Mülheimer VerkehrsGesellschaft
| Mülheimer Verkehrs Gesellschaft mbH | |
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Mülheim an der Ruhr |
| Web presence | www.mhvg.de |
| Reference year | 2005 |
| Transport network | Rhein-Ruhr transport association |
| Employee | 611 thereof 29 trainees |
| sales | 104.6 |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1000/1435 mm |
| tram | 3 |
| Light rail | 1 |
| bus | 29 |
| number of vehicles | |
| Tram cars | 16 low floor, type M6NF / C, M6NF / D, NF6D 19 high floor, type M8S, M8C, M6D |
| Light rail car | 7 high-floor, type B80 |
| Omnibuses | 47 |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 27.91 million per year |
| Mileage | 5.5 million km per year |
| Length of line network | |
| Tram lines | 36.2 km |
| Light rail lines | 5.5 km |
| Bus routes | 149 km |
The Mülheim traffic mbH , shortly MVG was a transport company of the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr and operated there the municipal transport . In 2017, Mülheimer Verkehrs Gesellschaft mbH merged with EVAG, the transport company of the city of Essen , to form the Ruhrbahn .
history
The first commercially operated electric tram in Germany opened in Frankfurt am Main in 1884 . Essen had opened tram lines in 1893 , Bochum in 1894 , Düsseldorf in 1896 and Oberhausen in 1897. The first plans for the construction of an electric tram in Mülheim go back to the mid-1890s. It was intended to connect the surrounding communities with the city of Mülheim. On July 9, 1897, the lines from Kahlenberg via the city center and Styrum to Oberhausen and from the city center to the border to Heißen were opened as a single track.
From the 1970s, the project to convert the tram into a light rail also began in Mülheim . The following routes should be built:
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route
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| Essen - Heißen - Mülheim - Broich - Duisburg |
| Oberhausen - Dümpten - Mülheim - Broich - Uhlenhorst - Saarn |
| Essen-Schönebeck - Aktienstraße - Mülheim - Airport - Essen-Bredeney (only intended in the form, then discarded in the further planning) |
The already existing connection between Essen and Mülheim was to be expanded as a first model and test route to become a light rail route. After renovation work in both cities, trial operations began in December 1976. On May 29, 1977, regular U18 traffic began from Berliner Platz in Essen to Heißen, Kirche, in Mülheim. The extension to Mülheim Hauptbahnhof followed on November 3, 1979.
From January 1, 1980, the companies in the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr were members of the Rhein-Ruhr transport association . In order to avoid multiple assignments in the network area, all lines were given new numbers, with the 100 range being used in Mülheim together with Essen.
In the following years, some lines in the inner city area were laid underground. The construction work was completed in 1996. A planned connection of the 901 line from Duisburg with the U18 from Essen was not implemented partly for financial, but mainly for political reasons. The different wheelset dimensions are problematic here: While the standard gauge network in Essen is operated as a model route for the Rhein-Ruhr urban railway with a long-distance rail profile, the standard-gauge networks of the Duisburg transport company and the Rheinbahn have retained the tram dimensions from the start.
When Stadtwerke Oberhausen (STOAG) initiated a renaissance of the tram in Oberhausen in the 1990s , line 112, which ran to the city limits, was extended to the Oberhausen area. Another section in Mülheim- Dümpten through the Zechenbahn (street name) and the immediately adjoining Oberhausener Danziger Straße is currently being planned. Stadtwerke Oberhausen procured six low-floor tram cars to reintroduce the tram, but these are maintained in Mülheim and used together with their Mülheim sister vehicles. In 2017, MVG, EVAG and VIA merged to form the Ruhrbahn .
Today's lines (light rail and tram)
Today's lines (bus)
| line | Line route | operator | |||
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| NE2 | Mülheim city center → Broich → Speldorf Peterstrasse → Styrum → Sandstrasse → Dieter-aus-dem-Siepen-Platz → Mülheim city center | MVG | |||
| NE3 | MH-Stadtmitte - Gracht - Heißen - Winkhausen - Frintroper Straße - Dümpten - Dieter-aus-dem-Siepen-Platz - City center | MVG | |||
| NE4 | E Branch Aktienstr. - City center - | → Holthausen → | - MH-Menden | MVG | |
| ← Waterway ← | |||||
| NE9 | DU-Hbf east entrance - MH Stadtmitte - Hbf north entrance - Walkmühle - Heißen Kirche - Velauer Strasse - Max-Halbach-Strasse - Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum | MVG | |||
| NE10 | OB-Sterkrade Bf - Hüttestraße - Neue Mitte - Wehrstr. - MH Heidkamp - city center - Merziger Straße - MH-Saarn Lindenhof | MVG / STOAG | |||
Most vehicles from Vehar Linienverkehr are used as subcontractors for MVG on routes 135, 151, 752, 753 and NE10.
Expansion / reconstruction plans for the tram / light rail
For a long time, the extension of line 112 from Kaiserplatz via Dickswall and Tourainer Ring to the main train station (above ground) was considered the most likely new route. The construction of an above-ground bus station to replace the current bus tunnel, which is not absolutely necessary, was planned as an advance payment for the implementation. However, these plans were abandoned in favor of maintaining tram traffic to Wertgasse in the event of the discontinuation of line 110 (see below) at least by the majority of the council members.
Most promising are the plans to take line 102 to the Saarner Kuppe in order to reconnect the lively Saarn district to the tram network, which has not been supplied with attractive public transport for a long time. The route would lead on Heuweg via Saarner Straße, Straßburger Allee, Quellen- or Hagenauer Straße to Luxemburger Allee and then end in the area of Brussels Allee. The route was kept free. The Heuweg - Uhlenhorst section is therefore at risk of being closed; the “Waldschlößchen” stop would in this case be served by omnibus in the future, with an extension of line 134 being the most likely option, while the “Uhlenhorst” stop would be eliminated without replacement. In view of the difficult budget situation in the city of Mülheim an der Ruhr, this plan is only supported by a minority of the council members, the implementation thus seems at least questionable, and this plan is met with bitter resistance from the residents of Broich, whose development would be significantly worsened as a result.
If the extension of line 105 via Neue Mitte ( CentrO ) and Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof is to be implemented in Oberhausen in the medium term, the line would take the Zechenbahn to Mülheim-Dümpten and end there at the "Auf dem Bruch" stop (link to line 102) . There are also plans to route the line via Oberheidstrasse to the Borbeck border. However, the plans are only vague and will probably be difficult to implement, as the route over or on the edge of the cemetery grounds would lead to not insignificant resistance from residents.
Further concrete expansion plans are not planned for the time being. In the next few years, efforts will probably focus on maintaining and accelerating the existing lines, but proponents of radical austerity measures are also considering a massive cut or even the complete abolition of the existing network, especially since some lines are already due to maintenance backlogs on the fleet partly served by buses. Line 110 was discontinued in October 2015, line 104 no longer runs between the main cemetery and the airport.
The possibility of extending the Ruhr tunnel to Duisburg by shortening tram line 901 and correspondingly lengthening the U18 light rail line and possibly connecting it to the U79 line to Düsseldorf has been put on record. In view of the cost perspective, both Duisburg and Mülheim have no interest in an underground extension of the U18 to Duisburg. As an alternative, Duisburger Strasse is to be rebuilt, thereby speeding up tram line 901. However, consideration is being given to extending the U18 line at least to the Rosendahl depot in order to improve the development of the university of applied sciences planned in the immediate vicinity.
See also
- Rhein-Ruhr urban railway
- Type B light rail car
- Light rail car type M / N
- Via public transport company
- Ruhrbahn
literature
- Dieter Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany, Volume 4 Ruhrgebiet EK-Verlag, Freiburg i.Br. 1994, ISBN 3-88255-334-0 .
- Otto-Ullrich Lange: 75 years of the Mülheim tram , in the Mülheim an der Ruhr 1973 yearbook , pp. 88–93
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Make one out of three. Retrieved October 17, 2017 .