Kapfenberg trolleybus

Contact line network 1997

		Apple Moar Loop 1
		Schirmitzbühel Pötschachgasse
		Schirmitzbühel place
		Schirmitzbühel Wegmacher
		Kapfenberg Hafendorf
		Kapfenberg Töllergraben
		Kapfenberg Frauenriegel
		ÖBB
		depot
		Kapfenberg Plant VI 2
		Kapfenberg University of Applied Sciences
		Kapfenberg Auenwiese
		Kapfenberg driving school

		Kapfenberg Walfersam

		Kapfenberg single home
		Kapfenberg Stadium
		Kapfenberg Europaplatz

		ÖBB
		Kapfenberg Hospital
		Kapfenberg Boehler
		Kapfenberg room hut
		Kapfenberg Redfeld 2
		Mürz

		Kapfenberg Lindenplatz
		Kapfenberg Koloman-Wallisch-Platz

		Mürz

		Kapfenberg Mürzbogen
		ÖBB
		Kapfenberg mortar

		Kapfenberg Diemlach
		Kapfenberg Interspar
		Bruck an der Mur Berndorf
		Bruck an der Mur Commercial Academy
		Bruck an der Mur paper mill
		Bruck an der Mur Minoritenplatz

		Bruck an der Mur Herzog-Ernst-Gasse
		Bruck on the Mur Roseggerstrasse

		Bruck an der Mur Koloman-Wallisch-Platz
		Bruck on Mur Theodor-Körner-Strasse
		Bruck an der Mur district authority
		Bruck an der Mur Forest School 1

The Kapfenberg trolleybus is a former trolleybus operator in Austria . It existed from October 20, 1944 to March 25, 2002 and connected the city of Kapfenberg with the neighboring city of Bruck an der Mur . The operator was the Mürz Valley Transport Company (MVG).

history

In addition to a main line 1 connecting the cities (from autumn 2001 line 10) there were two side branches in Kapfenberg that were served by line 2 (from autumn 2001 line 20). Originally, the MVG did not use line numbers at all; these were only introduced on June 2, 1996. A special feature of the Kapfenberg company was the use of duo buses and the scheduled operation of a section of the route in Redfeld with the auxiliary drive . As a further specialty, the conductors' operation in Kapfenberg was only given up on July 3, 1995, and thus comparatively late in comparison to other cities. There was a flow of passengers from the rear, where the conductors' seat was, to the front.

After a 20-year absence, the trolleybuses returned to the Redfeld line in 1983

Despite some route extensions in the 1980s, the decline of the Kapfenberg trolleybus began in the 1990s. In the last few years, electrical operation has only taken place to a very limited extent. Because the MVG no longer had enough trolleybuses, from 1996 there were only four trolleybuses and four duo buses in stock, in the last few years before the shutdown, more and more diesel buses had to run in mixed operation . In addition, the duo buses also mostly ran in diesel mode.

As early as 1991, the trolleybus operation was completely stopped on Saturdays from 3 p.m. and only resumed on Monday morning. The reason for this was the deviating route layout on weekends, which could not be achieved with the existing catenary infrastructure.

The imminent four-lane expansion of the federal highway between the two cities and the line changeover carried out in the summer of 2002 ultimately led to the closure of operations. Both measures would have required extensive modifications to the overhead line. Another problem was the outdated and worn overhead line infrastructure. After the setting, the overhead line was dismantled and the dismantling was completed in early November 2002. Only in the depot did the catenary remain until at least 2007.

vehicles

Over the years, the MVG procured 57 trolleybuses of various types (plus trailers ), including numerous used vehicles from other Austrian companies and from the Federal Republic of Germany from 1959 onwards . Usually it was a small series, the resulting variety of types was characteristic of the Kapfenberg trolleybus. Only 20 cars came to MVG as new vehicles. In 1969 the first articulated wagons arrived in Mürz Valley, in 1986 the first trolleybus with auxiliary drive and in 1990 the first duo bus. Two more solo cars from Graz and Salzburg were on loan from MVG between 1944 and 1945/47. Seven trolleybuses , including four from Vienna, two from Sankt Lambrecht and one from the Kaiserslautern trolleybus , were never used, but only served as a spare part dispenser for similar sister vehicles .

Henschel HS 160 OSL number 35, here in Bruck in 1983, previously ran in Aachen and Bielefeld

From 1996 onwards, the company handed over trolleybuses that were no longer needed to Salzburg, Romania and Serbia . Only the four duo buses were converted to pure diesel buses on the occasion of the cessation of operations and continued to run on their traditional routes for a few years after 2002. The following table lists all MVG trolleybuses sorted by type or the year of commissioning (column "Inb."), The column "Ausm." Indicates the year of retirement:

	Manufacturer	Electrics	Model	Type	Art	Inb.	origin	Extent	Whereabouts
18th	Vetra / Scemia	?	1941	CS 60	solo	1944	Salzburg 114	1948	Nice
19th	Vetra / Scemia	?	1941	CS 60	solo	1944	Salzburg 117	1948	Nice
10	Henschel / Schumann	?	1943	C.	solo	1944	New	1966	scrapped
11	Henschel / Schumann	?	1944	C.	solo	1944	New	1967	scrapped
12	Henschel / Schumann	?	1944	C.	solo	1944	New	1959	scrapped
13	Henschel / Schumann	?	1944	C.	solo	1949	New	1958	scrapped
14th	Fiat	Marelli	1940	656F / 577	solo	1947	Turin 136	1963	scrapped
15th	Fiat	Marelli	1940	656F / 577	solo	1947	Turin 137	1961	scrapped
16	Fiat / Breda	Varesina	1940	672F / 101	solo	1947	Milan 647	1969	scrapped
17th	Fiat / Breda	Varesina	1940	672F / 101	solo	1953	Milan 689	1966	scrapped
20th	Graf & Stift	BBC	1949	EO 1	solo	1949	New	1968	scrapped
21st	Graf & Stift	BBC	1949	EO 1	solo	1949	New	1967	scrapped
22nd	Graf & Stift	BBC	1949	EO 1	solo	1949	New	1968	scrapped
18th	Alfa Romeo / Lohner	TIBB	1940	110 AF	solo	1957	St. Lambrecht 2	1967	scrapped
30th	Henschel / Lohner	SSW	1944	B.	solo	1959	Vienna 395	1968	scrapped
31	Henschel / Lohner	SSW	1944	B.	solo	1959	Vienna 393	1967	scrapped
32	Henschel / Lohner	SSW	1944	B.	solo	1960	Vienna 397	1968	scrapped
33	Henschel / Lohner	SSW	1944	B.	solo	1962	Vienna 390	1968	scrapped
34	Henschel / Lohner	SSW	1944	B.	solo	1960	Vienna 391	1970	scrapped
35	Henschel / Lohner	SSW	1944	B.	solo	1964	Vienna 392	1969	scrapped
19th	Uerdingen / Henschel	AEG	1953	ÜHIIIs	solo	1965	Krefeld 503	1972	scrapped
23	MAN / Kässbohrer	SSW	1952	MKE 2	solo	1967	Mainz 5	1970	scrapped
24	MAN / Kässbohrer	SSW	1952	MKE 2	solo	1966	Mainz 6	1970	scrapped
25th	MAN / Kässbohrer	SSW	1952	MKE 2	solo	1965	Mainz 7	1971	scrapped
10	Graf & Stift	Box	1967	OE 100/54	solo	1967	New	1989	Historama
11	Graf & Stift	Box	1968	OE 100/54	solo	1968	New	1987	scrapped
12	Graf & Stift	Box	1968	OE 100/54	solo	1968	New	1988	scrapped
26th	Henschel / Freudenau	SSW	1956	II-6500	solo	1968	Bielefeld 516	1972	scrapped
27	Henschel / Freudenau	SSW	1955	II-6500	solo	1967	Bielefeld 513	1978	scrapped
28	Henschel / Freudenau	SSW	1955	II-6500	solo	1968	Bielefeld 512	1974	scrapped
29	Henschel / Freudenau	SSW	1955	II-6500	solo	1968	Bielefeld 514	1969	scrapped
8th	Graf & Stift	Box	1962	GEO I	solo	1968	Leoben 8	1968	scrapped
30th	Büssing / Emmelmann	SSW / AEG	1963	president	joint	1969	Casting 23	1989	scrapped
31	Büssing / Emmelmann	SSW / AEG	1963	president	joint	1969	Casting 24	1990	Historama
34	Büssing / cousin	Box	1963	president	joint	1972	Frankfurt am main 87	1978	scrapped
32	Henschel	Box	1961	HS 160 OSL-G	joint	1970	Marburg 9	1989	scrapped
33	Henschel	Box	1961	HS 160 OSL-G	joint	1970	Marburg 10	1988	scrapped
35	Henschel	Kiepe / SSW	1961	HS 160 OSL-G	joint	1974	Aachen 28	1989	Pro trolleybus Salzburg
36	Henschel	Kiepe / SSW	1961	HS 160 OSL-G	joint	1974	Aachen 33	1982	scrapped
37	Henschel	Kiepe / SSW	1961	HS 160 OSL-G	joint	1975	Aachen 32	1981	scrapped
19th	Uerdingen / Büssing	Box	1960	ÜBIVs	solo	1971	Bonn 127	1979	scrapped
20th	Uerdingen / Büssing	Box	1960	ÜBIVs	solo	1972	Bonn 124	1979	scrapped
20th	Graf & Stift	Box	1977	GE 105/54/57 / A	joint	1977	New	1995	Mediaș 201
21st	Graf & Stift	Box	1978	GE 105 M 16	joint	1978	New	1995	Mediaș 206
22nd	Graf & Stift	Box	1979	GE 105 M 16	joint	1979	New	1995	Mediaș 200
23	Graf & Stift	Box	1980	GE 105 M 16	joint	1980	New	1996	Timișoara 23
24	Graf & Stift	Box	1981	GE 105 M 16	joint	1981	New	1995	Mediaș 208
15th	Graf & Stift	Box	1986	OE 112 M 11	Solo ^a	1986	New	2002	Belgrade 55
16	Graf & Stift	Box	1987	OE 112 M 11	Solo ^a	1987	New	2002	Belgrade 56
36	Graf & Stift	Box	1969	GE 105/54/54/1	joint	1988	Salzburg 151	1992	Historama
25th	Graf & Stift	Box	1989	GE 112 M 16	joint	1989	New	2002	Salzburg 220
12	Graf & Stift	Box	1975	OE 110/54 / A	solo	1989	Salzburg 113	1995	scrapped
30th	Mercedes Benz	AEG	1987	O 405 GTD	Joint ^b	1990	Rastatt O-Bahn	2002	Conversion to diesel bus
31	Mercedes Benz	AEG	1991	O 405 GTD	Joint ^b	1992	New	2002	Conversion to diesel bus
32	Mercedes Benz	AEG	1993	O 405 GTD	Joint ^b	1995	Potsdam 994	2002	Conversion to diesel bus
33	Mercedes Benz	AEG	1993	O 405 GTD	Joint ^b	1995	Potsdam 993	2002	Conversion to diesel bus
35	Gräf & Stift / MAN	Box	1995	NGT 204 M 16	Joint ^c	1996	New	2002	Salzburg 240
^a with auxiliary drive ^b Duo bus ^c low-floor