Lower Rhine transport company
Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe AG | |
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Basic information | |
Company headquarters | Moers |
Web presence | www.niag-online.de |
Reference year | 2019 |
owner |
Rhenus Veniro (51%), Wesel district (43%), Kleve district (3%), Moers (0.63%), Duisburg (1.26%), Wesel (1.11%) |
Board | Werner Kook, Peter Giesen, Christian Kleinenhammann |
Supervisory board | Heinz-Dieter Bartels (chairman), Michael Viefers (vice chairman), Harald Winter (vice chairman), 12 other members |
Transport network | Rhein-Ruhr transport association |
Employee | about 700 |
sales | unknown |
Lines | |
Gauge | 1,435 mm |
bus | 97 |
number of vehicles | |
Locomotives | 7 diesel locomotives , 2 shunting locomotives |
Omnibuses | 187 owned + 152 rented |
other vehicles | 115 freight cars |
statistics | |
Passengers | 36.5 million |
Mileage | unknown |
Catchment area | 2.651 km² |
Residents in the catchment area |
1.3 million |
Length of line network | |
Bus routes | 2,200 km |
Operating facilities | |
Depots |
Moers (bus and train), Kleve (bus), Wesel (bus), Geldern (bus) |
Other operating facilities | Orsoy Rhine port |
Track length | 36 km |
The Lower Rhine Transport Company , shortly NIAG is a transport company of Wesel and the Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG , headquartered in Moers . The traffic area includes the districts of Kleve and Wesel as well as parts of the Duisburg city area. Some lines lead to the Netherlands to 's-Heerenberg , Venlo and Nijmegen . Until the end of 2011, NIAG was a company in the VGN , which has since been dissolved , and is a member of the Rhine-Ruhr transport association and the tariff association of federal and non-federal railways in Germany (TBNE).
The transport company was founded in 1968 from the merger of the Moers-Homberg GmbH tram, the Moerser Verkehrs- und supplybetriebe (KMV) district and the Niederrheinischen Automobilgesellschaft mbH (NIAG).
history
Tram Moers – Homberg
Tram Moers – Homberg GmbH was founded on May 16, 1908 by resolution of the two cities on August 7, 1906. The company was registered on June 29, 1908 and on September 6, 1908, it received the concession to build and operate a meter-gauge tram . The company had a capital of 1.5 million gold marks , 50 percent of which was raised by the district and 25 percent each by the two cities. Construction of the railway began in 1907, before the license was granted, and was completed in 1908. On October 1st, a steam locomotive started operating on the 6.025-kilometer route between Moers and Homberg , as the overhead lines were not yet fully assembled and the second track was still missing in several places. This had to happen because on September 30th the Prussian State Railway had ceased operations on the parallel Homberg – Moers railway . Tram operations could then be started on December 11th with ten railcars and six sidecars. The route ran from the train station in Homberg via the Rheinanlagen , Ruhrorter Straße , Augustastraße , Moerser Straße and Homberger Straße to the Steintor in Moers.
In 1907 the bridge from Ruhrort over the Rhine was completed and on October 1, 1908 a connection was made to the tracks of the Kreis Ruhrorter tram , which used the bridge for its tram and had moved its tracks to Goetheplatz . On February 11, 1909, the line was extended to 6.82 kilometers, as from that day the Prussian State Railroad was allowed to cross the tracks. This level crossing lasted until the 1920s. On January 1, 1913, the Moers - Homberg GmbH tram opened a line over the Rhine bridge to Ruhrort; previously, on December 21, 1912, a trial run up to the bridge ramp had been put into operation. In 1914, the route in Moers was extended from the Steintor via Steinstraße , Altmarkt and Neustraße to Neutor . From March 12, 1915, this route was also used by the Moers – Kamp – Rheinberg tram.
From February 8, 1918, freight trains from the Rheinpreußen colliery ran on the Moers - Homberg tram routes. They use a track connection to Krefeld specially created for these journeys , which was electrified on November 15, 1920. On this day, a new line from Homberg via Moers and Kapellen to Krefeld began operations.
On January 1, 1925, the Moers – Homberg tram took over the management of the Homberg tram. In 1926, the Moers – Kamp – Rheinberg tram followed. Thus, the management of these three companies was brought together under one roof and uniform numbering was introduced:
line | Line route | Travel time (min) |
Cycle (min) |
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1 | Hülsdonk - Moers - Homberg | 30th | 15th |
2 | Ruhrort - Homberg - Rheinhausen - Friemersheim | 44 | 30th |
3 | Homberg - Baerl | 20th | 60 |
4th | Moers - Lintfort - Kamp | 43 | 20th |
5 | Lintfort - Rheinberg | 20th | 60 |
12 | Krefeld - Moers - Homberg - Ruhrort | 72 | 60 |
In World War II, the line 3 was set on 29 September 1,943th On March 4, 1945, the network was finally so badly damaged that all trips had to be stopped. After the end of the war, tram operations could be resumed in sections until January 14, 1946. The regular service was not maintained for long. On May 16, 1953, it was switched to trolleybus and omnibus operation. Only the route of the former Tram Homberg GmbH was initially operated until it was also discontinued piece by piece by September 25, 1954. The company itself went on May 26, 1968 in the NIAG Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe AG.
1911 | 1928 | 1937 | 1951 | |
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Railcar | 10 | 12 | 27 | 18th |
sidecar | 6th | 12 | 20th | 20th |
Route length | 6.03 | 8.63 | 21.71 | 17.19 |
Operating performance in wagon kilometers | 383,000 | 500,000 | 881,000 | 1,197,000 |
Transported people | 1,522,000 | 2,383,000 | 2,957,000 | 5,195,000 |
Homberg tram
Tram Homberg GmbH was founded on June 29, 1908 for the construction of the meter-gauge tram Friemersheim - Homberg - Baerl and entered in the commercial register. The municipality of Homberg held 540,000 gold marks , the municipality of Hochemmerich with 180,000 gold marks, the municipality of Baerl with 90,000 gold marks and the two communities Friemersheim and Bliersheim with 45,000 gold marks each. Construction began even before the final signing of the contract and was inspected by the police on March 30, 1909. Due to an objection from a resident, the section to Baerl was only able to go into operation on May 6, 1910 with a delay. On July 12, 1913 and 1914, further sections were opened, so that the line reached a total length of 16.4 kilometers. The railway existed as an independent company until January 1, 1925, after which the Moers - Homberg GmbH tram took over management. The route was renamed Line 2 (popularly it was still called the Crooked Line ). The company began in 1930 with an extension of the line in Friemersheim to the tracks of the Krefeld tram via Hohenbudberg station and the railway settlement, but never completed this construction project. On October 1, 1933, both companies merged under the name Straßenbahn Moers - Homberg GmbH. The route was taken out of service in 1954 and initially (until 1968) replaced by the Moers trolleybus .
1911 | 1921 | 1928 | |
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Railcar | 8th | 16 | 15th |
sidecar | 2 | 10 | 8th |
Operating performance in wagon kilometers | 439,000 | k. A. | k. A. |
Transported people | 916,000 | 1,512,000 | 1,212,000 |
Tram Moers – Kamp – Rheinberg
The streetcar Moers Kamp Rheinberg GmbH was established in November 1912 as a special purpose association of the communities Kamp-Lintfort, Moers, Repelen -Baerl and Rheinberg establishing a regelspurigen founded tram. The company had a share capital of 110,000 gold marks . 49.5 percent of this was provided by RWE , 37.5 percent of the remaining shares were provided by the municipality of Moers, 25 percent each by the municipalities of Kamp-Lintfort and Rheinberg and 12.5 percent by the municipality of Repelen.
The construction of the line was completed in 1914. Since not enough copper could be procured for the contact wire due to the First World War , after negotiations with the Kriegsmetall AG one had to fall back on wire, which the Klever tram provided. This simple wire, however, only allowed one current for a 40-minute cycle.
In 1926, management was transferred to the Moers - Homberg GmbH tram. With the route of the line M of the Rheinbahn to Düsseldorf one had a common final stop.
At times, both railways were connected and were used as a freight tram for coal transport in both world wars .
Moerser Kreisbahn
The Moerser Kreisbahn operated the Rheinberg – Moers – Hoerstgen – Sevelen railway, which opened in 1909/1910 .
District Moerser Transport and Supply Companies
In 1938 the district of Moers incorporated the Moers – Kamp – Rheinberg tram, after RWE AG had left as a partner, together with the Moerser Kreisbahn, the Orsoy port and the waterworks in the newly founded Moerser Verkehrs- und supplybetriebe (KMV).
After the Second World War, the necessary renovation measures on the tram route were no longer carried out and the tram was replaced on August 10, 1952 by the Moers trolleybus . Whose timetable was, as before, 243e under the table number, the tram in the course book of the German Federal Railroad listed. The company finally merged with the Moers – Homberg – Rheinhausen tram in the Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe on May 26, 1968.
1920 | 1928 | 1936 | 1951 | |
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Railcar | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
sidecar | 6th | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Route length | 18.46 | 18.46 | 18.24 | 12.16 |
Operating performance in wagon kilometers | 769,000 | 500,000 | 404,000 | 703,000 |
Transported people | 2,730,000 | 1,295,000 | 811,000 | 2,003,000 |
Niederrheinische Automobilgesellschaft mbH (NIAG)
In 1924, the city of Duisburg , the districts of Geldern , Kleve , Rees , Moers and a number of towns belonging to the districts named Niederrheinische Automobilgesellschaft mbH (NIAG). The seat of the company was Moers. The NIAG saw its task in supplying the districts on the left Lower Rhine with a wide-meshed bus service. The first German cross-border bus route from Duisburg to Venlo in the Netherlands was also created .
The following lines gradually emerged:
Line route | opening |
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Sonsbeck - Geldern | April 8, 1925 |
Duisburg - Kevelaer | May 28, 1925 |
Moers - Rheinberg - Wesel | June 10, 1925 |
Wesel - Kevelaer | August 15, 1925 |
Duisburg - Venlo | September 13, 1925 |
Moers - Rheinhausen - Uerdingen | September 13, 1925 |
Geldern - Kaldenkirchen | February 7, 1926 |
Kamp - Geldern | May 15, 1926 |
Moers - Sonsbeck | May 15, 1926 |
Walbeck - Geldern | April 1, 1927 |
Sonsbeck - Kleve | February 1, 1928 |
Kalkar - Goch | February 1, 1928 |
Moers - Meerbeck - Ruhrort - Duisburg | February 1, 1928 |
Kalkar - Resserschanz | April 14, 1928 |
Sevelen - Geldern | April 1, 1926 1) |
Geldern - Wachtendonk | October 6, 1929 |
Reeserschanz - Xanten | October 6, 1929 |
Kalkar - Kleve | December 1, 1930 2) |
Zyfflich - Kleve | April 4, 1936 |
ad 1) taken over from the Moerser Kreisbahn ad 2) taken over by the Klever tram |
Rail transport
On the Rheinberg - Moers - Neukirchen-Vluyn - Schaephuysen line [-Hoerstgen-Sevelen abandoned ] , NIAG now only operates occasional rail traffic. Since 1968 there has only been freight traffic.
The St. Tönis (- Krefeld Süd) - Krefeld Nord - Hülser Berg line , which was connected to Moers via Niep until the beginning of the 1950s, has been called the "Schluff" museum railway since 2010 by the Krefeld public utility company ( SWK Mobil ) Excursion traffic operated.
At least special trips were carried out in passenger traffic: On the Moers - Orsoy - Rheinberg route between May 1 and October 3, 2008, there were again five pairs of trips on 13 Sundays and public holidays. In 2007 there was already sporadic excursion traffic with platform trucks and historic rail buses on the Moers - Orsoy - Rheinberg routes and on December 9th with the Christmas Market Express from Neukirchen to Moers. A second run of the nostalgic train with more than 1,200 passengers took place on "Ascension Day" 2007. Here the nostalgic trains to the Moerser Kirmes ran back to Vluyn for the first time since 2001 , as this route for freight traffic was reactivated since April 2008. After that, the nostalgia trips were no longer carried out because the ailing rail buses were scrapped.
Line directory
line | Line route |
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SB10 | (Mon-Fri Kamp-Lintfort New Town Hall) Mon-Sat Neukirchen-Vluyn Südring - Moers-Hülsdonk - Duisburg Central Station east entrance |
SB30 | Duisburg central station east entrance - Moers - Kamp-Lintfort New Town Hall (MO-SA Geldern train station) |
SB58 | Emmerich - Kleve - Kranenburg - Nijmegen (NL) |
SB70 | Kamp-Lintfort - Rheurdt - Kerken Aldekerk train station |
SB80 | Moers - DU-Rumeln - Krefeld-Uerdingen |
Status: December 2019 |
line | Line route |
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1 | Kamp-Lintfort - Rheinberg |
2 | New Town Hall - Gestfeld - Geisbruch - Waldfriedhof - Kamperbrück |
LinienBus and TaxiBus 3 | Moers - MO-Hülshorst - MO-Kapellen - MO-Vennikel - DU-Kaldenhausen Krölls (Mon – Fri school time LinienBus) (On holidays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays TaxiBus) |
4th | MO-Repelen - MO-Eick - MO-Meerbeck - MO-Hülsdonk |
TaxiBus 4 | MO-Rathaus - MO-Königlicher Hof - St. Josef Hospital - Max-Planck-Str. |
LinienBus, and TaxiBus 6 | Vluyn - Neukirchen - Niep - Luit - (MO-FR school time Moers-Kapellen) |
7th | Kamp-Lintfort - Rheurdt - Neukirchen-Vluyn (MO-FR school days Moers) |
8th | Vierbaum - Budberg - Rheinberg |
9 | Alps - Drüpt - Milingen - Rheinberg |
16 | Voerde-Spellen - Friedrichsfeld - Rathausplatz - Voerde Klosterkamp |
17th | Oberlohberg - Hiesfeld - Dinslaken Bf - Dinslakener Bruch |
19th | Lohberg - Dinslaken Bf - Averbruch |
25th | Business park south - Dinslaken-Hiesfeld - Möllen - Voerde - Friedrichsfeld |
26th | Barmingholten - Hiesfeld - Dinslaken |
29 | Venlo (NL) train station - Straelen - Niederdorf - Neukirchen Vluyn, Vluyner Südring (continue as line 929 to Duisburg) |
31 | Aldekerk - Rheurdt - Issum - Geldern |
32 | (MO-FR school days in Moers) Kamp-Lintfort - Issum - Geldern |
33 | Straelen - Aldekerk |
34 | Straelen-Herongen - Wachtendonk - Aldekerk |
35 | Geldern Bf - Geldern-Walbeck - Straelen |
36 | Geldern - Sonsbeck - Xanten |
37 | Wesel - Alps - Sonsbeck - Kevelaer |
38 | Rheinberg Bf - Annaberg - Alspray - Millingen - Alps |
39 | Alps - Rheinberg-Millingen - Kamp-Lintfort |
41 | Xanten - Veen - Alps |
43 | Xanten - Sonsbeck - Sonsbeck-Labbeck - Uedem |
45 | Uedemerbruch - Uedem - Kalkar |
46 | Kleve White Gate - Kalkar |
47 | Goch - Kalkar - Rees |
48 | Kalkar - Grieth - Huisberden |
50 | Brienen - Kleve Bf - Materborn - Goch-Nierswalde |
51 | Bedburg-Hau - White Gate - Kleve Bf - industrial area |
52 | Kleve Warbeyen - Kleve Ring School |
53 | Geldern - Veert - Betting - Kevelaer - Kervenheim - Uedem |
54 | Uedem - Kleve |
55 | Kleve - Kranenburg |
56 | Kleve Bf - Upper Town - White Gate - Bedburg-Hau |
57 | Kleve Bf - Materborn |
59 | Kleve Bf - Zyfflich - Wyler - Kranenburg |
60 | Kleve Bf - Millingen aan de Rijn (NL) |
69 | Geldern Bf - Straelen - Herongen |
81 | Wesel - Friedrichsfeld - Spellen - Mehrum - Löhnen - Voerde |
82 | Wittenberg - Scherpersfeld - Wesel Martinistraße |
83 | Wittenberg - Fusternberg - Wesel train station - Lackhausen |
85 | Wittenberg - Lauerhaas - Wesel Bf - Feldmark - Flüren |
86 | Wittenberg - Lauerhaas - Wesel Bf - Flüren - Bislich - Rees |
88 | Rees - Bees - Praest - Vrasselt - Emmerich |
89 | Scherpersfeld - Wesel School Center North |
90 | Emmerich Bf - Speelberg Kapaunenberg |
91 | Emmerich Bf - 's-Heerenberg (NL) |
93 | Emmerich - Dornick - Praest |
94 | Emmerich Bf - Borghees -Hüthum - Elten |
95 | Rees - Haldern - Wertherbruch - Loikum - Mussum - Bocholt |
96 | Wesel - Blumenkamp - Hamminkeln - Wertherbruch / Brünen |
97 | Rees - Cleves |
063 | Geldern Bf - Straelen - Wachtendonk - Kempen Bf |
911 | Kamp-Lintfort - Moers - DU-Homberg - DU-Ruhrort distribution circle |
912 | Neukirchen-Vluyn - Moers - DU-Homberg - DU-Rheinhausen market |
913 | Moers-Hülsdonk - DU-Baerl - Orsoy - Rheinberg - Annaberg |
914 | Moers - MO-Schwafheim - DU-Rheinhausen Markt (MO-FR Friemersheim - Logport / industrial area Hohenbudberg) |
915 | DIN-Lohberg - Dinslaken Bf (- DU-Walsum Overbruch Franz-Lenze-Platz) |
918 | Voerde - VOE-Möllen - Dinslaken Bf - DIN-Hiesfeld - OB Holten |
921 | Moers Königlicher Hof - DU-Oestrum - Rheinhausen - Hochfeld - city center - DU-Hbf east entrance |
929 | Duisburg central station east entrance - DU-Ruhrort Friedrichsplatz - DU-Homberg - Moers - Neukirchen-Vluyn Südring (further as line 29 to Venlo (NL) MO-FR 3 ×, SA 2 × a day) |
Status: December 2019 |
line | Line route |
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SL 40 | Lüttingen - Xanten Bf - Hochbruch |
SL 42 | Xanten - Wardt - Vynen - Marienbaum - Obermörmter - Kalkar |
SL 42A | Appeldorn - Kehrum - Hönnepel - Niedermörmter - Appeldorn |
SW 1 | Weeze Bf - Airport - Wemb |
Status: December 2018 |
line | Line route |
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BAL | Alps - Bönninghardt - Veen - Xanten |
BEM | Emmerich Bf - Leegmeer - industrial area |
BHL | Hamminkeln - Wertherbruch - Bocholt |
BHM | More - Mehrhoog - Hamminkeln |
BKR | Kranenburg - Düffel - Zyfflich |
BKT | Twisteden - Bahnhof - Kevelaer Nord |
BRB | Wallach - Borth - Ossenberg - Millingen - Rheinberg - Budberg - Orsoy |
BSO | Veen - Sonsbeck - Labbeck - Xanten |
BUE | Uedem - Kirsel - Keppelen - Uedem - Uedemerbruch - Labbeck |
BHB | Hamminkeln - Brünen - Marienthal - Havelich - Brünen |
BKA 1 | Kalkar - Wissel - Grieth |
BKA 2 | Kalkar - Hönnepel - Niedermörmter - Appeldorn |
BKA 3 | Kalkar - Kehrum - Neulouisendorf |
BKA 4 | Kalkar middle |
Status: December 2018 |
line | Line route |
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AST Goch | Goch - Asperden - Nierswalde - Kessel - Hassum - Hommersum |
AST Hamminkel 1 | Hamminkeln - Hülshorst - Mehrhoog |
AST Hamminkel2 | Hamminkeln - Brünen - sub-base - Marienthal - Havelich - Nordbrock |
AST Hamminkel 3 | Hamminkeln - Loikum - Wertherbruch |
AST Hamminkel 4 | Hamminkeln - Ringenberg - Dingden |
AST Kalkar1 | Kalkar - Louisendorf - Pfalzdorf - Goch |
AST Kalkar2 | Kalkar - Till - Wissel - Grieth |
AST Kalkar3 | Kalkar - Niedermörmter - Rees - Appeldorn - Kehrum - Neulouisendorf |
T57 Kleve | Kleve Bf - Big Market - Schwanenburg |
AST Kleve1 | Kleve - Materborn - Reichswalde - Nierswalde |
AST Kleve2 | Kleve - Pfalzdorf - Bedburg - Hau |
AST Kleve3 | Kleve - Griethausen - Brienen |
AST Kleve5 | Kleve - Cattle - Düffelward - Keeken - Bimmen |
AST Kranenburg | Kleve - Donsbrüggen - Nütterden - Frasselt - Kranenburg - Wyler |
AST Wesel 1 | Wesel - Lackhausen - Blumenkamp |
AST Wesel2 | Wesel - Up to now |
Status: December 2018 |
subsidiary company
- Look bus trips , Kleve
- VSN Verkehr und Service am Niederrhein , Moers
- UTG handling and transport company
literature
- Dieter Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany, Volume 9 Niederrhein without Duisburg EK-Verlag, Freiburg i.Br. 2004, ISBN 3-88255-390-1 .
Web links
- NIAG website
- VSN website - Verkehr und Service am Niederrhein
- Look website bus travel
- modellbahnboerse.org The tram in the old district of Moers
- modellbahnboerse.org The trolleybus (trolleybus) in Moers
Individual evidence
- ↑ General figures NIAG online (accessed April 12, 2019)
- ↑ organs NIAG online (accessed on April 12, 2019)
- ↑ General figures NIAG online (accessed April 12, 2019)
- ↑ Bus & Bahn NIAG online (accessed April 12, 2019)
- ↑ Numbers Eisenbahn NIAG online (accessed on April 12, 2019)
- ↑ Bus & Bahn NIAG online (accessed April 12, 2019)
- ↑ Eisenbahn NIAG online (accessed April 12, 2019)
- ↑ Bus & Bahn NIAG online (accessed April 12, 2019)
- ↑ Port of NIAG online (accessed April 12, 2019)
- ↑ Logistics Infrastructure NIAG online (accessed April 12, 2019)
- ↑ http://www.mec-du.de/resources/Bhf+Rheinhausen+Umfeld+mit+Strassenbahn.jpg Photo of the Rheinhausen (Friemersheim) train station with tram
- ↑ Source: Extra-Tipp am Sonntag of January 31, 2010, p. 16, KR / KE, ERK2-4-5 (publisher's special page), Verlag City- Werbungblatt Krefeld GmbH, extra-tipp-krefeld.de
- ↑ Excursions with the Schluff nostalgia train , www.niag-online archive, accessed on April 12, 2019.