Wieselbus
The Wiesel buses were planned by the Niederösterreichische Verkehrsorganisationsgesellschaft mbH (NÖVOG) from 1993 to create high-speed bus routes to the then new state capital St. Pölten . From 1996, NÖVOG put the Wieselbuses into operation and coordinated eleven Wieselbus routes in Lower Austria and Vienna . At the end of June 2018, the bus organization was handed over to the Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region .
history
When Sankt Pölten was made the provincial capital of Lower Austria in 1986, in addition to the provincial government , numerous other companies and organizations associated with the federal state of Lower Austria (e.g. Niederösterreichische Versicherung , Lower Austrian regional health insurance , etc.) moved from Vienna to St. Pölten. It was therefore necessary to create fast connections for commuters , as the previous system was mainly geared towards Vienna.
Until mid-2018, NÖVOG coordinated the bus companies that run eleven star-shaped bus routes from the wine , forest and industrial districts of the state to St. Pölten. From the Mostviertel , in which St. Pölten is also located, there were already sufficient connections by train to the state capital. The Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region is currently organizing the Wieselbus routes.
The silver buses all bear the image of a weasel as a symbol of speed.
47 buses are used, the second generation of which was purchased in 2001 and the third in 2010. The network of stops is very thin, and some of the routes also lead via motorways or expressways, which means that attractive travel times can be achieved. In 2003 there were 600,000 passengers. For this quality, NÖVOG received the international public transport innovation award in Germany.
In terms of tariffs, the Wiesel buses were always integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region (VOR); at the end of June 2018, the Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region took over the entire bus organization from NÖVOG.
In July 2021, lines K (Schwechat) and L (Wien-Mitte) will be discontinued due to the sharp drop in passenger numbers due to the expansion of the rail connections.
Lines
All lines in St. Pölten go to the stops Landhaus -Nord and Landhaus-Süd , the stop at the main station some only at certain times or only in one direction.
| Line overview | |
|---|---|
| line | course |
| A. | Gänserndorf - Wolkersdorf - Korneuburg - Grafenwörth - St. Pölten |
| B. | Mistelbach - Ernstbrunn - Stockerau - Tulln - Kapelln - St. Pölten |
| C. | Hollabrunn - Ziersdorf - Hohenwarth - Hadersdorf am Kamp - St. Pölten |
| D. | Klosterneuburg - St. Andrä-Wierter - Königstetten - Tulln - Tullnerfeld - Mitterndorf - St. Pölten |
| E. | Waidhofen an der Thaya - Göpfritz - Horn - Gars am Kamp - Langenlois - Krems - St. Pölten |
| F. | Gmünd - Kirchberg - Zwettl - Rastenfeld - Gföhl - Krems - St. Pölten |
| G | Krems - St. Pölten |
| H | Wiener Neustadt - Baden - Alland - St. Pölten |
| K | Schwechat - Himberg - Achau - Mödling - St. Pölten |
| L. | Vienna ( Mitte-Landstrasse - Karlsplatz - Pilgramgasse - Längenfeldgasse - Hietzing - Hütteldorf ) - St. Pölten |
| M. | Mauerbach - Gablitz - Purkersdorf - Pressbaum - St. Pölten |
Web links
- Information about the Wieselbus at vor.at
Individual evidence
- ↑ Audit report 3/1999 Lower Austrian Regional Audit Office , from October 1, 1999, accessed on August 17, 2011
- ↑ noe.gv.at: Improvements in the bus sector , October 7, 2009, accessed on August 17, 2011
- ↑ Land gives Wieselbus lines to ORF from June 3, 2018, accessed on June 3, 2018.
- ^ Off for two Wieselbus routes on ORF from March 5, 2020, accessed on March 5, 2020.
