City bus Lindau
The Lindau city bus ( spelling : STADTBUS LINDAU ) is the public transport system of the city of Lindau (Lake Constance) . The neighboring communities of Weißensberg and Bodolz are also affected. The Lindau city bus carries 2.5 million passengers annually on four lines .
The operator of the Lindau city bus is Stadtverkehr Lindau (B) GmbH , a subsidiary of Stadtwerke Lindau (B) GmbH & Co. KG .
The Lindau city bus concept from 1994 served as a model for numerous other systems introduced later in Europe. In 1996, for example, the Lindau city bus was awarded second place in the European Public Transport Prize by the Council of European Municipalities and Regions .
history
Starting position
The first motorized city bus operated in Lindau on April 29, 1925, three years after the previously independent mainland communities of Aeschach, Hoyren and Reutin had merged with the island town of Lindau. Two front- hooded buses from Magirus ran on line A to the Nestlé dairy factory in Rickenbach and on line B to the Bulligan inn in Schönau, operated by the company Städtischer Kraftomnibusverkehr , which was set up specifically for this purpose . The fare was between 15 and 25 pfennigs, depending on the length of the journey.
In addition, the state railway has linked the Lindau districts with one another since the 19th century , and there were at times up to nine railway stations in the city. In addition to the Lindau main station and Lindau- Aeschach operating locations , which are still served today , these were:
- three further stations on the Allgäubahn : Schönau, Oberreitnau and Rehlings
- four further stations on the Lindau – Bludenz railway line : Lindau Langenweg, Lindau-Reutin , Lindau Strandbad, Lindau- Zech
These operating points were closed by the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) over the years. Initially on January 1, 1960 Zech, Strandbad, Langenweg and Schönau, Reutin in 1981 and finally Oberreitnau and Rehlings in 1983. Furthermore, from now on the Lindau-Aeschach stop was only served by the trains on the Friedrichshafen-Lindau railway line , but no longer by the trains on the Allgäu Railway.
As a replacement for the discontinued train connections, the city of Lindau, as the concession holder , expanded its city bus traffic accordingly in 1954, which from then on was operated by the Bahnbus division of the Deutsche Bundesbahn. Over the years, a network of six radial lines was created , which served the city districts and the surrounding area in a fan shape from the island, but only drove directly to the main station on the island and from there back to the mainland:
- Line 1: Lindau Hbf - Oberhochsteg
- Line 2: Lindau Hbf - Unterreitnau
- Line 3: Lindau Hbf - Oberreitnau ( Esseratsweiler )
- Line 4: Lindau Hbf - Weißensberg
- Line 5: Lindau Hbf - Nonnenhorn
- Line 6: Lindau Hbf - Bregenz , joint operation with the ÖBB vehicle service
This city traffic was not only distinguished by its own tariff and its low line numbers, German rail bus lines usually had four-digit line numbers, but also through the use of real city buses . For example, the MAN 750 HO V11 Metrobus , MAN 750 HO , MAN SL 200 and MAN SL 202 types were used at the Lindau site .
In addition, there were classic overland rail bus routes such as line 7587 to Friedrichshafen , line 9792 Lindau Hbf - Heimenkirch - Lindenberg - Simmerberg - Oberreute or the connections to Hergatz , Oberstaufen and Wangen im Allgäu . However, these ran comparatively seldom and therefore only played a subordinate role in city traffic. In 1989, the rail bus traffic in the administrative district of Swabia and in northern Upper Bavaria was finally brought into the private-law Regionalbus Augsburg GmbH (RBA), which thus temporarily also took over the Lindau city traffic. The lively but winding - and too narrow for conventional buses - Lindau's old town on the island was still not accessible to public transport.
In order to improve the traffic situation in the city area, the Lindau city bus was launched on October 22, 1994, with the previous line branches being partially combined to form diameter lines . The three-year-old Dornbirn city bus in the town of about 20 km south of Lindau served as a model . On October 16, 1993, the similar city bus system went into operation in the neighboring city of Bregenz.
Operational development
operator
The city bus was initially operated jointly by Stadtwerke Lindau (B) GmbH & Co. KG and Regionalbus Augsburg GmbH. The RBA was responsible for the actual operation of the train, it maintains one of six locations in Lindau. The public utilities were the concession holders of the city bus routes from the start, but did not have their own vehicles.
Following an international tender , the RBA was again awarded the contract to operate the city bus in December 2001, and the new contract began in autumn 2002. At that time, it was able to prevail against nine competitors.
On October 1, 2010, the city bus was taken over by the City of Lindau as part of an in-house award . Since then, the RBA is no longer responsible for operational management, but the newly founded Stadtverkehr Lindau (B) GmbH . This is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lindauer Stadtwerke.
Vehicle fleet
Originally, the fleet consisted of ten midibuses type Neoplan N 4011 which were acquired in 1994 for the opening operation. Due to the great success of the system, four vehicles of the same type were reordered in 1997.
As a result of the new tender in 2001, the ten buses from the opening year were replaced in 2002 by eleven more modern Neoplan N 4411 (Centroliner). Among other things, they had an automatic stop announcement. The number of vehicles increased from 14 to 15 buses.
In 2004, the four buses from the 1997 reorder were finally removed from the inventory. In the same year, they were replaced by five three-door solo buses of the type MAN Lion's City A21 (NL 313). This increased the number of buses again, from 15 to 16 buses. However, the large MAN buses could not run in the narrow old town of Lindau, so they were only used on lines 3 and 4.
As a result of the change of operator on October 1, 2010, the vehicle fleet was converted to nine midibuses of the Mercedes-Benz Citaro K type and five standard Mercedes-Benz Citaro buses - all with three-door designs.
Corporate identity
A particular feature of the Lindau city bus system is the uniform corporate identity . All vehicles, bus stop pillars, signs and publications are painted in the turquoise-colored city traffic design. This color concept should ensure a high recognition value and is therefore an elementary part of the overall concept. In order not to water down this uniform appearance, for example, full-surface outdoor advertising on the vehicles is also dispensed with.
Timetable concept
Four lines run every day of the week at 30-minute intervals and together serve around 80 stops . With this close-knit network of stops, all ten districts of Lindau as well as the independent neighboring community of Weißensberg and the southern districts of Enzisweiler and Ebnet of the also independent community of Bodolz were covered.
Complicated lines and double controls were deliberately avoided. Varying routes or changing endpoints were also completely avoided. The lines were marked with identification colors. The Anheggerstraße stop in the Aeschach district functioned as a so-called central transfer point , or ZUP for short .
| line | Drives away | length | Stops | Identification color |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oberhochsteg –Wannental – Oberreutin – Reutin – Aeschach– ZUP - main station / island | 8.2 km | 21st | red |
| 2 | Unterreitnau –Schönau – Hoyren – Hochbuch – Heimesreutin – Aeschach– ZUP –Westliche Insel– Hauptbahnhof / Insel | 11.7 km | 21st | green |
| 3 | Oberreitnau North –Schönau – Hoyren – Aeschach– ZUP –Reutin – Rickenbach– border settlement / Zech | 12.3 km | 27 | yellow |
| 4th | Niederhaus– (Gitzenweiler Hof–) Rehlings / Weißensberg * –Motzach – Oberreutin – Aeschach– ZUP - (Bad) Schachen – Bodolz-Enzisweiler * - Alwind | 13.2 km | 25th | violet |
* outside of the Lindau city area
The operating times were also independent of the season and always identical.
| Monday to Friday | from 5:21 am | until 10:55 p.m. |
| Saturday | from 6:21 am | until 10:55 p.m. |
| Sunday | from 7:21 a.m. | until 10:55 p.m. |
New operating concept since 2016
In March 2016, a new demand-oriented city bus system was introduced. A distinction was made between daytime traffic and late-night traffic. The previous system became more complex due to new line concepts. At the end of 2016, the regulation was withdrawn and the city bus returned to the continuous half-hourly service.
Tariff system
Since there is no transport association in the Lindau district , the city bus has its own tariff . A mobile ticket machine is available in each of the buses, and a stationary machine has also been available at the ZUP since 2010. The so-called customer service point is also located there . The fares are not scaled according to the route or time. Reduced tickets and special season tickets for children, schoolchildren and trainees are around 50% cheaper than the regular fare.
| Ticket type | Full price | Reduced | Familys | groups | partner | Validity area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single trip | € 2.20 | € 1.10 | € 4.40 | * # | A ride; You may have to change within 30 minutes, or within 60 minutes for late-night traffic | ||
| daily ticket | € 5.70 | € 2.80 | € 11.30 | € 12 | * ü # | 24 hours from the time of purchase | |
| 8 day ticket | € 16 | € 7 | € 31.10 | * ü # | |||
| Weekly card | € 9.50 | no | In the specified calendar week, only on working days; Authorization ID required for pupils / students / trainees | ||||
| Monthly pass | € 34 | € 28 | € 60 | no | In the specified month; Authorization ID for schoolchildren / students / trainees required for discounts | ||
| annual pass | € 342 | € 516 | ü / nü | One year from the time of purchase; available as a subscription; Partner annual card not transferable | |||
| 4-trip card | € 8 | ü | Stamp ticket for 4 journeys; You may have to change within 30 minutes, or within 60 minutes for late-night traffic |
ü: transferable; nü: not transferable; *: 10% discount when paying by cash card at a ticket machine on the bus; #: 10% discount when paying with an EC card at the stationary ticket machine at the ZUP.
Expansion plans
The district of Lindau would like to join the Bodo transport association by 2018 . According to his concept, the district and city of Lindau must make adjustments that will have an impact on city traffic.
In the course of the Lindau 21 project , the upcoming electrification of the Allgäu Railway and the southern line and the future station situation through the Bavarian station offensive with at least six stations in the future instead of three in the catchment area of the city bus, the line concept newly developed in 2016 must also be adapted over the next few years.
Lines
From 2019, with the completion of the Langenweg and Bregenzer Straße underpasses, line 2 between ZUP – Hauptbahnhof / Insel will function as a new, independent line. This is to run with midibuses between the central points ZUP, Altstadt / Insel and Berliner Platz and thus eliminate the transfer barrier between the island and the city center on the mainland. The planned route through the old town is: Alter Schulplatz – Marktplatz – Stiftsplatz – Stadttheater – Maxhof. The Altes Rathaus stop is therefore omitted.
Line 1 will then no longer run through the old town, but return from the main train station via Zwanzigerstraße to the ZUP. This enables the use of standard buses on the often heavily used line. In addition, the Maximilianstraße stop is to be established due to the discontinuation of the Altes Rathaus stop .
Furthermore, line 2 from the ZUP will no longer run from Hoyren to Unterreitnau, but via Enzisweiler to Bodolz. This means that line 4 can skip the Enzisweiler district. Due to the time saved, the line arm of line 4 can be extended to Alwind to Wasserburg.
Unterreitnau and Eggatsweiler, as well as the districts of Oberrengersweiler and Höhenreute, which have not yet had a connection to the city bus, are to be served with collective call taxis with these changes .
Line 4 is to be tied in the direction of Weißensberg alternately to Rotkreuz and Rehlings instead of to Gitzenweiler Hof.
Possible scenarios
ZUP at the new main station / Berliner Platz
If the city plans to relocate the ZUP to the new central station, a secondary transfer hub will be built at the hospital in Hoyren using the same system. The following routes are planned, possible or planned transfer options are marked in bold:
| Main station –Reutin – industrial area – Grenzsiedlung / Zech |
| Central station –Reutin – Oberreutin – Wannental – Oberhochsteg |
| Main station –Reutin – Oberreutin – Aeschach (cemetery – school center – market) –Island |
| Main station –Reutin – Aeschach (school center) –Heimesreutin – Hochbuch– Hoyren / hospital –Enzisweiler – Bodolz– Wasserburg |
| Central station - Insel - Aeschach (market) - Hoyren / Hospital - Schönau - Oberreitnau (- Unterreitnau) |
| Central station - Insel –Aeschach (train station) - (Bad) Schachen – Alwind– Wasserburg |
| Central station –Oberreutin – Motzach – Niederhaus – Rehlings – Weißensberg & Rotkreuz / Gitzenweiler Hof |
Neither the linking of the lines at the main train station nor the continuation of a late-night traffic concept is certain in this scenario.
ZUP in Anheggerstrasse
Should the city decide to keep the ZUP at the previous location, the concept will remain almost the same as the current one. The following network is provided for this solution.
| Insel (train station) - main station –Reutin – Oberreutin – Wannental – Oberhochsteg |
| Bodolz – Enzisweiler – Hoyren – Hochbuch – Heimesreutin – Aeschach– ZUP –Westliche Insel – Insel (train station) |
| Oberreitnau – Schönau – Hoyren – Aeschach– ZUP - Central Station –Rickenbach – Grenzsiedlung / Zech |
| Weißensberg & Niederhaus / Gitzenweiler Hof – Oberreutin – Reutin (Köchlin) - ZUP - (Bad) Schachen – Alwind – Wasserburg |
| Main station –Reutin – Motzach – Aeschach (cemetery – school center) - ZUP |
| Central station - island (old town) - ZUP |
A heavily frequented node will be created at the new main station.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Lindauer Bürgerzeitung: New start of the city bus on October 1, 2010
- ↑ a b The RBA - bigger than you think
- ↑ Karl Schweizer: Lindau city bus since 1925 , online at edition-inseltor-lindau.de, accessed on March 21, 2020
- ↑ Karl Schweizer: 150 Years of the Railroad in the Lindau District , online at edition-inseltor-lindau.de, accessed on March 19, 2020
- ↑ Stadtwerke Lindau: 20 years of Lindau city bus - “The city bus is our friend ...”, Lindau 2014, p. 27, online at docplayer.org, accessed on March 21, 2020
- ↑ News December 2004 on www.stadtbus2.de
- ↑ Changes to the city bus 2016 - Stadtwerke Lindau GmbH & Co. KG. In: www.sw-lindau.de. Retrieved February 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Continue to wait for Bodo. In: Schwäbische.de. Retrieved April 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Station offensive. In: The BEG. Retrieved April 30, 2016 .
- ↑ Super user: GTL optimization city bus. In: gtl-lindau.de. Retrieved April 30, 2016 .