles to reach Potsdam from 1953 were the H6B buses and the first three Ikarus 66 buses in 1956 , which were then used in city traffic. At the Leipzig Trade Fair , the then director of the Strömbach public transport company managed to procure French Chausson buses from 1958 . A total of nine of the vehicles, which are unique in the GDR , were put into service.

Omnibus at the Dreilinden border control post, 1972

With the construction of the Berlin Wall , cross-border bus traffic was discontinued. It was not until 1972 that a bus line between West Berlin and Potsdam could be set up again via the Dreilinden border control point, which led to the Drewitz motorway exit. There was a connection to a bus to Potsdamer Bassinplatz. The cross-border line was operated by the West Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe BVG and there were high demands on operation and personnel, for example the vehicles used were provided with a higher battery power, since long idle times at the border control point were the rule. Of course, the line could only be used by passengers with the necessary documents.

In December 1969, the use of articulated buses of the type Ikarus 180 on the Potsdam - Teltow line with two vehicles. This was the first use of articulated buses in Potsdam.

Ikarus 55 , Ikarus 556 and Ikarus 630 buses were also used in Potsdam .

The residential area Zentrum Ost was connected by a bus line to Yorckstrasse over the Lange Brücke . From 1976 line G reached the new residential area Am Stern , where it was compressed to a 5-minute cycle until the opening of the star route of the tram and reached its capacity limit.

Of the regional lines, the connection between the district capital Potsdam and Stahnsdorf as well as Teltow was characterized by very high numbers of passengers, which often led to bus overcrowding, especially during rush hour. In 1968 express coaches were introduced to Teltow and Falkensee . Even before 1972, Bassinplatz was the central bus station in Potsdam, in September of that year the ceremonial handover of the new bus station took place, which was also given a high roof until 1977. At the same time, the first Soviet buses of the type LiAZ-677 were used, which for the first time also had automatic transmissions.

With the acquisition of these new buses and others of the Ikarus 280 and Ikarus 260 series from the Hungarian manufacturer Ikarus, which reached Potsdam from 1973, the Chausson buses were retired until 1978. The Ikarus 66 were also replaced by the new vehicles until 1980.

After the opening of the star route , there were also changes in the network of city buses. In 1984 the first bus line to what would later become the Drewitz residential complex was opened. In addition, the Johannes-Kepler-Platz stop was the starting point for the cross-border line E. With the establishment of the Potsdam taxi cooperative in 1990, the company's own taxi traffic also ended.

From 1992, additional excursion lines were added to the existing city lines, which mainly reached the most important sights in the city area at weekends, and the Templin lido (now Waldbad Templin ) was visited briefly in summer . In the same year the last Ikarus buses from ViP were eliminated. Regional transport was outsourced and the Havelbus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH Potsdam was founded. With the redesign of the Bassinplatz in 2001, the roofing of the former bus station was removed. The new central bus station has been located at the south entrance of Potsdam Central Station since 2000 .

With the opening of the Wetzlarer Straße depot in 2001, the previous Bus depot in the Rehbrücke industrial area was closed .

Extensive changes in the city and regional bus structure took place on April 1, 2010. On the one hand, the Stadt + (later Mobil + ) traffic concept was introduced by ViP and Havelbus at this time , which resulted in different routes and adjustments to the service. While long routes were preferred in previous years for the purpose of direct connections without changing trains (e.g. 693 and 694), the new concept is intended to improve punctuality through shortening and splitting (e.g. 603, 698, 699). On the other hand, ViP took over the operation on 6 lines from Havelbus. The reason for this was the incorporation of the northern districts served by these lines in 2003 and the regulation of the internal operator according to EC Regulation No. 1370/2007 . From then on, the lines X5, 605, 606, 609, 638 and 639 (e.g. to Golm , Fahrland , Groß Glienicke and Berlin-Spandau ) were considered city bus routes, for whose operation 15 vehicles and 42 staff were taken over by ViP.

S and regional trains

S-Bahn at the Griebnitzsee station
S and regional trains at the new Potsdam Central Station

After the Ludwigseisenbahn in Bavaria had already proven the economic benefits of a railway in Germany in 1835 , it only took a few years before the first railway line between Berlin and Potsdam was set up in Prussia on September 22, 1838. The Potsdamer Bahnhof was laid south of the Havel , whereby the river initially prevented an extension of the route further west. It was not until August 7, 1848 that the route to Magdeburg could be opened.

→ For a more detailed history of the railroad in Potsdam see also: Railway line Berlin – Magdeburg

The first train on the Berlin S-Bahn reached Potsdam in 1928.

In the 1950s, measures began to seal off the GDR from West Berlin. As a prerequisite for this, the Berlin outer ring with the half-ring Schönefeld - Hennigsdorf - Hohen Neuendorf, which is important for Potsdam, was built. Following the embankment built across Lake Templin, the new Potsdam Central Station (now Potsdam-Pirschheide ) was built in 1958 . Its urban peripheral location was u. a. Tried to compensate by realigning the tram network.

Continuous use of the S-Bahn to West Berlin was already forbidden for GDR citizens in the 1950s, the electric S-Bahn operation ended with the construction of the Wall in 1961. This lost the central railway line Wildpark (today Park Sanssouci ) - Potsdam West (today Charlottenhof ) - Potsdam city (today Potsdam main station ) - Babelsberg - Griebnitzsee their importance. Berlin, the “capital of the GDR” , could only be reached via the outer ring from the former main station (Pirschheide) with the double-decker trains known as Sputnik . After West Berlin, a detour was necessary via the border crossing at Bahnhof Berlin Friedrichstrasse . From the main station there was an S-Bahn line with diesel trains of the 171 series (later BR 771) to Babelsberg via Potsdam West and Potsdam Stadt. These were called owls in parlance . The Griebnitzsee station was closed and served as a border station for transit traffic .

After the fall of the Berlin Wall on January 22, 1990, the S-Bahn traffic operated by double-decker trains was initially extended via Griebnitzsee to Berlin-Wannsee, pulled by locomotives of the DR class 118 . After renewed electrification and adjustments to the track and signal systems, the Berlin S-Bahn trains again reached Potsdam Stadt station on April 1, 1992 on a single-track route with alternative routes in Griebnitzsee and Babelsberg . During the reconstruction, a double-track expansion of the Berlin-Wannsee-Potsdam section was planned. Although there are always discussions about the construction of the second track of the S-Bahn, the operation is still carried out on a single track with crossing stations. This operating situation often leads to subsequent delays in the event of malfunctions in the 10-minute cycle.

Because of the re-established connections in the direction of Berlin via the Berlin – Magdeburg railway line , today's Potsdam-Pirschheide station lost its importance. Its upper platform was shut down in May 1998.

The following vehicles have been used since the route was reopened:

Passenger trains with a connection to the Sputnik in Bergholz ran between Beelitz and Drewitz . Locomotives of the V 100 series with Reko wagons or light-incineration railcars of the 171 series (later BR 771) were used here. In the 1989/90 timetable year, 25 pairs of trains ran daily between Beelitz-Heilstätten and Drewitz with regular connections to the Sputnik trains in the direction of Karlshorst.

Since May 26, 1995, an additional connection has been created with the RE1 regional express line, which absorbs part of the heavy traffic to and from Berlin. Until the rail line to Magdeburg was electrified in December 1995, class 234 diesel locomotives operated with modernized regional express cars between Berlin Zoologischer Garten and Magdeburg. With the switch to electric train operation, class 112 locomotives replaced the diesel locomotives. With the reopening of the Berlin Stadtbahn in 1997, modern double-decker coaches Görlitzer Produktion were used, which operated under the RE 160 brand , which indicated their top speed. In 1998, some Halberstadt express train cars were also used on this line . In the course of time, the number of cars has been increased to five double-decker cars today in order to accommodate the high number of passengers on this line. On the regional train line 33 (Potsdam - Jüterbog ) modernized light-combustion railcars of the class 772 operated .

The formerly operated in passenger Turmbahnhof Bergholz between Wetzlarer Bahn and Berlin outer ring was because it had lost its meaning, closed May 23, 1998th After the regional train line 22 resulting from the Sputnik was run from Saarmund via Michendorf and Caputh ( bypass ) to Potsdam Hauptbahnhof until 2011 , it has been running again via Golm and the Berlin outer ring since 2011. The area around Caputh with the local excursion area on the Havel lakes has since been served by regional train line 23 together with the HVG regional bus line 607. The area around the train station in Golm with the university site there is now served every half hour on weekdays by the RB 21 and RB 22 lines.

After the Ferch-Lienewitz - Beelitz-Stadt connection was closed, the RB line 33 now ran every hour from Berlin-Wannsee via Michendorf to Beelitz-Stadt and every two hours to Jüterbog. At the beginning of 2008, the operation of this line was transferred to Ostseeland-Verkehr , which operated it as Märkische Regiobahn 33 with class 642 railcars .

With the timetable change in December 2011, the Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG) took over the Berlin-Wannsee - Jüterbog connection. Articulated railcars of the 646 series are used on the line, then known as OE 33 . In addition, due to the imminent commissioning of Berlin Brandenburg Airport, line RB 22 has been running from Potsdam Central Station via Golm and the Berlin outer ring since then. The RB 23 (Potsdam Hbf - Michendorf) now runs from the main train station via Potsdam-Pirschheide.

With the timetable change on December 9, 2012, the line names were standardized, so the line name OE 33 was also changed to RB 33.

Current situation and projects

tram

Tram network in Potsdam
KT4Dm Tw. 153/253 at the Nauener Tor

The following tram lines currently operate in Potsdam:

line course
91 Pirschheide station - Rehbrücke station
92 Bornstedt, Kirschallee ↔ Schlaatz, Bisamkiez (↔ Kirchsteigfeld, Marie-Juchacz-Straße) 1
93 Glienicker Brücke - Rehbrücke station
94 (Pirschheide train station ↔) Charlottenhof Palace ↔ Babelsberg, Fontanestraße 2
96 Jungfernsee Campus ↔ Kirchsteigfeld, Marie-Juchacz-Straße
98 (Charlottenhof Palace ↔ Rehbrücke train station) 3
99 Babelsberg, Fontanestrasse ↔ Platz der Einheit (↔ S Hauptbahnhof) 4
1 only in rush hour only every second train to Marie-Juchacz-Straße
2 only in rush hour to Pirschheide station
3 only runs during rush hour and on school days
4 only in late traffic to the main station
As of December 9, 2018

The central transfer point of the tram network is the place of the unit , which is served by all lines.

The tram lines 91 to 96 run every day of the week, i.e. also on weekends, according to a uniform timetable. This should give passengers better noticeability. Basic scheme of tram lines is the 20-minute cycle . The tram timetables at the junction of the main train station and Babelsberg are coordinated with the Berlin S-Bahn .

Lines 98 and 99 are repeater lines that only run at certain times. They are only part of the timetable to a limited extent. Line 99 also runs in the evening, but only in the Babelsberg, Fontanestrasse ↔ S Hauptbahnhof section. On route 92, additional repeater trips are offered along the entire route during rush hour . As a result, lines 92 (with 2 courses) and 96 (with one course) run every 6/7/7 minutes, which in turn means that 91 and 92 as well as 96 and 93 no longer run every 10 minutes.

Vehicle inventory

Combino prototype Tw 400 near the main street Puschkinallee
Combino type tram multiple unit at the Schiffbauergasse stop

20 modernized Tatra KT4D railcars, 17 Combino low-floor cars from Siemens and 18 Variobahn cars from Stadler are in use on the route network .

omnibus

city ​​traffic

A Citaro articulated bus on the X15 lock line

The bus fleet of the Potsdam transport company currently comprises 54 vehicles (as of April 2013) . In recent years there has been an increasing number of Mercedes-Benz Citaro low-floor buses and the 7700A type from the manufacturer Volvo . These have gradually replaced the oldest vehicles of the types Mercedes-Benz O 405 GN , Mercedes-Benz O 405 N, as well as MAN NL 202 and MAN NG 272 , which have been in use since the early 1990s . The last Ikarus 280 .02 was used on March 19, 1996. Some of the older vehicles of the type MB O 405 N and MB O 530 or O 530 G were transferred to the Günter Anger Busvermietung company , which in turn operated city / regional bus routes in the Potsdam area. Some of the vehicles taken over by Anger still have ViP paintwork and some were used in regular services on city routes 603, 609, 612, 691, 692, 697 and 699 and in rare exceptional cases on the 696. Anger has also purchased two new Solaris buses in the ViP design, but they switched to regional transport in 2015.

The following city bus routes are currently served:

line course
X5 Station Golm - Neues Palais - S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof 1
X15 (Sanssouci Palace - S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof) 2
603 Höhenstrasse - Reiterweg / Alleestr. - Platz der Einheit / West - (S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof) 3
605 Science Park Golm - Schloss Charlottenhof - S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof
606 (Alt-Golm -) Science Park Golm - Charlottenhof Palace - S Potsdam main station
609 Kartzow - Am Upstall - Jungfernsee Campus 4
612 Grube, Schlänitzseer Weg - Golm Science Park - Bornstedt, Kirschallee
616 S Babelsberg - Babelsberg Castle - S Griebnitzsee Bf.
638 S + U Rathaus Spandau - Groß Glienicke - Jungfernsee campus
639 Groß Glienicke, Waldsiedlung - Groß Glienicke, Am Park 5
690 S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof - Am Stern, Johannes-Kepler-Platz
691 S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof - Telegrafenberg
692 Bornim, Institute for Agricultural Engineering - Clinic
693 S Babelsberg / Lutherplatz - Rehbrücke station
694 Hermannswerder , Küsselstraße - S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof - S Babelsberg - S Griebnitzsee train station - Drewitz, Stern-Center
695 S Potsdam main station - Sanssouci Palace - Pirschheide station
696 S Griebnitzsee Bf. - Studio Babelsberg - Drewitz, Robert-Baberske-Str.
697 Berlin-Kladow, Neukladower Allee - Am Schragen (- Bornstedt, Kirschallee)
698 Campus Jungfernsee - Bornstedt, Kirschallee
699 Rehbrücke station - Am Stern, Johannes-Kepler-Platz
1 only during the lecture periods at the University of Potsdam
2 only on Saturdays and Sundays from spring to autumn
3 from spring to autumn; at the weekend to the main train station
4 in school traffic from couples
5 only single trips
As of December 9, 2018

Furthermore, the bus lines 118 and 316 of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe operate in the Potsdam city area. Line 118, which comes from Zehlendorf and connects Wannsee and Steinstücke with Potsdam-Drewitz, was operated by ViP until April 1, 2010, also on behalf of BVG. From December 9, 2018, the BVG will be serving individual trips on bus route 638 on behalf of ViP. In addition to their regional connection function, the Havel bus routes 601 and 631 in Babelsberg and Potsdam-West fulfill urban development functions.

Regional traffic

Until January 1, 2015, regional traffic was primarily handled by Havelbus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH . On January 1st, 2015 the Beelitzer Verkehrs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH took over the majority of the regional bus traffic in Potsdam-Mittelmark. The most important lines are the bus lines X 1 and 601 to Stahnsdorf and Teltow , which were already among the busiest regional bus lines in the country during the GDR era, and also the line 631 to Werder via Geltow .

On January 1, 2017, BVSG Beelitz and VGB Belzig were renamed regiobus Potsdam Mittelmark GmbH.

At the moment these regional bus routes operate:

line course operator
X1 S Potsdam Hbf - Teltow, train station regiobus
X43 S Potsdam Hbf - Beelitz regiobus
580 S Potsdam Hbf - Werder - Lehnin - Bad Belzig regiobus
601 S Potsdam Hbf - Teltow, Sigridshorst regiobus
602 S Potsdam Hbf - Teltow, Oderstr./Katzbachstr. regiobus
604 S Potsdam Hbf - Falkensee HVG
607 S Potsdam Hbf - Caputh - Ferch (- Werder (Havel)) regiobus
608 S Potsdam main station - Michendorf - Wildenbruch - Dobbrikow regiobus
610 S Potsdam Hbf - Wildpark-West regiobus
611 S Potsdam Hbf - Saarmund (- Tremsdorf) regiobus
614 S Potsdam Hbf - Ketzin good couples HVG
619 S Potsdam Hbf - Ludwigsfelde train station. regiobus / VTF
631 S Potsdam Hbf - Werder (Havel) train station. regiobus
634 Potsdam pit - New Töplitz regiobus
643 S Potsdam Hbf - Neuseddin - Beelitz regiobus
650 S Potsdam Hbf - Nauen HVG
715 S Potsdam Hbf - Ludwigsfelde VTF
750 S Potsdam Hbf - Trebbin - Luckenwalde VTF
 
Operator abbreviation
HVG Havelbus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
regiobus regiobus Potsdam Mittelmark GmbH
VTF Verkehrsgesellschaft Teltow-Fläming mbH
As of December 9, 2018

The frequency of journeys of the individual lines differ in some cases significantly. The bandwidth ranges from just one pair of journeys on each of the Havelbus routes to the superimposed 10-minute intervals on the regiobus routes X 1 and 601.

Günter Anger Güterverkehrs GmbH & Co. Linienbusverkehr KG , based in the Potsdam district of Marquardt , acts as a subcontractor for some Havelbus / regiobus and ViP lines . The corresponding sister company Günter Anger Güterverkehrs GmbH & Co. Omnibusvermietung KG offers an independent airport express bus from S Potsdam Hbf to Berlin-Schönefeld Airport . The first attempt began on June 9, 2007, but ended on August 28, 2008 due to insufficient demand and excessive fares (no acceptance of the VBB tariff). The operation caused the company several hundred thousand euros in losses. A new attempt started on April 1, 2010, whereby the offer and the tariff policy were modified. On the one hand, the timetable with 4 pairs of trips has been thinned out a bit, on the other hand, an express surcharge is now being used at the VBB tariff.

Since the timetable change on December 14, 2014, line 580 and, from December 10, 2017, line 715 have been offered as a PlusBus line.

Local peculiarities

Traffic flows

The bus station with the neighboring tram stop in front of the Potsdam Central Station is a central transfer point.

More than 70 percent of Potsdam's residents live south or south-east of the Havel, although the city center is north of the Havel. This ensures enormous traffic flows on just a few axes in the city.

Potsdam is the only German city to have timetables for certain lines that apply uniformly on all weekdays. This should give the customer better noticeability. Potsdam thus achieves a competitive advantage in the availability of urban transport . The basic scheme of the tram and most of the bus routes is every 20 minutes. Exceptions are, for example, line 698 from Campus Jungfernsee to Bornstedt, Kirschallee, which runs every 30 minutes during rush hour, or line 697, which runs every 60 minutes. The timetables of many lines are coordinated with the Berlin S-Bahn at the junction of the main station and Babelsberg.

Night traffic

Measured against the comparatively low population of around 170,000 inhabitants, Potsdam has good night traffic that reaches all major city quarters and, since the incorporation of Eiche and Golm, has also more specifically linked the northwestern districts at late hours. At the weekend, the night line network is consolidated and there is a regular connection between the individual night lines at the main station.

The urban night line network is composed as follows:

line course Nights of operation
N14 Golm / University station - S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof - Rehbrücke station - Am Stern, Johannes-Kepler-Platz each night
N15 Groß Glienicke, Birkenweg - S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof Nights Fri / Sat, Sat / Sun
N15 Regular taxi: Neu Fahrland, H.-Heine-Weg - Fahrland, Am Upstall Nights Fri / Sat, Sat / Sun
N16 S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof - Glienicker Bridge - S Wannsee Bf - S Nikolassee each night
N17 Bornim, Institute for Agricultural Engineering - S Potsdam Hauptbahnhof - S Babelsberg - S Griebnitzsee - Am Stern, Johannes-Kepler-Platz each night
As of December 9, 2018

In addition, there are night lines for regional transport, which run mainly on weekends and complement the night line network in the city area:

line course Nights of operation
607 S Potsdam main station - Caputh Nights Fri / Sat, Sat / Sun
611 S Potsdam Hbf - Saarmund Nights Fri / Sat, Sat / Sun
631 S Potsdam Hbf - Werder, train station Nights Fri / Sat, Sat / Sun
643 S Potsdam Hbf - Beelitz Nights Fri / Sat, Sat / Sun
N13 S Potsdam Hbf - S Teltow city Nights daily
As of December 9, 2018

vandalism

The vehicles and systems of the local traffic in Potsdam are severely affected by destruction and damage from vandalism . Scratching or other damage can mainly be observed in the rear of the vehicles or at stops with low traffic and is above average compared with other transport companies. Various methods of combating property damage, such as installing cameras in vehicles or using specially coated windows, have so far only shown moderate success. Since summer 2008, 22 “passenger escorts” have been deployed in the vehicles in the late hours.

Regional rail transport

The following railway lines in the state of Brandenburg also operate in Potsdam:

RE 1 Magdeburg Central Station - Brandenburg Central Station  - Werder (Havel) - Potsdam Park Sanssouci - Potsdam Charlottenhof - Potsdam Central Station  - Berlin-Wannsee  - Berlin Central Station  - Fürstenwalde (Spree) - Frankfurt (Oder) (- Eisenhüttenstadt  - Cottbus )
RE 7 Dessau Hbf - Bad Belzig - Michendorf  - Potsdam-Rehbrücke - Potsdam Media City Babelsberg - Berlin-Wannsee - Berlin Hbf - Berlin-Schönefeld Airport - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt
RB 20 Potsdam Hbf - Potsdam Charlottenhof - Potsdam Park Sanssouci - Golm  - Hennigsdorf (b Berlin)  - Oranienburg (on weekdays except Saturdays)
RB 21 ( Berlin Friedrichstrasse  - Berlin-Charlottenburg  -) Potsdam Griebnitzsee  - Potsdam Hbf - Potsdam Charlottenhof - Potsdam Park Sanssouci - Golm - Marquardt  - Priort  - Wustermark
RB 22 (Berlin Friedrichstrasse - Berlin-Charlottenburg -) Griebnitzsee - Potsdam Hbf - Potsdam Charlottenhof - Potsdam Park Sanssouci - Golm  - Saarmund - Berlin-Schönefeld Airport
RB 23 Potsdam main station - Potsdam Charlottenhof - Potsdam Pirschheide - Caputh  - Ferch-Lienewitz - Michendorf
RB 33 Berlin-Wannsee - Potsdam Media  City Babelsberg - Potsdam-Rehbrücke - Michendorf - Beelitz City - Treuenbrietzen  - Jüterbog
As of December 9, 2012

Ferry connection and water transport

Ferry to Hermannswerder
Potsdam water taxi 3

In Potsdam there is - in addition to the numerous excursion connections of the Weisse Flotte - a ferry connection that can be used with public transport tickets, including free travel for the severely disabled . Line 1 connects the Hermannswerder stations in the east with Auf dem Kiewitt in the west and enables the Havel to be crossed from the southwest in the direction of Charlottenhof station. The Kiewitt ↔ Tornow connection is very old and has belonged to the Potsdam municipal utilities since 1934 (with a one-year break). There was also the Holzmarktstrasse ↔ Park Babelsberg / Nowawes ferry connection, which was discontinued when the Humboldt Bridge was completed in 1978. The third ferry connection, Glienicke Bridge ↔ Sacrow, had to be closed in 1961 due to the construction of the wall. It was operated privately for a short time after 1990. With the introduction of the Potsdam water taxis, they will take over the transfer traffic across the Jungfernsee .

The ferry traffic across the Havel between the Kiewitt pier and the Herrmannswerder side of the island was handled with small motor boats, and since 1969 with the electrically powered ferry Hermannswerder . The ferry service was later replaced by a cheaper radio-controlled cable ferry.

After the Weisse Flotte Potsdam was privatized in 2000 , this line is the only ferry connection operated by the transport company in Potsdam.

According to the timetable, the crossing takes place every 15 minutes and takes three minutes. In the past, accidents with recreational boating increased, resulting in breakdowns. If the ice is too strong, ferry traffic can also come to a standstill.

Since 2007, the Weisse Flotte Potsdam has also been offering the Potsdam water taxi with two ships, which runs according to a regular timetable in the summer season and goes to 13 different stations in Potsdam and the surrounding Havel lakes.

See also

literature

Books

  • Collective of authors: Tram Archive Volume 6.Transpress, Publishing House for Transport, Berlin, 1984.
  • Michael Günther, Wolf-Dietger Machel: Potsdam local transport: trams and trolleybuses in Brandenburg's state capital. Geramond-Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-932785-03-7 .

Magazines and other publications

  • DVN: The KT4D prototypes - history! Present!? Future? Berlin Heritage Preservation Association , probably 1996.
  • Wolfgang Kramer: The tram to Kirchsteigfeld. In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter , July 1998 edition.
  • Jörg-Peter Schultze: On new tram tracks to the north. In: Verkehrsbetrieb in Potsdam GmbH (Hrsg.): The tram arrives in the new north of Potsdam . Special publication on the occasion of the opening of the route to Kirschallee, Potsdam December 1999
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Web links

Commons : Verkehr in Potsdam  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b The city bus in Potsdam yesterday and today . Published by: ViP Verkehrsbetrieb in Potsdam, September 2001
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