Steglitz trolleybus
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 Trolleybus of the municipality of Steglitz
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| Maximum slope : | 30 ‰ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed: | 25 km / h | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Steglitz trolleybus was a trolleybus system from 1912 to 1914 in the then still independent municipality of Steglitz , now a part of Berlin . It was known locally as the track globe , which is a derivative of Gleislo ser Omni bus (actually: trackless railway or trackless tram ), which was only used for the Steglitzer layout.
Technology and vehicles
At the end of September 1911, the municipality of Steglitz commissioned Daimler-Motorengesellschaft in Marienfelde to build the three trolleybuses and the catenary system. The construction of the masts began on March 8, 1912. The construction costs totaled 105,000 marks (adjusted for purchasing power in today's currency: around 559,000 euros).
The Mercédès-Électrique-Stoll system was used for the power supply , in which a small four-wheeled contact trolley rolls on the two contact wires to collect power. Since only one pair of catenaries was set up for both directions, the car had to stop briefly at encounters - typical of the Mercédès-Électrique-Stoll system - and replace the supply lines to the contact car. They then drove on with the pantograph of the oncoming car.
The drive of the car was made by Porsche - wheel hub motors on the rear wheels. The cars had solid rubber tires and the maximum speed was 25 km / h. They each offered 16 seats and eight standing places and weighed around 2.7 tons . The cable length to the pantograph was regulated by an automatic cable drum. It was thus possible to evade up to ten meters next to the overhead line. The ivory-colored cars with the Steglitzer coat of arms on the side of the car were on the way without a conductor, payment was made when entering the front of the driver by inserting a coin into a glass payment box , a ticket was not issued. The fare was ten pfennigs .
chronology
Opening in 1912
The facility was opened on April 20, 1912. The 1.8 kilometer electrified line connected the Steglitz train station (today's name: Rathaus Steglitz ) with the Steglitz Knausplatz . It began in Klixstrasse (later: Robert-Lück-Strasse ), led through Bergstrasse and followed Bismarckstrasse north to the corner of Feuerbachstrasse at Knausplatz. An extension originally planned along Rembrandtstrasse to Friedenau station failed because the Great Berlin Tram had refused permission to cross its contact wires. The operating company was the municipality of Steglitz itself. The depot was located in Bergstrasse, near the intersection with Bismarckstrasse.
Operations began daily at around 6:30 a.m. and ended around 0:30 a.m. From the start of operations until around 11 p.m., the car was driven every 10 minutes and then every 20 minutes.
Remodeling in 1913
In August 1913, the route of the track lobe was rebuilt. In order to open up the Steglitz cemetery , from September 1, 1913, the cars no longer drove through Bismarckstrasse, but continued along Bergstrasse from Steglitz train station. They only turned north at the entrance to the cemetery and then came to Knausplatz via Altmarkstrasse and Thorwaldsenstrasse. During the renovation, the tram only ran for a short time, as the contact wire system on the old line was reused.
From 1914 a tram ran through Bismarckstrasse, which now required a crossing point with the track globe at the corner of Bergstrasse. Now it was the Berlin tram that asked to be allowed to cross the catenary of the track lobe, which the Steglitz community allowed it to do.
Setting in 1914
Because of the outbreak of the First World War , operations were stopped again on July 31, 1914. The overhead line was dismantled and used for military purposes. Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the cars, which were almost new at the time.
See also
- List of cities with former trolleybus operations
- Elektromote (1882), the world's first trolleybus in Halensee
- Trackless railway from Niederschöneweide – Johannisthal (1904–1905) in the former rural communities of Niederschöneweide and Johannisthal
- Trolleybus Berlin (1933–1965) in the western districts of Spandau and Steglitz
- Trolleybus Berlin (1951–1973) in the eastern districts of Mitte, Friedrichshain and Lichtenberg
literature
- WA Th. Müller : The "Gleislose Bahn" of the Berlin-Steglitz community . In: Elektrotechnische Zeitschrift (ETZ), Volume 33, Issue 25 (June 20, 1912), pp. 645–646.
- Heinz Jung: The trolleybus of the community of Steglitz . In: Berliner Verkehrsblätter . Volume 4, 1962, pp. 26 ff .
Web links
- Track globe: The route in Steglitz on www.berliner-verkehrsseiten.de
- Track globe: Elektro-Daimler-Stoll system on www.berliner-verkehrsseiten.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Track globe: System Elektro-Daimler-Stoll on www.berliner-verkehrsseiten.de
- ↑ a b c d ETZ 1912
- ↑ It's all been there before! In: Die Fahrt (Werkzeitschrift der Berliner Verkehrs-AG), Volume 8, No. 6, March 15, 1936, pp. 83–84.
- ↑ a b Gleislobus: The route in Steglitz on www.berliner-verkehrsseiten.de