Local transport in Speyer

Speyer main station

Local public transport in Speyer is operated by a city bus network, which is supplemented by S-Bahn transport . It is part of the Rhein-Neckar transport association .

The central connection point of the bus lines with each other and with the S-Bahn is the Speyer main station , in addition there is another stop in the S-Bahn traffic with the Speyer Nord / West stop. In addition, a third S-Bahn stop is planned with the Speyer Süd stop.

Another bus transfer hub is located at the inner-city Postplatz .

Rail transport

Former railway bridge over the Rhine

Speyer is connected to rail traffic via the Schifferstadt – Wörth railway line. The Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn runs every half hour via Schifferstadt in the direction of Mannheim and to Germersheim , where there is a connection to Karlsruhe and Bruchsal . The two-hour RegionalExpress Mainz –Karlsruhe also stops at Speyer main station .

On weekdays there is a single early connection with the InterCity to Frankfurt , including an afternoon counterpart (only Mon-Thu).

Until 1945, the Heidelberg – Speyer railway branched off at the main train station and ran across the Rhine to Hockenheim to the Rhine Valley Railway , branched off from this again in Schwetzingen and continued on to Heidelberg. Between 1905 and 1956 the meter-gauge local railway Speyer – Neustadt ran between the local train station Speyer and Neustadt an der Weinstrasse .

Railway stations / stops

In Speyer, the following train stations and stops are served at regular intervals:

Speyer main station (all lines)
Speyer North / West ( S 3 , S 4 )

Line overview

The following is a list of all lines:

RE 4 (R 44)	Mainz - Worms - Frankenthal - Ludwigshafen - Speyer - Germersheim - Karlsruhe	Regional express, every two hours;
S 3	Germersheim - Speyer - Mannheim - Heidelberg - Bruchsal - Karlsruhe	S-Bahn, every hour
S 4	Germersheim - Speyer - Mannheim - Heidelberg - Bruchsal	S-Bahn, every hour

Further planning

In the south of the city, a third S-Bahn stop is planned, which will be in the area of Dr.-von-Hörmann-Str. should arise in the immediate vicinity of the special area Speyer-West (hospital). Construction work has not yet started in November 2019. The No Haltpunkt Süd initiative criticizes this plan.

Bus transport

Transfer point Postplatz with the old gate in the background

CityShuttle on line 565 at the main station (until December 31, 2013)

City transport lines

In Speyer there have been nine city bus routes since January 2014, which are operated by the Rheinpfalzbus (Deutsche Bahn) company, a subsidiary of Busverkehr Rhein-Neckar (BRN), as part of the 2014 city traffic tender .

561 : Central Station - City Hall - University - Vincentius Hospital - City Hall - Central Station (every hour)
562 : Neuland - Deaconess Hospital - Postplatz - City Hall - Josef-Schmitt-Strasse - Berliner Platz - North-West train station - Central station (every half hour)
563 : Vogelgesang - Südbahnhof - Postplatz - Stadthalle - Burgfeldschule - Berliner Platz - Im Erlich - Central Station (every half hour)
564 : Flugzeugwerke - Baden Maxx - Domplatz - Postplatz - Central Station - Cemetery - Auestrasse - Speyer Nord (every half hour)
565 : Flugzeugwerke - Baden Maxx - Domplatz - Postplatz - Central Station - North-West-Bahnhof - Landwehrstraße - Speyer Nord (every half hour)
566 : Central Station - Mausbergweg Retirement Home - Central Station (every hour)
567 : Central Station - Kolb School Center - Hafenstrasse - Kolb School Center - Central Station (every hour)
568 : Central Station - Postplatz - Domplatz - Diakonissenkrankenhaus - Paul-Egell-Straße - Berghausen - Heiligenstein - Mechtersheim (every hour, only Mon-Sat)
569 : Hasenpfühlerweide - Auestrasse - Friedhof - Hauptbahnhof - Nord-West Bahnhof - Lyautey - Berliner Platz - Quartiersmensa West (every hour, Mon-Fri only)

All lines run every hour on Sundays. The superimposition of lines creates on the sections Hauptbahnhof - Postplatz - Flugzeugwerke (564, 565), Postplatz - Theodor-Heuss-Straße (562, 563), Berliner Platz - Kurt-Schumacher-Straße (562, 563) and in the Speyer district North (564, 565) every 15 minutes. In the area from the main train station to Flugzeugwerke (564,565) or to Domplatz (568), the “City Tariff” is the successor to the “City Shuttle”, as the line with midibuses was abandoned and the section of the shuttle to line 564/565 fully and partially integrated into line 568. The special rate (currently € 1.10) for this day ticket, only valid on this section, has been retained. On Sundays, buses run there every 30 minutes. Only on the section Hauptbahnhof - Postplatz - Flugzeugwerke (564, 565) there is a bus every 15 minutes on Sundays. Lines 561, 566 and 567 are served by bus. The line number is always changed at the main station. On Fridays and Saturdays there is late service on lines 562 to 565 and 568 until midnight, otherwise operations end around 8 p.m.

20 vehicles are required to operate the city bus network.

Brand- new Iveco Crossway Low Entry buses operate on lines 561 to 568 , which will be replaced by Mercedes-Benz Citaro Euro 6 buses from April 2014. A midibus from MAN operated on line 569 until March 2014, which was replaced by a Fiat Ducato minibus in March.

Before 2014, the following lines were operated by BRH Viabus and Busverkehr Rhein-Neckar:

561 : Central Station - City Hall - Administration College - Postplatz - Central Station (ring line)
562 : Central Station - City Hall - Mühlweg - Central Station - Speyer-Ost - Central Station (ring line)
563 : Central Station - Speyer-Nordwest - Stadthalle - Postplatz - In the birdsong
564 : Neuland / Airfield - Postplatz - Central Station - Cemetery - Speyer-Nord
565 : Central Station - Postplatz - Cathedral - Aircraft Factory Technology Museum ("City Shuttle")

Regional bus routes

507 : Speyer Hauptbahnhof / ZOB - ( Dudenhofen ) - ( Hanhofen ) - ( Harthausen ) - ( Schwegenheim ) - ( Weingarten ) - ( Freisbach ) - ( Geinsheim ) - ( Duttweiler ) - ( Lachen-Speyerdorf ) - ( Neustadt (Weinstrasse) ) (Mon-Sat every hour, Sun every two hours)
572 : ( Ludwigshafen Berliner Platz ) - Rheingönheim - Neuhofen - Waldsee - Central Station (Mon-Sat every hour, Sun every two hours)
573 : Speyer - Dudenhofen / Böhl-Iggelheim (- Haßloch ) (individual trips)
578 : Speyer-Süd - Postplatz - Berghausen - Heiligenstein - Mechtersheim (now 568)
717 : Speyer Domplatz - Hockenheim - Ketsch - Schwetzingen - Heidelberg (Mon-Sat every half hour, Sun every hour)

Rates

The independent city of Speyer and the surrounding Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis are members of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN), Speyer, together with the neighboring communities Dudenhofen, Berghausen and Heiligenstein, is part of the collective bargaining system 143. The neighboring district of Germersheim partly belongs to the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) and partly to the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund , there are transitional regulations.

There is a discounted special tariff on the “City Shuttle” line. Combined tickets are also available for the entire VRN area , which include admission to the Technik-Museum Speyer , Sea Life Speyer or the IMAX Dome Speyer as well as the return trip within the transport association.

Web links

Individual evidence

Jump up to the point: Planning of the southern stop in Die Rheinpfalz from July 17, 2014.
^ Initiative No Stopping Point South. Accessed June 22, 2015
↑ Speyer city buses: Money is enough for an XXL offer ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) in Die Rheinpfalz from June 30, 2013.
↑ Archived copy ( Memento from February 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )

[1] Jump up to the point: Planning of the southern stop in Die Rheinpfalz from July 17, 2014.

[2] Initiative No Stopping Point South. Accessed June 22, 2015

[3] Speyer city buses: Money is enough for an XXL offer ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) in Die Rheinpfalz from June 30, 2013.

[4] Archived copy ( Memento from February 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive )