City trams Bern
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Bern |
| Reference year | 1920 |
| owner | City of Bern |
| founding | 1900 |
| resolution | 1947 |
| Employee | 402 |
| sales | 0.126 million SFr. |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1000 mm ( meter gauge ) |
| tram | 4th |
| Tram car | 63 |
| statistics | |
| Mileage | 2.38 million km per year |
| Stops | 70 |
| Tram lines | 14.6 km |
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The Bern urban trams , or SSB for short , was the name of the municipal service department of the Swiss federal city of Bern , which was responsible for trams and trolleybuses , from 1900 to 1947 .
history
In 1890, the Berner Tramway Company opened the first tram route Bärengraben – Bahnhof – Friedhof with compressed air-powered vehicles, and in 1894 a second route, Länggasse – Bahnhof – Grosswabern, was added, operated as a steam tram . On January 1, 1900, the municipal trams of Bern bought back the Bern Tramway Company (BTG), which was organized under private law . The purchase was decided by a referendum , which also included the conversion to electrical operation, so that in 1901 the steam tram and in 1902 the air tram were converted to electrical operation. As early as July of the same year, electric trams were running on the Breitenrain – Zeitglocken – Burgernziel network expansion, and in 1908 the railway station – Brückfeld line was added.
In 1902 over 6 million passengers were counted for the first time and in 1909 over 10 million passengers. In 1912 the lines were re-linked, but in the same year a new numbering of the lines was added. With this version, the individual lines for the outward and return journey were given different numbers. The system was abolished, but was the reason why there were no even line numbers in Bern until 2010. The rolling stock was increased for the 1914 Swiss National Exhibition in Bern.
With the opening of the route to Fischermätteli in 1923, the route network was again extended. In 1930, after the reconstruction of Bubenbergplatz, a new network plan with 12 lines was created - there should never be that many lines in the later plans. The route network reached a length of 18.2 km in 1932, which was the largest expansion of the tram network in Bern for a long time.
From 1940, the Bern urban trams also operated trolleybuses , the first line ran from Bärengraben to Schosshalde and was extended to the main train station in 1941, replacing line 1 of the tram.
On September 1, 1947, the city merged the Bern city trams with the Bern city bus (SOB) and renamed it Bern City Transport Company (SVB).
| line | route | comment |
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| I. | Bärengraben - train station - cemetery | Originally the Louis Mékarski compressed air tram , taken over by BTG, electrified in 1901 |
| II | Länggasse –Bahnhof – Grosswabern | originally a steam tram , taken over by BTG, electrified in 1901 |
| III | Breitenrain - Zytglogge - castle destination | opened in 1901, electrical operation |
| IV | Bahnhof – Brückfeld | opened in 1908, electrical operation |
| line | route | comment |
|---|---|---|
| A. | Bärengraben - train station - cemetery | as until now |
| B. | Morillon – Papiermühlestrasse | |
| C. | Länggasse – Burgernziel | |
| D. | Wabern – Brückfeld |
literature
Claude Jeanmaire: The trams of Bern and Thun. Archive No. 5, Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen AG 1969, ISBN 3-85649-005-1
Web links
- City trams Bern. In: bahndaten.ch. Via Storia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berner Tramways. In: bahndaten.ch. Via Storia
- ↑ From the old Bern tram . In: The Bern Week . tape 31 , 1941, doi : 10.5169 / SEALS-636273 ( e-periodica.ch [accessed on January 13, 2020]).
- ↑ a b c d Adrian Zurbriggen: The history of the Bern tram began in 1890 with nine compressed air trams . In: Berner Zeitung . December 9, 2010, ISSN 1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed January 5, 2020]).
- ↑ a b bahndaten.ch