Wupsi
| wupsi GmbH | |
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Leverkusen |
| Web presence | www.wupsi.de |
| Reference year | 2018 |
| owner | City of Leverkusen / Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis |
| Transport network | Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg |
| Employee | 263 |
| sales | 40.863 million euros |
| Lines | |
| bus | 80 |
| number of vehicles | |
| Omnibuses | 184 own (70 articulated buses (GOM), 74 buses and coaches (KOM), 3 minibuses (citizen buses) 37 vehicles from subcontractors ) |
| other vehicles | 1 driving school car, 1 workshop car |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 31.76 million per year |
| Mileage | 9.91 million commercial vehicle km
798.22 million square km |
| Stops | 921 |
| Catchment area | 405 km² |
| Residents in the catchment area |
0.567 million |
| Length of line network | |
| Bus routes | 1210 km network of routes
514 km operational route |
| Operating facilities | |
| Depots | 2 (+ 2 car halls) |
The bus company Wupsi GmbH ( spelling wupsi , formerly Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg AG or KWS) with headquarters in Leverkusen operates most of the regular bus services in Leverkusen and many lines in the Rheinisch-Bergischen district. Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg AG was founded on March 3, 1924 by the district council of the former Wipperfürth district.
history
After the transformation into a stock corporation in 1929, Wupsi grew rapidly. After the Second World War , the Wupsi operating area continued to expand towards the south-west until the company's headquarters were relocated to Leverkusen in the second half of the 1970s. On March 19, 1979, the administration, then on April 23, the workshop and bus operations were relocated to their current locations in Leverkusen- Fixheide . A few years later, another depot was built in Bergisch Gladbach , from which operations in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis are carried out. In December 2007, Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK), which until then had operated its own depot directly at the train station , also moved into the Wupsi depot in Bergisch Gladbach. There are also car halls ("bus depots") of the Wupsi in Kürten -Weiden and -Dürscheid, in which some vehicles are parked overnight in order to avoid the long trips to and from Bergisch Gladbach in the morning and evening. For this reason, vehicles are also parked at the OVAG depot in Wipperfürth- Hammern.
vehicles
The approximately 140 Wupsi-owned buses are now exclusively from the manufacturers MAN and Mercedes-Benz ; in the past, vehicles from manufacturers such as Neoplan and Büssing were also represented in the fleet. All vehicles are equipped with an electronic stop display and announcement; in the newer vehicles this is implemented using TFT monitors. All vehicles have radio equipment , the associated radio number is the car number of the KWS vehicles. Since the mid-1990s, retired vehicles have been gradually replaced by low-floor vehicles . Since December 2009, all Wupsi buses have been low-floor buses. Since August 2003, it has been mandatory in all vehicles to get into the bus driver and show him the ticket or to purchase a ticket from him. In the Cologne city area, where all doors can be used to get in and out, the handling differs from driver to driver.
At the end of 2010, all Wupsi buses, as well as those of the subcontractors, received new ticket printers with TFT monitors. The bus driver can also use these devices to check the validity of electronic tickets.
Wupsi bus in Wipperfürth bus station
KWS AG buses at the Leverkusen-Mitte bus station
Car 161 with complete wrapping, Leverkusen-Mitte
traffic
Wupsi operates large parts of the regular bus service in Leverkusen and in the Rheinisch-Bergisches Kreis . Around 25% of the transport services are currently provided by 5 subcontractors . In 2008, 30.77 million passengers were carried and an annual turnover of € 27.94 million was achieved. Wupsi is a member of the Rhein-Sieg transport association , its conditions of carriage and community tariffs apply. It is also active in the tourism sector through its subsidiary Herweg Busbetrieb GmbH .
Wupsi's four customer centers are located in Bergisch Gladbach (bus station), LEV-Opladen (bus station), LEV-Wiesdorf (City Point) and at the LEV-Fixheide depot.
Lines
| Line number | Line route | Clock sequence Mon-Fri |
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| 201 | Forellental - Lützenkirchen - Opladen bus station - Leverkusen-Mitte station - Chempark S | every 20 minutes (between Opl. bus station and Chempark S overlay with line 255 (Wiedenhoff) at 10-minute intervals) |
| 202 | Schlebusch (Stadtbahn) - Waldsiedlung - Schlebusch - Alkenrath - Fixheide - Opladen bus station - Opladen Villa Römer | every 20 minutes |
| 203 | In the ice wood - Bayarena - Leverkusen-Mitte train station - Wiesdorf - Bürrig - Reuschenberg - Opladen bus station | every 60 minutes |
| 204 | Reuschenberg cemetery - Küppersteg - Leverkusen-Mitte train station - Stegerwaldsiedlung - Küppersteg - Reuschenberg cemetery (round trip) | every 30 minutes |
| 205 | Schlebusch Stadtbahn - Schlebusch - Steinbüchel - Lützenkirchen - Quettingen - Neue Bahnstadt Opladen - Opladen Busbf. | every 20 minutes |
| 206 | Mathildenhof - Steinbüchel - Lützenkirchen - Quettingen - Opladen bus station. - Reusrath - Langenfeld S - Langenfeld Turnerstr. | every 20 minutes |
| 207 | Rheindorf Nord - Küppersteg S - Bayarena - Stixchesstr. - Clinic - Schlebusch - Steinbüchel - Mathildenhof | every 20 minutes |
| 208 | Wiesdorf Rheinallee - Leverkusen-Mitte train station - Willy-Brandt-Ring - Schlebusch - Fettehenne - Mathildenhof | every 20 minutes |
| 209 | Leverkusen-Mitte train station - Schlebusch train station - Klinikum - Alkenrath - Fixheide - Quettingen Schützenplatz | every 20 minutes |
| 211 | Rheindorf Nord - Rheindorf S - Bürrig - Leverkusen-Mitte station - Schlebusch station - Clinic - Steinbüchel - Alt Steinbüchel | every 20 minutes |
| 212 | Leverkusen-Mitte station - Schlebusch Post - Altenberg - Odenthal School | every 60 minutes |
| 213 | Schlebusch Post - Neuboddenberg - Kaltenherberg - Hilgen (only on school days) | (only one ride in the morning) |
| 214 | Leverkusen-Mitte station - Alkenrath - Fixheide depot | no timing scheme |
| 222 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Klutstein - Schildgen - Clinic - Schlebusch Bf - Manfort - Silbersee - Opladen Busbf | every 20 minutes |
| 223 | Opladen Busbf - Elsbachstr. - Opladen Busbf (round trip) | every 60 minutes |
| 227 | Moitzfeld - Bensberg bus station - Heidkamp - Berg. Gladbach S - Schildgen - Klinikum - Schlebusch station - Leverkusen-Mitte station | every 20 minutes |
| 229 | Lützenkirchen center - Kämersheide - Burscheid bus station | every 120 minutes |
| 232 | Opladen Busbf - Reusrath - Mehlbruch - Langenfeld Turnerstr. (just on schooldays) | no fixed rhythm |
| 234 | Opladen Busbf - Birkenberg (Taxibus) | every 60 minutes |
| 235 | Lützenkirchen Mitte - In Holzhausen - Quettingen - Biesenbach - Classhäuschen - Höhenstraße - Lützenkirchen Mitte - In Holzhausen (minibus route) | every 120 minutes |
| 236 | In Holzhausen - Lützenkirchen Mitte - Ropenstall - Neuboddenberg - Meckhofer Feld (minibus route) | every 60 minutes |
| 238 | Dabringhausen - Altenberg - Odenthal school center | no fixed rhythm |
| 239 | Opladen Bf - Pattscheid - Füllsichel - Burscheid Busbf - Hilgen (- Dabringhausen) | every 20 minutes (with line 240 (Wiedenhoff)) |
| 244 | Hitdorf Concordiastr. - Rheindorf - Rheindorf Nord - Opladen Rat-Deycks-Schule (only on school days) | no fixed rhythm |
| 251 | Leichlingen bus station - Imbach - Opladen bus station - Lev.-Mitte bus station - Chempark | individual journeys during peak hours |
| 253 | (Leichlingen - Bergisch Neukirchen -) Opladen Busbf - Opladen Fire Brigade - Rheindorf S - Pützdelle - (Hitdorf) | every 20 minutes (Opladen - Rheindorf-Pützdelle) |
| 257 | Leichlingen - Langenfeld | every 60 minutes |
| 258 | Leverkusen Opladen station - Bergisch Neukirchen - Leichlingen | no service at peak hours |
| 426 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Dürscheid - Biesfeld - Kürten - Thier - Wipperfürth bus station | every 20 minutes (Berg. Gladbach - Kürten, then every 60 minutes) |
| 427 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Hebborn - Eikamp - Bechen - Weiden (- Kürten - Kürten-Olpe) - Wipperfeld - Wipperfürth Bus terminal | every 20 minutes (Berg. Gladbach - Bechen, thereafter no fixed cycle) |
| 429 | (Berg. Gladbach S -) Eichhof - Kürten-Olpe - Junkermühle - Wipperfürth Busbf (- St.-Angela-Gymnasium) | Single trips only |
| 430 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Hebborn - Voiswinkel - Herzogenfeld - Glöbusch - Blecher - Burscheid Busbf | every 60 minutes |
| 431 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Reuterstraße - Heidberg - In der Follmühle (- Küchenberg) | every 60 minutes |
| 432 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Hebborn - Voiswinkel - Herzogenfeld - Höffe (- Eikamp school) - Neschen - Schmeisig | no timing scheme |
| 433 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Reuterstraße - Voiswinkel - Küchenberg | every 60 minutes |
| 434 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Voiswinkel - Herzogenfeld - Schildgen - K.-Dünnwald (- K.-Mülheim, Danzierstraße) | every 20 minutes |
| 435 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Paffrath - Hand - K.-Dellbrück S (continue as line 436) | every 20 minutes |
| 436 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Gronau - Gierath - Dellbrück (Stadtbahn) - Dellbrück S (continue as line 435) | every 20 minutes |
| 437 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Reuterstraße - Nussbaum - Paffrath Church - Paffrath Kombibad | every 60 minutes |
| 438 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Damaschkestrasse | Only in off-peak times |
| 439 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Rommerscheid - Margarethenhöhe - Berg. Gladbach S (round trip) | every 60 minutes |
| 451 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Gronau - Refrath (Stadtbahn) - Lustheide (Stadtbahn) - Weidenweg | every 30 minutes |
| 452 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Gronau - Refrath (light rail) - Kippekausen (light rail) - Frankenforst | every 30 minutes |
| 453 | Mountain. Gladbach S - Evang. Hospital - Sand - Herkenrath - Grünenbäumchen | every 20 minutes, in cooperation with RVK |
| N20 | Night bus Leverkusen: Opladen Bf - Reusrath - Langenfeld S. | |
| N21 | Leverkusen night bus: Leverkusen-Mitte train station - Opladen train station - Lützenkirchen - Forellental | |
| N22 | Leverkusen night bus: Opladen train station - Küppersteg - Manfort - Klinikum - Schlebusch (city train) - Alkenrath - Quettingen - Opladen train station | |
| N23 | Leverkusen night bus: Leverkusen-Mitte train station - Bürrig - Rheindorf - Hitdorf | |
| N24 | Night bus Leverkusen: Leverkusen-Mitte train station - Schlebusch train station - Klinikum - Steinbüchel - Mathildenhof - Klinikum - Schlebusch train station - Leverkusen-Mitte train station | |
| N25 | Night bus Leverkusen / Rhein-Berg: Opladen Bf - Pattscheid - Burscheid - Hilgen | |
| N41 | Night bus Rhein-Berg: Berg. Gladbach S - Reuterstr. - Hand - Paffrath - Klutstein - Schildgen - Odenthal - Hebborn - Berg. Gladbach S. | |
| N42 | Night bus Rhein-Berg: Berg. Gladbach S - Hebborn - Odenthal - Glöbusch - Blecher - Altenberg - Odenthal - Schildgen - Paffrath - Hand - Berg. Gladbach S. | |
| N43 | Night bus Rhein-Berg: Berg. Gladbach S - Dürscheid - Kürten - Weiden - Bechen - Eikamp - Hebborn - Berg. Gladbach S. | |
| N44 | Night bus Rhein-Berg: Berg. Gladbach S - Gronau - Lustheide (Stadtbahn) - Refrath (Stadtbahn) - Kippekausen (Stadtbahn) - Frankenforst - Refrath (Stadtbahn) - Gronau - Berg. Gladbach S. | |
| SB20 | Leverkusen Mitte station - Quettingen - Lützenkirchen - Forellental | every 20 minutes |
| SB21 | Rheindorf-Nord - Pützdelle - Leverkusen Mitte station - K.-Adenauer-Platz - Museum Morsbroich - Steinbüchel - Alt Steinbüchel | every 20 minutes |
| SB22 | Leverkusen Mitte station - K.-Adenauer-Platz - Museum Morsbroich - Schlebusch Post - Leimbacher Berg - Mathildenhof | every 20 minutes |
| SB23 | Leverkusen-Mitte train station - Rheindorf Süd - Hitdorf - Monheim bus station | every 20 minutes |
| SB27 | Rheindorf-Nord - Rheindorf-Süd - Lev. Middle Bf. (- Chempark) | every 20 minutes (only during peak hours) |
| SB28 | Mathildenhof - Schlebusch - Willy-Brandt-Ring - Chempark | every 20 minutes (only during peak hours) |
| SB29 | Alt-Steinbüchel - Schlebusch - Lev. Middle station - Chempark | every 20 minutes (only during peak hours) |
In addition, various E-lines in the morning and in the afternoon complete the offer and, above all, ensure that the entire service area (including rural regions) is connected to the large school centers. On the main traffic axes, E-lines also relieve regular line traffic at peak times.
Former lines
Some of the gaps in the number offered by Wupsi were caused by the discontinuation of individual lines. Due to the steadily declining demand and the existence of alternative offers, traffic to and from the Bayer plant in Leverkusen has been steadily thinned out in recent years, and individual feeder lines have been completely discontinued; such as line 216, which once ran from Odenthal Blecher via Neuboddenberg and Schlebusch to the Bayerwerk, and line 218, which ran from Im Eisholz to the Bayerwerk. Line 226 from Opladener Stauffenbergstraße ensured the connection from Quettingen, Fixheide and Alkenrath to the Bayer plant. Lines 227 and 233 still exist, although the connection to the Bayer plant (in the HVZ) was omitted. The return journeys on route 220 have been canceled so that it only carries its passengers in the morning without changing to the Bayerwerk, while they have to change in the afternoon. The offer was also thinned out at the weekend. At the weekend, line 201 is now the only line, alongside line 250 from Kraftverkehr Wiedenhoff , that connects Leverkusen-Mitte with Bayerwerke. Other Wupsi lines that have been discontinued are about 219 (Monheim, Landwirtschaftszentrum - Leverkusen Mitte Bf), 234 (Leichlingen - Langenfeld), 235 (Leichlingen - Leverkusen-Rheindorf) and 243 (Leverkusen-Hitdorf - Langenfeld S).
Other lines were shortened by the municipal reorganization in 1975 or were given a different operator. The former traffic connection 021 from Lüdenscheid via Halver and Wipperfürth to Bergisch Gladbach and Cologne was shortened to the route Wipperfürth - Cologne. It was not until the timetable change in 1987 that this connection, now with line number 426, was shortened to Wipperfürth - Bergisch Gladbach. The connection Wipperfürth - Rönsal - Kiespe - Lüdenscheid was also canceled in the course of the municipal reorganization. The transport connection 428 on the route Bergisch Gladbach - Lindlar was operated in a shortened form by Wupsi for a few years before it was continued as line 335 by OVAG on its old length Bergisch Gladbach - Lindlar - Frielingsdorf.
strike
On January 9, 2004, 50 employees of Herweg-Busbetrieb GmbH, a subsidiary of KWS, went on strike against low wages . This strike lasted until February 8, 2005, or 396 days, making it one of the longest strikes in Germany's history . It ended with the conclusion of a company collective agreement.
literature
- Geuß, Bernhard: From Wipperfürth to Leverkusen, in: Geschichtsverein Rösrath eV, series of publications Geschichtsverein Rösrath eV, Volume 46: Bergische Ways - Movement in the Bergisches Land, Rösrath, 2016, pp. 189-203.
- Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg AG: 1924–1999. 75 years of Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg AG, Leverkusen, 1999.
- Krumm, Hella: Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg AG, in: Bergischer Geschichtsverein, Mitteilungsblatt des Bergisches Geschichtsverein, No. 54/2014, Hückeswagen, 2014, pp. 37–40.
- City of Leverkusen: Participation report as of December 31, 2018, Leverkusen, 2019, pp. 342–352.
Web links
- Official website of wupsi GmbH
- City of Leverkusen: Participation Report 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kraftverkehr Wupper-Sieg AG becomes wupsi GmbH
- ↑ Opening of the customer center
- ↑ Leverkusen: End of the permanent strike by bus drivers. February 3, 2005, accessed April 27, 2020 .
- ↑ The entire team will soon be back at the wheel. February 3, 2005, accessed April 28, 2020 .
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