Trolleybus Winterthur
Trolleybus Winterthur | |
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Swisstrolley number 120, a representative of the latest generation of trolleybuses | |
Basic information | |
Country | Switzerland |
city | Winterthur |
opening | December 28, 1938 |
operator | City bus Winterthur |
Transport network | Zurich Transport Association |
Infrastructure | |
Power system | 600 V DC |
Depots | 1 |
business | |
Lines | 4th |
vehicles | 34 (24 BGT-N1C and 10 Trollino 18 ) |
statistics | |
Mileage | 22,300,000 (entire bus network) |
Map of the trolleybus network in Winterthur |
The Trolleybus Winterthur is the trolleybus system of the Swiss city of Winterthur . The Stadtbus Winterthur company operates - in addition to various bus connections - four electric lines. All are cross-city lines and meet at Winterthur railway station , the city bus from Winterthur as the main station is called.
Lines
line | route | Stops | Travel time | Timing sequence HVZ | Exit HVZ | Remarks |
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1 | Töss - Central Station - Oberwinterthur | 23 stops | 23/21 minutes | 6 minutes | 11 courses | |
2 | Wülflingen - main station - lakes | 25 stops | 25/25 minutes | 6 minutes | 11 courses | |
2E | Castle - Central Station - Waldegg | 14 stops | 17/17 minutes | 12/18 minutes | 4 courses | Concentration of line 2 to HVZ aimed at the S-Bahn |
3 | Rosenberg - Central Station - Oberseen | 26 stops | 32/32 minutes | 7.5 minutes | 9 courses |
During the renovation of the Winterthur Bahnhofplatz from July 4, 2012 to June 28, 2013, the lines on line 1 coming from Oberwinterthur ran from the main station as line 2 to Wülflingen, while the lines on line 2 coming from the direction of lakes stopped in Technikumstrasse and continued as line 1 to Töss.
history
Between 1938 and 1951, the trolleybus gradually replaced the Winterthur tram operated by the same company . After the trolleybus in Lausanne , it was the second modern trolleybus operator in Switzerland. The individual route sections went into operation as follows:
date | Route (length) | line | modification |
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December 28, 1938 | Main station - Wülflingen Lindenplatz (3.1 km) | Line 2 | Tram replacement |
July 24, 1941 | Main station - lakes (4.2 km) | Line 2 | Tram replacement |
April 26, 1948 | Central station - Rosenberg | Line 3 | Bus replacement |
October 6, 1951 | Main station - Oberwinterthur train station (2.9 km) | line 1 | Tram replacement |
November 3, 1951 | Main station - center Töss (1.8 km) | line 1 | Tram replacement |
4th December 1960 | Wülflingen Lindenplatz - Wülflingen Härti | Line 2 | New development |
4th December 1960 | Hauptbahnhof - Breite - Hauptbahnhof | Line 3 | Bus replacement |
June 2, 1965 | Center Töss - Töss Rieter | line 1 | New development |
August 16, 1982 | Oberwinterthur train station - Oberwinterthur Wallrüti | line 1 | New development |
October 26, 1991 | Central station - Oberseen | Line 6 | Bus replacement |
April 6, 2011 | Cemetery / Schachenweg - Rosenberg | Line 3 | New development |
With the timetable change on May 23, 1982, the Rosenberg line (line 3) was separated from the Breitelinie (new line 4). This ring line 4 was switched back to diesel bus operation on May 28, 1995 with the construction of the new Storchenbrücke . The amplifier line 2E was introduced on schedule in December, 2014.
vehicles
Former
All previously retired Winterthur trolleybuses were high-floor wagons :
Numbers | piece | Manufacturer | Electrics | Type | Art | Years of construction |
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11-14 | 4th | More sour | SAAS | Solo car | 1938 | |
15-19 | 5 | More sour | SAAS | Solo car | 1941 | |
20-25 | 6th | FBW / Saurer | SAAS | Solo car | 1948 | |
161 | 1 | Moser / Ramseier + Jenzer | no | pendant | 1953 | |
101-105 | 5 | FBW / SWS | MFO | GTr51 | Articulated trolley | 1958 |
50-57 | 8th | More sour | SAAS | 4IILM | Solo car | 1960 |
106-119 | 14th | Berna / SWP / Ramseier + Jenzer | SAAS | 4 GTP | Articulated trolley | 1965-66 |
120 | 1 | Volvo / Hess | BBC / Strömberg | Articulated trolley, prototype | 1974 | |
121 | 1 | Saurer / Hess | Stromberg | Articulated car, prototype, VST standard paint scheme | 1978 | |
122-131 | 10 | Sour / sassy high | Stromberg | GT 560 / 640-25 | Articulated trolley | 1982-83 |
141-161 | 21st | Daimler Benz | FIG | O 405 GTZ | Articulated trolley | 1988-92 |
New electrical equipment with a chopper control from Strömberg was installed in the prototype 120, but a used BBC drive motor from a decommissioned solo trolleybus was reused in order to save costs.
Car 147 was equipped with a de-icing device and served as a work car . Former Winterthur trolleybuses were handed over to the cities of Burgas and Russe in Bulgaria and Baia Mare and Timișoara in Romania . Some of them are still in use there.
Today's
The Winterthur trolleybus now has a total of 34 vehicles, but 35 vehicles are required at the same time during rush hour. This is why there is daily mixed operation with diesel buses, especially on the 2E booster line, but also on the other trolleybus lines . All Winterthur trolleybuses are low-floor articulated vehicles:
Numbers | piece | Manufacturer | Electrics | Type | Years of construction |
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101 to 124 | 24 | Hess | Box | BGT-N1C | 2010-12; 2014 |
171 to 180 | 10 | Solaris | Cegelec | Trollino 18 | 2004-05 |
gallery
The trolleybus No. 18 from 1941 in 1959 in the Stadthausstrasse
The former Saurer trolleybus 56 from 1960, here in 2005 as number 13 on the Timișoara trolleybus
Saurer articulated tram 128 from 1982, taken in 2005 in Oberseen, has since been retired
literature
- Hans-Peter Bärtschi: Tram and trolley in Winterthur . Buffer stop, Krattigen 2013.
Web links
- Official website of Stadtbus Winterthur
- Information on the Winterthur trolleybus at trolleymotion.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Winterthur (CH) - Fourth trolleybus line introduced ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on trolleymotion.eu
- ↑ City bus news . (PDF) Winterthur city bus, November 2014
- ↑ leaflet chronicle of Winterthur transport companies . (PDF; 3.2 MB)
- ↑ Roger Tacheron: Trolleys for the width . In: The Landbote . December 5, 2002.
- ↑ Hess 1882–2007, 125 years of tradition, innovation, emotion . 2007, ISBN 3-85962-147-5 , p. 97
- ↑ Extension of trolleybus route 3 opened .