Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft
| Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH | |
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Karlsruhe |
| Web presence | www.avg.info |
| Reference year | 2016/2018 |
| owner | City of Karlsruhe |
| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 1957 |
| Managing directors |
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| Transport network | Karlsruhe Transport Association and neighboring associations |
| Employee | 946 |
| sales | EUR 237.8 million |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Light rail | 12 |
| number of vehicles | |
| Locomotives | 7 diesel locomotives |
| Railcar | 1 Esslingen railcar (not operational) |
| Tram cars | 2 GT8-70C , 6 + 33 NET 2012 |
| Light rail car | 7 GT6-80C , 29 GT8-80C , 22 GT8-100C / 2S 86 GT8-100D / 2S-M 42 ET 2010 |
| Omnibuses | 25 standard buses 4 articulated buses 2 coaches 1 minibus |
| other vehicles | 9 passenger cars, 32 freight cars |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 76.9 million |
| Mileage | Train 19.5 million apartment km Bus 2.2 Gm |
| Length of line network | |
| Light rail lines | 561.3 |
| Bus routes | 252.0 |
| Operating facilities | |
| Track length | 309.9 km, of which 170.4 km are leased and 23.0 km are BOStrab |
The Albtal traffic-Gesellschaft mbH (AVG) is a transport company , the rail and bus transport operates. It is wholly owned by the city of Karlsruhe and operates the light rail and part of the bus transport in the Karlsruhe region and beyond, as well as freight transport by rail. It also maintains part of the railway lines it uses .
The AVG is a member of the tariff association of federal and non-federal railways in Germany (TBNE).
Corporate development
The AVG was as the operating company for the 1957 Albtalbahn that Busenbach-Ittersbach railway and the Ettlinger side panel established. It has been operating these three railway lines since 1957, with the Albtalbahn being converted from narrow to standard gauge between 1957 and 1966 and linked to the Karlsruhe tram network. Since 1975, the AVG has been able to expand its activities by building new railway lines, using existing Deutsche Bahn railway lines and taking over existing railway lines, and has built a light rail system in the Karlsruhe region . In this context, AVG also provides tram services in Karlsruhe and Heilbronn. Due to the continuous expansion of the route network and the consolidation of the timetables, the number of passengers also increased: from around 6 million passengers in 1960 to 8.1 million (1985), 19 million (1990), 32.8 million (1996), 70 million (2009) to 74.9 million in 2016.
From the beginning there was a close cooperation with the Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe (VBK), which is expressed in a common administration, the use of common workshops and a common vehicle pool. Since the 1980s, the following division of labor has emerged between the two transport companies: while the VBK is responsible for operating the inner-city tram and bus connections in Karlsruhe, the AVG as a railway company operates regional rail transport. In the course of the expansion of the route network, there was also cooperation with Deutsche Bahn and the Heilbronn municipal utility .
In order to make the route expansion and operation of the light rail connections as smooth as possible, the AVG is trying to take over the routes it operates or to lease them from Deutsche Bahn in the long term. In 1986 she was able to take over the management of the Hardtbahn from the Deutsche Bundesbahn and acquire the line in 2001. In 1994 she acquired the Katzbachbahn and Kraichtalbahn from SWEG . It was able to lease the Kraichgaubahn long-term in 1996, the Enztalbahn and the Murgtalbahn in 2000. AVG also took over the three non-electrified branch lines Maulbronn Stadt – Maulbronn West (1999), Wintersdorf (Baden) –Rastatt and Hinterweidenthal – Bundenthal-Rumbach ( 2007). As a railway infrastructure company, AVG operates its own and leased lines with a length of 284.6 kilometers. On behalf of the district of Calw , the AVG is to take over the operation of the Hermann-Hesse-Bahn Calw-Weil der Stadt .
Like other companies in this industry, AVG is also struggling with the difficulty of attracting train drivers . The staff shortage has existed since 2009 and could not be resolved until 2018 despite constant new hires and support from temporary workers .
According to the company, there has been a balanced number of drivers again since June 2019.
In March 2019, AVG signed an agreement between several transport companies, which provides for the development of a new TramTrain vehicle. The " VDV TramTrain" project is supported by a total of five companies. Partners include the Saarbahn GmbH and the Verkehrsverbund Mittelachsen on behalf of the Regiobahn Chemnitz . The first newly developed vehicles should be in use from 2025.
Karlsruhe model
The AVG has become known above all through the model introduction of a two-system city railway as the first company in Germany (" Karlsruhe model "). The trains run as S-Bahn or regional trains from distant places to Karlsruhe, where they cross the city center as a tram , and then serve the surrounding area again as an S-Bahn or regional train. For the first time, the system was changed from a railway to a tram in the same vehicle, which had to be equipped for both systems. This saves passengers having to switch between trains and trams.
In 1992 a tram line from the city of Karlsruhe was extended to the surrounding area to Bretten using the existing railway infrastructure . The light rail vehicles of the type GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M and ET 2010 run on two power systems: in the Karlsruhe tram network with 750 volts DC and after the transition to electrified railway lines with 15 kV, 16.7 Hertz AC . In addition to the different power systems, differences in safety technology, wheel flanges , radio, etc. must also be taken into account.
Today the so-called Karlsruhe model (also known as tram-train abroad ) is a model for many other cities in Germany and abroad that are planning or have already implemented a light rail system on tram and rail routes (e.g. Saarbrücken ) because of the enormous increase in passengers and Kassel ).
Lines
Light rail operation
With the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, AVG operates the following lines based on the Karlsruhe model :
| line | Line route | Vehicle use |
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| S 1 | Hochstetten - Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen - Karlsruhe - Ettlingen - Busenbach - Bad Herrenalb | GT8-80C , NET 2012 |
| S 11 | Hochstetten - Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen - Karlsruhe - Ettlingen - Busenbach - Reichenbach - Langensteinbach - Ittersbach | GT8-80C , NET 2012 |
| P. 31 | Odenheim - Bruchsal - Karlsruhe-Durlach train station - Karlsruhe main train station | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M |
| P 32 | Menzingen (Baden) - Bruchsal - Karlsruhe-Durlach train station - Karlsruhe main train station | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M |
| S 4 | Karlsruhe Albtalbahnhof - Karlsruhe station forecourt - Karlsruhe-Durlach station - Bretten - Eppingen - Heilbronn - Öhringen - Öhringen-Cappel | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M , ET 2010 |
| P 41 | Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof / Willy-Brandt-Platz - Heilbronn Technical School Center - Neckarsulm - Bad Friedrichshall - Mosbach-Neckarelz - Mosbach Bahnhof | ET 2010 |
| P 42 | Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof / Willy-Brandt-Platz - Heilbronn Technical School Center - Neckarsulm - Bad Friedrichshall - Bad Rappenau - Sinsheim Hauptbahnhof | ET 2010 |
| S 5 | Pforzheim - Remchingen - Pfinztal - Karlsruhe - Wörth Badepark | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M , ET 2010 |
| P 51 | Germersheim - Sondernheim - Bellheim - Rülzheim - Rheinzabern - Jockgrim - Wörth am Rhein - Karlsruhe Rheinbergstrasse - Karlsruhe Siemens - Karlsruhe Entenfang - Karlsruhe Yorckstrasse - Karlsruhe Marktplatz - Karlsruhe Tullastrasse - Grötzingen - Söllingen - Wilferdingen-Singen - Pforzheim | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M , ET 2010 |
| P 52 | Germersheim - Sondernheim - Bellheim - Rülzheim - Rheinzabern - Jockgrim - Wörth am Rhein - Karlsruhe West - Karlsruhe Albtalbahnhof - Karlsruhe Hbf forecourt - Karlsruhe Ostendstrasse - Karlsruhe Tullastrasse | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M , ET 2010 |
| S 6 | Pforzheim - Neuenbürg - Bad Wildbad | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M , ET 2010 |
| S 7 | Karlsruhe Tullastraße - Karlsruhe station forecourt - Durmersheim - Rastatt - Baden-Baden - Achern | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M , ET 2010 |
| P 71 | Karlsruhe main station - Ettlingen West - Rastatt - Baden-Baden - Achern | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M , ET 2010 |
| S 8 | Karlsruhe Tullastraße - Karlsruhe station forecourt - Durmersheim - Rastatt - Gaggenau - Gernsbach - Forbach (Black Forest) - Baiersbronn - Freudenstadt - Bondorf (near Herrenberg) (- Herrenberg ) | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M |
| P 81 | Karlsruhe Central Station - Ettlingen West - Rastatt - Forbach (Black Forest) - Baiersbronn - Freudenstadt (- Bondorf (b. Herrenberg) - Herrenberg) | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M |
| S 9 | Bruchsal - Heidelsheim - Gondelsheim - Bretten | GT8-100C / 2S , GT8-100D / 2S-M , ET 2010 |
The S 2 tram is operated on behalf of AVG by Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe . AVG is the owner of the Rheinstrandsiedlung - Rheinstetten and Sinsheimer Straße - Stutensee sections.
Since the timetable change on June 9, 2019, line S 5 has only been operated to Pforzheim Hbf. The S 9 line only has individual journeys in the morning and at night between Bretten and Bruchsal. The Bretten - Mühlacker section is omitted. These sections were part of the tender of the Stuttgarter Netze lot 1.
Railway operations
In addition to the Karlsruhe light rail network, AVG operates the infrastructure of the 15 kilometer-long Wieslauterbahn from Hinterweidenthal Ost to Bundenthal-Rumbach . There leads DB Regio seasonal traffic with diesel railcars of the 642 series by.
In rail freight transport , the focus is on operating its own routes ( Albtalbahn , Murgtalbahn , Kraichtalbahn , Kraichgaubahn ) as well as various siding in the Karlsruhe area, and AVG also operates garbage trains between Bruchsal and Mannheim . In 2009, 410,000 tons of cargo were carried.
Omnibus operation
AVG continues to operate several intercity bus routes in the Albtal , Pfinztal , Ettlingen , Kraichgau and Hardt in the Karlsruhe region:
| line | Line route | comment |
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| 103 | Malsch - Völkersbach | |
| 104 | Waldprechtsweier - Malsch - Ettlingen city station | |
| 105 | Ettlingen Hereditary Prince / Castle - Ettlingen West | AVG drives on behalf of the NVW |
| 107 | Karlsruhe-Durlach station - Ettlingen city station | |
| 110 | Waldprechtsweier - Ettlingen Hereditary Prince | |
| 112 | Ettlingen city - cemetery - Ettlingen city | Line is operated by the company NVW |
| 114 | Marxzell - Pfaffenrot - Marxzell - Burbach - Schielberg - Marxzell | |
| 115 | Busenbach - Reichenbach - Etzenrot | |
| 117 | Grünwettersbach - Busenbach | Was discontinued in 2018 after a year of trial operation |
| 118 | Durlach (Zündhütle) - Grünwettersbach - Langensteinbach | |
| 124 | Graben-Neudorf - Hochstetten | |
| 132 | Östringen - Ubstadt - Bruchsal | together with SWEG |
| 134 | Östringen - Elsenz - Eppingen | |
| 135 | Neuenbürg - Oberöwisheim | |
| 136 | Münzesheim - Oberacker | |
| 137 | Railway bridges station - railway bridges place | |
| 138 | Menzingen - Landshausen | |
| 135 | Landshausen - Unteröwisheim | |
| 151 | Berghausen - Wöschbach | |
| 152 | Kleinsteinbach - Mutschelbach - Langensteinbach | |
| 153 | Langensteinbach - Auerbach | |
| 159 | Wössingen - Berghausen | |
| 192 | Philippsburg - Hochstetten | |
| 193 | Rheinsheim - Philippsburg - Kirrlach | |
| 195 | Blankenloch - Leopoldshafen | |
| 198 | Dettenheim - Graben-Neudorf |
gallery
Type ET 2010 light rail car 923
Light rail car 910 of the type GT8-100D / 2S-M
Diesel locomotive 461
Tower car 480
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literature
- Klaus Bindewald: The Albtal Transport Company. Exemplary local transport system worldwide. Regional culture publishing house, Ubstadt-Weiher 2007, ISBN 978-3-89735-475-3 .
Web links
- Internet presence of the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH
- Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
- privat-bahn.de : vehicles of the AVG
- BahnGalerie : Photos of the Albtal Verkehrsgesellschaft
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Experience more on the go: Annual Report 2016. (PDF; 10.2 MiB) (No longer available online.) Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft, archived from the original on August 18, 2017 ; accessed on August 17, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Five transport companies want to order TramTrains together. Retrieved March 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Contracts signed for Stuttgart networks. Retrieved June 22, 2019 .
