Regional traffic Bern – Solothurn
| Regional traffic Bern-Solothurn AG | |
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| Basic information | |
| Web presence | www.rbs.ch |
| Reference year | 2011 |
| Board | Kurt Fluri (Chairman of the Board of Directors) Andreas Flury (Vice-President) Christian Albrecht Beat Giauque Marius Grossrieder Ursula Meichle Severin Rangosch Hans Schatzmann |
| Employee | about 400 |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | almost 25 million per year |
| Mileage | 3.7 million km per year |
| Stops | Train: 30 Bus: 234 |
| Length of line network | |
| Railway lines | 67.6 km |
| Bus routes | 72.6 km |
| Operating facilities | |
| Track length | 53.9 km |
The regional transport Bern-Solothurn , abbreviated RBS , is a regional transport company in Switzerland . It operates four meter-gauge railway lines electrified with 1250 volts direct current in the cantons of Bern and Solothurn . All four are integrated into the Bern S-Bahn :
- Bern – Worblaufen – Unterzollikofen , 5.35 kilometers
- Worblaufen – Solothurn , 29.71 kilometers
- Worblaufen – Worb Dorf , 11.19 kilometers
- Bern – Worb Dorf , 9.86 kilometers
The RBS also includes one of four existing track systems in Switzerland that have a three- rail track . Some route sections and stations are equipped with the ZSL 90 .
In addition, the RBS also owns the meter-gauge, 9.68-kilometer railway line from Bern to Worb Dorf . It is closely linked to the Bern tram , was referred to as Line G until 2010 and is electrified with 600 volts direct current; Since December 2010, the RBS is no longer responsible for train traffic, but Bernmobil . The sister company of the RBS is the Busbetrieb Solothurn und Umgebung (BSU), which operates city and regional bus services in the Solothurn region . RBS and BSU share management. The shareholders are the federal government (31%), the cantons of Bern (35%) and Solothurn (8%), Bernese municipalities (3%), the city of Solothurn and Solothurn municipalities (1% each), Bernmobil (15%) and private individuals ( 6%).
In 2014, the RBS was certified according to ISO standards 9001 ( quality management standard ), ISO 14001 (environment) and 18001 ( Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series ).
history
The RBS was created on January 1, 1984 from the merger of the United Bern-Worb-Bahnen (VBW) and the Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern-Bahn (SZB) and is 94 percent owned by the federal government, the cantons and the neighboring communities .
In 1999, freight traffic between Zollikofen and Deisswil and in 2000 that between Solothurn and Fraubrunnen were transferred to SBB Cargo . This finally discontinued operation with roller stands at the end of 2003. Only the operation of the concrete works in Worblaufen and the Karton Deisswil AG with an SBB Bm 4/4 on the three-rail track Zollikofen – Worblaufen – Bolligen – Deisswil remained. The Deisswil cardboard factory ceased operations after the 2010 Easter holidays, which meant that goods handling was limited to trips to the Worblaufen concrete works. Since this effort could no longer be justified, SBB Cargo canceled the service point and thus freight traffic in Worblental was completely stopped in December 2012. The three-rail track system remains until the Worblaufen concrete works for business purposes (especially gravel transport).
The constant expansion and consolidation of the timetable has led to a strong increase in passengers. Around 18 million passengers are transported by rail every year.
RBS station in Bern
The RBS train station in Bern opened in 1965 and was originally designed for 16,000 people. Today, up to 60,000 people pass it every day. With the expansion of the 2014 timetable, today's RBS station has reached its capacity limit. This means that the RBS can then neither condense the timetable nor operate longer trains. Together with SBB and BLS, the RBS is pursuing the “Future Bern Railway Station” project in order to relieve the burden on Bern railway station.
Planned measures
As part of the “Zukunft Bahnhof Bern” project, over twenty modification and expansion options for the RBS station were developed and examined. The variant of a new RBS station under the existing SBB station was ultimately chosen. A four-track RBS station is planned, which will be located below tracks 2 to 7 of today's SBB station. The new station will consist of two large underground rooms with two tracks each and a 12-meter-wide central platform. The platform level with the RBS tracks should be around 17 meters below the SBB passages (main and west passages). The RBS distribution level is intended to guarantee access to long-distance and S-Bahn traffic and to the city.
The levels are to be connected to each other by escalators and lifts. A new, 700-meter-long, double-track tunnel is planned as access, which branches off from the existing RBS-Schanzentunnel. This new tunnel will largely run under the road and rail area. The RBS tunnel running under the Länggass quarter is abandoned. With the realization of the new station, the railway operations in today's RBS station will be given up. The space is thus free for other uses.
Construction of the new RBS station began in 2017, and the opening is planned for 2025.
Tram line 6
The former line G was transferred to Bernmobil with the timetable change in December 2010 , which linked it with its former line 5 to form the new line 6. Thus a tram diameter line from Bern Fischermätteli over the Bern station emerged after Worb. Because the existing nine trams of the RBS (Be 4/10) are not sufficient for this, some Combinos (Be 6/8) from Bernmobil had to be adapted to the requirements of the railway operation. For this purpose, they were equipped with train protection, train radio and signal whistles, among other things. The RBS drives its trams and tram drivers on behalf of Bernmobil, Bernmobil staff drives the Combinos and some services on the RBS-Be 4/10. There are no changes to the operation of the infrastructure.
Bus routes
In addition to the railway lines, the RBS operates ten bus routes in and around Bern and eleven other bus routes in the greater Lyss – Bucheggberg – Jegenstorf area. The numbering is coordinated with the Bern-Solothurn tariff association .
| line | route | comment |
|---|---|---|
| 33 | Ittigen Talgut - Altikofen - Worblaufen - Reichenbach - Bremgarten | Mon-Sat only |
| 34 | Unterzollikofen - Hirzenfeld | In the evening to Bern train station, instead of the S9 |
| 36 | Breitenrain - Worblaufen - Zollikofen - Münchenbuchsee | Mon – Fri evenings and Sat – Sun only Zollikofen - Münchenbuchsee |
| 38 | Schönbühl - Bäriswil - Mattstetten | Operated on two routes until 2009 during peak hours : Schönbühl - Bäriswil and Schönbühl - Dorniacker - Mattstetten |
| 40 | Kappelisacker - paper mill - Schosshalde - Egghölzli - Muri - Allmendingen / Sonnenfeld | |
| 41 | Zollikofen - Kappelisacker - Paper Mill - Breitenrain | Only rush hours and noon (Mon-Fri) |
| 43 | Ittigen train station - Kappelisacker - Ittigen train station | Local ring bus line, Mon – Sat |
| 44 | Bolligen - Ostermundigen - Gümligen | |
| 46 | Bolligen - Habstetten | |
| 47 | Bolligen - Mannenberg | |
| 48 | Paper mill - Kappelisacker - Lutertal - Habstetten - Bolligen train station | Evening courses instead of lines 40/43/46/47 |
| 362 | Lyss - Schnottwil | |
| 363 | Lyss - Grossaffoltern - Fairs | |
| 364, 367, 368 | Lyss local bus | Mon-Sat only |
| 871 | Messen - Jegenstorf | |
| 881 | Bätterkinden - Kräiligen - Lohn - Lüterkofen | Mon-Sat only |
| 883 | Messen - Limpach - Bätterkinden | Only Mon – Sat during rush hour |
| 884 | Bätterkinden - Utzenstorf - Koppigen | Only Mon – Sat during rush hour |
| 8/898 | Zollikofen - Büren a. A. - Solothurn |
vehicles
Line bus traffic
Multiple units / multiple units
- 14 Be 4/10 01–14 (2018–2019) Worbla , S7 Bern – Worb and S9 Bern – Unterzollikofen
- 14 RABe 4/12 21–26 (2009 / 2012–13) NExT , RE Bern – Solothurn
- RABe 4/12 27–34: Replica series
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11 ABe 4/12 62-72 (1991-1993), La Prima , Primeli ; RE Bern – Solothurn
- Be 4/8 62–64 (1993), extended to ABe 4/12 in 2002 by intermediate cars
- ABe 4/8 65–72 (1992), 1994/1995 extended to ABe 4/12 with intermediate cars, modernization from 2010
- Modernization / conversion to Be 4/12 70 and 72 (both 2010), 66 (2012), 62–65, 67–69 and 71 (all 2013); Seconda ; Lines S8, S9 and some additional S7 trains
- 2 (of 21) Be 4/8 56 and 57 (1974/1977-1978); Mandarinli ; Line S7
- extended to Be 4/12 by low-floor intermediate wagons B 41–56 (2001–2002); Be 4/8 44 2011/12 canceled, Be 4/8 41, 42, 45, 46, 48 canceled 2013, Be 4/8 49 2016/17 canceled, Be 4/12 47, 50-55, 58 2019 canceled, Be 4/12 59-61 2019 discarded and parked.
- 9 Be 4/8 81-89 (1987-1988); Muritram (Bernmobil line 6) 6
- 2010 Conversion to Be 4/10 (installation of a low-floor center section from Stadler)
- Bre 4/4 1001 (1916, remodeled 1959 and 1987); ex. Bre 4/4 1, ex. SZB CFe 4/4 11; Commuter pintli ; Last planned use until December 2009 Line S7 (morning peak)
Tractors
- Xm 1/2 152 (1990/2002); Tamping machine; Worblauf
- Xaf 2/2 153 (2006); Worblauf Depot 4
- Tm 2/2 162 (1932/1967, remodeling 1972/76); ex. SBB Tm 492 (Brünigbahn); Solothurn workshop
- XTmf 3/4 163 (2018) Plasser & Theurer, Electrical Service
- Tmf 2/2 165-166 (1996); Rail service
- Tmf 2/2 167-168 (2010) Schöma ("Max" and "Moritz"); Rail service
- Tmf 2/2 169 (2017) Schöma ("Emma"); Rail service
dare
- various company cars and roll stands
Museum car
Railcar
- CFe 4/4 1011 (1916)
- Conversion in 1956 to BDe 4/4 24; Restoration 1991 to CFe 4/4 11; "Hoschtet Schnägg"
- BDe 4/4 36 (1913; remodeled 1951); ex. WT CFe 4/4 101; 1988: Sale to Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn ; November 21, 2007: Return to the RBS network. The association Ds Blaue Bähnli and the RBS returned the railcar to VBW status within six and a half years and put it back into operation in August 2013 for the 100th anniversary of the Worblentalbahn.
Control and passenger cars
- C4 61 (1916); suitable for CFe 4/4 11 "Hoschtet Schnägg"
Discarded rolling stock
Railcar
- Be 4/8 44 ex VBW (1974): Discarded and canceled in 2011
- Be 4/8 41, 42, 45, 46 ex VBW; 48 ex SZB (1974): Discarded and canceled in 2013
- Be 4/8 49 ex SZB (1974): canceled in 2016/17
- Be 4/12 47 ex VBW (1974), 50-52 ex SZB (1974), 53-55, 58 ex SZB (1977) canceled in 2019 (including intermediate car from 2001/02)
- Be 4/4 3 ex SZB BCFe 4/4 3 (1929, remodeling 1955 and 1989): Discarded and broken off in 2005
- BDre 4/4 4 ex SZB ABFe 4/4 4 (1950, conversion 1981): Discarded in 2005 and broken off
- BDe 4/4 5 ex SZB BCFe 4/4 5 (1950): Discarded and canceled in 1995
- BDe 4/4 6 ex SZB BCFe 4/4 6 (1950, conversion 1981): Discarded in 2009 and handed over to the Tramverein Bern (TVB), which stores them in Aarberg
- BDre 4/4 21 to 23 ex SZB CFe 4/4 21 to 23 (1955, conversion 1983–1986): Discarded and broken off in 2005
- Be 4/4 74 ex VBW Be 4/4 43 (1961): 1997 sold to the Meiringen-Innertkirchen-Bahn ; 2007 demolition (return to the RBS as a historic railcar failed due to the high costs for asbestos removal)
Luggage railcar
- De 4/4 101 ex SZB Fe 4/4 35 (1961): discarded and canceled in 2011
- De 4/4 102 ex SZB Fe 4/4 36 (1965): Discarded and broken off in 2006
- De 4/4 103 (1975): Discarded and canceled in 2007
- De 4/4 105 ex VBW Fe 4/4 60 ex Ge 4/4 (1924, reconstruction 1959): Discarded and broken off in 1999
Locomotives
- Ge 4/4 111 (1927); for snow removal (line 6) stationed in Worb, since April 2019 in Worb Dorf and from November 2019 in Solothurn
- as Occasion 1957 by the Hagener streetcar taken (Germany), there on the narrow-gauge railway Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld was traveling
- Ge 4/4 112 (1927); for snow removal, drew in Solothurn since 2018
- as Occasion 1967 by the Hagener streetcar taken (Germany), there on the narrow-gauge railway Haspe-Voerde-Breckerfeld was traveling
- G (e) m 4/4 121 (1912); for catenary spraying (for frost protection), remedied in Solothurn since 2016
- According to 4/4 122 ex SZB Fe 4/4 33 ex 21 (1916): Discarded in 1996 and sold to La Traction
Tractors
- Xm 1/2 151 (1910, remodeled 1925/66); Tramremise Worb, delivered to the Czech Republic in 2018
- Tm 2/2 161 (1966/2002); ex. SBB Tm II 596 (Brünigbahn); Worbboden workshop, handed over to the Ballenberg steam train in 2017
Control car
- ABt 201–202, suitable for railcars 1 to 6 and 21 to 23; sold to LSE, today Zentralbahn ABt 931–932
- ABt 203-207, suitable for railcars 1 to 6 and 21 to 23; sold to Berner Oberland-Bahn (BOB) as ABt 411–415
- Bt 211 to 216 and 223, suitable for railcars 1 to 6 and 21 to 23: 211 and 213 sold to Bayerische Zugspitzbahn , set up for remote control of the Beh 4/4 309 ex BOB ABeh 4/4 309
- Bt 221 to 222 (1954); suitable for 1–6 / 21–23, after installation ZSL-90 only for Bre 4/4 1; until December 2009 line S7 (morning peak)
- Bt 232; Car body still present in Münsingen
Advertising vehicles
- Be 4/8 56
- 1997–2001: Swisscom (color: blue-white)
- Be 4/12 56
- 2001–2005: Valiant Bank (color: violet-white)
- Be 4/8 81
- 2001–2004: 1to1 (variant 1; color: white)
- 2004–2007: 1to1 (variant 2; color: white-blue-yellow)
- Be 4/8 89
- 2006–2008: Gerber AG, Münsingen (color: yellow-brown)
literature
- Claude Jeanmaire: The overland railways from Bern to Worb. History and rolling stock of two suburban lines in Bern. Publishing house for railway and tram literature, Basel 1971, ISBN 3-85649-011-6 .
- Peter Willen: Locomotives of Switzerland 2. Narrow-gauge locomotives. Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1972, OCLC 313719414 .
- Theo Stolz, Paul Bucher: Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern-Bahn. History and rolling stock . Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern-Bahn, Worblaufen 1979, DNB 890311986 .
- Fritz Bandi: The Swiss private railways. Volume II, Avanti Verlag, Neuchâtel 1979.
- Peter Scheidegger, Hans Wägli: Rail and bus connect town and country. The regional transport Bern – Solothurn introduces itself . RBS Regionalverkehr Bern – Solothurn, Worblaufen 2007.
- Jürg Aeschlimann: Regional Transport Bern – Solothurn; Part 1: lines G and W . Prellbock Druck & Verlag, Leissigen 1998, ISBN 3-907579-07-0 .
- Christian Siposs: Transparent addresses. without publisher, Jegenstorf 2007.
- Regional traffic Bern-Solothurn (Ed.): Rolling stock, vehicle descriptions and type sketches . Without publisher, Worblaufen 2009.
- Hans G. Wägli: Railway Profile Switzerland '05 . Diplory Verlag, Grafenried 2004, DNB 972778233 .
- Hans G. Wägli: Swiss rail network / Réseau ferré suisse - Rail profile Switzerland CH + / Le rail suisse en profile CH +. AS Verlag, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-909111-74-9 , DNB 1007410620
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chur – Domat / Ems, Niederbipp – Oberbipp, Zollikofen – Worblaufen – Deisswil, Wohlen – Bremgarten West, there is also a four-rail track Lucerne-Horw and various industrial companies have three-rail tracks in their siding
- ↑ The share capital of RBS ( Memento from January 7, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 7, 2016)
- ↑ RBS Annual Report 2012 ( Memento of December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), p. 12.
- ↑ New underground station is to replace the old RBS station , accessed on August 8, 2014
- ↑ We're building the future for you at Bern station - Zukunft Bahnhof Bern. Retrieved July 12, 2018 (UK English).
- ^ EA 12/2009 page 631
- ↑ Electric low-floor multiple unit , data sheet from Stadler