Local transport in Kaiserslautern
The transport in Kaiserslautern is the SWK traffic AG , the Saar-Pfalz-Bus GmbH and Vlexx , the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn and DB Regio guaranteed. The latter three are subsidiaries of Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) . The entire local public transport (ÖPNV) is in the tariff area of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN).
history
In 1899, the city, which had a population of around 50,000 at the time, increased demands to set up an electric tram in Kaiserslautern . The corresponding order was issued in 1913, after which construction work began on the Kaiserslautern tram , the main line of which led from today's Pfaffplatz to the cemetery. Due to the war, it took until December 18, 1916, until the proper operation was started after the wagons had been pulled by horse and carts. Due to the effects of the global economic crisis and the unwillingness of the city to take on the maintenance costs, tram operations were stopped in 1935. It was replaced by an urban bus company, which was to remain the only urban local means of transport until 1949.
In 1949 the Kaiserslautern trolleybus between Vogelweh in the west and the 23 barracks in the east of the city was opened and later extended. At the end of 1985 the company was closed. Since then, bus lines have once again formed the urban local transport network.
Line overview
S-Bahn & DB regional transport
The central hub of local rail passenger transport is Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof . There are also the following other regional railway stops of minor importance:
- Einsiedlerhof ( Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway )
- Galgenschanze ( Biebermühlbahn )
- Hohenecken (Biebermühlbahn)
- Kennelgarten ( Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway )
- Lampertsmühle ( Lautertalbahn )
- Pfaffwerk (Lautertal Railway)
- Vogelweh ( Mannheim – Saarbrücken railway )
- West ( Lautertalbahn )
Two lines of the S-Bahn RheinNeckar connect Kaiserslautern with Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , Mannheim , Heidelberg , Mosbach , Osterburken , Landstuhl and Homburg .
| line | route | Clock frequency |
|---|---|---|
| S 1 | Homburg - Kaiserslautern - Neustadt (Weinstr) - Schifferstadt - Ludwigshafen - Mannheim - Heidelberg - Mosbach - Osterburken | Hourly |
| S 2 | Kaiserslautern - Neustadt (Weinstr) - Schifferstadt - Ludwigshafen - Mannheim - Heidelberg - Mosbach | Hourly |
There are also some Regional Express and regional train lines :
| line | route | Clock frequency |
|---|---|---|
| RE 1 | Koblenz - Trier - Saarbrücken - Homburg - Kaiserslautern Hbf - Neustadt (Weinstr) - Mannheim | Hourly (Kaiserslautern - Koblenz) Every two hours (Kaiserslautern - Mannheim) |
| RE 6 | Kaiserslautern Hbf - Neustadt (Weinstr) - Landau (Pfalz) - Wörth (Rhine) - Karlsruhe | Every two hours |
| RE 15 | Kaiserslautern Hbf - Winnweiler - Rockenhausen - Alsenz - Bad Munster a Stein - Bad Kreuznach - Ingelheim - Mainz | a pair of trains |
| RE 17 | Kaiserslautern Hbf - Rockenhausen - Alsenz - Bad Münster am Stein - Bad Kreuznach - Bingen (Rhine) main station - Boppard - Koblenz main station | Every two hours |
| RE 65 | Kaiserslautern Hbf - Hochspeyer - Enkenbach - Marnheim - Monsheim | three pairs of trains in the summer months |
| RB 64 | Kaiserslautern Hbf - Schopp - Waldfischbach - Pirmasens | Hourly |
| RB 65 | Kaiserslautern Hbf - Enkenbach - Winnweiler - Rockenhausen - Alsenz - Bad Münster a Stein - Bad Kreuznach - Langenlonsheim - Bingen (Rhine) | Hourly |
| RB 66 | Kaiserslautern Hbf - Lampertsmühle-Otterbach - Olsbrücken - Wolfstein - Lauterecken-Grumbach | Hourly |
| RB 67 | Kaiserslautern Hbf - Landstuhl - Glan-Münchweiler - Altenglan - Kusel | Hourly |
| RB 70 | Kaiserslautern Hbf - Landstuhl - Hauptstuhl - Bruchmühlbach-Miesau - Homburg - Saarbrücken - Völklingen - Saarlouis - Merzig (Saar) | Hourly |
Bus transport
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The 14 line network of city bus routes is operated by Stadtwerke Kaiserslautern Verkehrs-AG and serves around 450 bus stops over a distance of around 152 kilometers. The central hub is the stop in the city center , which has been renamed Stadtmitte since June 14, 2015 (previously the double stop Rathaus and Schillerplatz ). The individual lines are designated with the abbreviation SWK , each supplemented by a three-digit number.
There are also twelve regional bus routes , labeled Saar-Pfalz-Bus and a three-digit number.
Furthermore, the buses of the Regionalbus Westpfalz GmbH (RBW) serve the lines to Ramstein-Miesenbach and Reichenbach.
Planning
As part of the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle , the following local rail passenger transport lines are to run through Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof:
| Line name | Route | Planned clock frequency |
|---|---|---|
| RE 3 | Frankfurt (Main) - Mainz - Bad Kreuznach - Bad Munster a Stein - Saarbrücken / Kaiserslautern | Hourly |
In addition, there are lines S1 and S2 of the S-Bahn Rhein-Neckar and the regional train connections, but there will be no noteworthy changes. In addition, the reactivation of the Zellertalbahn has been discussed for several years , which forms a connection between the Alsenztalbahn and the Rheinhessenbahn and thus connects Kaiserslautern with Worms .
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Heinz Friedel: Kaiserslautern from the imperial era to the founding of the university , Kaiserslautern: Geschwister Schmidt Verlag, 1998, pp. 45, 54, 72, 96
- ↑ Information from the operator , twk-kl.de, accessed on May 1, 2009
- ↑ Bus stops are being renamed , swk-kl.de, accessed on January 13, 2020
- ↑ Rheinland-Pfalz-Takt 2015. (PDF; 5.5 MB) (No longer available online.) ZSPNV Süd, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 20, 2008 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )