Biel transport company
Biel transport company | |
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Basic information | |
Company headquarters | Biel |
Web presence | www.vb-tpb.ch |
owner | City of Biel |
Managing directors | Christophe Kneuss |
Employee | 240 |
Lines | |
Trolleybus | 2 |
bus | 9 |
Other lines | 5 night bus routes |
number of vehicles | |
Trolleybuses | 20 articulated trolleys |
Omnibuses | 16 solo cars 18 articulated cars |
statistics | |
Passengers | 16 million |
Mileage | 3.2 million km annually, 43,500 km daily |
Stops | 573 (with Moonliner) |
Residents in the catchment area |
0.09 million |
Length of line network | |
Bus routes | 229.2 km |
Operating facilities | |
Depots | 1 |
Line map Biel from December 15, 2019 |
The transport companies Biel abbreviated, VB , French transports publics biennois , abbreviated TPB , operate the majority of public transport in the Swiss city of Biel / Bienne and its neighboring city of Nidau . The route network integrated into the Biel / Bienne tariff association consists of the two Biel / Bienne trolleybus lines and ten bus lines. The transport company emerged from the Biel urban tram ( French Tramway de Bienne , abbreviated TrB ), which was the operator of the Biel tram , which was closed in 1948 .
Line network
Trolleybus
Bus
Line 2 | Shipping site - Biel station - Bözingen - Industry - Orpundplatz |
Line 5 | Mösliacker - Biel train station - Spitalzentrum |
Line 6 | Schools Linde - Biel train station - Spitalzentrum |
Line 7 | Brügg, train station - Biel train station - gold mine |
Line 8 | Nidau - Port (- Brüggmoos) - Biel - Fuchsenried train station |
Line 11 | Biel station - Funic Magglingen (- Rebenweg) |
Line 12 | Brügg - Bözingenfeld train station |
Line 70 | Biel - Frinvillier - Orvin - Les Prés-d'Orvin train station |
Line 71 | Biel - Frinvillier - Plagne - Vauffelin - Romont train station |
Line 75 | Biel - Brügg - Aegerten - Scheuren - Orpund train station |
Autobus from December 10th 2017
Line 2 | Mösliacker - Biel station - Bözingen - Industry - Orpundplatz |
Line 5 | Biel station - hospital center |
Line 6 | Nidau - Port (- Brüggmoos) - Biel station - Spitalzentrum |
Line 7 | Brügg, train station - Biel train station - gold mine |
Line 8 | Linde Clinic - Biel-Fuchsenried train station |
Line 9 | Schools Linde - Biel railway station - Schiffländte |
Line 11 | Biel station - Magglingenbahn (- Rebenweg) |
Line 12 | Brügg - Bözingenfeld train station |
Line 70 | Biel - Frinvillier - Orvin - Les Prés-d'Orvin train station |
Line 71 | Biel - Frinvillier - Plagne - Vauffelin - Romont train station |
Line 75 | Biel - Brügg - Aegerten - Scheuren - Orpund train station |
gallery
A Mercedes-Benz O 405 bus in September 2007
A Mercedes-Benz Citaro bus in September 2007
Typical for the bilingual city: The matrix display changes from German to French
literature
- Albert Ziegler: Bieler Strassenbahnen - Tramways of Biel Switzerland; Urban tramway Biel, urban transport company, Biel, Biel-Meinisberg-Bahn, Biel-Täuffelen-Ins-Bahn , Gut Vorhard, Verlag Eisenbahn, Villingen 1977, ISBN 3-85649-027-2
Web links
Commons : Verkehrsbetriebe Biel - Collection of images, videos and audio files