Trolleybus Freiburg

Trolleybus Freiburg
Duo-Bus 519 in use on Line 2
Basic information
Country	Switzerland
city	Freiburg in Üechtland
opening	January 31, 1949
operator	Transports publics fribourgeois SA (TPF)
Infrastructure
Power system	600 volts direct current
Depots	Chandolan
business
Lines	3
vehicles	21, of which 9 are duo buses

Network 2016

Legend Electrified route The route is driven in diesel mode 2 Schoenberg , Dunant Chaley Mon repos Arsent Cité-Jardins St-Barthélémy Stadtberg Pont-Zaehringen Bourg / Chancellerie 1 Portes-de-Friborg Forum Friborg Agy Cimetière Stade patinoire Friborg Poya Capucins Tilleul 3 Jura , Mont Carmel Jura, Chassotte Chandolan depot Champ Fleuri Champ de Fontaines Ste-Thérèse Misericorde University Place Georges Python St-Pierre Gare-CFF Beauregard Bethléem Vignettaz-Daler Bertigny Villars-Vert Belle Croix Moncor Rochettes Meridienne 2 Les Dailles Frieze J. Vogt Industry 3 Pérolles , Charmettes Plateau de Pérolles Pisciculture Les Rittes Grand Pré Jonction Marly-Cité 1 Marly , Gérine

The Trolleybus Freiburg , French Trolleybus de Friborg , is the trolleybus system of the Swiss city ​​of Freiburg , French Friborg . One route each leads across the city limits to the neighboring towns of Villars-sur-Glâne and Givisiez . The trolleybus was opened in 1949 and gradually replaced the former Freiburg tram in Üechtland until 1965 . The original operating company was Transports en commun de Friborg ( TF ); since a merger that took place in early 2000, the trolleybus operation has belonged to the Freiburg Transport Authority ( tpf ). Independently of this, the Gleislose Bahn operated from Freiburg to Farvagny , an early trolleybus overland route , between 1912 and 1932 .

Lines

There are three trolleybus diameter lines , including the duo bus line 1:

1	Granges-Paccot , Portes-de-Friborg – Poya (diesel operation) Poya – Pérolles Charmettes (electrical operation) Pérolles Charmettes– Marly , Gérine (diesel operation)	10-minute intervals	9 electrically operated stops 12 stops operated in diesel mode
2	Schönberg Dunant – Villars-sur-Glâne, Les Dailles	7.5-minute intervals	22 stops
3	Givisiez, Mont-Carmel-Pérolles Charmettes	15-minute intervals	15 stops

history

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

January 31, 1949	Jura Chassotte – St-Pierre – Gare-CFF (2.92 kilometers)
May 15, 1949	Tilleul – St-Pierre and Gare-CFF – Vignettaz-Daler
October 1, 1959	Tilleul – Schönberg Dunant
April 1, 1965	Poya – Tilleul and Gare – Pérolles Charmettes
?	Vignettaz-Daler-Villars-sur-Glâne, Moncor
June 16, 2005	Villars-sur-Glâne, Moncor – Villars-sur-Glâne, Les Dailles (1.23 km)
December 18, 2010	Givisiez, Mont-Carmel-Jura Chassotte

The non-electrified sections of Line 1 have been served by this since June 16, 2002, before that it was also a pure trolleybus line. In addition, from 2010 to December 2012 certain routes on line 2 left their regular route at the Moncor stop in order to serve four additional stops in the industrial area of ​​Les Biches using a loop. This was done once or twice an hour using the auxiliary diesel drive . In the absence of an electrified turning option, this will continue to be used for the shortened routes on line 3, which only runs to the train station in the evenings, on Saturdays and Sundays and turns there in the bus station.

vehicles

A representative of the first Duo-Bus generation that has now been retired

The latest vehicles are the Swisstrolleys built in 2009 and 2010, here car 523

The following vehicles, all of which were high-floor , have so far been scrapped:

Numbers	piece	Manufacturer	Electrics	Type	Art	Years of construction	Remarks
21-28	08th	VETRA / Renault		VCR	Solo car	1948
29-30	02	VETRA / Berliet		VBBhf	Solo car	1957	Car 30 re-bodyworked in 1963 after an accident by Hess , in use until 1988
31-32	02	VETRA		VBH-85	Solo car	1964
33-40, later 333-340	08th	Saurer / Hess	SAAS	4 TP 54	Solo car	1964-1966	in use until 2003
43-46	04th	Henschel	AEG	HS 160 OSL	Solo car	1961	Taken over by the Gießen trolleybus in May 1968 (19–22 there), in use until 1976
345-347	03	FBW / Hess	SAAS	91 T	Solo car	1975-1976	Used in 2002, taken over from the Lausanne trolleybus , formerly 702, 703 and 709
41–42, later 341–342	02	Volvo / Hess	BBC	B58	Solo car	1981
101-112, later 501-512	12	Volvo / Hess	FIG	B10M	Articulated tram , duo bus	1987-1989	Structure similar to type BGT 5-25 , in use until 2010

Today, the trolleybus operation in Freiburg has a total of 21 vehicles available, including all low-floor vehicles :

Numbers	piece	Manufacturer	Electrics	Type	Art	Years of construction	commitment
513-521	09	Hess / MAN	Box	NGT 204 F	Articulated tram, duo bus	2004	line 1
522-533	12	Hess	Box	BGT-N2C	Articulated trolley with auxiliary drive	2009-2010	Lines 2 and 3

Web links

Commons : Trolleybuses in Freiburg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Freiburg Transport Authority
• The Freiburg trolleybus at www.trolleymotion.ch
• The trolleybus on the website of the Tramclub Freiburg

Individual evidence

1. ^ History of the Freiburg Trolleybus at www.trolleymotion.com