Luggage trolley
Luggage trolleys or luggage trolleys are small transport trolleys that are available to travelers at train stations , bus terminals and airports in depots to facilitate the transport of their luggage .
The vehicle's braking system is known as the luggage trolley principle or dead man's brake . If there are moving walks in the application area, the baggage trolleys are usually equipped with special castors that enable safe transport. In 2013 a baggage cart in Switzerland cost around 800 francs (approx. 650 euros).
Precautions against theft
Often the car has to be uncoupled from the other cars in the depot by means of a coin . This coin deposit system is intended to ensure that the car is returned to a depot after use.
In order to curb the enormous theft rate of luggage trolleys, an electronic security system was installed at Frankfurt Central Station as part of a pilot project in 2006 . When leaving the station area with the luggage cart, it was blocked immediately. You could drive unhindered into permitted zones (e.g. taxi rank). If you crossed a red marking, the car could no longer be pushed and must be activated by the station staff by remote control.
history
The express goods transported in separate railway wagons , the luggage sent ahead by the traveler and other items transported on the train were previously transported by railway employees between the train and the luggage storage or goods sheds with luggage carts .
After the theft rate had not decreased despite the immobilizer, Deutsche Bahn decided in 2010 to initially abolish the luggage trolleys at the train stations in Frankfurt am Main , Hamburg , Augsburg , Göttingen and Berlin , as 99 percent of travelers no longer needed this service. In 2013, the Swiss Federal Railways also decided to abolish luggage trolleys, with the exception of the Kloten and Geneva airport stations. They justified this with the fact that most travelers today use trolleys and that the management is expensive.
Major manufacturers
The world's largest manufacturer of luggage trolleys is Wanzl from Leipheim in Swabia . There are also other manufacturers such as Expresso from Kassel.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ruedi Baumann: Luggage wagons are disappearing from HB , Tages-Anzeiger , February 28, 2013
- ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau of April 18, 2007
- ↑ [1] , accessed on August 7, 2010