In-the-city bus
| In-der-City-Bus GmbH | |
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Frankfurt am Main |
| Web presence |
Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main: Transport - ICB |
| owner | Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding GmbH 100% |
| Managing directors | Stephanie Schramm, Christian Schaefer |
| Transport network | RMV |
| Lines | |
| bus | 15th |
| Other lines | 9 |
| number of vehicles | |
| Omnibuses | 62 Mercedes-Benz Citaro 33 Mercedes-Benz Citaro G 79 Solaris Urbino 12 16 Solaris Urbino 18 11 MAN Lion's City G 1 Solaris Urbino 18 Hybrid 9 Mercedes-Benz Citaro G C2 |
| statistics | |
| Mileage | 6.61 million km per year |
| Operating facilities | |
| Depots | Vine |
The in-the-City Bus GmbH (ICB) was established in 1992 by the transport company Sippel based in Hofheim am Taunus founded as a 100 percent subsidiary. In 1999 Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main mbH (VGF) initially took over 51% of the shares and on January 1, 2006 bought the entire company, which was now a wholly-owned subsidiary of VGF. On September 1, 2014, the shares were fully taken over by Stadtwerke Frankfurt am Main Holding .
Line tenders
The ICB actively participated in the tender for the Frankfurt bus routes by the local public transport company traffiQ . In the tenders, line bundle A (lines 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 56, 60, 71, 72, 73) went to Transdev Rhein-Main , line bundle B to DB Busverkehr Hessen (now DB Regiobus Mitte) , bundle C (lines 33, 35, 37, 51, 52, 61, 68, 78, 79) to Sippel Autobus (until December 2020) and line bundle E (32, 34, 39, 63, 64, 66, 69 ). Since December 2005 the ICB has been operating line bundle D, which consists of the following lines: 30, 31, 36, 38, 42, 43, 44, 75, n1 / n11, n2, n3, n4, n5, n62 / n63, n7 and n8. In December 2011, the ICB was awarded the contract for the line bundle D again, but the night bus routes were removed and also divided between the other line bundles, depending on the destination. Line bundle D therefore only contains the following bus and night bus lines: 30, 31, 36, 38, 42, 43, 44, 75, n5, n62 and n63. Since December 2015, the ICB has been operating the line bundle E again. The ICB was unable to prevail in the tender for the line bundle B, so that this service was taken over by DB Busverkehr Hessen when the timetable changed in December 2014. From December 2020, the ICB will again be operating bundle C (lines 33, 35, 37, 51, 52, 61, 68, 78, 79)
Vehicle fleet
Former fleet
The VGF fleet also included buses from:
- Mercedes-Benz O 405
- Mercedes-Benz Cito
- Mercedes-Benz Citaro, of which 1st series (439 to 491), 2nd series (201, 203–204, 206–207, 209–210, 212, 214–217, 220)
- Mercedes-Benz Citaro G, of which 1st series (345–347, 349–351, 355–362, 364–366)
Current fleet
The ICB fleet currently consists of buses from Mercedes-Benz , Solaris and MAN .
For the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, the ICB strengthened bus route 896 in Düsseldorf, which is operated by Rheinbahn AG .
On the Day of German Unity in Mainz 2017, the ICB i. A. the Mainzer Verkehrsgesellschaft lines 54–57 on the right bank of the Rhine.
The fleet currently consists of Solaris Urbino , MAN Lion's City and EvoBus Citaro G "C2" . In 2017 four used EvoBus Citaro "Facelift" from Innsbruck were acquired. These are used on lines 34, 36, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44.
Since autumn 2011 there is also a Solaris Urbino 18 Hybrid as number 400 at ICB.