SWB bus and train

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Stadtwerke Bonn Verkehrs-GmbH (SWBV)
Logo SWB Bus und Bahn.svg
Basic information
Company headquarters Bonn
Web presence swb-busundbahn.de
owner Stadtwerke Bonn Beteiligungs-GmbH (SWBB)
Transport network VRS , VRM
Employee 2,300 (2017)
Lines
tram 3
Light rail 6th
bus 27
number of vehicles
Tram cars 24 low floor
Light rail car 75
Omnibuses 183 of
which 109 standard buses
and 74 articulated buses
statistics
Passengers 92 million per year (including SSB )
Mileage Buses 11.5
million km per year, railways 7.4 million km per year
Stops approx. 800 total of
which 64 light rail
and 500 with weather protection
Length of line network
Light rail lines 125.36 km
Bus routes 663 km
Operating facilities
Depots Friesdorf, Beuel, Dransdorf

The Stadtwerke Bonn Verkehrs-GmbH (SWBV) (SWB or SWBV) - also known as the SWB bus and train operates - is a municipal transport company in Bonn and the surrounding area. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stadtwerke Bonn through a holding company and participates in the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS).

SWB-V has several subsidiaries and holdings. In addition to a transport company (SWB Mobil) with lower wages, which is not bound by the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD), it is jointly with the Rhein-Sieg district owner of the electrical railways of the city of Bonn and the Rhein-Sieg district oHG (SSB) which she has been running since 2004. In addition, SWB-V is involved in Regionalverkehr Köln GmbH (RVK) and was in charge of the bus company Transdev SZ (formerly: SZ Verkehrsbetriebe) in northern Rhineland-Palatinate from 2004 to the beginning of 2019 . In the summer of 2005, Verkehrsbetriebe Westfalen-Süd AG (VWS) ( Siegen ) was also taken over, which was put up for sale in 2008.

General

SWB Bus und Bahn and the electric railways of the city of Bonn and the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (SSB) transport around 92 million passengers annually on a total of 48 bus routes, including six joint routes (537, 541, 550, 551, 640 and SB55) and ten night bus lines, plus six light rail lines and three tram lines in the Bonn city area, Siegburg and Bad Honnef. Today's uniform operation of six light rail , three tram and 48 bus lines goes back to a number of individual companies. Line 66 to Siegburg is operated by the Stadtwerke together with the electric railways of the city of Bonn and the Rhein-Sieg district (SSB, 50 percent subsidiary of SWB-V) and lines 16 and 18 together with the Cologne transport company (KVB) operated. The latter operate between Cologne and Bonn on the route network of the ports and goods traffic Cologne (HGK) according to railway regulations , which is why the SWB-V are also approved as a railway company .

Line sponsorship

In addition to the usual advertising on the vehicles, SWB pursues a concept of line sponsorship . Vehicles that carry full advertising by the sponsor are almost exclusively used on the sponsored lines . In addition, the name of the sponsor appears at all stops touched and in all timetables. One tram line, two bus lines and all nine night bus lines were sponsored up to December 14, 2008, with the vehicles of the night bus lines in normal regular service during the day. Currently only one night bus line is sponsored. The vehicles previously used on the sponsor lines are now running on regular scheduled services.

Line 5 on a postcard from 1904

Rail transport

tram

The rail network of the SWB consists of two overlapping parts: On the one hand there is a tram network with three lines that meet at the town hall, so that each branch is used by two lines. However, line 65 only runs in school traffic and as an entry and exit route for line 61 from / to the depot in Beuel. Only low-floor trams operate on the tram network , which enable level entry on slightly elevated curbs ( stop caps ). In 2004 almost two thirds of all stops were equipped accordingly.

SWB 9470 at the Pützstraße stop

Light rail

On the other hand, there is a light rail network , which the population also calls the underground . It is concentrated around a central tunnel and an underground junction at the main train station. During the day, 15-18 trains per hour and direction run in the tunnel. Another tunnel replaced the single-track through-road in Bad Godesberg in 1994 and extended the route by one station to the south to the town hall.

Bus routes

The bus network is star-shaped towards the bus station at the main train station . With the exception of four tangential lines and six lines in the Bad Godesberg district, all lines touch the main station. Most lines are served every 20 minutes during the day, with a 10-minute cycle being achieved on many routes by overlapping lines. RSVG and RVK lines that pass through Bonn usually run every 20 to 30 minutes. In the evening it is thinned out every 30 minutes.

Line numbers

Traditionally, the single-digit line numbers in Bonn were reserved for trams and the block of ten for the lines of the Bonn trolleybus . After the trolleybus operation ceased and Bad Godesberg was incorporated, the lines in Godesberg were instead given line numbers 10 and following. With the introduction of the VRS standard three-digit line numbers, all line numbers were preceded by the number 6 - corresponding to the number of the Bonn timetable area. The lowest line number was the 610. This scheme has since survived several network reforms, even if there was a brief 608 line.

In June 2008 the City Council of Bonn decided on a new bus concept that was introduced on December 14, 2008. New line numbers were assigned based on the changed routing and route records: The main lines are numbered 600 to 615 and 640 and the secondary lines are numbered 630 to 639. For the first time there is also a taxi bus service. If necessary, this is served by vehicles from local taxi companies. The main lines are grouped into pairs of lines, which are largely run in parallel and whose cycles should overlap, so that on many sections of the route there is a 10-minute cycle during the day and a 15-minute cycle in the evening and on the weekend. No secondary line runs through the main station, as these run as cross connections to the main lines. Through the 'Lead City Bonn' project, SWB Bus und Bahn are funded with 37.5 million euros. As a result, local public transport in the greater Bonn area will be condensed and optimized. Line 615 has been discontinued. It will now be replaced by line 639 and improvements in the bus network. On Saturdays the buses now also run every 20 minutes, on Sundays the 60-minute intervals will be shortened in the morning hours. In addition, the SWB now also operate the new 540 bus, which strengthens the 640 on weekdays. The RSVG and RVK also condense and optimize their lines significantly. The frequencies of the tram and light rail lines are also being compressed.

Lines of Stadtwerke Bonn:

line Route Cycle (Mon – Fri / Sat / Sun)
540 Bonn Hbf - Beuel Mitte - Schwarzrheindorf - Geislar - Meindorf - Menden - Sankt Augustin Zentrum
(joint license with RSVG)
20/20 / -
600 Ippendorf Altenheim - Venusberg - Südstadt - Bonn Hbf - Castell - Graurheindorf - Hafen - Kranenweg 20/20/30
601 Venusberg University Hospital - Poppelsdorf - Bonn Hbf - Castell - Auerberg - Tannenbusch Mitte - Agnetendorfer Straße 10-20 / 20/30
602 (Venusberg Uniklinikum -) Waldau - Ippendorf - Poppelsdorf - Bonn Hbf - Stadthaus - Nordstadt - Tannenbusch Mitte - Agnetendorfer Straße 10-20 / 20/30
603 Röttgen - Ippendorf - Poppelsdorf - Bonn main station - Konrad-Adenauer-Platz - Beuel Ost - Neu Vilich - Alte Schulstrasse 20/20/30
604 Ückesdorf - Lengsdorf - Endenich - Bonn Hbf - Stadthaus - Nordstadt - Kopenhagener Straße - Buschdorf - Hersel 20/20/30
605 Duisdorf Bf - Duisdorf Mitte - Lengsdorf - Endenich - Bonn Hbf - Stadthaus - Nordstadt - Kopenhagener Straße - Graurheindorf - Mondorfer Ferry 20/20/30
606 Malteser Hospital - Medinghoven - Duisdorf Bf - Duisdorf Mitte - Endenich - Bonn Hbf - Beuel Hospital - Limperich - Ramersdorf 20/20/30
607 Malteser Hospital - Medinghoven - Duisdorf Bf - Duisdorf Mitte - Endenich - Bonn Hbf - Beuel Mitte - Beuel Bf - Limperich - Ramersdorf 20/20/30
608 Hardthöhe Südwache - Brüser Berg - Finkenhof - Duisdorf Mitte - Endenich - Bonn Hbf - Beuel Mitte - Beuel Ost - Pützchen - Bechlinghoven - Kohlkaul - Gielgen 20/20/30
609 Hardthöhe Südwache - Brüser Berg - Duisdorf Mitte - Endenich - Bonn Hbf - Beuel Mitte - Beuel Ost - Pützchen - Bechlinghoven - Finkenweg - Holzlar - Gielgen 20/20/30
610 Duisdorf Bf - Lessenich - Dransdorf - Endenich Nord Bf - Endenich - Bonn Hbf - UN-Campus Bf - Heussallee - Gronau - Plittersdorf - Bad Godesberg Bf / Rheinallee - Rüngsdorf - Mehlem Bf - Mehlem Ort - Giselherstrasse 10-20 / 20/30
611 Lessenich Sports Ground - Lessenich - Meßdorf - Dransdorf - Endenich Nord Bf - Endeich - Bonn Hbf - UN Campus Bf - Heussallee - Gronau - Plittersdorf - Bad Godesberg Bf / Rheinallee - Bad Godesberg Mitte - Muffendorf - Heiderhof 20/20/30
612 Hindenburgplatz - Dottendorf - Friesdorf - Bad Godesberg Mitte - Pennenfeld - Lannesdorf - Mehlem ferry 20/20/30
613 Heiderhof - Muffendorf - Bad Godesberg Mitte - Bad Godesberg Bf / Rheinallee - Rüngsdorf - Mehlem Bf - Mehlem Ort - Giselherstrasse 20/20/30
614 (Hindenburgplatz - Dottendorf -) Koblenzer Straße - Stadthalle - Pennenfeld - Mehlem Bf - Lannesdorf - Giselherstraße - Im Rosenberg 20/20/30
630 Agnetendorfer Straße - Buschdorf - Tannenbusch Mitte - Dransdorf - Lessenich - Duisdorf Bf - Medinghoven - Brüser Berg - Ückesdorf - Ippendorf - Venusberg Uniklinikum (- Kessenich - Hindenburgplatz - Heussallee - Gronau) 15-30 / 30/60
631 Agnetendorfer Strasse - Tannenbusch Mitte - Dransdorf - Endenich Nord Bf - Poppelsdorf - Kessenich - Dottendorf - Friesdorf - Robert-Schuman-Platz 30/30/60
632 Venusberg University Hospital - Poppelsdorf - Endenich - Nordstadt - Chlodwigplatz - Beuel Hospital - Beuel Bf 30/30/60
633 Duisdorf Bf - Alfter - Roisdorf Bf - Bornheim - Sechtem Bf 30/30 / -
635 Ramersdorf - Küdinghoven - Pützchen - Holzlar - Hangelar Ost 30/60 / -
636 Beuel Mitte - Beuel Bf - Küdinghoven - Ramersdorf - Holtorf - Gielgen - Hangelar Ost 30/60/60
637 Bad Godesberg train station / Rheinallee - Muffendorf - Miramonti - Bad Godesberg train station / Rheinallee 30/60/120
638 Robert-Schuman-Platz - Plittersdorf - Bad Godesberg Bf / Rheinallee - Bad Godesberg center - Schweinheim - Protestant hospital 30/30/60
639 Evangelical Hospital - Schweinheim - Bad Godesberg Mitte - Bad Godesberg Bf / Löbestraße 30/30/60
640 Bonn Hbf - Beuel Mitte - Schwarzrheindorf - Geislar - Meindorf - Menden - Mülldorf - Siegburg Bf
(joint license with RSVG)
20/20/30
680 Lessenich sports field - Duisdorf train station - Gielsdorf
(RVK minibus line)
30/60 / -
SB60 Bonn Hbf - Cologne / Bonn Airport 30/30 / 30-60
SB69 Bonn Hbf - Endeich - Brüser Berg - Hardthöhe Südwache only HVZ 20 / - / -

RSVG lines in Bonn:

line Route Cycle (Mon – Fri / Sat / Sun)
516 Vilich-Müldorf Church - Pützchen - Holzlar - Hoholz - Rott - Hennef Bf 30/60/120
529 Bonn Hbf - Beuel Hospital - Beuel Bf - Pützchen / Bechlinghoven - Sankt Augustin Center - Buisdorf - Hennef Bf 30/30/60
537 Bonn Hbf - Beuel Hospital - Beuel Bf - Pützchen Süd - Vinxel - Stieldorf (- Thomasberg) - Oberpleis Bbf 30/30/60
550 Bonn Hbf - Chlodwigplatz - Ministry of the Interior - Niederkassel - Mondorf - Rheidt - Ranzel - Köln-Wahn station 20/20/30
551 Bonn Hbf - Konrad-Adenauer-Platz - Bergheim - Eschmar - Sieglar - Troisdorf station 20/20/30
552 At the new Lindenhof - Josephinum - Sieglar RSVG only on school days in peak hours, 30 / - / -
SB55 Bonn Hbf - Beuel Mitte - Niederkassel - Mondorf - Rheidt - Ranzel - Lülsdorf Nord - Cologne-Zündorf - Cologne-Wahn station 10-20 / 30/30

RVK lines in Bonn:

line Route Cycle (Mon – Fri / Sat / Sun)
800 Bonn main station - Endeich - Duisdorf center - Duisdorf train station - Witterschlick - Volmershoven - Lüftelberg - Rheinbach 60/60/120
812 Volmershoven - Witterschlick Bf - Brüser Berg 60/60/60 (sa / sun taxi bus )
817 Posener Weg - Tannenbusch Mitte - Roisdorf Bf - Brenig - Heimerzheim Fronhof - Rheinbach Bf 30/60/60
843 Alfter Hertersplatz - Alfter Impekoven - Duisdorf Bf - Duisdorf Mitte - Brüser Berg - Ückesdorf - Merl - Meckenheim industrial park 30/60/60
845 Bonn main station - Endeich - Duisdorf center - Duisdorf train station - Buschhoven - Morenhoven - Heimerzheim Fronhof 30/30/60
855 Bad Godesberg Rheinufer - Bad Godesberg Bf / Rheinallee - Villip - Merl - Meckenheim Bf 30/30/60
856 Bad Godesberg Bf / Löbestraße - Mehlem Bf - Ließem - Gimmersdorf - Berkum EKZ - Werthhoven - Oedingen Wendeschleife 30/30/60
857 Bad Godesberg Bf / Löbestraße - Mehlem Bf - Niederbachem - Berkum EKZ - Adendorf - Meckenheim Bf 30/30/60

Taxi buses:

line course Cycle (Mon – Fri / Sat / Sun)
T650 Poppelsdorfer Allee - Lotharstrasse 60/60 / -
T651 Röttgen - Ückesdorf 60/60 / -
T652 Bad Godesberg train station / Rheinallee - Kapellenweg 60/60 / -
T883 Endeich Nord Bf - Roisdorf Bf (RVK line) 30–60 / 60 / -

Subcontractors

In addition to their own buses, vehicles from subcontractors are also used on almost all SWB lines . There has been a strong concentration here in recent years, so that these services are now provided exclusively by RegioBus Rheinland (RBR), a subsidiary of RVK .

In addition, vehicles and personnel from the SWB subsidiary SWB mobil are used, which, however, do not differ from “normal” SWB vehicles from a passenger perspective. From a business point of view, the decisive difference is that a different collective agreement applies to employees of SWB mobil than to employees of SWB Bus und Bahn .

Night buses

The night bus network consists of ten lines, N1 to N10, which depart from the main station on circular routes, as well as lines 66, 550 and 640. There are three to four departures every hour during the week, and five on Fridays and Saturdays, always at minute 35 at the main train station. As a special feature, all night bus routes were sponsored by companies based in Bonn until December 14, 2008. On December 13, 2015, the routes of the night bus routes were shortened and optimized.

List of night bus routes in Bonn :

line Route
N1 Bonn Hbf - Nordstadt - Auerberg - Buschdorf - Tannenbusch - Nordstadt - Bonn Hbf
N2 Bonn main station - Endenich - Duisdorf - Medinghoven - Brüser Berg - Lengsdorf - Bonn main station
N3 Bonn main station - Südstadt - Kessenich - Dottendorf - Bad Godesberg station - Plittersdorf - Friesdorf - Dottendorf - Kessenich - Südstadt - Bonn main station
N4 Bonn Hbf - Beuel - Neu Vilich - Pützchen - Kohlkaul - Gielgen - Holtorf - Beuel - Bonn Hbf
N5 Bonn main station - Poppelsdorf - Venusberg - Ippendorf - Röttgen - Ückesdorf - Ippendorf - Poppelsdorf - Bonn main station
N6 Bonn Hbf - Südstadt - Lengsdorf - Brüser Berg - Duisdorf - Endenich - Südstadt - Bonn Hbf
N7 Bonn main station - Hochkreuz - Bad Godesberg middle - Pennenfeld - Lannesdorf - Mehlem - Rüngsdorf - Bad Godesberg station - Hochkreuz - Bonn main station
N8 Bonn Hbf - Beuel Süd - Oberkassel - Ramersdorf - Küdinghoven - Beuel - Bonn Hbf
N9 Bonn Hbf - Endeich Nord - Dransdorf - Lessenich - Duisdorf - Alfter-Impekoven - Oedekoven - Alfter (Stadtbahn) - Dransdorf - Bonn Hbf
N10 Bonn main station - Kaiserstraße - Rheinaue - Plittersdorf - Bad Godesberg train station - Heiderhof - Bad Godesberg center - Hochkreuz - Kaiserstraße - Bonn main station

history

Horse tram

The first railways in Bonn opened on April 19, 1891 as a horse-drawn tram . The railway was built by Havestadt, Contag & Cie. , with which the city of Bonn had signed a contract on August 22nd and 25th, 1890. The operator of the railway was the AG Rheinische-Westfälische Bahngesellschaft , which was founded on November 19, 1889 by the government builder Christian Havestadt and several banks in Berlin. In Bonn, she was also in 1891 by Havestadt & Contag built half Villa Coblenzerstraße 212 (now Adenauer Allee 212 home).

The company Havestadt, Contag & Cie. initially opened two lines. The first led from the intersection of Koblenzer Straße / Reuterstraße (today Bundeskanzlerplatz ) to the market , drove on the way there via Münsterplatz and Poststraße to the train station and from there to Poppelsdorf . The opposite direction led from the train station through Wesselstrasse back to the market . The second line led from the market to Wilhelmsplatz .

In the next few years the network was expanded as follows:

Opening date route
1891 Wilhelmsplatz - Kölnstrasse - Heerstrasse
1896-1907 Crossing Coblenzer Strasse / Reuterstrasse - Rheinweg - Pützstrasse in Kessenich

After the routes were sold to the AG Rheinische-Westfälische Bahngesellschaft on October 27, 1899 , the horse-drawn tram was only extended for the last time in 1903 . It was extended from Poppelsdorfer Allee to Jagdweg in Endenich .

With a contract dated October 15 and 17, 1904, the horse trams became the property of the city of Bonn. The city closed the horse-drawn trams as follows:

Shutdown date route
June 29, 1906 Ellerstrasse - market
September 28, 1906 Koblenzer Strasse - Market
October 3, 1907 Poppelsdorfer Allee - Endenich
October 3, 1907 Poppelsdorf - market
November 24, 1909 Pützstrasse - Koblenzer Strasse

Except for the latter, all horse-drawn trams have been converted into electric trams. The horse tram depots were next to the Villa Loeschigk , today's Palais Schaumburg.

Maiden voyage of the first electric train on the Bonn-Godesberg-Mehlem line on July 24, 1911

Tram Bonn – Godesberg – Mehlem

Main article: Tram Bonn – Godesberg – Mehlem

Initially as a steam train, the Bonn – Godesberg – Mehlem tram (BGM) connected Bonn, Godesberg and Mehlem from 1892. The line to Bad Godesberg is now a light rail line, the section between Bad Godesberg and Mehlem was closed in 1976.

Railways of the city of Bonn

Parallel to the horse-drawn trams operated by Havestadt, Contag & Cie. the city implemented its own plans to build a tram. After a Rhine bridge from Bonn to Beuel was completed in 1898 with funds from Bonn's citizenship , Havestadt, Contag & Cie. the desire to use the bridge with the horse-drawn trams. This was rejected by the city of Bonn. On March 11, 1898, the city received a concession from the railway administration in Cologne to build and operate a meter- gauge small railway .

Electric train between Bonn and Beuel (1902)

On May 21, 1902, the 2.8 kilometer long tram built by Siemens & Schuckert went into operation between the train stations in Bonn and Beuel.

After the horse and steam railways had passed into the ownership of the city on October 15 and 17, 1904, it was decided on December 7, 1905 to electrify the horse-drawn railway line and re- gauge it to standard gauge . In the next few years the following changes and new buildings took place:

Opening date route
September 15, 1906 Friedrichplatz - Sternstrasse - Markt - Stockenstrasse - Koblenzer Tor - Koblenzer Strasse - Weberstrasse
September 29, 1906 Weberstraße - Siebengebirgsstraße in Gronau  - Gronauer Stadthalle
March 1, 1907 Railway station - Poppelsdorf
December 6, 1907 Train station - Bonner Talweg - Moltkestraße - Argelanderstraße  - Venusberg
August 28, 1908 Rheindorf - Rheindorfer Strasse - Herpenstrasse in Grau-Rheindorf
August 14, 1915 Kessenich - Dottendorf
September 1915 Friedensplatz - Bornheimer Straße - Victoria Bridge  - Beethovenplatz

Up until 1936, the networks in the city center of Bonn were separate. On March 7, 1905, the management of the Reichsbahn refused to allow the crossing of the horse-drawn railway with the tracks of the Reichsbahn for electrical operation. Only the exchange of unoccupied cars was permitted.

During the Second World War , the railway suffered considerable damage to its vehicle fleet and route network. After operations had to be stopped several times and in sections, operations were completely stopped in January 1945. By October 1, 1946, the network was back in operation, apart from a few smaller sections. Among other things, the route to the Venusberg was not resumed because this part of the city was inhabited by the Allied occupation forces.

On August 28, 1949, the section between Koblenzer Straße and Gronau was converted to bus operation. It was important to the members of the federal government that they could move their cars unhindered in the government district without having to worry about the tram.

Düwag articulated trolley on line 2

After the restoration of the Rhine bridge, Beuel could be reached again by tram from November 12, 1949. After the two lines from the train station to Poppelsdorf and from Endenich to Rheindorfer Strasse were closed for financial reasons on October 4, 1953 , Bonn only had three tram lines. On April 3, 1955, the routes from Venusberg and Endenich to the train station fell victim to the same reasons. Thus there was only line 1 from Dottendorf to Rheindorf and line 2 from Dottendorf to Beuel.

On November 1, 1966, line 1 was relocated as part of the construction of the new motorway . Another change took place in September 1974 when both lines were relocated from the city center due to the establishment of the pedestrian zone . In 1976, the federal government tried again to make the tram, which it considered annoying and superfluous, disappear from the cityscape, but it did not succeed, partly due to popular resistance.

On August 19, 1994, the new line from Graurheindorf to Auerberg was put into operation. Because the new terminus no turning loop has any old (at that time were setup -) tramcar retired and ( bi-directional -) replaced low-floor trams.

Cologne-Bonner Eisenbahnen AG

In a joint service with the Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe (KVB), Stadtwerke Bonn has been operating two light rail lines according to railway regulations (EBO) on the network of the Cologne-Bonn Railways (KBE) and its successor HGK between Bonn and Cologne since 1978 .

Traveling exhibition of the historical association SWB in an MB O 405

Historical association SWB

Since February 2006, the association founded and supported by employees of SWB has been committed to imparting knowledge about 120 years of historical development in Bonn's local transport. The association appears in public with information events, exhibitions and the preservation of historical vehicles and equipment. The oldest surviving standard bus from Bonn, still painted in green , is a Mercedes-Benz O 305 , which the association bought and restored in 2009. It has been used for special trips and rented out since 2014.

Web links

Commons : Trams in Bonn  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. SWB bus and train in the VRM - SWB bus and train - Stadtwerke-Bonn. Retrieved January 13, 2019 .
  2. www.bahninfo.de - SWB sell VWS. Retrieved January 13, 2019 .
  3. today Heussallee