Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe

The Basel traffic (BVB ) are the carriers of the Canton of Basel-Stadt. You operate the Basel tram network (together with the Basel -Land Transport AG ) as well as the municipal bus. In addition, they were also responsible for the 2008 set trolleybus Basel. Since 1 January 2006, the BVB are self-employed as a public company and are no longer part of the cantonal administration.

• 3.1 tram
• 3.2 bus

History

The Basel traffic (BVB ) were due to a reorganization in 1946 made ​​apparent from the preceding company Basler road tracks ( BStB ). At that time already reversed all three modes, ie tram (since 1895), coach (since 1930) and trolleybus (since 1941).

On April 24, 1947, on Aesch place of the previously worst accident in the history of the railway since the existence occurred, up to the present time. In this case, six people were killed and 47 were injured.

In 1948, the first modern Vierachsmotorwagen in traffic. The motorists were put out by the trams on the streets. Thus, taken in 1955, the automotive associations, the referendum against a loan for new trams. The roiled by referendum campaign was the high point in their fight against the tram. Its stated intention was to banish the tram from the streets of Basel. In the referendum the tram credit was approved by 19'631 16'152 Yes to No. So the order of the new trolley and buses were still four Vierachsmotorwagen be appended.

The tram line clubhouse - Johanniterbrücke - Baden station was converted to bus in 1966 and two years later trolleybus.

1967, the first ticket machine was set up and run since 1970 all trams and buses billeteurlos ( schaffnerlos ). 1979 was the first computer-based operations control center in operation.

After the financial control of the Canton of Basel-Stadt occasional non-compliance cantonal laws and regulations, competence overruns in contract awards and disbursements, as well as lack of sensitivity terms of person Alan positions was criticized, it was released in December 2013 personnel changes. The Chairman Martin Gudenrath resigned. The President of the Executive Committee Finance & Compliance, Dominik Egli, was not re-elected and BVB Director Jürg Baumgartner which was terminated without notice.

Lines

In the city of Basel, there are currently twelve tram and bus lines fourteen, but three tram and a bus route through the BLT ( further in the canton of Basel-Land operates bus services ) are performed. The lines open up Basel agglomeration and their immediate communities. On weekdays runs usually every 7 ½ minutes a tram or bus, in moderately busy lines, generally in the evening or at the weekend will be in the 10 - or 15 -minute intervals down. This clock has existed since 1999.

Tram

Bus

Former hotel shuttle

In 2006, the bus was 52 launched, which should connect the German railway station with the Euro Airport. The standard buses used on this line also served as a feeder and collector hotels, which is why the line was 52 also called hotel shuttle. However, the demand is not met expectations and so the operation was set back to 10 April 2007.

Community line with the SWEG

Since 1999, in cooperation with the SWEG the line 55 Claraplatz - Baden Bahnhof - limit Basel / Weil- Otterbach - Green 99 - Weil am Rhein - Haltingen - Binzen - Schallbach - Kandern. The provisions of TNW apply to the stop Green 99 From the German railway station are also the guidelines of the RVL. With the commissioning of the extension of the tram line 8 to the train station in Weil am Rhein in 2014, ending the promotion of bus line 55 by the Canton of Basel-Stadt and thus the involvement of BVB. The line will be operated solely by the SWEG. On the schedule by going to change anything.

Community line with SBG

As of December 14, 2008, the line extended in the context of cooperation with the Südbadenbus GmbH 38 to Grenzach- Wyhlen.

School Bus Bäumlihof

The school bus Bäumlihof establishes a direct connection between the small and the Basel School Bäumlihof in Riehen. On the previous bet line but still runs only one course per day in each direction. Regardless, the school bus will operate as a separate line with its own line designation.

Track maintenance

The busy network, BVB must be regularly maintained and renovated. In particular, the highly loaded portion by the Grossbasel downtown. So had 2006 Steinberg are subjected to the street theater of a total refurbishment with the fork. This led to disable the entire route through the city center and on large-scale diversions of the affected lines. Large-scale and longer lasting renovations carried out, whenever possible, in each case during the summer holiday season lasts from early July to mid-August.

Tarifverbund

1975 created the BVB together with the Birsigthalbahn, which merged later in the BLT, a collective group. This marked the first step introduced in 1979 Tarifverbund Basel. The foundation was the Basel Regio ticket, valid on the lines of BVB, BLT, Autobus AG Liestal, Waldenburgerbahn ( without steam trains), PTT and on sections of the SBB. With the Basel Passenger Shipping Association ( BPG ) only one ride was possible.

1984 launched the BVB and BLT the favorable environmental subscription, named U- Abo, and thus gained great international recognition, their frequencies increased but within years by 25 percent. 1987, they have finally realized the tariff association Northwestern Switzerland ( TNW ), except at the BVB and BLT also SBB, PTT, Waldenburgerbahn, the Autobus AG Liestal and the city bus Rheinfelden are involved. This also includes the Jurassic community Ederswiler, the Aargau districts Rheinfelden and running Castle and the municipalities Hottwil and Effingen the district of Brugg.

Rolling stock

In January 1995, a Mercedes -Benz natural gas bus was tested on the lines 36 and 37 - as a pilot project for natural gas fueled buses. The Cantonal Council decided to purchase a total of twelve natural gas buses of the Mercedes -Benz O 405 N2 CNG series, which received the car numbers 801-812.

From the late 1990s, some tram - joint motor cars and trailers were performed with a low-floor center section ( litter ) equipped. Thus level boarding on the lines 3, 6 and 8 was not possible. The new, lighter green and the new BVB logo found its way since 2000 and run on any bus air-conditioned low-floor buses.

The Combino crisis

2001, the first new, 43 -meter long, air-conditioned Combino low-floor trams from Siemens were put into operation. Siemens had supplied various cities with the rail vehicle Combino world. In 2004, cracks in car bodies were noticeable, so that the vehicle manufacturer decreed for security to obtain the majority of the Combino trams from traffic and to check technically. The BVB therefore suffered from an acute shortage of rail cars and were forced again to reactivate their old trams. Since many old motor car but now operated on the network of tram Belgrade, the BLT had to jump for their partner companies into the breach and make vehicles available for urban lines. It also had 50 -year-old vehicles be used again in control mode. In addition, the BVB could borrow discarded tram trains from the SVB Bernmobil who were transported by truck from Bern to Basel.

On 22 December 2006, the first revised by Siemens Combino was transported back to Basel. The carriage 310 is thus regarded as the prototype of the series. With it being only empty or test runs were conducted.

Rolling stock

Tram

Bus

• Buses: 20

• Articulated buses: 44 diesel and 20 gas buses

• Minibuses: 7

• Oldtimer: 1

Trivia

The city casino of Basel, and especially its music hall is located at Steinberg. Now for years, the visitors of musical events, including concerts of classical, about re-occurring vibrations and disturbing noises complained. As it has now been found, and touched both of the bench from the Steinberg for Barfusserplatz down thundering tram trains. The leaders of the city casino to convince the authorities of the city and the people responsible for these intolerable conditions of the BVB succeeded. It was traded. The BVB installed a special casino signal conditioning. The system was switched on only during concerts. She pointed to the carriage guides / inside the stone mountain with a v max. forbidden to drive 15 km / hr. The renovation work, which lasted from 3 July to 14 August 2006 then parts of the railway tracks were laid on 750 special Feder-/Schalldämmelemente. ( Explanation of the image: top center: Bank Place Left of the screen. Centre: music hall of the city casino right of the screen center. Diversion in the Theatre Street Left edge of the picture below:. . Turnoff on the Barfuesserplatz image bottom center: line 3 to Kohlberg ).