Cabin taxi

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The Cabinentaxi was a BMFT development project for a passenger transport system that was carried out by a joint venture between Demag and Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). The special feature was the implementation of a so-called Personal Rapid Transit -concept (PRT), which, unlike the conventional public transport (public transport) with its in a clock traffic to schedule trains running vehicles used small, independent cabins that allow passengers to order according Reach your destination fully automatically without stopping.

concept

A concept for a gondola lift was tested in Hagen in the 1970s by the engineer and project manager of the cabin taxi, Klaus Becker: The passengers should choose their destination by entering a digit code. In contrast to the pure overhead conveyor or elevated railway , the electrically driven cabins run on both levels in order to enable both directions of travel in a small space with a single guide rail.

The cabins ran at approx. 36  km / h on an elevated track that was driven by two asynchronously operated short stator motors ( linear motors ) in a horizontal double comb arrangement.

The Cabinentaxi Working Group (CAT) has been researching and developing together since 1970 in the field of new systems for local public transport in cities. Since January 1, 1972, this working group has been funded by the then Federal Ministry for Research and Development . In June 1972 a detailed project plan was presented, which was even presented in the classroom of the Hagen schools. Photo montages and films showed the creative integration into the city. The core of the model was the city of Hagen, which is to take on the pioneering role with a 132 km route and 182 stations. Corresponding network plans were attached to the later test route. The areas of the communal reorganization due in 1975 are also taken into account. Outlying districts should be accessed by bus as a feeder. The capacity was designed for a population of 400,000, which the Hagen area should have in 2000.

Test track

Minister Horst Ehmke opened the test facility in 1973

In 1973 a 150 m long test track was built in Hagen-Vorhalle and officially put into operation on September 6th. Just one year later, on November 11, 1974, the 1.5 km circular route was expanded. Five cabins, three above and two below, were used for the extensive testing. In October 1975 a twelve-person cabin was also used. In 1976 the test track was extended to 1.9 km. She got a total of six stations (including those for maintenance work and rescue cabins) and 24 cabins. Series production was reached in 1981. Originally, the cabin taxi was intended to be an alternative means of transport for the transport of four, six, eight and twelve people as well as a variant for freight transport, but the test route remained. The test facility was completely dismantled in July 1981. Today this area is in agricultural use, only a fence and entrance signs of the test facility can be seen.

A descendant of this development was built in 1975 as a 578 m horizontal lift , called the Cabinenlift , in the Ziegenhain district hospital to connect the pre-care and aftercare clinic and remained in operation until 2002.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Dirk Göbel and Jörg Rudat: PLEASE ENTER - With the tram across Hagen , Ardenku, Hagen 2009, p. 165
  2. ↑ Report with route map
  3. ↑ Video of a faculty at the University of Washington
  4. ↑ Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine from August 10, 2012 , accessed on May 14, 2012

literature

  • Klaus Dieter Becker: Dream, invent, improve the world. Out of my life . Publishing house Haag + Herchen, Frankfurt / M. 2002, ISBN 3-89846-211-0 .

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Coordinates: 51 ° 22 ′ 31 ″  N , 7 ° 24 ′ 55 ″  E