Trolleybus Basel

A representative of the last generation of vehicles in 2005

Power system :

600 V =

Operator:

Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB)

Opening:

July 31, 1941

Attitude:

June 30, 2008

Lines:

three

Legend

		Habermatten 31 34
		Niederholz station
		Otto-Wenk-Platz
		Cemetery on the Hörnli
		Hörnli border
		Gotenstrasse
		Riehen / Basel
		Allmendstrasse
		Rankhof sports center
		Rankstrasse
		Tinguely Museum
		Hoffmann-La Roche
		Three linden trees
		Käferholzstrasse
		In the homecountry
		Wettsteinallee

		Badischer Bahnhof 33
		Peter Rot Street
		Erlenmatt

		Rosengartenweg
		Wettsteinplatz
		Mattenstrasse
		Claraplatz 31 34
		Riehenring
		Hammerstrasse
		Feldbergstrasse
		Erasmus place
		Johanniterbrücke
		Johanniterbrücke
		UKBB Children's Hospital
		Bernoullianum
		Spalentor
		Schützenmattstrasse
		Rifle house
		Wielandplatz
		St. Galler Ring
		Rigistrasse
		Wanderstrasse 33

The trolleybus Basel was the trolleybus system of the Swiss city of Basel . The Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB), known as Basler Strassenbahnen ( BStB ) until 1946 , operated it between 1941 and 2008 as a supplement to the Basler Tram and the city bus lines. At times three lines operated , two of which led to the neighboring municipality of Riehen to the north .

history

The individual sections of the Basel trolleybus network went into operation as follows:

July 31, 1941	Claraplatz – Rosengartenweg– Friedhof am Hörnli	Line A, from 1948 line 31	Replacement for bus line A
October 25, 1948	Cemetery at the Hörnli – Habermatten	Line 31	New development
February 9, 1956	Rosengartenweg – Käferholzstrasse	Line 34	Replacement for bus route 34
October 24, 1968	Wanderstrasse - Badischer Bahnhof	Line 33	Replacement for bus route 33, until 4th July 1966 tram route 2
April 18, 1973	Käferholzstrasse – Habermatten	Line 34	New development

The vehicles were parked in the Rankstrasse garage on line 31, and this was also linked to line 33 via an operating line from the Badischer Bahnhof station . After line 34 was switched to bus service on September 9, 2000 and line 33 on December 13, 2004, the last trolleybus also ran on the 4.9 km long line 31 on June 30, 2008. This was preceded by a popular initiative to save the trolleybus, which, however, was rejected by the voters on June 17, 2007 with 27,403 votes to 23,645 (53.7 percent). All 3 lines were later significantly extended (line 31 to Bachgraben, line 33 to Schönenbuch, line 34 to Bottmingen).

vehicles

A total of 52 vehicles were procured for the Basel trolleybus, while the 921 and 922 cars were used and taken over from the Kaiserslautern trolleybus :

Manufacturer	Electrics	Type	Art	number	Numbers	Years of use
FBW / Hess	SAAS	Tr51	Solo car , two-car	02	10–11, from 1947/48: 50–51, from 1956: 350–351	1941-1975
Saurer / Reinbold & Christé	SAAS	4 BPO	Solo car, short-nosed car	02	12–13, from 1947/48: 52–53, from 1956: 352–353	1941-1958
More sour	SAAS	4 TP	Solo car	02	54–55, from 1956: 354–355	1948-1975
FBW / Elze / Reinbold & Christé / SWP	SAAS	Tr51	Solo car	12	56-64, from 1956: 356-368	1955-1995
FBW / SWP / Frech-Hoch / Ramseier + Jenzer	SAAS	APG	Articulated trolley	10	901-910	1968-1996
FBW / Frech-Hoch / Hess	SAAS	91 GTS	Articulated trolley	10	911-920	1975-2000
Daimler Benz	BBC Sécheron	O 305 GT	Articulated trolley	02	921-922	1986-2000
Neoplan	Box	N 6020	Articulated tram, low-floor	12	923-934	1992-2008

Some retired vehicles were given to Pazardzhik and Russe in Bulgaria as well as to Brașov in Romania , car 358 is owned by the RétroBus Léman museum association . The number 48 bus was used as a catenary de- icer until operations were closed; for this purpose he had also installed pantographs .

Rear view of car 930 at the Habermatten terminus, 2008
Car 919 in Brașov
Car 922 in Brașov

Web links

Individual evidence

[1] History of the Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe on www.tram-bus-basel.ch

[2] Trolleybuses of the Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe on www.tram-bus-basel.ch