Karlsruhe transport company
| Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH | |
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Karlsruhe |
| Web presence | www.vbk.info |
| Reference year | 2014 |
| owner | KVVH |
| Supervisory board | Frank Mentrup Hans Pfalzgraf |
| Managing directors | Alexander Pischon (commercial director) Ascan Egerer (technical director) |
| Operations management | Ralf Messerschmidt |
| Transport network | Karlsruhe Transport Association |
| Employee | 1116 |
| sales | 278.5 million euros |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| tram | 7th |
| Light rail | 1 |
| bus | 23 |
| Other lines |
Turmbergbahn Schlossgartenbahn |
| number of vehicles | |
| Tram cars | 14 GT8 45 GT6-70D / N 20 GT8-70D / N 25 NET 2012 |
| Light rail car | 32 GT6-80C , GT8-80C 17 GT8-100C / 2S |
| Omnibuses | 47 standard buses 13 articulated buses |
| other vehicles | 2 tower lifts Schlossgartenbahn 28 historic vehicles, work and special vehicles |
| statistics | |
| Passengers | 115.1 million per year |
| Mileage | 13.2 million km per year |
| Stops | 1900 |
| Residents in the catchment area |
1.3 million |
| Length of line network | |
| Tram lines | 71.5 km |
| Bus routes | 172.6 km |
| Operating facilities | |
| Depots | 3 (West, Gerwigstrasse, Tullastrasse) |
The Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH (VBK) is the municipal transport company of the Baden-Württemberg city of Karlsruhe . They operate the tram and bus network and a light rail line on behalf of the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG) .
By consistently expanding the tram network in the period after the Second World War , the Karlsruhe Transport Authority has succeeded in developing a very successful local transport service over the past 50 years. The VBK are 100 percent owned by Karlsruher Versorgungs-, Verkehrs- und Hafen GmbH ( KVVH ), which in turn is 100 percent owned by the City of Karlsruhe.
history
The first forerunner of the transport company was the Karlsruher Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft , founded by AEG in 1894 , which set itself the goal of converting the horse-drawn tramway that had existed since 1877 into an electric tramway .
The importance of the tram for urban development prompted the city of Karlsruhe to acquire the tram operation from AEG in 1903 and to continue to operate it as a municipal operation. Due to the accelerated traffic compared to the horse and steam operation and the expansion of the network, the number of passengers rose rapidly. In 1901, 6.8 million passengers were counted, and by 1912 the number had reached 15.9 million.
After the Second World War , the company, now known as the Städtische Straßenbahngesellschaft Karlsruhe , was renamed the Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe, paying tribute to the operation of bus lines and other means of transport.
With the establishment of the Karlsruhe Transport Association (KVV), a uniform tariff system was set up in 1994 . In 1997 the Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe was converted into a GmbH ; previously it was a city-owned company affiliated with the municipal utilities.
In 1996, the VBK already carried 66 million passengers in the tram sector, and another ten million on the city bus routes. Buses and trams now carry over 100 million passengers a year.
Lines
Tram traffic
The VBK operate a total of seven tram lines with the Karlsruhe tram. All lines run every 10 minutes during the day on weekdays (line 8 individual school trips).
Tram network as of September 3, 2018:
| line | Line route |
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| 1 | Durlach - Auer Straße - Tullastraße - Durlacher Tor - Market Square - Europaplatz - Schillerstraße - Weinbrennerplatz - Europahalle - Oberreut |
| 2 | Wolfartsweier - Aue - Auer Straße - Tullastraße - Durlacher Tor - Tivoli - Central Station - ZKM - Karlstor - Europaplatz - Yorckstraße - Municipal Clinic - Siemensallee - Lassallestraße |
| 3 | Tivoli - Central Station - Kolpingplatz - Europaplatz - Mühlburger Tor - Heide |
| 4th | Waldstadt - Jägerhaus - Hirtenweg / Technology Park - Main Cemetery - Durlacher Tor - Market Square - Europaplatz - Kolpingplatz - Central Station - Tivoli |
| 5 | Rintheim - main cemetery - Durlacher Tor - Rüppurrer Tor - Konzerthaus - Mathystraße - Weinbrennerplatz - Kühler Krug - Entenfang - Rheinhafen |
| 6th | Hirtenweg / Technologiepark - Hauptfriedhof - Tullastraße - Gottesaue Castle / University of Music - Konzerthaus - Europaplatz - Entenfang - Daxlanden - Rappenwört |
| 8th | Wolfartsweier - Aue - Durlach |
Furthermore, the VBK operate the three additional lines 16, 17 and 18 as school trams for the European School . These are financed by the European School and may only be used by its students.
After the completion of the combined solution , the lines will probably operate as follows from the end of 2021:
| line | Line route |
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| 1 | Durlach Turmberg - Auer Straße - Tullastraße / Verkehrsbetriebe - Durlacher Tor - Kronenplatz - Marktplatz (Kaiserstr.) - Europaplatz / Postgalerie - Mühlburger Tor - Neureut-Heide (- Kirchfeld Nord) |
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2 |
Wolfartsweier Nord - Auer Straße - Tullastraße / Verkehrsbetriebe - Durlacher Tor - Kronenplatz - Marktplatz (Pyramid) - Ettlinger Tor - Congress Center - Augartenstraße - Central Station - Ebertstraße - ZKM - Mathystraße - Karlstor - Europaplatz / Postgalerie - Mühlburger Tor - Yorckstraße - Moltkestraße / Städtisches Klinkum - Knielingen North |
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3 |
Rintheim - Main Cemetery - Durlacher Tor - Kronenplatz - Rüppurrer Tor - Tivoli - Central Station - Ebertstraße - Mathystraße - Karlstor - Europaplatz / Postgalerie - Mühlburger Tor - Yorckstraße - Entenfang - Eckenerstraße - Waidweg - Rappenwört |
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4th |
Waldstadt-European School - Jägerhaus - Hirtenweg / Technologiepark - Main Cemetery - Durlacher Tor - Rüppurrer Tor - Ettlinger Tor - Karlstor - Europaplatz / Postgalerie - Mühlburger Tor - Schillerstraße - Weinbrennerplatz - Oberreut-Badeniaplatz |
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5 |
Durlach train station - Tullastraße / public transport - Gottesaue Castle / University of Music - Ostendstraße - Rüppurrer Tor - Ettlinger Tor - Karlstor - Mathystraße - Weinbrennerplatz - Entenfang - Rheinhafen |
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8th |
Wolfartsweier North - Auer Straße - Durlach Turmberg |
Line 6 is set here.
Light rail traffic
In addition to the tram lines, VBK also operate the Karlsruhe suburban railway line S2 on behalf of the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft . AVG is the owner of the Rheinstrandsiedlung - Rheinstetten and Sinsheimer Straße - Stutensee sections, but the VBK is responsible for the operation. The S2 tram runs in the city area (Rheinstrandsiedlung <> Reitschulschlag) every 10 minutes during the day. Outside the city area, at least every 20 minutes is offered during the day. Despite its designation with an S , it is only driven to BOStrab . In addition, other AVG tram lines operate in the Karlsruhe tram network based on the Karlsruhe model in cooperation with the Karlsruhe transport company.
| line | Line route |
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| S 2 | Rheinstetten - Karlsruhe Exhibition Center - Karlsruhe - Blankenloch - Spöck |
Bus transport
As a supplement to tram traffic, the public transport company has been operating bus routes since 1911 , some with their own vehicles and some through subcontractors . The first line between Mühlburg and Daxlanden was opened on December 30, 1911 and only ran for three months due to an excessively high operating deficit. Only in 1926 was another bus service to Rüppurr put into operation, which existed until 1931. The first bus line that still exists today is the connection to the Weiherfeldsiedlung, opened in 1928. Additional bus lines were set up over the next few decades to supplement the tram network. Today the bus network consists of 23 lines that are organized as feeders to the tram and light rail network.
| line | Line route | comment | Cycle [1] |
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| 10 | Main station - congress center - Ettlinger Tor - market square | 10 ′ | |
| 21st | Durlach Turmberg - Grötzingen North | Continue as line 23 to Stupferich | 20 ′ |
| 22nd | Durlach Turmberg - Grötzingen Süd - town hall - train station | Not on Sundays and public holidays | 20 ′ |
| 23 | Stupferich - Thomashof - Durlach Turmberg | Continue as line 21 to Grötzingen Nord. | 20 ′ |
| 24 | Durlach Turmberg - Zündhütle - Bergwald - Hohenwettersbach | 20 ′ | |
| 26th | Durlach Turmberg - Geigersberg | 20 ′ | |
| 27 | Zündhütle - Wolfartsweier - Grünwettersbach - Palmbach (- Waldbronn) | a pair of trips runs from Palmbach to Waldbronn. | School traffic |
| 29 | Durlach Turmberg - Turmbergbahn valley station | Only on Sundays and Holidays | 60 ′ |
| 30th | Durlacher Tor - Elbinger Straße (- European School) | Two trips to the European School | 20 ′ (HVZ: 15 ′) |
| 31 | Waldstadt - Hagsfeld - Storrenacker - Durlach Turmberg - train station | ALT traffic on Saturdays between Waldstadt and Hagsfeld; No traffic on Sundays and public holidays | 20 ′ |
| 31X | Storrenacker - Durlach train station (express bus via A5) | Only Mondays to Fridays in load direction | 20 ′ (peak hours) |
| 32 | Fan pool - Hagsfeld - New Meadows - Storrenacker - Roßweid | Storrenacker - Roßweid only on Mondays to Fridays, in late and weekend traffic only between Fächerbad and Hagsfeld Nord | 20 ′ (30 ′) |
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39
(KIT shuttle) |
KIT Campus South - KIT Campus North | Only for employees and students of the KIT - use of hydrogen buses | 30 ′ |
| 42 | Durlach train station - Killisfeld - industrial area - Gottesauer Platz | Monday-Friday only; Late and weekend traffic ALT traffic between Durlach train station and Killisfeld | 20 ′ |
| 44 | Main station - Killisfeld - Zündhütle - Hohenwettersbach - mountain forest | Killisfeld is only served in the load direction in relation to the main train station. | 20 ′ (only HVZ) |
| 47 | Stupferich - Palmbach - Grünwettersbach - Wolfartsweier - Zündhütle - Central Station | Mondays – Fridays at the main train station linked with line 55, 10-minute intervals only between Zündhütle and Palmbach | 20 ′ (HVZ: 10 ′) |
| 47A | Waldbronn - Palmbach - Grünwettersbach - Wolfartsweier - Zündhütle | Monday-Friday | (HVZ: addition L47) |
| 50 | Central station - Beiertheim - Bulach - Oberreut | 20 ′ (HVZ: 10 ′) | |
| 51 | Albtalbahnhof - Bulach - Oberreut Badeniaplatz - center | 30 ′ (only peak hours) | |
| 52 | Albtalbahnhof - Weiherfeld - Dammerstock | Daily from 9 p.m. service by taxis | 20 ′ |
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53
(OLD) |
Erlenweg - Rüppurr Castle | ALT line; only on weekdays | 60 ′ |
| 54 (OLD) | Rüppurr Battstrasse - fairy tale ring | ALT line; only on weekdays | 60 ′ |
| 55 | Central station - Steinhäuserstraße - Weinbrennerplatz - Kühler Krug (- Bannwaldallee) | Mondays – Fridays at the main train station linked to line 47; Kühler Krug - Bannwaldallee only during peak hours | 20 ′ (morning peak: 5-10 ″) |
| 60 | Entenfang - Grünwinkel - Westbahnhof - Heidenstückersiedlung | Monday-Friday only, but not between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m., continue on route 70 | 20 ′ |
| 62 | Entenfang - Grünwinkel - Heidenstückersiedlung - Central Station | Continue as route 70 outside of the traffic times of route 60 | 20 ′ |
| 64 (OLD) | Duck fishing - Rhine harbor area | ALT line; Monday-Friday only; no designated stops in the Rhine port area | 30 ′ (only peak hours) |
| 70 | Heath - Germersheimer Straße - Duck catching | Continue as line 60, outside of their traffic times as line 62 | 20 ′ |
| 71 | Neureut industrial area - Welschneureuter Straße - Heide | Weekdays only | 30 ′ |
| 72 | Neureut (cemetery) Bärenweg - Kirchfeld | Only on weekdays, service cemetery only hourly | 30 ′ |
| 73 | Europaplatz - Linkenheimer Landstrasse - Neureut Kirchfeld | 20 ′ (HVZ: 15´) | |
| 74 | August-Bebel-Strasse - Landauer Strasse - Kaiserslauterner Strasse - Hussar Camp - Knielingen Rheinbergstrasse | 30 ′ (60 ′) | |
| 75 | Knielingen Rheinbergstrasse - Piston Gardens - Knielingen Rheinbergstrasse | Bus continues as line 74. | 30 ′ (60 ′) |
| 76 | Knielingen Lassallestrasse - Knielingen North | Trips are carried out by minibus. | 20 ' |
| 83 | Daxlanden - Oberreute Realschule | only runs on school days | single trips |
| 107 | Durlach train station - Killisfeld - Wolfartsweier - Ettlingen | Weekdays only | 30 ′ (between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.: 60 ′) |
[1] = the basic cycle offered Monday – Friday is indicated.
The bus fleet of Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe largely consists of vehicles from the manufacturer Mercedes-Benz. Two intercity buses from the manufacturer Setra still function as old stock and are primarily used for rented trips, school trips or on the KIT shuttle. It is planned to replace the two vehicles with new vehicles in 2018. There is a tunnel on bus lines 50 and 51, the "Bulacher Loch", which only has a passage height of 2.7 meters. In 1997, 9 Mercedes-Benz O 405 NKF² vehicles were acquired for this purpose. Since these vehicles did not have air conditioning, new vehicles were sought from 2010. However, Mercedes was not ready to produce a flatter bus based on the Citaro. The only manufacturer was the company MJT from Hungary, which produced a prototype in 2012. Unfortunately, the company went bankrupt shortly afterwards, so that one had to look around again for new vehicles. Ultimately, Solaris contacted us with a suitable vehicle. It was created on the basis of the Solaris Urbino 10.9 LE and was built a little flatter and adjusted to a height of 2.7 meters. The air conditioning was installed in the rear of the vehicle so that the bus has no rear window and the last row of seats is missing.
| number | model | Wagon number | Construction year | Art | length | Doors | comment |
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| 1 | MJT Daimler-Benz City-Crosser | 708 | 2012 | Midibus | 10.5 meters | 2 doors | Prototype from MJT; suitable for Bulacher Loch |
| 8th | Solaris Urbino 10.9 H. | 709-716 | 2015-2016 | Midibus | 10.9 meters | 2 doors | Euro VI drive; suitable for Bulacher Loch |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro 2 | 720-723 | 2017 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | 720 paint in ("Maggi" -) yellow, red; Euro VI drive; Driver protection window |
| 4th | Mercedes-Benz Citaro | 724-727 | 2004 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | |
| 5 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro 2 | 728-732 | 2012 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | EEV drive; with "facelift rear" |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro 2 | 736-738 | 2016 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | Euro VI drive |
| 1 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro | 746 | 2003 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro 2 | 748-750 | 2015 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | Euro VI drive |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro | 756-758 | 2005 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | |
| 1 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro Facelift | 760 | 2008 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | |
| 2 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro G Facelift | 762-763 | 2008 | articulated bus | 18 meters | 3 doors | |
| 2 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro G Citaro 2 | 764-765 | 2018 | articulated bus | 18 meters | 3 doors | Paint in ("Maggi" -) yellow, red; Euro VI drive; with driver protection window |
| 1 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro Facelift | 767 | 2008 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | |
| 7th | Mercedes-Benz Citaro G Facelift | 769-775 | 2008-2009 | articulated bus | 18 meters | 3 doors | |
| 1 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro Facelift | 776 | 2008 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro 2 | 778-780 | 2014 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | Euro VI drive |
| 2 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro 2 LE Ü | 782-783 | 2018 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | Paint in ("Maggi" -) yellow, red; Euro VI drive; with driver's protection window, front external sliding door |
| 4th | Mercedes-Benz Citaro 2 G | 790-793 | 2014-2017 | articulated bus | 18 meters | 3 doors | Euro VI drive; 793 with driver protection window |
| 4th | Mercedes-Benz Citaro Facelift | 796-799 | 2009 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 2 doors | |
| 2 | Mercedes-Benz Citaro BZH | 1064.1068 | 2012 | Solo bus | 12 meters | 3 doors | Fuel cell hybrid drive; The owner is the KIT, therefore approval for KA-IT 1064 & KA-IT 1068; only use on the KIT shuttle |
Night lines
On December 14, 2008, an hourly night line network was introduced: local public transport is now available 24 hours a day in the city area. At the central rendezvous point Marktplatz depart at minute 30: two tram lines (S1 / S11 and S2), one tram line (NL1 / NL2, a common circuit of the eastern part of line 1 and a "circle" through the city center), four night bus lines ( NL3 / NL4 / NL5 / NL6) and a collective call taxi (ALT14). Another night bus line (NL6) and three collective call taxis (ALT11, ALT12, ALT13) are waiting at the end of NL1. Since the offer was improved in spring 2009, the night cycle begins at 1:30 a.m. (initially 0:30). The last night clock runs on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays at 6:30 a.m. (only on these nights the tram lines S1 / S11 and S2 also go beyond the city area), otherwise at 4:30 a.m. (at the beginning of the 5th : 30). The previous half-hourly night service on weekends has also been replaced by the new hourly service. The S4 and S5 tram lines have not been integrated into the new night network, but continue to operate their previous night service unchanged. After the end of the 2016 summer vacation, continuous night traffic on the nights from Sunday to Monday through Thursday to Friday was largely discontinued, along with a few other savings.
| line | Line route | vehicle | comment |
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| S2 | (Spöck - Friedrichstal - Blankenloch -) Reitschulschlag - Hagsfeld - Main Cemetery - Market Square - Entenfang - Rheinstrandsiedlung (- Forchheim - Mörsch) | Light rail | during the week only between Reitschulschlag and Rheinstrandsiedlung |
| NL1 | Durlach - Tullastraße - market square | tram | |
| NL2 | Market Square - ZKM - Central Station - Tivoli | tram | |
| NL3 | Market Square - Heidehof - Northwest City - Knielingen | bus | |
| NL4 | Marketplace - Main Cemetery - Waldstadt - European School - Hagsfeld | bus | |
| NL5 | Market place - cool pitcher - Oberreut - Grünwinkel - Daxlanden | bus | |
| NL6 | Durlach Turmberg (- Geigersberg - Bergwald) - Wolfartsweier - Grünwettersbach - Palmbach - Stupferich - Durlach | Bus / ALT | Outward journey as a bus, return journey as an ALT |
| NL11 | Geigersberg - Durlach Turmberg | OLD | |
| NL12 | Hohenwettersbach - Bergwald - Durlach Turmberg | OLD | |
| NL13 | Durlach Turmberg - Grötzingen | OLD | |
| NL14 | Market square - main station - Bulach | OLD | |
| NL16 | Durlach train station - Aue | OLD |
gallery
Tram car 326 of the type NET 2012
Tram car 254 of the type GT6-70D / N
Citaro bus 729
Light rail car 588 of the type GT8-80C
literature
- Manfred Koch (Ed.): Under power. History of local public transport in Karlsruhe . Badenia, Karlsruhe 2000, ISBN 3-7617-0324-4 ( Publications of the Karlsruhe City Archives 20)
- Dieter Höltge: Trams and light rail vehicles in Germany . Volume 6: Bathing . EK-Verlag, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1999, ISBN 3-88255-337-5
Web links
- Internet presence of the Karlsruhe transport company
- Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Kaute: Germans are using more and more local transport - only those from Karlsruhe do not. In: ka-news.de. ka-news , April 11, 2018, accessed on May 3, 2020 .
- ↑ Press release about it , city newspaper about it , article in u & v 1/09
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