Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH
| Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH | |
|---|---|
| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Braunschweig |
| Web presence | www.bsvg.net |
| owner | City of Braunschweig |
| Managing directors | Jörg Reincke |
| Transport network | VRB |
| Employee | 636 |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1100 mm |
| tram | 6th |
| bus | 34 |
| number of vehicles | |
| Tram cars | 43 low-floor articulated multiple units 7 articulated multiple units 8 sidecars |
| Omnibuses | 150, of which - 89 articulated buses - 61 solo buses |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 40.4 million in 2018 |
| Mileage | 10.1 million km per year |
| Stops | 1652 |
| Catchment area | 192 km² |
| Residents in the catchment area |
0.25 million |
| Length of line network | |
| Tram lines | 51.1 km |
| Bus routes | 476 km |
| Operating facilities | |
| Depots | 1 tram depot 1 omnibus depot |
| Track length | 39.62 km |
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The BSVG operates the local public transport (ÖPNV) in the city area and partly in the greater Braunschweig area with several bus and tram lines together with other transport companies within the Verkehrsverbundes Region Braunschweig (VRB). The company carried 40.4 million passengers in 2018.
The company was founded in 1879 under the name of Straßen-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, from which the "Elektrizitätswerke und Straßenbahn Braunschweig AG" emerged , which in turn was converted into the " Stadtwerke " in 1937 . In 1972 the company was named Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG . As part of a change of name, the name was changed to Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH with effect from July 28, 2014 .
Since July 2019 the Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH has been operating with the nickname "BSVG" and the slogan "We bring you there".
history
Beginnings
The history of local passenger transport in Braunschweig began as early as the 1870s. The bus routes operated at that time were initially only used by horse-drawn buses . For May 10, 1877, three lines are recorded:
Opening date |
Horse-drawn bus routes 1877
|
| January 16, 1873 | Hauptbahnhof - Bankplatz - Kohlmarkt - Schuhstraße - Sack - Höhe - Hagenmarkt - Fallersleber Tor |
| 02/02/1873 | Holst Coffee Garden (Badetwete) - Augusttor - Central Station - Bankplatz - Kohlmarkt - Old Town Market - Radeklint - Amalienplatz |
| 05/10/1877 | Holst Coffee Garden (Badetwete) - Augusttor - Central Station - Bankplatz - Kohlmarkt - Schuhstraße - Höhe - Hagenmarkt - Fallersleber Tor |
Just two years later, in 1879, the road railway company, the legal predecessor of today's Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH, was founded. In the same year, passenger transport began using horse-drawn trams on perforated rails , and from 1881 on grooved rails. The network was gradually expanded so that in 1893 four lines with a total length of 13.5 km were already in operation:
Opening date |
Horse-drawn tram routes 1879
|
| unknown | Nordbahnhof - Bohlweg - Kohlmarkt - Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz - Westbahnhof |
| unknown | Fallersleber Tor - Casparistr. - Münzstrasse - Bruchtorwall - August Gate - Richmond Castle |
| unknown | Hauptfriedhof - Marienstift - Adolfstr. - Steinweg - Old Town Market - Hohetor |
| unknown | Kohlmarkt - Old Town Market - Petritor - White Horse |
Until World War II
18 years after it was founded, the first electrically operated tram started running in Braunschweig in 1897 . Among other things, it ran to the nearby Wolfenbüttel . In addition to passenger transport, the tram between Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel was used for goods transport from 1899 to 1921. The company also wanted to operate four-axle open- plan cars from the USA on this route since 1902 , but they were too wide. Herbrand open-plan cars were used from 1915 onwards. A special feature of the Braunschweig tram is its track width of 1100 millimeters. In Germany this gauge only existed in Lübeck and Kiel . Additional routes were put into operation by 1909. Braunschweig thus already had a tram network with a total length of 30.6 km.
The first omnibuses were used for passenger transport from 1928. Since then, they have been serving both urban transport and those in the region. On October 14, 1941, the new depot in Georg-Westermann-Allee was inaugurated.
post war period
Although numerous buses and trams, as well as the infrastructure in some cases, were severely damaged or destroyed during the Second World War , it was already possible in May 1945, just a few weeks after the city of Braunschweig was handed over to US troops on April 12, 1945, to operate a first tram line in the city again.
The connection to Wolfenbüttel was discontinued in 1954, which later turned out to be a wrong decision, as was the discontinuation of rail traffic to Riddagshausen and to Ölper (1963). Since that time there has been no more local rail traffic across the city limits.
Current
The metro lines introduced on October 12, 2008 , which were both bus and tram lines, were reduced from ten lines to five on September 3, 2012, before the metro lines were completely given up on January 7, 2016. The uniform quality feature, the 10-minute intervals during the day during the week, was initially retained even after the metro lines were abandoned. In the course of a timetable change due to construction work on Stobenstrasse, this was abandoned in favor of a 15-minute basic cycle with regular repeater trips during rush hour.
Individual lines in the city of Braunschweig are not operated by Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH, but by other transport companies:
- Kraftverkehr Mundstock GmbH (KVM): Braunschweig - Wendeburg
- KVG Braunschweig : Braunschweig - Salzgitter
- Travel agency Schmidt GmbH (RBS): Braunschweig - Wolfenbüttel district (until December 31, 2009 by regional bus Braunschweig )
- Wolfsburger Verkehrs GmbH (WVG): Braunschweig - Wolfsburg
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Landkreis Gifhorn mbH (VLG): Braunschweig-Wenden - Gifhorn
- DB Regio AG Region North
In June 2019, the name of the Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH was changed to the BSVG. In addition, the appearance of the BSVG was changed in the course of this. Since then, the slogan has been "We'll take you there."
Vehicles (omnibus)
The fleet of the Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH currently includes modern low-floor buses from four well-known manufacturers MAN , Mercedes-Benz , Neoplan and Solaris . The city of Braunschweig is particularly associated with the MAN brand, as the MAN logo shows the Braunschweig castle lion. This is because MAN took over the former Braunschweig manufacturer Büssing and thus also this symbol. The vehicles of the Verkehrs-GmbH have typical features such as the red belly band and other special features.
tram
The tram network comprises 6 lines with a gauge of 1100 mm and is mainly used by low-floor cars. The latest generation of railcars are 18 Solaris Traminos with a length of 36.0 m and replace most of the remaining high-floor cars. In order to guarantee completely barrier-free access in the planned operation, seven "Tramino Braunschweig II" railcars are being procured. These are built by Stadler Pankow and have been delivered since August 22, 2019.
Future development
With a planned RegioStadtBahn , the Braunschweig area should be connected to the city center according to the Karlsruhe model . In the city, tracks of the Braunschweig tram should be used, in the surrounding area routes of the Deutsche Bahn should be used. Endpoints were planned in Salzgitter , Goslar , Bad Harzburg , Schöppenstedt , Gifhorn and Uelzen .
Because the Braunschweig tram has a track width of 1100 mm, the inner city route of the RegioStadtBahn was equipped with a three- rail track in advance . The first expansion stage of the RegioStadtBahn should be put into operation in 2014. Since the railroad lines in the surrounding area are not electrified, hybrid vehicles should be purchased because of the mixed traffic through-route, which draw their traction current from their own diesel generator as well as from the city's overhead line (15 kV or 600 V). However, due to the sharp rise in the costs of these vehicles, the project was ended in 2010. Instead, an alternative concept is now being planned, which should also go into operation in 2014 and provide for a better link between regional rail traffic and Braunschweig city traffic.
See also
literature
- Dieter Höltge: The Braunschweig tram. Local passenger transport in Braunschweig . 1st edition. GeraMond-Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-932785-00-2 .
- Dieter Höltge: The Braunschweig tram. Local passenger transport in Braunschweig . 2nd, revised edition. GeraMond-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-7654-7195-X .
Web links
- Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH
- Braunschweig Local Transport Interest Group
- Photos of the Braunschweig trams and buses
- Vehicle fleet list (tram)
- Line chronicles of the Braunschweig tram lines
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interesting facts about the Verkehrs-GmbH. (PDF) In: BSVG flyer. December 2017, accessed January 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Numbers, data, information on the Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 122 kB)
- ↑ Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH (Ed.): Good to know The BSVG in numbers . 2018th edition. Braunschweig.
- ↑ Good to know The BSVG in figures, 2018 edition, Braunschweig
- ↑ Message from Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH regarding the change of name ( memento of the original from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.
- ↑ a b Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH - Current detailed view. Retrieved June 28, 2019 .
- ↑ Timetable adjustments as of September 3, 2012 , press release by Braunschweiger Verkehrs-AG.
- ↑ Timetable adjustments as of January 7, 2016 ( memento of the original of January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press release from Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH.
- ^ Press article of the Braunschweiger-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft
- ^ Braunschweiger Verkehrs-GmbH - Tramino Stadtbahnen. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
- ↑ Greens: This is a political disaster. on: newsclick.de , August 19, 2009.
- ↑ http://www.zgb.de/barrierefrei/content/nahverkehr/regiostadtbahn.shtml ( Memento from July 21, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Sven Steinke: ZGB presents an alternative concept to the “RegioStadtBahn”. In: Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de. November 10, 2010, accessed April 8, 2012 .
