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The front-hood bus 7 2003 in front of today's Tram Museum Bern

The Bern Tramverein , abbreviated TVB , has around 200 members in 2011, who come from Switzerland, Europe and overseas. Around 35 active members look after the 40 historical vehicles that are widely stored in Bern's local and long-distance traffic.

history

A former STI trolleybus trailer still in the Zaffaraya

The association was founded on June 19, 1973. The first president was Hans-Ulrich Suter. The first goal of the association was to preserve a four-axle train from the 1930s, a BLD front-hood car bus and a VBW motor vehicle of the Be 4/4 30–33 series.

On the occasion of the first ordinary general assembly on May 8, 1974, the association took over the Saurer front-hood bus 7 built in 1929 as a gift from the company Kiener & Wittlin. This had bought him in 1966 from the municipal transport company Bern (SVB) and used it for eight years for personnel transport. The restoration of the car by Ramseier & Jenzer cost the TVB 36,000 Swiss francs.

After the last run of the Blauer Bähnli on May 26, 1974, the Tramverein Bern achieved in negotiations with the United Bern-Worb-Bahnen (VBW) and the Solothurn-Zollikofen-Bern-Bahn (SZB) that the Be 4/4 30 from 1910 was sold as a museum car in the Boll car hall. It was handed over to the Écomusée d'Alsace in 1993 and has since been housed in a former salt hall.

At the General Assembly on April 30, 2016, the Tramverein Bern had to take the decision to part with several vehicles in order to reduce the costs due to the termination of the parking space due to personal needs in Aarberg and to avoid "an impending bankruptcy" , as well as for personnel reasons Hold grip. Such a vehicle causes additional costs between 2000 and 3600 francs per year. These are the trolleybus 9 from Biel, the STJ trolleybus 1 with associated trailer 23, the MOB railcar 16, the SZB railcar 6 from 1950 and the associated control car 222. The RBS MAN low-floor bus 5, as well as the VBM BDe 4/4 38 is there too. The association has also decided to part with the Gurtenbahn funicular car 2 made of aluminum from 1944 with the Himugüegeli (Swiss German expression for ladybird ). The previously decided takeover of the two RBS Gem 4/4 121 rail vehicles, a former baggage rail car from 1912 and the RBS water sprinkler car 706 will also be dispensed with.

Vehicle fleet

Buses

Original owner number Construction year Manufacturer Type Location Remarks
SOB 7th 1929 Saurer / Ramseier & Jenzer / Streun & Cie. BLD Bern, Weissenbühl
SOB 50 1941 Saurer / Gangloff 4H Bern, Weissenbühl
SVB 70 1948 Saurer / Gangloff 4H 3)
SVB 86 1950 Saurer / FFA 4H 3) "Düseler"
SVB 91 1956 Saurer / Ramseier & Jenzer 5HP 3) -
ABM 5 1960 FBW / Ramseier & Jenzer / Gangloff B 51 U Ufhusen 1), 2)
SVB 157 1965 FBW / Gangloff - Ufhusen -
SVB 251 I. 1964 FBW / Ramseier & Jenzer / SWS BG 91G Ufhusen "Grandmother", 5)
SVB 264 I. 1968 FBW / Gangloff 91-GL Niedererli "Cabriolet", 4), scrapped
SVB 270 I. 1968 FBW / Gangloff 91-GL Ufhusen "Gartehüsli"
SVB 283 1977 FBW / Ramseier & Jenzer 91-GL Ufhusen -

1) Not operational and without approval from the Road Traffic Office.

2) Bus of the successor company of the Biel-Meinisberg-Bahn (BM), without interior fittings.

3) Bern, Burgernziel or Wabern bei Bern , depending on the rental or maintenance situation.

4) The car was used as a "hostage bus" during a police exercise in Stans in 1996 and was damaged in the process. The leftovers - that is, the front half of the articulated vehicle cut off at window height without the interior fittings - then served the TVB as a spare part donor. The torso was then scrapped.

5) First FBW articulated bus, served as a prototype for the 252 to 270 series. Used as a reserve vehicle at Bernmobil until 2003. Last use on the occasion of the Suisse Toy 2003 exhibition .

Trolleybuses and trolleybus trailers

reference = discussion% 3ATramverein% 20Bern This list is not up to date. Corrections are welcome.
Original owner number Construction year Manufacturer Type Location Remarks
SSB 13 1942 FBW / BBC / Gangloff 2 Ufhusen 1)
STI 1 1952 Berna / SAAS / Gangloff - Bern, Burgernziel formerly trolleybus Thun – Beatenbucht , 1), 2)
STI 7th 1952 Berna / SAAS / Gangloff - Bressonnaz 6) formerly Trolleybus Thun – Beatenbucht, 1), 3), 7)
STI 23 1952 Berna / SAAS / Gangloff - Niedererli formerly Trolleybus Thun – Beatenbucht, trailer, 1), 5)
SVB 28 1961 FBW / MFO / SWS / Ramseier & Jenzer - Ufhusen Type GTr51 , nickname "Flipperkasten", 1)
VB 9 1966 FBW / BBC / Ramseier & Jenzer - Bressonnaz 6) 1), 4)
SVB 38 1974 FBW / SAAS / Ramseier & Jenzer 91 GTL Ufhusen 1), 4)
SVB 59 1974 FBW / SAAS / Hess 91 GTL Selzach 1), 4)

1) Not operational.

2) The trolleybus has been returned to its original condition since 1999. This work has largely been completed externally, but major work is still required for the interior.

3) Until December 2008, spare parts donor for the STI trolleybus 1, then handed over to Rétrobus Léman.

4) Originally jointly owned by TVB and Trolleybusverein Schweiz (TVS), since June 2008 it has been completely owned by TVS.

5) Without interior decoration.

6) In a warehouse at Bressonnaz train station.

7) Owned by Rétrobus Léman.

Rail vehicles

reference = discussion% 3ATramverein% 20Bern This list is incomplete. Additions / corrections are welcome.
Original owner description designation number Construction year Manufacturer Location Remarks
VBW Motor vehicle Be 4/4 30th 1910 SIG / MFO For a long time in Ungersheim , now in Bern Burgernziel, for a long time now permanently in Bern Weissenbühl in the Trammuseum

Rail vehicles of the Tramverein Bern which were handed over to the Railway History Association Solothurn-Bern (BVSB) in 2016

reference = discussion% 3ATramverein% 20Bern This list is incomplete. Additions / corrections are welcome.
Original owner description designation number Construction year Manufacturer Location Remarks
SZB Motor vehicle BDe 4/4 6th 1950 SWS / MFO Ufhusen, then Aarberg.
In Egolzwil LU since 2017		 Formerly SZB BCFe 4/4. Formerly SZB BCFe 4/4. Not operational, a driver's cab removed.
SZB Control car Bt 222 1954 SWS / MFO Ufhusen, then Aarberg.
In Egolzwil LU since 2017 		Formerly SZB Bt 82, originally Ct 82 until 1956. Not operational.
VBW Motor vehicle BDe 4/4 38 1913 SIG / MFO Ungersheim, then Bern Burgernziel.
In Egolzwil LU since 2017 		Not to be confused with the similar type BDe 4/4 36 multiple unit of the Ds Blaue Bähnli association . Inoperable.
MOB Motor vehicle BCFe 4/4 16 1905 SIG / Alioth Bern Liebefeld, Ufhusen, Aarberg.
In Egolzwil LU since 2017 		1993 Takeover by the former Aktion pro MOB 16 / ESZ 3 association , since 1996 Tramverein Bern until 2016. Not operational.

See also

literature

  • Tramverein Bern (ed.): 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

Web links

Commons : Tramverein Bern  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berner Zeitung (print edition) from Saturday, May 21, 2011. Article: My association, history of the public transport system alive
  2. ↑ Tram-Museum brochure : My companion through the Tram-Museum Bern and the history of local public transport in the federal city, page 51
  3. ↑ Website of the Tramverein Bern, VBW Be 4/4 30 ( Memento of the original from June 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trittbrett.ch
  4. ↑ Illustrated trade journal Tram number 127 08-10-2016, official club news, Tramverein Bern (TVB) General Assembly of April 30, 2016, pages 37 to 39
  5. ↑ Berner Zeitung, www.bernerzeitung.ch, article by Stephan Künzi from August 26, 2016 To mark the anniversary, the “Berner Bähnli” are threatened with the scrapyard, accessed on October 23, 2016
  6. ↑ Bund (newspaper), www.derBund.ch, article by Christian Zellweger from September 26, 2016, The Gurtenbähnli escapes scrapping, accessed on October 23, 2016
  7. ↑ www.trittbrett.ch VBW-Triebwagen Be 4/4 30, quotation from the website ( memento of the original from June 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed May 21, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trittbrett.ch
  8. ↑ www.trittbrett.ch VBW-Triebwagen BDe 4/4 38, quote from the website ( memento of the original from June 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed May 21, 2011) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.trittbrett.ch
  9. ↑ www.bernerzeitung.ch Article Almost one hundred year old «Blaues Bähnli» is transported to Landquart (from February 15, 2011, accessed on May 21, 2011)