Essener Verkehrs-AG
| Essener Verkehrs-AG | |
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | eat |
| Web presence | www.evag.de |
| Reference year | 2009 |
| owner | City of Essen 100% (held directly and indirectly) |
| resolution | 2017 |
| Transport network | Rhein-Ruhr transport association |
| Employee | 1,712 thereof 60 apprentices |
| sales | 134.843 million euros |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1000/1435 mm |
| tram | 8th |
| Light rail | 3 |
| bus | 57 |
| number of vehicles | |
| Tram cars | 34 low-floor cars , type M8D-NF 27 low-floor cars, type M8D-NF2 55 high-floor cars, type M8C |
| Light rail car | 45 high-floor cars, including 24 type B80C and 21 type Dockland P86 / 89 |
| Omnibuses | 79 solo buses 117 articulated buses |
| other vehicles | 1 conference bus 1 museum bus 1 driving school bus Various service and work vehicles |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 123.735 million per year |
| Mileage | 20.56 million km per year |
| Stops | 1572 |
| Catchment area | 210 km² |
| Residents in the catchment area |
0.58 million |
| Length of line network | |
| Tram lines | 83 km |
| Light rail lines | 29 km |
| Bus routes | 440 km (+ 196 km Night Express) |
The Essener Verkehrs-AG , EVAG for short , was the local transport company of the city of Essen , which operated its lines in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). As of September 1, 2017, it merged with Mülheimer VerkehrsGesellschaft (MVG) , which was also assigned to Via Verkehrsgesellschaft , to form the Ruhrbahn .
In 2011 EVAG employed around 1900 people, 69 of whom were trainees. All vehicles procured after 2006 were procured by the driving company meoline GmbH of the cities of Essen and Mülheim an der Ruhr and taken over by EVAG in 2010.
As of July 1, 2010, significant parts of the business activities were transferred to the subsidiary Via Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH .
As a further measure to reduce costs, the cooperation spurwerk.nrw was founded, in which nine light rail companies work together, which is unique in Germany. The aim of the cooperation is to save costs in the acquisition and expansion of the infrastructure, for example through bulk orders.
history
Beginnings
The history of local passenger transport in Essen began in 1847 with the construction of the main line of the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft through Altenessen . 15 years later, the Ruhr area line of the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft was built. At that time, the traffic in the then still independent municipalities was handled by the van Eupen's horse-drawn buses . These horse buses ran twice a day between Essen and the communities of Bottrop , Frintrop, Horst, Katernberg, Oberhausen , Steele and Stoppenberg. However, since they were unable to cope with the increasing traffic, considerations were made to set up a horse-drawn tram. In the years 1878 and 1879 an investigation was carried out on this. In the following twelve years, various companies applied to the city of Essen to build a horse-drawn or steam train. The company Siemens came for an electric tram into play. These entrepreneurs failed either because of a lack of capital or because influential personalities said this was not for the small town of Essen.
On September 4th and 30th, 1889, the time had finally come: The Consortium Bank for Trade and Industry and Herrmann Bachstein received the concession to build and operate a steam tram from Essen to Altenessen, Borbeck and Rüttenscheid. However, construction took another two years to come because the consortium wanted to use the emerging technology of electric trams. On August 23, 1893, the first routes from today's main station to the station in Altenessen and via Altendorf to Borbeck were put into operation.
The SEG period up to the First World War
In 1895 the Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft AG (SEG) was founded, into which Herrmann Bachstein also brought the Essen tram. Today's EVAG emerged from this company as the legal successor in 1954 . In addition to the tram routes in Essen, the SEG, based in Darmstadt, also operated narrow-gauge trams and suburban railways in Darmstadt , Mainz , Wiesbaden and Karlsruhe as well as a total of eleven standard-gauge and two narrow-gauge branch lines in Rhineland-Palatinate , Hesse , Thuringia and Baden , some of which were also operated by the SEG itself were built or expanded.
After the incorporation of the Essen tram, SEG began to rapidly expand the region's tram network. Due to the poor relationship between the city and the SEG, the two-track expansion of several sections of the route was only hesitant in the following years. At the same time, the city negotiated with SEG to take over the tram network. Big industrialists Hugo Stinnes and August Thyssen , who also expressed interest in acquiring the company, got involved in these negotiations . At the end of 1907 the SEG operated a total of 10 lines.
After the death of Herrmann Bachstein in 1908, Hugo Stinnes took over the SEG with the aim of getting the electric trams of the Ruhr area and other large cities as well as the entire West German power supply in hand via the RWE (Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerk AG) controlled by him . In 1909 the Rheinisch-Westfälische Bahn-GmbH (RWB) was founded, which brought together numerous tram companies in the Ruhr area and to which the city of Essen with 48%, the district of Essen with 27% and the Rheinisch-Westfälische Elektrizitätswerk (RWE) with 25% were involved. As the holding company, RWB took over the majority of the SEG shares and Hugo Stinnes was chairman of the SEG's supervisory board until his death in 1924.
Between the world wars
In 1925, the SEG set up the first bus routes in Essen to supplement the tram network. The first route started on July 11th between the main train station and Heisingen.
At the beginning of the 1930s, the SEG operated a total of 18 lines in and around Essen; several of them in joint traffic with Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG , Mülheimer Straßenbahnen and Vestischen Kleinbahnen . Between April 15, 1924 and February 15, 1928 there was also a line of the Bergische Kleinbahn from Elberfeld (today to Wuppertal ) via its own line end point in Steele to the Steeler Tor. In 1938, 20 tram lines and 14 bus lines carried 83.5 million people.
Second World War
In the first months of the Second World War there was an interruption in community traffic. After joint operations were resumed in 1940, the war timetable came into effect on April 1, 1940.
After the Second World War
The SEG had lost the war a total of 92% of the vehicles, 90% of overhead lines, 81% of the rail tracks, and 45% of the premises. After the end of the war, the British occupying forces appointed the future Federal President Gustav Heinemann as mayor of Essen, who in this role was chairman of the SEG supervisory board from 1945 to 1949 and remained a member of the SEG supervisory board until 1952.
From April 25, 1945, the British occupation gradually returned to the route network. At the end of 1950, the reconstruction could be considered complete. During this time the first chapter of the trolleybus operation of the city of Essen also fell . On May 8, 1949, an O-bus route was put into operation between Stadtwald and Heisingen. Since the route did not have its own depot, the buses had to be towed into the depot by omnibuses at the beginning and the end of the operation. The planned extensions from Bredeney to Heidhausen and Werden were not implemented, partly due to the resistance of the railway. So on November 23, 1957 operations were stopped again.
End of the SEG
In 1954 the end of the SEG came. SEG had already sold some of the other trams and suburban railways a long time ago. After the expropriation and nationalization of the branch lines in Thuringia in 1949, the SEG waived the renewal of the concessions on all of its branch lines in Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and Baden, which expired between 1952 and 1954, in order not to continue operating the deficit routes and to finance them at the expense of the Essen tram to have to. The general meeting of the SEG decided to change the name to Essener Verkehrs-AG ( EVAG ) on September 29, 1954, since the Essen tram was the only remaining part of the company.
Takeovers and Consolidation
Also in 1954, the transport company Baldeney mbH, which had existed since 1933, was taken over by EVAG.
From 1955 there were more and more line closures, which mostly fell victim to the lines of the network that were not oriented towards the city center. In 1956 there was a peak in passenger numbers with 155 million passengers carried. Due to the increasing individual traffic, the numbers did not increase afterwards and in the 1970s were now 100 million people. In the 1960s, the conductors were gradually eliminated and passenger self-service was introduced.
EVAG has been operating the Grugabahn since 1965 . In 1967 the first tunnel section of the light rail network was opened and coaches for sightseeing tours were purchased.
From the 1970s
In the 1970s, as part of the Rhein-Ruhr Stadtbahn, the construction of underground lines and the conversion to standard gauge began. So the tram service was stopped on other routes. The plan was for 30 kilometers of tunnels , a total conversion of the usable railway lines to standard gauge and the final end of the tram. Due to financial difficulties, however, there were repeated cuts in the planned expansion, so that although a number of tram routes were discontinued and dismantled, they were not replaced by the light rail, but by the omnibus. By 1993, three lines had been converted to standard gauge and nine meter- gauge lines were still in operation (101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 115, 127). Further expansion of the originally planned routes then made slow progress. Until further notice, the company adjusted to the operation of both gauges . The last section of the urban railway expansion for the time being was the second part of the northern route from Altenessen to the first station in Gelsenkirchen's urban area , which opened in 2002 . In 2004 the last section of the U 17, today's U 11, to Gelsenkirchen-Horst was completed.
Track bus and duo bus
In the 1980s, the so-called track bus or duo bus operation was started in Essen. First of all, a first 1.3-kilometer test track was set up in Fulerum , and it went into operation on September 28, 1980. In May 1983, a 1.0-kilometer electrified track bus route between Stadtwaldplatz and Wittenbergstrasse followed, initially with two articulated duo buses, a Mercedes-Benz O 305 GTD and a MAN SG 240 H Duo . In addition, there was a short electrified ring route for test drives in the Stadtmitte depot.
The pilot project was later expanded into a large-scale test, for this purpose the tram route to Kray was shut down in 1985 and instead equipped with lanes for bus operations. In addition, from March 1987 the 1.1 kilometer long loop of houses in Kray was driven electrically. A further 18 duo buses were procured for the extended trial operation, this time of the Mercedes-Benz O 405 GTD type .
In 1991 the urban railway tunnel from the adult education center via Porscheplatz to Berliner Platz was finally integrated into the track bus operation. In the area of the tunnel, the duo bus used overhead lines that were laid next to the tram's overhead lines, and operated electrically. The high-floor vehicles had doors on both sides to allow exit to the central platforms. On the former tram routes on Humboldtstrasse, between Walpurgisstrasse and Stadtwaldplatz and from the water tower in Huttrop to Kray-Nord, the tracks were replaced by precast concrete parts for the guiding rollers of the buses. In these sections the bus drove on a track, with a diesel engine - on the remaining sections of the line like a normal bus.
The duo bus is now a thing of the past in Essen. Due to the technically not fully developed vehicles, there were frequent breakdowns on the driveway in the tunnel (which actually only consisted of oak planks juxtaposed) and when switching from diesel to electric drive (or the electric drive did not work consistently, so that the buses partly with diesel engines in the tunnel had to drive), which blocked the entire east-west tunnel . The Duo-Bus experiment has ended. However, lines 145 and 147 continue to run parallel to the tunnel on the surface. The duo buses were decommissioned after the new subway traffic on the south branch of the U17 (see Stadtbahn) , where they were used for rail replacement services. In the tunnels (outside the train stations), at the ramps Krupp headquarters and Hollestr. the wooden parts on which the track bus operated are partly still present.
However, the lane bus operation does not end there. Bus routes 145, 146 and 147, which until 2004 were operated as CityExpress lines under CE45, CE46 and CE47 , as well as route 142, continue to use the separate above-ground sections.
The early delivery of new track bus vehicles began at the end of October 2008. A total of 47 buses (31 articulated cars and 16 solo cars) were ordered, which will gradually replace the older track buses from the beginning of 2009. The new track buses are currently the most modern vehicles in the EVAG fleet and should for the first time have a driver protection device (plexiglass pane between the driver's cell and aisle with a hatch for cash sales), which should protect the bus driver from attacks by violent passengers. Since these panes lacked a standard anti-reflective coating, they were dismantled again after a short period of use and anti-reflective panes were used.
In connection with this bus procurement, the spur bus route in Frohnhausen and Fulerum was abandoned because adapting the infrastructure for the new spur buses (these are 5 cm wider than the old vehicles) was too costly and not justified by the low market value of the route.
The remaining routes in Stadtwald and Kray have been adapted for the use of the new vehicles and should be retained (at least until the new track buses are depreciated).
An older track bus on the track bus route in the middle of the A40 - Feldhaushof stop
1991: Duo bus at the Wasserturm stop
1991: Duo bus in Kray
Track bus on the track bus route in the middle of the A40 - Feldhaushof stop
Lines and line routes
List of the underground / light rail / tram / bus and night express lines used by or on behalf of Essener Verkehrs-AG: as of August 31, 2017
The Essener Verkehrs-AG differentiates in its operation between the day and night network, which developed increasingly complementary after the major cuts in services from 2000 and the expansion of the night express service.
The Tagnetz consists of underground, tram, bus and express bus (SB) lines.
- Mondays - Fridays: 4:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
- Saturdays: 7 a.m. - 11 p.m.
- Sundays and public holidays: 8 a.m. - 11 p.m.
The night network consists of the night express lines and the taxi buses.
- Monday-Friday: 11:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
- Nights from Friday to Saturday: 11:30 p.m. - 6:30 a.m.
- Nights from Saturday to Sunday: 11:30 p.m. - 7:30 a.m.
Places in the route in brackets mean that the section in question is only used temporarily (e.g. only during rush hour ) or at an extended cycle.
The clock sequences are given in minutes behind the route - for rush hour Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. and for off-peak hours on Saturdays and Sundays. During off-peak hours (daily from around 9 p.m.), a uniform 30-minute cycle applies on all lines, and a 60-minute cycle on some peripheral bus lines.
Rail network
U-Bahn lines (only daytime network)
line |
Line route |
Cycle mo – fr |
Clock sa |
Clock like this
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| U 11 |
GE-Horst , Buerer Straße - Schloss Horst - GE-Horst, Fischerstraße - E-Karnap , Alte Landstraße - Boyer Straße - E-Karnap, Arenbergstraße - E-Altenessen , Heßlerstraße - II .schichtstraße - U Karlsplatz - U Altenessen Mitte - U Kaiser-Wilhelm-Park - U Altenessen Bf -   U Bäuminghausstraße - U Bamlerstraße - U Universität Essen - U Berliner Platz - U Hirschlandplatz - U Essen Hbf - U Philharmonie - U Rüttenscheider Stern - U Martinstraße - U Messe Ost / Gruga - Essen, Messe West / South / Gruga
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10 min | 15th | 15th |
| U 17 |
U E-Altenessen , U Karlsplatz - U Altenessen Mitte - U Kaiser-Wilhelm-Park - U Altenessen Bf - U Bäuminghausstraße - U Bamlerstraße - U Universität Essen - U Berliner Platz - U Hirschlandplatz - U Essen Hbf - U Bismarckplatz - U Planckstraße - Gemarkenplatz - Holsterhauser Platz ( Clinic ) - Halbe Höhe - Laubenweg - E-Margarethenhöhe
|
10 min | 15th | 15th |
| U 18 |
Essen , U Berliner Platz - U Hirschlandplatz - U Essen Hbf - U Bismarckplatz - Savignystraße / ETEC - Hobeisenbrücke - E-Frohnhausen , Wickenburgstraße - Mülheim (Ruhr) , Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum - Rosendeller Straße - U Eichbaum - U Heißen Kirche - U Mühlenfeld - U Christianstraße - U Gracht - U Von-Bock-Straße - U Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf
|
10 min | 15th | 15th |
1 common line of EVAG / Bogestra (vehicle provision exclusively by EVAG)
2 common line of EVAG / MVG
Tram lines (day network only)
bar amplification Line sections in bold , line sections with less clock in italics
1 in the peak hours via Hollestr. to Steele, in the NVZ only to Hollestr. and in the SVZ from Essen Town Hall to Essen Hbf
2 joint EVAG / MVG line
3 EVAG / Bogestra joint line (vehicle provision almost exclusively by EVAG)
4 In the HVZ amplifier trips Katernberg – Bredeney, otherwise only up to Hbf
5 in the morning peak on partial routes individual reinforcement trips
Bus network
Day network
The Essen bus network has no central point of connection - in fact, the inner city stops and the main train station are served by relatively few bus routes in the daily network. Rather, there are several district nodes in Steele, Borbeck, Altenessen, Burgaltendorf, Werden, Kupferdreh, Stadtwald and Annental.
The bus fleet was also successively renewed between 2005 and 2009. However, EVAG only ordered the first series itself. Since 2006, all new buses have been acquired by meoline (the former driving company for the cities of Essen and Mülheim / Ruhr), but were transferred to the parent company when this company was wound up. All new vehicles are of the Mercedes-Benz Citaro type . Vehicles built from 2008 onwards have a protective screen to protect the driver from attacks. In 2010, the majority of the remaining end-of-life vehicles were taken out of service.
Valid from June 14, 2015:
line |
Line route |
Cycle mo – fr |
Clock sa. |
Clock like this.
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| SB14 | SchnellBus: Essen Hbf - Stadtwald - Heisingen Baldeneysee | 30 7 | ||
| SB15 | SchnellBus: Essen main station - Überruhr - Burgaltendorf castle ruins | 10/20 | 15/30 | 30th |
| 130 | Mülheim main cemetery - Essen / Mülheim airport - Haarzopf - Rhein-Ruhr center | 20/30 | 30th | 30th |
| 140 | Borbeck Bf - Altenessen - Stoppenberg Ernestinenstr. | 20th | 15/30 | 30th |
| 141 | Heisingen Baldeneysee - Kupferdreh - Byfang / Burgaltendorf - HAT-Niederwenigern - Hattingen Mitte - Welper Markt 4 | 30th | 30/60 | 60 |
| 142 | Bth. Ruhrallee - Annental - Rüttenscheid - Messe / Gruga - Schuir - Kettwig
|
10/20 | 15/30 | 30th |
| 143 | Borbeck Bf - Frintrop - Oberhausen Hbf - Marktstraße - Fröbelplatz 3 | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 144 | Kray Nord Bf - Steele (- Überruhr - Stadtwaldplatz) | 20/30 | 30th | 60 |
| 145 | Erbach - Heimatdank - Frohnhausen - Thea-Leymann-Str. - Essen Hbf - Stadtwald - Heisingen Baldeneysee | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 146 | Leithe Wackenberg - Kray - Essen Hbf - Stadtwald - Heisingen Baldeneysee | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 147 | Essen Hbf - Water Tower - Kray Grimbergstr. | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 151 | Mülheim Hbf - Mülheim city center - MH-Mintard - E-Kettwig 1 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
| 154 | Beisen, Kraspothstr. - Schonnebeck - Essen main station - Bergerhausen | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 155 | GE-Rotthausen, Achternbergstr. - Schonnebeck - Essen Hbf - Bergerhausen - Kupferdreh Marienbergstr. | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 159 | Burgaltendorf, castle ruins - Hattingen, floating bridge | 60 | - | - |
| 160 | Stoppenberg, Ernestinenstr. - Frillendorf - Holsterhausen - Frohnhausen, Gervinusstr. - Altendorf - Borbeck Bf | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 161 | Stoppenberg, Ernestinenstr. - Frillendorf - Holsterhausen - Frohnhausen - Altendorf |
20th | 30th | 30th |
| 162/172 | Ring lines : Altenessen Karlsplatz - Altenessen train station - Rahmviertel - Altenessen Karlsplatz | 20/30 | 30th | 60 |
| 164/184 |
Ring lines : Steele - Ruhrau - Hörsterfeld - Eiberg - Bergmannsfeld - Freisenbruch - Steele Ost - Steele
|
10 | 15/30 | 30/60 |
| 166 | Dellwig Bf - Bergeborbeck - Essen Hbf - Steele - Burgaltendorf (- HAT-Niederwenigern) | 20/10/60 | 15/60 | 30/60 |
| 167 | Steele - Horst
|
30-100 | 60 | - |
| 169 | Margarethenhöhe - Bredeney - Werden - E-Heidhausen - Velbert ZOB 5 | 10/20 | 15th | 15/30 |
| 170 | Steele - Leithe - Kray - Schonnebeck - Katernberg - Altenessen - Borbeck Bf |
10/20 | 15/30 | 30th |
| 173 | Altenessen, Karlsplatz - Katernberg Market | 30/60 | 30/60 | 60 |
| 174 | Steele - Freisenbruch - Bergmannsfeld - Eiberg Church |
10/20 | 30th | 30th |
| 175 | TaxiBus: Stadtwaldplatz - Augustinum | only after ordering | ||
| 177 | Steele - Überruhr - copper turning, old people's home |
20th | 15/30 | 30th |
| 180 | Werden - Fischlaken - Kupferdreh - Burgaltendorf castle ruins |
30/20 | 30th | 60/30 |
| 181 | Lake line Werden Porthofplatz - Hügel / Regattahaus - Stadtwaldplatz - Heisingen Baldeneysee (only in the summer months) | - | 30th | 30th |
| 183 | Altenessen Karlsplatz - Altenessen Bf - Stoppenberg - Beisen - Katernberger Markt | 30/60 | 30/60 | 60 |
| 185 | Borbeck Bf - Gerschede - Dellwig - E-Frintrop - OB-Neue Mitte |
20th | 30th | 30th |
| 186 | BOT-Berliner Platz ZOB - Bottrop Hbf - E-Borbeck - Schönebeck - Altendorf Schölerpad | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 190 | Kettwiger Markt - Werden - Heidhausen Ruhrlandklinik | 30/60 | 30/60 | 60 |
| 193 | Essen Hbf - pension office | 30 6 | - | - |
| 194 | Gelsenkirchen Hbf - E-Kray - Steele - Stadtwald - Bredeney - Haarzopf Erbach 2 | 20th | 15/30 | 30th |
| 196 | Vogelheim, Hafenverwaltung - Bergeborbeck - Essen Hbf - Frohnhausen - Depot Schweriner Str. | 20th | 30th | 60/30 |
| 348 | GE-Bulmke-Hüllen - Gelsenkirchen Hbf - Rotthausen - E-Beisen - Abzw. Katernberg 2 | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 363 | BO-Südfeldmark - Wattenscheid - BO-Höntrop - E-Freisenburch - Steele 2
|
30th | 30th | - |
1 shared line with MVG (served exclusively by MVG)
2 shared line with BOGESTRA
3 shared line with STOAG
4 shared lines with VER
5 shared line with VGV / Rheinbahn
6 only from approx. 8:30 a.m. to approx. 1:30 p.m.
7 30-minute intervals only during peak hours in the load direction
Lines operated by other public transport companies in Essen that are not community lines (see above): (As with EVAG or community lines, some of the journeys are carried out by subcontractors.)
- SB16 Vestische in joint traffic with the BVR
- SB19, 189 Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH (BVR)
- 136, 138 Mülheimer VerkehrsGesellschaft (MVG)
- 263 Vestische Straßenbahnen GmbH
- 772, 774 Rheinbahn AG
Night line network
The coaches of the night express lines run daily at 11:30 p.m., 0:00 a.m., 0:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m. in a star shape from the main station to the city districts; Saturdays also at 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. (Sundays and public holidays until 7:30 a.m., but without a 6:00 a.m. trip). The return journeys in the direction of the main train station are planned so that all lines arrive at the main train station between minutes 20 ′ and 25 ′ and a connection in all directions is possible. Lines NE14 and NE15 do not operate within these rallies, as a half-ring south around the city center or through the northern city districts directly connecting the outer city districts. For more detailed development, the NE lines are supplemented by taxi busses, to which you can change at designated stops after registration. This so-called night network provides Essen's public transport users around the clock on weekends with a relatively fine-grained local transport offer with which almost all stops on the network can be reached.
On weekdays, after departure at 1:30 a.m. from the main station, there is a general shutdown until 4:30 a.m. the night timetable offer is also valid before public holidays.
line |
Line route
|
| NE1 | Essen Hbf - City Hall Essen - Altenessen - E-Karnap (- GE-Horst, Essener Str.) 1 |
| TB1 .1 | Altenessen Bf - Zangenstr. - Etterbach - Grabenstr. |
| TB1 .2 | Karlstrasse - Church Heßlerstr. - Cologne-Mindener-Str. - Altenessen town hall |
| NE2 | Essen Hbf - City Hall Essen - Katernberg Hanielstr. (- GE-Feldmark, Trabrennbahn) 2 |
| TB2 .1 | Abzw. Katernberg - Saatbruchstr. - Schultenkamp |
| NE3 | Essen Hbf - Schonnebeck - Isinger Feld - Kray Rodenseelbrücke |
| TB3 .1 | E-Kellinghausstr. - GE-Achternbergstr. - E-Schönscheidtstr. |
| NE4 | Essen Hbf - Frillendorf - Steele - Überruhr - Burgaltendorf castle ruins |
| TB4 .1 | E-Burgaltendorf castle ruins - HAT-Engels / Breddestr. - E-Nöckersberg |
| NE5 | Essen Hbf - Huttrop - Steele - Freisenbruch - Bergmannsfeld - Hörsterfeld |
| TB5 .1 | Freisenbruchstrasse - Wackenberg - Eiberg Church |
| NE6 | Essen Hbf - Bergerhausen - Rellinghausen - Überruhr - Kupferdreh Bf |
| TB6 .1 | Annental - Klinkestr. - Artwork hut - Grendplatz |
| TB6 .2 | E-Kupferdreh Bf - HAT-Nasse - E-Grunewald |
| TB6 .3 | E-Kupferdreh Bf - Marienbergstr. - Dattenberg - Prinz-Friedrich-Str. |
| NE7 | Essen Hbf - Stadtwald - Heisingen Baldeneysee |
| TB7 .1 | Stadtwaldplatz - Zweigerstein - Stiftplatz |
| TB7 .2 | Heisingen Church - Rote Mühle - Kampmannbrücke - Satoriusstr. |
| NE8 | Essen Hbf - Rüttenscheid - Bredeney - E-Werden - VEL-Birth - Velbert Willy-Brandt-Platz 3 |
| TB8 .1 | Frankenstrasse - To Villa Hügel - Voßbuschstr. |
| TB8 .2 | Werdener Markt - Fischlaken - Hespertal - Overhammshof |
| NE9 | Essen Hbf - Holsterhausen - Margarethenhöhe - Hatzper Str. |
| NE10 | Essen Hbf - E-Frohnhausen - MH-Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum - E-Haarzopf |
| TB10 .1 | Gervinusstrasse - Nöggerathstr. - Breilsort - Kleine Lehnbachstr. |
| TB10 .2 | E-Erbach - MH-Heimaterde - E-Fängershof - Tommesweg |
| NE11 | Essen Hbf - City Hall Essen - Altendorf - E-Frintrop - OB-Neue Mitte - Oberhausen Hbf 4 |
| TB11 .1 | Bockmühle - Kesselstr. - Kampstrasse - Roggenstrasse |
| TB11 .2 | Fly Busch - Antoniusstr. - Rossstrasse - Borbeck Castle |
| TB11 .3 | Am Kreyenkrop - Stensbeckhof - E-Dümptener Str. - OB-Priestershof |
| NE12 | Essen Hbf - City Hall Essen - Altendorf - Bergeborbeck - Dellwig - Borbeck Bf |
| TB12 .1 | Dellwig - Wertstr. - Unterfrintrop - Höhenweg
|
| NE13 | Essen Hbf - Rüttenscheid - Schuir - Kettwig
|
| NE14 | Bergeborbeck Bf - Altendorf - Frohnhausen - Holsterhausen - Rüttenscheid - Huttrop - Steele - Kray Nord Bf |
| NE15 | Borbeck Bf - Vogelheim - Altenessen - Katernberg - Schonnebeck - Kray Nord Bf |
| TB15 .1 | Kleinstr. - Wildstrasse - Karl-Legien-Str. - Port administration |
| NE16 | Essen Hbf - Bergeborbeck - Dellwig - Bottrop Hbf - Bottrop Berliner Platz ZOB |
1 only on Friday / Saturday and Saturday / Sunday nights and before public holidays
2 temporarily (two journeys on Saturday mornings)
3 shared line with the Rheinbahn
4 shared line with STOAG
In addition, one NE line each from MVG and BOGESTRA operate on the outskirts of the city of Essen.
Changes
Adjustments in the transport offer since 2000
These were specifically:
- 2000 - Early morning traffic every day: Mon-Fri, the range of early morning trips before 5:30 a.m. was thinned out; On Saturdays, the 20-minute cycle before 8 a.m. was replaced on all lines by a general 30-minute cycle, the start of operations was postponed to 5 a.m. on Sundays all traffic was canceled before 8 a.m. and replaced by night express trips.
- 2000 - clock break on weekdays: Monday to Friday the evening clock break (change from 10 to 15-minute intervals on the underground and tram lines, or 20 to 30-minute intervals on the bus lines) from 19 : 45 moved forward to 7:00 p.m.
- 2003 - Late service every day: Introduction of the daily night network from 11:30 p.m., normal scheduled services after 11 p.m. were canceled and replaced by night express.
- 2006 - new Saturday schedule: trips in the daytime network until 7 a.m. were canceled and replaced by night express; Changeover of the cycle pattern on Saturdays during the day from 10/20 to 15/30, but this also increases the offer on a few lines
- 2010 - Morning traffic on weekdays: the daytime network is thinned out until 6 a.m., the dense daily intervals (10/20 minutes) do not start until around 6 a.m.
- 2015 - clock break on weekdays: Monday to Friday the evening clock break (change from 10 to 15 minute intervals, on the underground and tram lines) was brought forward from 7:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. or 6:45 p.m.
2015 timetable change
On October 19, 2014, a new section of the route was opened on Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard to Frohnhauser Straße. Tram 109 was relocated accordingly. The Kronenberg , Helenenstraße , Sälzerstraße and West stops are no longer available . Since then, the route has passed through the stops Frohnhauser Straße and Schederhofstraße . At the same time as the new route went into operation, new trams of the type M8D-NF 2 from Bombardier were inaugurated, which have also been in regular service on route 109 since October 20, 2014.
In order to be able to use low-floor trams as extensively as possible, the entire tram network has been reorganized from June 14, 2015: The amplifier services between Bredeney and Katernberg run as a line (107E, high-floor), as does the north branch of line 101 with the ring route of 106 (ring line 101 / 106); a shorter all-day line 107 and a line 108 (high floor) between Bredeney and Altenessen were created. With the exception of the southern route, the short section to Altenessen station and a few routes on line 107 (Bredeney - Essen Hbf - Katernberg: high-floor; Essen Hbf - Gelsenkirchen: low-floor), the entire EVAG tram network will then be served by low-floor trams.
The parallel traffic on Frohnhauser Straße (in the Westviertel / Holsterhausen area) created by the new routing of line 109 will be reduced by reorganizing the bus routes in this area and later also in Frohnhausen, Fulerum and Haarzopf.
In addition, on the bus routes 154/155 and 160/161, the cycle compressors, which have previously operated under the number and on the route of the main line (155 and 160), will be under the line and on the (different) route of the (previously ) on working days compressor line (154 or 161) in order to achieve a standardization.
The implementation of these plans was actually planned together with the opening of the route 109, but was postponed due to political delays (also in Mülheim) until the summer of 2015. Since then, the following new routes have been created:
Tram lines
line |
Line route |
Cycle mo – fr |
Clock sa. |
Clock like this.
|
| 101 | Borbeck Germaniaplatz> Bergeborbeck> Helenenstr. > Essen Hbf> Rüttenscheid> Helenenstr. | 10 | 15th | 15th |
| 106 | Opposite direction to 101 | 10 | 15th | 15th |
| 107 | Gelsenkirchen main station - Feldmark - E-Katernberg - junction Katernberg - Zollverein - Stoppenberg - Essen town hall - Essen main station | 20/10 | 30/15 | 30/15 |
| 107 E. | Katernberg - Zollverein - Stoppenberg - Essen Town Hall - Essen Central Station - Bredeney | 10 peak hours | - | - |
| 108 | Altenessen Bf - Essen Hbf - Bredeney | 10 | 15th | 15th |
Bus routes (changes in bold )
line |
Line route |
Cycle mo – fr |
Clock sa. |
Clock like this.
|
| 130 | MH-Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum - E-Haarzopf - MH airport - MH main cemetery | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 145 | Haarzopf, Erbach - Südwestfriedhof - Alfred Krupp School - Weststadt - Essen Town Hall - Essen Hbf - Stadtwald - Heisingen Baldeneysee | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 147 |
Essen Hbf - Kray Nord - Kray, Grimbergstr. |
20th | 30th | 30th |
| 154 | Beisen, Kraspothstr. - Schonnebeck - Essen main station - Bergerhausen | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 155 | GE-Rotthausen, Achternbergstr. - Schonnebeck - Essen Hbf - Bergerhausen - Kupferdreh, Marienbergstr. | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 160 | Stoppenberg, Ernestinenstr. - Frillendorf - Holsterhausen - Frohnhausen, Gervinusstr. - Altendorf - Borbeck Bf | 20th | 30th | 30th |
| 161 | Stoppenberg, Ernestinenstr. - Frillendorf - Holsterhausen - Frohnhausen - Altendorf |
20th | 30th | 30th |
| 196 | Vogelheim, Hafenverwaltung - Bergeborbeck - Essen Hbf - Harkortstraße - Alfred-Krupp-Schule - Depot Schweriner Str. | 20th | 30th | 60/30 |
Expansion plans in the rail network
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In the area of light rail, it is planned to extend the U 17 line above ground by three stations from Margarethenhöhe via the Karstadt headquarters to Hatzper Strasse on the other side of the A 52. Alternatively, an underground expansion of the U 11 exhibition line beyond the Karstadt headquarters to the Lilienthalstr. in conversation, which has also found its way into the new local transport plan (2008–2012).
More recent plans are also planning a conversion of the existing southern route to Bredeney. By 2012, light rail operations should begin there and the above-ground section of the route converted to standard gauge . The new line U 12 would then have replaced the tram from Bredeney to the main train station. However, several variants were conceivable, all of which had their weaknesses and were examined. The first variant envisaged a complete re-gauging of the route to Bredeney, but only the use of single traction, which would not have resulted in an improvement, but rather a reduction in the range of services. The second variant provided for the abandonment of the line from the Alfredusbad stop and operation with double traction. A busy tram route would have had to be dismantled and switched to bus operation. It would also have been possible to use a new line 108 (Altenessen Bf - Bredeney) with existing folding step vehicles, which would initially have left the elevated platforms at the underground stations on the southern route untouched - but it would have remained only a temporary solution. Another option was to partially lower the platforms. The previous lines would then continue to operate as usual. However, this would mean that neither a double traction on lines 101 and 107 nor a triple traction on the U 11 would be possible. The most radical variant envisaged the dismantling of the elevated platforms at low-floor level on the southern route, so that only low-floor vehicles (also in double traction) could have run there. The branch to the fair would then have had to be supplied with a tram line. This would mean that the most powerful underground line U 11 would have disappeared from the network.
After EVAG announced that it wanted to push ahead with the expansion of the U 12, the Essen town hall announced that the partial lowering would be preferred. A few days later, the EVAG turned around and, according to the current status, now wants to limit the elevated platform section to 60 meters and build a new low-floor section of 30 meters in length. Triple traction on the U 11 in trade fair traffic would then only be possible as an express line without stopping at the Philharmonie , Rüttenscheider Stern and Martinstraße stops . However, after the line changeover in January 2010, regular triple trains will no longer be able to run on any of the subway lines in Essen, as each line will in some cases use platforms that are only 60 m long.
On November 26, 2008, the city council finally decided to convert the southern route to Bredeney to low-floor technology. This is the first time that facts have been created for maintaining the meter gauge on this section. Shortly after the decision, the first track construction work was carried out on the above-ground line. By 2013, the platforms in the tunnel on the southern route should also be adapted for the low-floor wagons, but this has been postponed until after 2020 due to the financial situation.
Further information
- Until the 1990s, the buses were given a license plate based on the E-AT 956 model , with the last two digits usually matching the last digits of the vehicle's serial number. With the introduction of the four-digit license number in Essen, the serial number was included in the license plate (e.g. E-AT 3761 ). The pun with the English verb to eat = to eat was dropped in the mid-1990s when the vehicles were allowed to use all possible letter combinations "wild". Since 1999 the buses have been on E-VG wagon no. authorized.
- In the 1990s, a luxury bus ("Alpha-Liner") was put into operation, which can be rented as a conference bus and drives around town during the meeting. This conference bus is a Kässbohrer Setra 315 HD and has the car no. 3901 (official registration number E-VV 3901).
During the EU summit in December 1994, this bus was used to transport the heads of state and government of the EU states.
- In the color scheme of trains and buses, the colors yellow and blue (city colors) have been used in different versions since the mid-1970s. The current color scheme, which has been in effect since 1998, provides for a broom yellow base coat with blue “power strips” on the roof edge and also blue lettering. For the purpose of a uniform corporate identity and clear brand positioning, the new symbols and fonts on vehicles, customer centers, etc. have been (and are still being gradually added). Ä. appropriate. Much of the change has already been completed. Since 2011, the power strips on newly purchased vehicles have been omitted, and the shade of yellow has been changed to rapeseed yellow and the shade of blue to ultramarine blue. This was done primarily for cost reasons and to be able to swap the vehicles with the Mülheimer Verkehrsgesellschaft.
- Also new since 1998: The lettering “We move Essen” and the graphically redesigned name EVAG replace the previous round logo.
- The Erfurter Verkehrsbetriebe and the Emder Verkehrsgesellschaft AG also operate as EVAG .
- Since 2009, Lumino displays have been installed at some stops (e.g. Martinstrasse, Borbeck Bahnhof, etc.).
- In 2012, the company caused amusement when it posted a tweet against a satirical website with the text “Please do not mention any hashtags with EVAG, please. Last warning. ”Spread. The process is an example of the Streisand effect .
See also
- Rhein-Ruhr urban railway
- Type B light rail car
- Essen light rail
- Tram food
- Via public transport company
literature
- Walter Borchmeyer: 40 years of the Southern German Railway Company . Essen 1935. (Reprinted in Darmstadt 1995)
- Dirk Endisch: The Bachstein transport company . Leonberg 2004, ISBN 3-936893-10-1 .
- Dieter Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany, Volume 4 Ruhr area . EK-Verlag, Freiburg i.Br. 1994, ISBN 3-88255-334-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Small EVAG Statistics 2010 ( Memento of the original dated November 16, 2011 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. (Annual financial statements 2009) on evag.de accessed on November 27, 2011 (PDF; 184 kB)
- ↑ Make one out of three - Ruhrbahn contracts signed ; in: EVAG: Current news from July 14, 2017; accessed on July 15, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d Essener Verkehrs-AG: Eight decades of local public transport in Essen. From the Süddeutsche Eisenbahn Gesellschaft to Essener Verkehrs Aktien Gesellschaft. Pp. 1-10.
- ↑ Article on Omnibusarchiv.de
- ↑ online ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the council information system of the city of Essen, accessed on March 2, 2014.
- ↑ evag.com
- ↑ German Twitter world covers Evag with Shitstorm. derwesten.de, February 15, 2012, online
Web links
- evag.de - official website of EVAG
- Kulturlinie107.de - KulturLinie107 in Essen - cultural diversity and contrasts, awarded the 2nd place explorer title
- klimahelden.de - the EVAG “Klimahelden” site received the GesundMobil 2007 award from the State Ministry for the Environment and the European Climate Star 2007 award
- mobilitaet-in-essen.de/12.html - EVAG as a service provider for the city of Essen and its citizens
- VHAG EVAG e. V. - official website of the traffic history working group EVAG eV
- Current pictures from Essen
- Gleisplanweb.de - Track plan of the tram & light rail in Essen
- Tram Germany - EVAG fleet lists with pictures and information about the trams and light rail vehicles
- tramtrack.de - Track remnants from disused lines
- spurwerk-nrw.de
- Early documents and newspaper articles on the Essener Verkehrs-AG in the 20th Century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
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