Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe

ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft
Basic information
Company headquarters	Hanover
Web presence	www.uestra.de
Reference year	2018
owner	Supply and transport company Hanover
ISIN	DE0008250002
Board	Volkhardt Klöppner (Chairman), Denise Hain (Board Member for Operations & Personnel), Elke Maria van Zadel (Board Member for Technology, IT and Infrastructure)
Supervisory board	Ulf-Birger Franz (Chair)
Transport network	Greater Hanover traffic
Employee	2091 (as of 2018)
sales	€ 214 million (as of 2016)
Lines
Gauge	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Light rail	12
bus	38
number of vehicles
Light rail car	330
Omnibuses	136
other vehicles	4 ships
statistics
Passengers	176 million
Mileage	39 million km per year
Stops	872 (including 198 light rail vehicles, 674 buses)
Length of line network
Light rail lines	182.6
Bus routes	517.6
Operating facilities
Depots	5

Logo from 2016

former üstra logo until 2016

The ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft is a public transport company in Hannover . It operates the Hanover Stadtbahn and the city ​​bus network in Hanover and surrounding cities and communities. A subsidiary is responsible for Maschsee shipping. The üstra is a partner in the transport association Großraum-Verkehr Hannover (GVH).

Administration building on the high bank

Share over 1000 Marks of the overland works and trams Hannover AG from November 20, 1921

Articulated bus Irvine-Citaro , in front of the main entrance at Hanover main station

Railcar TW 6000 on the Goethe Bridge in front of the ÜSTRA administrative headquarters at Am Hohen Ufer  6

City tram TW 2000 at the stop "Vahrenwalder Platz" (today elevated platform)

City tram TW 3000 at the stop "Allerweg"

history

→ Main article : History of the tram in Hanover

prehistory

The forerunner of the ÜSTRA was a horse-drawn bus line from the Black Bear to the main train station set up in 1852 by the Hanoverian rental coachman Heinrich Battermann and two of his colleagues . After further lines had been set up, the "Erste Hannoversche Omnibus Companie" was founded. It was taken over in 1894 by Tram Hannover AG, which had been founded two years earlier . The operation of horse-drawn buses ceased in 1918.

Following a contract with the city of Hanover, the Continental Horse Railroad Corporation , based in Berlin, initially opened four horse-drawn railway lines in Hanover in 1872 . As a result of advancing industrialization, the increase in population, increased housing construction and the expansion of the Hanover city area through several incorporations, the route network was expanded rapidly in the following years. Other operators were also involved in expanding the network, including “The Tramway Company of Germany Ltd.”, which took over the “Continentalen” routes in 1879.

Tram Hannover AG

In 1892, the population of Hanover had grown to around 185,000 people who could use a rail network with seven lines over a total of 39.7 kilometers. The passenger volume at that time was 9.6 million people. Now the Hanoverian magistrate was striving for an overall plan for the rail network and in 1892 initiated the establishment of the Hanover tram company . In the same year the architect and district chairman Theodor Krüger was appointed sole director of the company. Under Krüger, the other providers were taken over by the Hanover tram company until 1897 .

ÜSTRA

In 1921 the tramway Hannover AG was renamed to Überlandwerke und Straßenbahnen Hannover AG , abbreviated ÜSTRA . In addition to operating trams and later buses, the company was also an electricity supplier in the Hanover region - without being in the city itself . This division was transferred to the newly founded Hastra on January 1, 1929 .

During the Nazi era , ÜSTRA employed forced laborers from 1938 and during the Second World War . Between 1937 and 1958 the company operated the Hanover trolleybus .

From 1960 the company traded as Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe (Üstra) AG , since 1980 as ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG . In 1970 the company was due to the action red dot , the year before from the Preussen Elektra spun Corporation and kommunalisiert . It was combined with the municipal utilities in the holding company Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft Hannover , which today holds 98.38% of the ownership shares in Üstra.

In 2001, the rail network and the tunnel and station systems of the Hanover city railway became the property of the Hanover Region Infrastructure Company. Between 2004 and 2006, all local transport services were brought together under the roof of intalliance AG . 1900 employees switched from Üstra to intalliance AG . Since January 1, 2007, the operation has been in sole hands again.

vehicles

Ustra light rail train

Light rail car

Üstra still has 87 of the original 260 TW 6000 light rail vehicles in stock. There are also 143 units of the TW 2000 type, which was purchased in 1998 . Since 2015, after more than 30 years of service life, the remaining TW 6000 have been gradually being replaced by a new third generation light rail vehicle ( TW 3000 ); in November 2018 this was 100 vehicles. All 153 trams of this type ordered are to be used in Hanover by 2020.

buses

Üstra Solaris city bus

131 buses are used on the bus routes operated by ÜSTRA AG (see local transport in Hanover ) . There are also other vehicles from the subsidiary üstra Reisen and the subcontractors Dau Bus , Block, Hartmann Bus-Betrieb and Grund. The Mercedes-Benz Citaro with a special design designed by British designer James Irvine for üstra and purchased from 1999 onwards are no longer part of the inventory . This was available in four versions: as a diesel or natural gas vehicle , each in a 12 m solo and 18 m articulated version. The vehicle fleet consists of 53  Solaris Urbino 12 , nine Solaris Urbino 12 Hybrid , three Solaris Urbino 12 electric , 27  Solaris Urbino 18 articulated buses with hybrid drive , 26  MAN Lion's City Hybrid Solo , 39  MAN Lion's City 18-m articulated buses and 4  Mercedes-Benz E-Citaro .

In July 2008, a Solaris Urbino 18 hybrid bus was purchased and used on various lines. It is powered by two electric motors and a diesel engine. This drive technology saves up to around 23 percent fuel compared to diesel buses; The bus is also particularly quiet and its drive works smoothly. Funding from the Federal Ministry of Transport helped cover the cost of ten more hybrid buses, which is almost 1.2 million euros higher than that of diesel buses. Since September 2011, a further 26 Solaris Urbino 18 Hybrids have been gradually purchased, which are used in the entire route network of üstra. Particular attention is paid to line 121, which is served exclusively by hybrid vehicles. In 2015, the fleet was supplemented by 26  MAN Lion's City Hybrids , so that in 2017 there are a total of 62 hybrid buses. At the beginning of 2016, üstra purchased three fully electric solo buses of the type Solaris Urbino 12 electric . The buses run in test operation on the ring lines 100 and 200 and are charged in a few minutes via an external charging station at the final stop at August-Holweg-Platz. The first four Mercedes-Benz E-Citaro vehicles arrived at Üstra on January 14, 2020 .

Ships

Passenger ship "Hannover" on the Maschsee

On the Maschsee , the subsidiary company üstra Reisen operates scheduled and charter services with its ships from Good Friday until October 31st . The fleet consists of the electrically powered ships "Hannover", "Niedersachsen", "Deutschland" and the solar catamaran "Europa". Separate fares apply. Every year (as of 2012) around 60,000 passengers are carried in regular services.

Lines

Light rail network

line	Lines	Clock in the peak hours
1	Langenhagen - Berliner Platz - Old Airport - Niedersachsenring - Werderstraße - Central Station - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Altenbekener Damm - Döhrener Turm - Peiner Straße - Am Brabrinke - Laatzen Eichstraße (train station)  - Laatzen (- Rethen train station  - Gleidingen Thorstraße - Sarstedt )	10 min
2	Alte Heide - Tempelhofweg - Vahrenheider Markt - Großer Kolonnenweg - Niedersachsenring - Werderstraße - Central Station  - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Altenbekener Damm - Döhrener Turm - Peiner Straße (-  Döhren depot ) / (- Am Brabrinke - Laatzen Hospital - Laatzen, Ginsterweg (-  Rethen ) )	10 min ((20 min))
3	Altwarmbüchen - Lahe City Cemetery - Paracelsusweg - Noltemeyerbrücke - Spannhagengarten - Four Borders - Lister Platz - Central Station  - Kröpcke - Market Hall / State Parliament - Waterloo - Stadium Bridge - Linden / Fischerhof Station - Schünemannplatz - Wallensteinstrasse - Mühlenberger Markt - Wettbergen	10 min
4th	Garbsen - Marienwerder Science Park - Stöcken City Cemetery - Leinhausen Train Station - Herrenhausen Gardens - Leibniz University - Königsworther Platz - Steintor - Kröpcke - Aedigientorplatz - Marienstraße - Braunschweiger Platz - Uhlhornstraße  - Karl-Wiechert-Allee Train Station  - Medical University - Roderbruch	10 min
5	Stöcken - Stöckener Markt - Stadtfriedhof Stöcken - Leinhausen train station - Herrenhausen Gardens - Leibniz University - Königsworther Platz - Steintor - Kröpcke - Aedigientorplatz - Marienstraße - Braunschweiger Platz - Uhlhornstraße  - Annastift - Großer Hillen - Tiergarten - Königsberger Ring - Anderten	10 min
6th	Nordhafen - Friedenauer Straße - Hainhölzer Markt - Nordstadt train station - Christ Church - Steintor - Kröpcke - Aedigientorplatz - Marienstraße - Braunschweiger Platz - Freundallee - Children's Hospital on the Bult - Bünteweg / Veterinary University - Seelhorster Allee - Brabeckstraße - Kronsberg - Messe Ost (EXPO Plaza)	10 min
7th	Misburg - Schierholzstraße - Paracelsusweg - Noltemeyerbrücke - Spannhagengarten - Four Borders - Lister Platz - Central Station  - Kröpcke - Market Hall / State Parliament - Waterloo - Stadium Bridge - Linden / Fischerhof Station  - Schünemannplatz - Wallensteinstraße - Mühlenberger Markt - Wettbergen	10 min
8th	( Dragonerstraße - Werderstraße -) Central Station - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Altenbekener Damm - Peiner Straße - City Cemetery Seelhorst - Messe Nord	10 min
9	Fasanenkrug - Bothfeld City Cemetery - Kurz-Kamp-Strasse - Bothfeld - Noltemeyerbrücke - Spannhagengarten - Four Boundaries - Lister Platz - Central Station  - Kröpcke - Market Hall / State Parliament - Waterloo - Black Bear - Lindener Marktplatz - Am Lindener Hafen - Am Soltekampe - Hermann-Ehlers- Allee - Empelde	10 min
10	Ahlem - Brunnenstraße - Wunstorfer Straße - Ungerstraße - Leinaustraße - Am Küchengarten - Glocksee - Goetheplatz - Steintor - Hauptbahnhof / Rosenstraße  - Hauptbahnhof / ZOB	10 min
	Ahlem - Ehrhartstraße - Brunnenstraße - Wunstorfer Straße - Leinaustraße - Am Küchengarten - Waterloo - Markthalle / Landtag - Kröpcke - Hauptbahnhof	Half the line , only night traffic 60 minutes and express trains 6–8 minutes
11	Halthoffstraße - Christ Church - Steintor - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Marienstraße - Braunschweiger Platz - Hanover Congress Center - Zoo	10 min
16	Königsworther Platz - Steintor - Kröpcke - Aedigientorplatz - Marienstraße - Braunschweiger Platz - Freundallee - Children's Hospital on the Bult - Bünteweg / University of Veterinary Medicine - Seelhorster Allee - Brabeckstraße - Kronsberg - Stockholmer Allee - Messe Ost (EXPO Plaza)	only if required
17th	Wallensteinstrasse - Schünemannplatz - Linden Fischerhof train station - Stadium bridge - Schwarzer Bär - Humboldtstrasse - Goetheplatz - Steintor - Hauptbahnhof / Rosenstrasse  - Hauptbahnhof / ZOB	15 minutes
18th	Central Station - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Altenbekener Damm - Döhrener Tower - Peiner Straße - City Cemetery Seelhorst - Messe Nord	10 min (only at trade fairs)

Bus network

line	route	vehicles
100/200	August-Holweg-Platz - Linden Fischerhof train station - Deisterplatz - Lister Platz - Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Linden Fischerhof train station - August-Holweg-Platz	MAN Lion's City Hybrid Solaris Urbino electric
120	Ahlem - Davenstedt - Lindener Hafen - Black Bear - Aegidientorplatz	MAN Lion's City G Solaris Urbino H18
121	Altenbekener Damm - Bismarckstrasse station - Central Station - Lister Platz - Niedersachsenring - Halthoffstrasse	MAN Lion's City G Solaris Urbino H18
122	Langenhagen, Im Gehäge - Langenhagen center - (Meierwiesen) Alte Heide - four borders	MAN Lion's City Hybrid Solaris Urbino 12
123	Peiner Strasse - Midfield - Bemerode - Misburger Strasse - Noltemeyerbrücke	MAN Lion's City G Solaris Urbino H18
124	( Laatzen, Ulmer Strasse -) Am Brabrinke - Midfield - Bemerode - Misburger Strasse - Misburg - Misburg City Cemetery	MAN Lion's City G. Solaris Urbino H18
125	Meierwiesen - Alte Heide - Buchholz - Roderbruch - Misburg - Anderten	MAN Lion's City G Solaris Urbino H18
126	Altgarbsen - Havelse - Marienwerder - Stöcken	Solaris Urbino 12 Solaris Urbino H12 MB Citaro
127	Misburg - Misburger Strasse - Kantplatz - horse tower	MAN Lion's City G Solaris Urbino H18
128	Nordring - Central Station - Zoo - Braunschweiger Platz - Waldheim - Peiner Strasse	Solaris Urbino 12 MAN Lion's City Hybrid
129	Wettbergen - Mühlenberg - Empelde	MB Citaro
130	Wettbergen - hillside road - Im Hellerloh - Wettbergen	MB Citaro
133	Poplar meadow - Spannhagengarten - Hinrichsring - Four borders - Melanchthonstrasse	MAN Lion's City G. MAN Lion's City Hybrid Solaris Urbino 12 Solaris Urbino H18
134	Nordring - Lister Platz - Welfenplatz - Steintor - Central Station - Zoo - Braunschweiger Platz - Waldheim - Peiner Straße	Solaris Urbino 12 MAN Lion's City Hybrid
135	Stöcken - Wiesenau - Tempelhofweg - Alte Heide - Paracelsusweg - Lahe city cemetery	MAN Lions City G Solaris Urbino 12 Solaris Urbino 18 Solaris Urbino H18 MB Citaro I / G
136	Halthoffstrasse - Herrenhausen Gardens - Ledeburg train station - Stöcken	Solaris Urbino 12 Solaris Urbino H12 MB Citaro
137	Spannhagengarten - Nobelring - Misburger Strasse - Kantplatz - horse tower	MAN Lion's City Hybrid Solaris Urbino 12
253	Langenhagen center - Godshorn industrial area - Langenhagen center	MB Citaro G
267	Kröpcke - Aegidientorplatz - Maschsee Funkhaus - Maschsee Strandbad ( Maschseefest line)	MAN Lion's City G.
330	Bemeroder Rathausplatz - Kronsberg - Wülferode - Müllingen - Bolzum - Lühnde	Solaris Urbino 12 Solaris Urbino H12
340/341	Messe Ost (Expo-Plaza) - Laatzen - Rethen - Koldingen - (speeches (only 341) ) - Pattensen, Am Hallenbad
346	Rethen - Rethen Zum Holzfeld - Rethen - Laatzen Kiebitzweg - Neuer Schlag - Laatzen Center and Laatzen - Brunirode - Debberode - Laatzen Center
363	Peiner Strasse - Hemmingen - Westerfeld - Wallensteinstrasse
371	Ahlten, substation - Ilten - Bilm - Wassel - Sehnde, Kanalstrasse
372	Sehnde, Kanalstrasse - Gretenberg - Klein Lobke
390	( Laatzen Center -) Gleidingen Orpheusweg - Oesselse - Ingeln - Müllingen - Bolzum - Sehnde School Center
420	Garbsen - Havelse - Marienwerder Science Park	Solaris Urbino H12
450	Berenbostel - Marienwerder Science Park	Solaris Urbino 12 Solaris Urbino H12 MB Citaro
470	Airport - Langenhagen - Godshorn - Vinnhorst - Stöcken	MAN Lion's City Hybrid Solaris Urbino H12
480	Langenhagen - Godshorn - Schulenburg - Engelbostel - Berenbostel - Garbsen	Solaris Urbino 18 MB Citaro G
581	Stöcken - Letter - Ahlem - Velber - Am Soltekampe - Mühlenberger Markt	MAN Lion's City G Solaris Urbino H18
610/611	Kaltenweide train station - Krähenwinkel - Langenhagen center (- Berliner Platz )	Solaris Urbino 12 MB Citaro G
616	Langenhagen center - St. Paulus Church - Emil-Berliner-Strasse - Saarweg - Beckerwiese - Beethovenstrasse - Langenhagen central station	ÜSTRA taxi bus
631	Altwarmbüchen school center - Altwarmbüchen - An den Deichwiesen - Noltemeyerbrücke	Solaris Urbino 12 MB Citaro
800	At the Engesohde - Altenbekener Damm - Bismarckstrasse station - Bünteweg - Anderten - Höver - Ilten - Sehnde - Haimar - Mehrum town center

Shareholder and stock exchange listing

The main shareholder of Üstra is Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft Hannover mbH (VVG), which holds 98.38% of the shares. The VVG in turn belongs to 80.49% of the city and 19.51% of the Hanover region . The Hanover region directly holds a further 1.09% of the Üstra shares. A control and profit transfer agreement exists with VVG .

Üstra shares are traded on the regulated market on the Hamburg and Hanover stock exchanges.

The board of directors of ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft has included Volkhardt Klöppner (chairman of the board) and Denise Hain (board member for personnel and operations) since 2017 and Elke Maria van Zadel (board member for technology, IT and infrastructure) since 2019.

literature

• Dieter Eisfeld : City and local public transport. The Hanover case (1852 to 2000) , ed. from Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG, Hanover [1980]
• ÜSTRA (Ed.): The ÜSTRA through the ages . Festschrift for the 100th anniversary. Self-published, Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-9802783-4-4 .
• Horst Moch: 100 years of ÜSTRA. 120 years of the tram in Hanover. Edited by ÜSTRA, self-published, Hanover [1992], ISBN 3-9802783-2-8 .
• Achim Uhlenhut , Thomas Hanna-Daoud: Local traffic in Hanover. Light rail, S-Bahn and bus in the Expo city. In: Tram Magazin Special No. 6, GeraNova, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-89724-703-8 .
• Michael Narten , Achim Uhlenhut: Out and about in Hanover. 125 years of Üstra , 1st edition, illustrated edition, Leuenhagen & Paris, Hannover 2017, ISBN 978-3-945497-04-3 .

Web links

Commons : Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Annual financial statements 2018 of üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG, published in the Federal Gazette
2. ↑ ^{a b Light} rail fleet is growing: the hundredth TW 3000 travels on Hanover's rails. In: www.uestra.de. November 16, 2018, accessed January 15, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Tram / ÜSTRA. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 607 f.
4. ^ Waldemar R. Röhrbein: Krüger, Theodor. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 373.
5. ↑ Janet von Stillfried : A blind spot. Forced labor at Üstra 1938 to 1945. Leuenhagen & Paris, Hannover 2011, ISBN 978-3-9802783-9-3 .
6. ↑ Bernd Haase: New "Silver Arrow". Üstra presents improved light rail. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , November 6, 2012.
7. ↑ TW 3000. In: uestra.de. November 16, 2018, accessed March 30, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Ten new hybrid buses for Üstra Hannover . In: Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de . ( zughalt.de [accessed on April 29, 2017]).
9. ↑ Electric bus offensive: ÜSTRA receives the first new electric buses. In: www.uestra.de. January 14, 2020, accessed January 15, 2020 . 
10. ^ Regions Journal (supplement Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung / Neue Presse), May 29, 2013, p. 2.
11. ↑ Maschsee fleet. In: uestra.de. Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe, accessed on September 15, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Investment report 2015 of the state capital Hanover
13. ↑ Annual Report 2016. (PDF) 4.6 Financial area. (No longer available online.) Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe Aktiengesellschaft, p. 19 , archived from the original on September 12, 2017 ; accessed on May 4, 2016 . 
14. ↑ course leaves the exchanges Hamburg and Hanover from 31 August 2016th
15. ↑ The board of directors. In: www.uestra.de. Retrieved February 7, 2020 . 

Coordinates: 52 ° 22 '27 "  N , 9 ° 43' 46.5"  E