Rostocker Straßenbahn AG
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Rostock |
| Web presence | Rostocker Straßenbahn AG |
| Reference year | 2017 |
| owner | RVV Rostocker Versorgungs- und Verkehrsholding GmbH |
| Board | Yvette Hartmann (commercial) Jan Bleis (market and technology) |
| Operations management | Holger Brüggmann |
| Transport network | Transport Association Warnow (VVW) |
| Employee | 762, including 27 trainees |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| tram | 6th |
| bus | 21 (2 night lines) |
| number of vehicles | |
| Tram cars | 40 6NGT low-floor - GTW 13 Tramlink 6N2 (all device vehicles ) 2 Tatra T6A2 as trolleys |
| Omnibuses | 54 articulated buses 19 solo buses |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 44 million per year |
| Mileage | 8 million km per year |
| Stops | 140 tram 427 bus |
| Catchment area | 181 km² |
| Residents in the catchment area |
0.209 million |
| Length of line network | |
| Tram lines | 75.7 |
| Bus routes | 306.6 |
| Operating facilities | |
| Depots | Hamburger Strasse (tram) Industriestrasse (bus) |
| Track length | 35.62 km |
| Switches | 235 |
The Rostock Tramway AG , shortly RSAG is the near transport companies in the Hanseatic city of Rostock and operates 6 tram - and 21 bus routes in the city within the transport association Warnow (VVW).
The Rostock streetcar AG and the transport Schwerin GmbH (NVS) are the two transport companies, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern trams operate.
As a subcontractor, RSAG also provides the train crew on some regional trains of the DB Regio Nordost around Rostock.
history
The first years
In 1881 the rail-bound horse-drawn tram of the Mecklenburg Street Railway Actien Gesellschaft (MSEAG) started operating with three lines in Rostock and two lines in Schwerin . The operation in Schwerin was stopped again in 1885 due to unprofitability. For Rostock, the city council had granted MSEAG the concession to operate a horse-drawn tram for 30 years and stipulated a right of first refusal for the company upon expiry of the period.
After new shareholders had taken over the majority at MSEAG, on June 14, 1898, an extraordinary general meeting largely replaced the supervisory board. Richard Siegmann , who had joined the MSEAG board of directors as the second associate member the day before, appointed the supervisory board to the sole board of directors in October of the same year in place of his predecessor Carl Lüders, who had been on the board since 1889. This marked the beginning of Siegmann's period of activity for the until the end of 1935 Business.
On June 9, 1903, in anticipation of the switch to electrical operation, the general assembly of MSEAG took up the suggestion of the Rostock citizens and changed the company to Rostocker Straßenbahn AG (RSAG). On June 20 of that year, the Rostock Council granted RSAG a modified license for 40 years for electrical operation, again with a right of first refusal for the city.
On May 16, 1904, Siegmann hired Hermann Stöhrig as technical manager, initially as foreman and later as workshop manager. After a test drive with guests of honor on May 21 of that year, regular operation as an electric tram began the next day . At that time the company comprised the following lines:
- Line A (later 1) Centralbahnhof - Trotzenburg
- Line B (later 2) Centralbahnhof - Kasernenstrasse
- Line C (later 3) Augustenstraße - Weißes Kreuz
In 1907, line 2 was extended to the Neptun shipyard . In 1925, Line 1 was extended to the New Cemetery.
Between October 1919 and November 1920, Friedrich Buchholz, previously the Poznan tram , was in charge of RSAG until Siegmann replaced him again. In 1926 the first bus line went into operation in Rostock (Rostock - Warnemünde [line W]), in 1928 the first (city) bus line ran within Rostock (St.-Georg-Platz - Hauptbahnhof - Maßmannstraße). In the period that followed, more buses were purchased and city districts away from the tram were opened up by bus routes. In March 1934 Siegmann reported on the successful regular use of buses with wood gas drive . The manufacturer of the bus bodies was the Wismar wagon factory . As a Jew, Siegmann was retired under the Nuremberg Laws on December 31, 1935, Julius Vaerst was his successor. In 1936 the newly created Reutershagen district and the Heinkel aircraft works with the Marienehe terminus were opened up by tram.
During the Second World War , tram and bus traffic was increasingly restricted. Wood gas-powered buses that did not need rationed fuel kept the bus service going during the Second World War. On April 30, 1945, just before the Red Army marched into the city, operations ceased.
Operation after the Second World War and during the GDR era
After the Soviet occupying power had ordered the complete dismantling of the tram as a reparation , it was possible to maintain the railway and to resume operations on two lines from August 13, 1945. In 1948 the district of Dierkow and three years later Gehlsdorf were connected to the tram network. Track material from the dismantled Strandbahn Warnemünde (Hohe Düne) - Markgrafenheide (1910-1945) was used for this route .
In 1951 the first buses and trams from the GDR's own and Hungarian production came together, at the same time the company was spun off from the “Kommunalwirtschaftliche Unternehmen” (KWU) and renamed “VEB Nahverkehr Rostock”. In 1956, tram line 3 was replaced by a bus line. In 1956, the new Hamburger Straße depot went into operation. Five years later the tram no longer ran through Kröpeliner Strasse and Kröpeliner Tor , but through Lange Strasse. From 1962 numerous new urban areas were opened up by bus, such as the southern part of the city and the districts in the north-west. In the tram were 1,962 first brand-new Gotha - Gelenktriebwagen used. 1969 drove the first Icarus - articulated ( Icarus 180 ). In 1974 the tram route to Gehlsdorf was switched to bus operation. At that time, the complete replacement of the tram by buses was considered, but not implemented.
In 1982 the local transport company was incorporated into the "Ostseetrans" transport company in Rostock. A changed situation on the energy market led to the expansion of the tram network. In 1987 and 1990 new lines were built, the first since 1951, to develop the east of Rostock. This means that the districts of Dierkow and Toitenwinkel can also be reached by tram.
The time after the fall of the Wall
Today's Rostocker Straßenbahn AG (RSAG) emerged on June 5, 1990 from the VE Verkehrskombinat Ostseetrans Rostock . The company operates a total of six tram lines and urban bus services in the city. Exceptions are the lines 33/128, 123 and 121, which are operated by the regional bus company rebus .
In contrast to other tram operators in the GDR, vehicles from the Czechoslovak manufacturer ČKD Tatra were used very late in Rostock . It was not until December 1989 that the company received its first Tatra vehicles. Until then, only wagons from Gotha were used on the lines . In the meantime, the Gotha wagons have been decommissioned (an articulated train has been preserved as a historic wagon), the Tatra multiple units have been modernized and modern low-floor trams of the type 6NGTWDE (based on MGT6D ) have been purchased.
From 1990 onwards, the first used VÖV standard public service buses were used alongside the existing Ikarus buses: five MAN SG 220 from the Remscheid transport company , a Mercedes-Benz O 305 from Wiesbaden and from Kieler Verkehrs AG (KVAG) as well an MB O 305 and eight articulated buses (O 305 G). From 1991 the first low-floor buses from MAN ( NG 272 and NL 202 ) were purchased from the factory.
A good insight into the history of this transport company can be found in the depot12 , a transport history exhibition that is run on a voluntary basis, which was opened in summer 2004 on the occasion of the anniversary “100 years of the electric tram in Rostock” . The exhibition is only open irregularly. The exhibits there range from models (e.g. Warnemünder Strandbahn ) to everyday objects from everyday work by tram drivers to historic vehicles that are also used for special trips. In 2004, RSAG also established the Richard Siegmann Foundation for this anniversary .
In the years up to 2006, the Rostock tram network was expanded by about a third, so the north-west of Rostock ( Evershagen , Lütten Klein and Lichtenhagen ) and the southern part of the city were connected to the tram network.
On March 6, 2010 the RSAG announced the invitation to tender for 13 new articulated tram cars. The winner of the tender was Vossloh-Kiepe, a Spanish-German subsidiary of Vossloh AG . The first vehicle was brought to Rostock in November 2013. The new five-part multi-articulated motor vehicles of the type “TramLink 6N2” are 32 m long, 2.65 m wide and completely low-floor. On July 30, 2014, the two vehicles 601 and 602 began to operate on Line 1. The vehicles replaced the Tatra multiple units and the low-floor sidecars used with them; the sidecars were sold to the KVG / Straßenbahn Kassel .
On April 24, 2015, a Tatra car drove for the last time on line 1 in scheduled service. Since then, only low-floor vehicles have been used on all lines.
Two major changes occurred at the beginning of 2016: Jan Bleis succeeded Jochen Bruhn in the role of commercial director. On January 4, 2016, the new line network concept “Mobil 2016” came into effect. This means that for the first time on all major sections of the tram network, at least 10-minute intervals apply on weekdays, and every 15 minutes on Saturdays.
Line network
Tram lines
Six tram lines are operated by RSAG. With the exception of the districts of Warnemünde , Groß Klein, Schmarl, Brinckmansdorf with Kassebohm and Brinckmanshöhe, Gehlsdorf, the Überseehafen, Hohe Düne, Markgrafenheide and the Rostock Heideorte, the most important parts of the urban area with the largest population are accessed by tram.
In the evening and weekend traffic, the Doberaner Platz and Dierkower Kreuz stops are central transfer points for the routes from Südstadt and Dierkow in the direction of Neuer Friedhof and Lütten Klein / Lichtenhagen.
- Lines or line portions with 10 minute intervals are bold shown
- Lines or line sections with a 20-minute cycle are shown "normally"
- Lines or line segments with 30-minute intervals or less frequently are in italics shown
- Valid from Monday to Friday (Mon-Fri) approx. 6:30 am to 6:00 pm
| line | Line route | comment |
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| 1 | ( Lichtenhagen, Mecklenburger Allee -) Lütten Klein, Rügener Str. - Lütten Klein Zentrum - Evershagen, Thomas-Morus-Str. -  Marienehe - Reutershagen - Holbeinplatz - Doberaner Platz - Lange Str. - Steintor - Dierkower Kreuz - Toitenwinkel, Hafenallee
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| 2 | Reutershagen - Holbeinplatz - Doberaner Platz - Goetheplatz - Central Station - Steintor - Dierkower Kreuz - Dierkower Allee |
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| 3 | (Neuer Friedhof - Zoo -) Platz der Jugend - Parkstraße - Doberaner Platz - Goetheplatz - Central Station - Steintor - Dierkower Kreuz - Dierkower Allee |
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| 4th | Campus Südstadt - Südstadt-Center - Goetheplatz - Schröderplatz - Lange Str. - Steintor - Dierkower Kreuz - Dierkower Allee |
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| 5 | Lichtenhagen, Mecklenburger Allee - Lütten Klein, Rügener Str. - Lütten Klein Zentrum - Evershagen, Thomas-More-Str. - Marienehe - Reutershagen - Holbeinplatz - Doberaner Platz - Lange Str. - Steintor - Central Station - Südstadt-Center - Südblick |
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| 6th | Neuer Friedhof - Zoo - Platz der Jugend - Parkstrasse - Doberaner Platz - Lange Str. - Steintor - Central Station - Südstadt-Center - Campus Südstadt |
Bus routes
21 city bus routes complement the tram offer and open up further areas:
- Lines or sections with a clock rate of 10-15 minutes are fat represented
- Lines or segments with a cycle of 20-30 minutes are shown as "normal"
- Lines or sections with a clock rate of 30 minutes or less frequently (usually 40-60 minutes) are in italics shown
- Valid from Monday to Friday (Mon-Fri) approx. 6:30 am to 6:00 pm
| line | Line route | comment |
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| 16 | Dierkower Cross - Kurt-Schumacher-Ring - Hinrichsdorf - Stuthof |
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| 17th | (Rostocker Heide - Hinrichshagen - / Markgrafenheide StrandResort -) Markgrafenheide - Hohe Düne ferry |
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| 18th | Dierkower Kreuz - Kurt-Schumacher-Ring - Hinrichsdorf - Jürgeshof - Hinrichshagen - Markgrafenheide - Hohe Düne ferry |
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| 19th | Dierkower Kreuz - Kurt-Schumacher-Ring - Sea port - Sea port ferry - Liebherrstraße (- power station) |
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| 22nd | Central station north - Steintor - White Cross - Kassebohm Süd |
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| 23 | Central station north - Steintor - White Cross - (Kassebohm) - Brinckmansdorf - Riekdahl |
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| 25th |
Doberaner Platz - Schröderplatz - Saarplatz - Parkstraße - Ostseestadion - Reutershagen Market - Walter-Husemann-Str. - Reutershagen - Schutow - Evershagen, Thomas-Morus-Strasse |
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| 26th | Central Station South - Schwaaner Landstr. - Weidengrund (- Biestow) |
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| 27 |
(Central Station North - Goetheplatz -) Central Station South - Südstadt, Erich-Schlesinger-Str. - Saarplatz - Parkstrasse - Schillingallee Clinic |
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| 28 | Campus Südstadt - New Cemetery - Zoo - West Cemetery - Ostseestadion - Holbeinplatz |
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| 30A | New cemetery - Tannenweg - Friedrichshöhe |
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| 31 | Lütten Klein, Kopenhagener Str. - Lütten Klein Zentrum - Lütten Klein - Taklerring - Lichtenhagen |
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| 34 | Fishing port - Bramow - Holbeinplatz |
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| 35 | Lütten Klein - Schmarl Dorf |
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| 36 |
Lichtenhagen, Mecklenburger Allee - Lichtenhagen - Warnemünde Werft - Warnemünde Beach (- Diedrichshagen) |
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| 37 |
Warnemünde Werft - Kurhausstraße - Warnemünde Beach - Diedrichshagen |
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| 38 | Evershagen, Thomas-More-Str. - Evershagen Süd - Industriestraße - Evershagen - Schmarl center - Lütten Klein |
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| 39 | Central Station South - Erich-Schlesinger-Str. - Campus Südstadt - Parkstraße - Ostseestadion - Markt Reutershagen - Reutershagen - Schutow - Evershagen Süd - Industriestraße - Evershagen - Schmarl Zentrum - Lütten Klein - Lütten Klein Zentrum - Lütten Klein, Sassnitzer Str. |
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| X41 | Lütten Klein Center - Lütten Klein - " Warnow Tunnel " - Martin-Luther-King-Allee - Kurt-Schumacher-Ring - Dierkower Cross |
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| 45 |
(Lütten Klein Center -) Lütten Klein - Schmarl Center - "Warnow Tunnel" - Seaport Ferry - Oldendorf - Warnowblick - Gehlsdorf - Dierkower Kreuz - Kurt-Schumacher-Ring - Toitenwinkel, Weidendamm |
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| 49 | (Lütten Klein Center -) Lütten Klein - Schmarl Center - "Warnow Tunnel" - Seaport Ferry - Kurt-Schumacher-Ring - Dierkower Kreuz |
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| At night, there are two “bat lines” that open up all important parts of the city by night and have a central transfer point at Saarplatz (Monday to Friday between 0:00 and 4:00 every 60 to 65 minutes, on weekends and holidays between 0:00 and 4:00 every 60 to 65 minutes Min, 4 to 6 a.m. on Saturdays, or until 8 a.m. on Sundays / public holidays every 30 minutes). | ||
| F1 | Warnemünde Strand - Lichtenhagen, Mecklenburger Allee - Lütten Klein - Evershagen - Reutershagen Markt - Ostseestadion - Holbeinplatz - Doberaner Platz - Saarplatz - Südstadt Campus - Südstadt-Center - Schröderplatz - Steintor - Brinckmansdorf - Riekdahl |
Night line |
| F1A | Südblick - Südstadt-Center | On-demand regular taxi
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| F2 | Lichtenhagen - Lütten Klein - Evershagen, Thomas-Morus-Str. - Reutershagen - Holbeinplatz - Saarplatz - Doberaner Platz - Central Station North - Steintor - Gerberbruch> / <Speicher - Dierkower Kreuz - Toitenwinkel, Hafenallee |
Night line |
| 45A | Baumschulenweg - Gehlsdorf - Warnowblick - Oldendorf - sea port - sea port ferry | On-demand regular taxi
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Operational measures due to the corona virus
Due to the spread of the corona virus , the demand in local public transport had decreased significantly due to the closure of schools and now also shops as well as increased work from home . Therefore, since March 16, 2020, most lines (except for lines 16, 17, 18, 19, 34, 49 and X41 as well as the night lines) have been running Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. according to the Saturday timetable during the day, line 39 not at all . In the meantime (as of August 15, 2020) the timetable has returned to normal. On the buses, the front door and the first row of seats will remain closed to passenger traffic until further notice. The other doors are now opened at the stops from the driver's side so that the door opening buttons do not have to be used by the passengers. The ticket sale was previously already only - are also present in the vehicle - ticket machines .
See also
swell
- Rostocker Straßenbahn AG: People - Technology - Episodes. Rostocker Straßenbahn AG (Ed.), Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2001, ISBN 3-934116-11-6 .
- Jan-Peter Schulze: Richard Siegmann:… but we were Germans. Max-Samuel-Haus / Foundation Meeting Center for Jewish History and Culture in Rostock (ed.), Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-942673-08-2 .
- RSAG Statistics ( Memento from July 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Rostocker Straßenbahn AG website
- Rostock route network (August 15, 2011) ( Memento from March 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.3 MB)
- Transport history exhibition of the RSAG and the Rostock local transport friends in depot12
- Newspaper article on Rostocker Straßenbahn AG in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
Individual evidence
- ↑ RSAG in facts and figures , as of January 1, 2020
- ^ A b c Jan-Peter Schulze: Richard Siegmann: ... but we were Germans. Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-942673-08-2 , p. 37.
- ^ A b Jan-Peter Schulze: Richard Siegmann: ... but we were Germans. Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-942673-08-2 , p. 35.
- ^ Rüdiger Grabowski, Norbert Enenkel: Tram and buses in Rostock. Kenning, Nordhorn 2006, ISBN 3-933613-81-7 , p. 18.
- ^ A b Jan-Peter Schulze: Richard Siegmann: ... but we were Germans. Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-942673-08-2 , p. 38.
- ↑ Jan-Peter Schulze: Richard Siegmann:… but we were Germans. Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-942673-08-2 , p. 40.
- ↑ Jan-Peter Schulze: Richard Siegmann:… but we were Germans. Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-942673-08-2 , p. 104.
- ^ Richard Siegmann: Wood gas drive in regular bus transport. Operating experience of the Rostock tram. In: Verkehrstechnik: Zentralblatt for all land transport and road construction. Vol. 51, No. 6, 1934, p. 147.
- ↑ Jan-Peter Schulze: Richard Siegmann:… but we were Germans. Redieck & Schade, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-942673-08-2 , p. 178.
- ↑ Kurt Groppa: History 111 years Rostock tram, 88 years of electrical equipment, 66 years Omnibusbetrieb . Rostocker Straßenbahn AG, Rostock 1991, pp. 67/68.
- ^ D-Rostock: Rail vehicles - 2010 / S 46-068306 - delivery order ( Memento from July 17, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) ted.europa.eu
- ↑ Trailer for trams: - KVG Kassel. Retrieved November 21, 2017 .
- ↑ Information on dealing with Corona / COVID-19 . rsag-online.de, accessed on March 21, 2020
Coordinates: 54 ° 5 ′ 52 ″ N , 12 ° 5 ′ 33 ″ E