Lucerne public transport company

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Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern AG
Logo Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern
Basic information
Company headquarters Lucerne
Web presence Official website
Reference year 2017
owner City of Lucerne
Board Yvonne Hunkeler
Operations management Dr. Norbert Schmassmann
Transport network Tariff association Lucerne / Obwalden / Nidwalden (Passepartout)
Employee 512
sales 92.5 milliondep1
Lines
Trolleybus 7th
bus 24, including 7 at Thepra
Other lines 7 night bus routes
number of vehicles
Trolleybuses 59
buses vbl: 88
Thepra: 21
other vehicles 15 company vehicles
statistics
Passengers 50.1 million per year
Catchment area 199,000 inhabitants (vbl)
042,000 inhabitants (Thepra)dep1
Length of line network
Bus routes 264.7 km (including Thepra)dep1
Operating facilities
Depots Depot Weinbergli
Depot Root
Depot Rieden (Thepra)
Network plan
Network map of Lucerne Zone 10 and the surrounding area

The transporting enterprises Luzern AG ( VBL ), formerly transport authority of the city of Lucerne and to 1942 tram Lucerne ( TrL ) are a transport company in the canton of Lucerne . In the city of Lucerne and the surrounding communities, they operate the Lucerne trolleybus, which opened in 1941, with seven lines and various bus lines. The trolleybus, in turn, gradually replaced the Lucerne tram that opened in 1899 until 1961 . Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern has been a public limited company since 2000, of which the city of Lucerne is the sole shareholder.

Lines

Trolleybus

Lines 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 are trolleybus lines, lines 1, 2 and 8 are also part of the RBus system .

Bus

Lines 14, 15, 16 and 21 are operated by the Heggli company from Kriens on behalf of the Lucerne Transport Authority.

  • 09 : Lucerne train station - Pilatusplatz - Kasernenplatz - Geissmatthöhe - Bramberg
  • 10 : Lucerne train station - Pilatusplatz - Untergütsch - Obergütsch
  • 11 : Lucerne train station - Pilatusplatz - Paulusplatz - Eichhof - Steinhof - Dattenberg
  • 12 : Lucerne train station - Pilatusplatz - Kasernenplatz - Kreuzstutz - Längweiher - Littau Gasshof
  • 14 : Horw Center - Pilatusmarkt - South Pole - Eichhof - Pilatusplatz - Lucerne train station - St. Anna Clinic - Brüelstrasse
  • 15 : Local bus Kriens bus loop - Sidhalde / Gehri and bus loop - Feldmühle - Sonnenberg - bus loop
  • 16 : Kriens bus loop - Nidfeld - Kriens Mattenhof - Kuonimatt - Pilatusmarkt - Horw Spitz
  • 18 : Lucerne train station - Pilatusplatz - Kasernenplatz - Kreuzstutz - Cantonal Hospital - Youth Hostel - Friedental
  • 19 : Lucerne train station - Luzernerhof - Löwenplatz - Schlossberg - Kantonsspital - Reussport - Friedental
  • 20 : Lucerne train station - Pilatusplatz - Paulusplatz - Eichhof - Allmend - Wegscheide - Horw Center - Ennethorw / Horw Technikumstrasse
  • 21 : Lucerne train station - Schönbühl - Langensand - St. Niklausen - Kastanienbaum - Felmis - Wegscheide - Horw center - Pilatusmarkt - Kriens bus loop
  • 22 : Lucerne train station - Löwenplatz - Maihof - Ebikon Hofmatt - Buchrain - Reuss Bridge - Perlen
  • 23 : Lucerne train station - Löwenplatz - Maihof - Ebikon Hofmatt - Dierikon - Längenbold - Root - Gisikon train station
  • 24 : Lucerne train station - Luzernerhof - Verkehrshaus / Lido - Seeburg - Hermitage - Meggen Schlössli - Kreuz - Meggen Gottlieben / Meggen Tschädigen
  • 25 : Brüelstrasse - Eggen - Meggen Pius Church - Meggen Gottlieben
  • 26 : Brüelstrasse - Hochhüsliweid - Adligenswil - Unterlöchli - Schweizerheim - Ebikon train station - Ottigenbühl
  • Tellbus Uri ( express bus ): Lucerne train station - Lucerne Eichhof - Altdorf Eggberge - Altdorf Tell monument

In addition, parts of the Nachtstern network are also served by the Lucerne transport company.

Disused lines and sections

  • On line 1: Until 1946 there was a tram track from the Kriens terminus to the Sonnenbergbahn valley station .
  • Tram line 2 ran between 1899 and 1927 via Bahnhofstrasse and Pfistergasse. Even after the tracks were laid in the Hirschengraben, the station - city ​​theater section was still used for theater carriages until the 1950s .
  • On line 2: Between 1903 and 1913 the line ended at Emmenbrücke station , after which the route from Seetalplatz was relocated via Gerliswilstrasse to Centralplatz. Since December 2016, line 2 has again passed through Emmenbrücke station instead of Gerliswilstrasse.
  • The trolleybus line 5 Lucerne station - Bundesplatz - Steghof - Allmend was almost identical to today's trolleybus line 4, only the short section Breitenlachen-Allmend has not been served since 2005. For this, the timetable on line 4 has been condensed.
  • Line 13 Seetalplatz - Frohburg - Ruopigen - Littau Gasshof - Littau Bahnhof was operated by VBL until December 2008. Then the transport company lost the concession to Auto AG Rothenburg , which extended the line via Emmenbrücke Sprengi to Rothenburg Wahligen.
  • The trial operation of line 17 (Bundesplatz - Paulusplatz - Steinhof - Eichhof) was discontinued in 2005, and the Steinhof district was opened up with the changed route of line 11.
  • The section from Horw to Hergiswil was discontinued on line 20 in 1964.
  • The Buchrain, Reussbrücke - Inwil branch on line 22 was discontinued in December 2017, and the corresponding route is now connected to line 111 via Ebikon. At the same time, the rhythm was condensed to pearls.
  • Gütschbus : Pilatusplatz - Kasernenplatz - Château Gütsch: Operations were stopped at the beginning of January 2009 after only seven months.

Renamed lines

  • Line 18 Luzern - Friedental station was line 8 until 1981. The numbering was changed after the Lucerne station - Hirtenhof line was opened.
  • The bus line from Luzern station to Lido, opened in 1929, was originally called line 15, then line 6. After 1959, this line ended in Würzenbach (today's Brüelstrasse station) and was merged with line 2, which had been converted to trolleybus. The vacated line number 6 was transferred to the new connection between Lucerne station and Matthof in 1960.
  • The second bus route 15 ran from Kriens via Feldmühle to Obernau until 1991. Then the trolleybus line 1 was extended from Kriens to Obernau and the bus service was canceled. A few years later, route number 15 went to the Kriens district bus, which had previously been designated with the letter Q.
  • In 1998 lines 2 Emmenbrücke - Bahnhof - Würzenbach and 4/5 Hubelmatt / Allmend - Bahnhof - Wesemlin were shortened to Lucerne station; instead, lines 6/8, which had previously ended at the station, ran to Würzenbach and line 7 to Wesemlin.
  • At the 2014 timetable change, lines 26 and 27 were merged to form the new line 26, and lines 14 and 31 to form the new line 14, with the Kasernenplatz - Pilatusplatz section of line 31 introduced in 2006 being omitted

vehicles

Trolleybus

Bus

Former (selection)

image Numbers piece Manufacturer Type Art Years of construction Scrapping Remarks
VBL615.JPG 570; 572 1
613; 615; 616		 05 Scania / Hess N94UB Midibus 2005-2006 2017
51-61 11 Volvo / Hess B10M Solo bus 1984; 1986 2005-2006 No. 60–61 from 2005 as No. 551–552
VBL 62 Conservatory.jpg 62-63 02 Volvo / Hess B10L Solo bus 1996 2010
560 1 , 715 2 02 Mercedes Benz O 405 N Solo bus 1997 2011
VBL562.JPG 561–564 1
565–567 1
64 + 65
69
702 3
716–724 4 		20th Mercedes Benz O530 Solo bus 1998–1999
2000–2001
2006
2006
2006
2005–2006		 2011
2014
2017
2014
2017
2017-2018
 69 retired after fire
702: Former demonstration vehicle without a matrix box at the front
701 3 01 Neoplan N 4411 Solo bus 2001 2014 lastly reserve car lines 15, 16, 21
VBL Hybrid 76 StNiklausen.jpg 72-77 06th Volvo 7700 hybrid Hybrid bus 2011 Spring 2015 Leased for 3 years
101-110 10 Volvo / Hess B58-55 articulated bus 1974 Late 2002 Car 103 for the Léman RétroBus Association
111-116 06th Volvo / R + J B10MA articulated bus 1983; 1986 Late 2006
VBL121.JPG 117-122 06th Volvo / Hess B10MA articulated bus 1991 Late 2006 No. 117, 118 and 120 until mid-2007 for match transports
No. 119 at the end of 2006–2018 Event bus
123-125 03 Volvo / Hess B10LA articulated bus 1996 June 2009
VBL 137 Citaro Seebrücke.jpg 126-134
135-144
145-150 5 		23 Mercedes Benz O530G articulated bus 2002
2004
2003		 2016–2017
2017–2019
2017–2018		 134 retired after an accident
148 retired after a fire on May 15, 2016
VBL 162 Volvo 7900A Hybrid Horw.jpg 162 01 Volvo 7900A hybrid Articulated hybrid bus 2012 2014 First Euro6 hybrid bus;
Year-long field test between July 2013 and June 2014

Notes:
1 Owned by GOWA AG until 2010, subsidiary of vbl since 2002
2 Owned by GOWA AG until 2010, in use as No. 559 until December 2005
3 Owned by Heggli AG until 2012
4 cars 716–717 and 723– 724 until 2010 owned by GOWA AG
5 Until December 2005 with Heggli under the numbers 707–712

Current

image Numbers piece Manufacturer Type Art Years of construction Remarks
VBL615.JPG 571 1
611; 612; 614		 04th Scania / Hess N94UB Midibus 2005-2006
VBL 575 Pilatusbahnen.jpg 575 1 ; 617 02 Scania / Hess N280UB Midibus 2009
618 01 Mercedes Benz O530K Midibus Procured used in 2014
619-624 06th Mercedes Benz O530K C2 Midibus 2017
VBL Citaro 718 Pilatusmarkt.jpg 66-68; 70-71
573-574 1 		07th Mercedes Benz O530 Solo bus 2006
2006		 66 driving school cars
78-80 03 Volvo 7900 hybrid Hybrid bus 2015
VBL 84 Giseli.jpg 81-84
85-86
87-92
93-96 		16 Mercedes Benz O530 C2 Solo bus 2015
2016
2018
2019
VBL 137 Citaro Seebrücke.jpg 151-157 07th Mercedes Benz O530G articulated bus 2006
158-161 04th Mercedes Benz O530G facelift articulated bus 2009
VBL 163 Citaro C2 Seebrücke.jpg 163-175
176-183
184-191
192-194		 32 Mercedes Benz O530G C2 articulated bus 2014
2016
2017
2018		 No. 163–175 procured for the replacement bus on trolleybus line 2 .

Notes:
1 Until 2010 owned by GOWA AG, since 2002 a subsidiary of vbl

Other fields of activity

Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern AG is a holding company that includes two other companies in addition to vbl Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern AG, which is active in the field of public transport in the Lucerne agglomeration, as described above . All subsidiaries of the holding companies are wholly owned by the holding company.

vbl Transport AG

The vbl Transport AG is of the acquired subsidiary 2,002 in January 2010 GOWA AG developed and now includes the following offers or brands:

vehicles

Numbers piece Manufacturer Type Art Period of use Remarks
801 01 Volvo 9700 3-axle travel car since 2006 52 seats
802 01 Volvo 9700 2-axle travel car 2006-2014 46 seats
803
805		 02 Setra S 431 DT 3-axle double-decker touring car since 2009
since 2014		 80 seats
804 01 Volvo 9700 3-axle travel car since 2011 49 seats
806 01 Volvo 9700 2-axle travel car since 2014 46 seats
807 01 Setra S 516 HDH 3-axle travel car since 2017 50 seats
821 01 Mercedes Benz sprinter minibus since 2012 18 seats

Thepra AG

On July 4, 2016, the vbl took over Thepra AG from Stans , which at that time operated a total of seven post bus lines with 20 buses in the canton of Nidwalden . The company, founded in 1975, continues to operate as an independent PostBus company. By taking over the company, vbl was able to expand its market area south of Lucerne, and synergies could also be used.

In May 2020, PostBus announced that it wanted to operate the Nidwalden lines on its own in the future and that the contract with Thepra would expire in December 2020. PostBus intends to continue to use the depot in Stans as the starting point for the lines in Nidwalden. Therefore the hall is to be rented from Thepra.

vbl-historic

For a long time, the historic vehicles of the vbl were parked in the Weinbergli depot, where the regular line vehicles are also serviced and parked. Since this was not entirely unproblematic for ongoing operations, the vehicles were relocated to an external location in 2007. Just in time for the 111th anniversary of the vbl in 2010, the two vintage car buses from the historical inventory were made ready to drive again and used for journeys.

In the meantime, the interest of classic car lovers had been aroused, who wanted to continue making the historic vehicles accessible to the public. This led to discussions between employees of the vbl and the Verkehrshaus , as a result of which vbl-historic was founded as an association on October 19, 2012. The aim of this association is not only to preserve and care for the historical vehicles, but also to operate these vehicles as historical witnesses at events.

The following vehicles are currently in the inventory of vbl-historic:

In addition, the car body of tram railcar No. 13 from 1899 is owned by the association. After ceasing operations in 1961, this car served as a private garden shed. He later went to a children's playground before returning to Lucerne in 1999.

  • Twin Coach / Herkules 38-S-DT

  • FBW / Hess B71U

  • FBW / FFA / MFO trolleybus

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Building application for a second vbl depot in Root media release of the vbl from July 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Public buses at heggli.com.
  3. ↑ VBL bus in Meggen burnt out on luzernerzeitung.ch.
  4. ↑ a b history on vbl.ch
  5. ↑ 13 new articulated buses for your comfort. ( Memento of the original from December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: vbl-Zeitung 57 November 2013, p. 12. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vbl.ch
  6. ↑ Annual Report 2016 (PDF) on vbl.ch
  7. ↑ Annual Report 2009 (PDF) on vbl.ch.
  8. ↑ Our fleet of coaches on vbl.ch
  9. ↑ vbl AG acquires Thepra AG in Stan's media release from vbl on July 5, 2016.
  10. ↑ Media release of May 13, 2020: PostBus will take over routes from Stans on its own
  11. ↑ a b How did vbl-historic come about on vbl-historic.ch.
  12. ↑ 111 years young in ÖV Panorama. 1/2011, p. 14.
  13. ↑ Purpose of the association on vbl-historic.ch.
  14. ↑ Vehicles on vbl-historic.ch.
  15. ↑ The NAW trolleybus says goodbye to Lucerne, media release from vbl dated September 6, 2017.