Varresbeck depot

The depot Varresbeck at the German ring in Wuppertal district Elberfeld-West is one of two bus depots the WSW mobil , a company part of the WSW Wuppertaler Stadtwerke . The second depot is the mine near Niederebreck in the east of the city.

description

The Varresbeck depot went into operation on June 12, 1977 and offers space for around 150 WSW mobil buses. Before that, there were bus depots in Velbert and chapels on Lichtscheid . A bus workshop belongs to the depot, which has an area of around 4.2 hectares. 4 × 100,000 tanks for diesel, which are embedded in the floor in front of the workshop entrance, serve as fuel stores.

bus depot

The Varresbeck depot normally houses 185 (52/93 solo cars, 12/12 midi cars, 121/189 articulated cars) of the total of 294 WSW buses . The following cars are located there:

Solo car

MAN NL 263 : 0205, 0401, 0403-0406
Mercedes-Benz O 530 (Facelift) : 0701-0706
Mercedes-Benz O 530 LE (Facelift) : 1101–1103, 1201–1204
Mercedes-Benz O 530 LE (C2) : 1601–1613

Midi wagon

Mercedes-Benz O 530 K (Facelift) : 0951-0956, 1251-1252
Mercedes-Benz O 530 K (C2) : 1451-1452, 1551-1552

Articulated trolley

Mercedes-Benz O 530 G : 0267, 0269, 0274, 0277, 0278, 0361-0367, 0561-0576
Mercedes-Benz O 530 G (Facelift) : 0761-0765, 0867-0871, 0961-0963, 0970 1061-1084, 1161-1173
Mercedes-Benz O 530 GDH (Facelift) : 1259
Mercedes-Benz O 530 G (C2) : 1174–1176, 1462–1472, 1561–1568, 1761–1781, 1861–1873

Events

Occasionally, the depot is opened to the public on an open day . The performance of the opera “ Der Torero oder Liebe im Akkord ” by Adolphe Adam in February 2014 on the Wuppertaler Bühnen as part of “Oper im Firmen” in the halls of the depot was unusual .

Web links

Commons : Varresbeck depot - collection of images, videos and audio files

Peter Bosbach: Signals from the Wuppertal suspension railway and other technical data. In: www.die-schwebebahn.de. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .
VhAg of the WSW - open day at the Varresbeck depot. In: www.vhag-wsw.de. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .

Individual evidence

↑ Wuppertal. In: www.wolfgang-mondorf.de. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015 ; accessed on July 14, 2015 .
↑ WSW AG News: 13.09.02 - 25 years WSW depot Varresbeck. In: www.presse-service.de. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .
↑ VhAg - Transport Historical Association (VhAg) WSW. In: www.vhag-wsw.de. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .
^ Opera in the company: Premiere at Knipex in January. In: wz-newsline.de. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .

51.251116666667 7.1002777777778Coordinates: 51 ° 15 ′ 4 ″ N , 7 ° 6 ′ 1 ″ E

[1] Wuppertal. In: www.wolfgang-mondorf.de. Archived from the original on May 10, 2015 ; accessed on July 14, 2015 .

[2] WSW AG News: 13.09.02 - 25 years WSW depot Varresbeck. In: www.presse-service.de. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .

[3] VhAg - Transport Historical Association (VhAg) WSW. In: www.vhag-wsw.de. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .

[4] Opera in the company: Premiere at Knipex in January. In: wz-newsline.de. Retrieved July 14, 2015 .