Bernmobil

Bernmobil
Basic information
Company headquarters	Bern , Switzerland
Web presence	www.bernmobil.ch
Board	Ursula Wyss Michael Aebersold Severin Rangosch Barbara Schaerer Christian Burren Christoph Erb
Operations management	René Schmied Markus Anderegg Konrad Burri Roman Gattlen Beatrice Marti Martin Stucki
Transport network	Libero tariff association Bern-Solothurn
Employee	912
sales	174 million Swiss francs
Lines
Gauge	1000 mm ( meter gauge )
tram	5
Trolleybus	3
bus	25th
Other lines	Moonliner
number of vehicles
Tram cars	48 articulated trolleys
Trolleybuses	27 articulated trolleys
Omnibuses	44 two-axle vehicles 77 articulated vehicles
statistics
Passengers	102 million per year
Mileage	10.5 million km per year
Stops	279
Residents in the catchment area	0.3 million
Length of line network
Tram lines	40.8 km
Trolleybus routes	12 km
Bus routes	104.9 km
Operating facilities
Depots	3
Line map of Bern from December 15, 2019

Bernmobil has been the business name of the transport company for the Swiss federal city of Bern since 2000 . The company's name under commercial law continues to be Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern , or SVB for short . The SVB has been a legally independent company since 1999.

The Bernmobil network comprises five tram lines , three trolleybus lines and sixteen bus lines , most of which connect the city center with the outskirts and suburbs. Most of the traffic close to the center is handled by Bernmobil. Since the timetable change on December 12, 2004, Bernmobil has been integrated into the Libero tariff association .

history

The first forms of public transport were horse-drawn buses . At the end of the 1870s a line ran from the Käfigturm via today's Eigerplatz and Schönegg to Wabern, although it only ran four times a day. The facility known by the population as Rösslitram was unsuccessful, so that the driver became insolvent. From October 4, 1885, a two-horse wagon, known as the tram-omnibus service , ran hourly or half-hourly on the Bahnhof – Bärengraben line . The line was later extended to the Bremgarten cemetery. Nevertheless, the service was unsuccessful and was discontinued in 1889 due to a lack of passengers.

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  Horse bus to Wabern 1885

The Berner Tramway Company was founded in 1889 . From October 1, 1890, the compressed air tram operated in the city of Bern. It was operated with compressed air railcars, the compressed air tanks of which were charged to stationary compressors that were driven by a Jonval turbine in the Matte power station . On May 17, 1894, the network was expanded, this time with a steam tram, because the aerial tram had only partially proven itself.

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  Air tram from 1890

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  Steam tram from 1894

With a purchase contract dated June 6, 1898, the tram network was transferred from the Berner Tramway Company to the city of Bern on January 1, 1900. This formed the service department for urban trams in Bern (SSB). The city set up a new service department Stadt-Omnibus Bern (SOB) for the first bus line, which opened on November 17, 1924 . The lack of fuel in World War II led to the establishment of a trolleybus operation by the SSB. In 1947 the city merged the two departments SSB and SOB and renamed them Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (SVB). From September 1, 1947, a uniform tariff applied to the three urban modes of transport. This responded to a petition from the population that had been dealt with in the local council four years earlier.

On March 26, 1997, the municipal council decided to outsource the transport operation from the city administration and to convert it into an institution under public law . The basis for this decision was the new cantonal law on public transport (GöV).

On July 13, 1999, the Bern Municipal Transport Authority (SVB) was entered in the commercial register of the Canton of Bern as an independent company. For the outsourcing from the city administration, the legal form of the city public-law institution was chosen. The basis is the SVB institutional regulations of September 28, 1997 . At the beginning of 2000, the SVB gave itself the business name Bernmobil and a new logo, combined with a new color concept with the dominant colors red (similar to RGB R210 G0 B55) and anthracite (similar to RGB R57 G57 B57). The first tram with the new look started running on October 30, 2000. In order to improve the visibility of the vehicles at dusk and at night, Bernmobil was subsequently ordered by the police to apply a light strip. At the same time, the car number had to be affixed to the front and rear in silver instead of red in order to make it recognizable during nightly accident photos.

At the same time as the outsourcing from the city administration, the ownership and employment relationships were reorganized. Land and real estate, including the depots and administration buildings, remained the property of the City of Bern. Likewise, the entire track and contact line infrastructure. Bernmobil pays rent for the use of the property and the infrastructure and is also responsible for maintenance. Bernmobil took over the entire rolling stock as well as the corresponding operating facilities, including the workshop equipment and the administration's furniture. The employees lost their official status. After the relevant transition periods have expired, they are now subject to public law employment contracts.

On December 12, 2004, after 20 years, the change from the previous tariff association "Bären-Abi" to "Libero" took place. Bernmobil was assigned the number block from 1 to 33 for its lines, and Regionalverkehr Bern – Solothurn (RBS) the numbers 34 to 50. After a little more than 80 years, the last lines marked with letters disappeared from Bern city traffic.

On September 1, 2019, Bernmobil joined the national fare dodger register.

In 2019, Bernmobil ordered new Tramlink trams from Stadler Rail, which will replace existing trams from 2023.

gallery

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  A Combino tram on the casino square

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  An older articulated trolleybus

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  A newer articulated gas bus

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  Bernmobil color concept. Planned concept (1); Realized concept (2); Transport officer concept (3)

Current line network

Urban lines

line	route	Operating mode	comment
3	Bern train station - Weissenbühl	tram	Radial line
6th	Fischermätteli - Bern train station - Worb village	tram
7th	Bümpliz - Bern train station - Ostring	tram
8th	Brünnen Westside train station - Bern train station - Saali	tram
9	Wabern - Bern train station - Guisanplatz Expo - Wankdorf train station	tram
10	Köniz Schliern - Bern train station - Ostermundigen Rüti	Bus
11	Bern train station - Neufeld P + R	Trolleybus
12	Holligen - Bern train station - Paul Klee center	Trolleybus
16	Köniz center - Gurten garden city	Bus
17th	Bern train station - Köniz Weiermatt	Bus	Test with battery buses since 2019
18th	Bern train station - Wyleregg	Bus	Operates Monday through Friday during rush hour
19th	Blinzern - Bern train station - Elfenau	Bus	During the rush hour in the morning, buses run from Bern train station to Blinzern instead of just to Steinhölzli (Mon-Fri).
20th	Länggasse - Bern train station - Wankdorf train station	Trolleybus
21st	Bern train station - Bremgarten	Bus
22nd	Brünnen Westside Railway Station - Kleinwabern	Bus
23	Marzilibahn valley station - Badgasse ( Mattelift )	Self-driving minibuses	Two-year pilot operation until July 1, 2021, Mon – Fri 11 am–7pm, every 30 minutes; 1.30pm - 5pm every 15 minutes
25th	Bümpliz - Gäbelbach	Bus	Only runs during school hours
26th	Breitenrain - Wylergut - Breitenrain	Bus	District bus, partly round route
27	Niederwangen train station - Weyermannshaus Bad	Bus	Tangential line
28	Weissenbühl train station - Brunnadernstrasse - Wankdorf train station	Bus	Tangential line
29	Niederwangen train station - Wabern Lindenweg	Bus
30th	Bern train station - Marzilistrasse - Bern train station	Bus	Round line, only runs in the evening
31	Niederwangen - Europaplatz train station - Brunnadernstrasse	Bus
32	Riedbach train station - Bümpliz Bachmätteli	Bus

Regional lines

line	route	Operating mode	comment
160	Bern Airport - Belp - Rubigen - Münsingen - Konolfingen	Bus
161	Münsingen train station - Spital - Münsingen train station	Bus	Line 161 was operated by PostBus until the timetable change on December 15, 2019 .
162	Münsingen train station - Sonnhalde - Münsingen train station	Bus	Line 162 was operated by PostBus until the timetable change on December 15, 2019.
163	Münsingen train station - PZM - Brückreuti - Münsingen train station	Bus	Line 163 was operated by PostBus until the timetable change on December 15, 2019.
165	Münsingen - Wichtrach - Gerzensee - Kirchdorf	Bus	Line 165 was operated by PostBus until the timetable change on December 15, 2019.
166	Wichtrach - Kirchdorf - Gerzensee - Kaufdorf	Bus	Line 166 was operated by PostBus until the timetable change on December 15, 2019.
167	Münsingen - Wichtrach - Oppligen - Oberdiessbach	Bus	Line 167 will be operated by PostBus until the timetable change on December 15, 2019.
168	Münsingen - Trimstein - Worb SBB - Worb Dorf	Bus
331	Belp train station - Riedli	Bus
332	Belp train station - Aemmenmatt	Bus

Incidents

• On June 24, 2019, a fire broke out on a bus on line 160 shortly before Münsingen. All passengers were able to leave the bus on time and undamaged. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

literature

• Bernmobil, Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Ed.): Customer magazine Fensterplatz . Without publisher, Bern, various editions (periodicals) [For current online editions see: http://www.bernmobil.ch/kundenservice/downloads/fensterplatz.php ] .
• Bernhard Giger and Hansueli Trachsel: arriving in Bern . Verlag Stämpfli, Bern 2008, ISBN 978-3-7272-1194-2
• Eric Jordanis and Matthias Hauenstein (eds.): Tram Museum: My companion through the Tram Museum Bern and the history of local public transport in the federal city . Without publisher, Bern 2008, ISBN 3-89610-157-9
• Christian Siposs (Ed.): Transparent addresses . Without publisher, Jegenstorf 2007
• Dieter Schopfer: The steam tram in Bern and in Switzerland . Verlag Endstation Ostring, Bern 2002. ISBN 3-9522545-0-9
• Peter Tschanz: The Bern tram book - 150 years of public transport . Verlag Fischer-Media, Münsingen (Bern), 1998, ISBN 3-85681-414-0
• Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Ed.): 60 years of the Bern city bus . Without publisher, Bern 1984
• Tramverein Bern (publisher): 60 years of buses in Bern 1924 - 1984 . Without publisher, Bern 1984
• Tramverein Bern (Ed.): The rolling stock directory for Swiss trams . Without publisher, Bern 1982
• Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Hrsg.): 75 years SVB: a magazine about the Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern . Without publisher, Bern (Bern-Wabern and Köniz) 1976
• Claude Jeanmaire and René Stamm: The overland railways from Bern to Worb. History and rolling stock of two suburban lines in Bern. Archive No. 11, Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen AG 1971, ISBN 3-85649-011-6
• Claude Jeanmaire: The trams of Bern and Thun. Rolling stock, routes, development and history. Archive No. 5, Verlag Eisenbahn, Villigen AG 1969, ISBN 3-85649-005-1
• Dr. Markus Hohl: Public transport in the agglomeration of Bern (scientific supplement to the annual report Volume XLVII 1963/64 of the Geographical Society of Bern). Benteli AG publishing house, Bern 1965
• Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (Ed.): A journey through 6 decades: The development of public transport in Bern from its beginnings to the present. Ed. For the 60th anniversary of the municipal transport company by the SVB Directorate . Without publisher, Bern 1960
• Peter Willen: Trams in Switzerland. Railcar . Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 1978, ISBN 3-280-00998-7

Web links

Commons : Bernmobil  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the municipal transport company in Bern
• Private information site about BERNMOBIL with a large photo archive

Individual evidence

1. ↑ History: 19th Century. Rösslitram. In: Tram-Bus-Bern.ch. Retrieved January 13, 2020 . 
2. ↑ From the old Bern tram . In: Bern Week . tape 31 , 1941, doi : 10.5169 / SEALS-636273 ( e-periodica.ch [accessed on January 13, 2020]).
3. ↑ 125 years of urban electricity supply . In: Energie Wasser Bern (Ed.): Direct . No. 3 , 2016, p. 5 ( ewb.ch [PDF]).
4. ↑ Internet excerpt - Commercial Register of the Canton of Bern
5. ^ Institution regulations of the SVB
6. ↑ Dodger Register. In: bernmobil.ch. Retrieved November 7, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Awarded the contract: Stadler builds up to 50 trams for Bern. In: tagblatt.ch . September 4, 2019, accessed September 6, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Pilot operation with self-driving minibus. In: bernmobil.ch. Retrieved August 25, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Michael Bucher: The "Matte-Schnägg" goes into the next round. In: bernerzeitung.ch. August 24, 2020, accessed August 25, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Bernmobil bus was on fire. In: bernerzeitung.ch . June 24, 2019, accessed June 24, 2019 .