Compagnie des transports strasbourgeois
Jean -Philippe Lally
The Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS ) is a Société d' économie mixte anonymous ( SAEM ) and was founded in 1877 in what was then the German Empire, Alsace- Lorraine under the name Strassburger horse-drawn railway company in Strasbourg. Its main objective was the development of public passenger transport on the territory of today's Strasbourg Urban Community ( Urban Community of Strasbourg, CUS). The current CTS currently operates 6 tram lines, a bus network, as well as eight Park & Ride sites in the field of CUS. In parallel, it also operates through its subsidiary CTBR ( Compagnie des transports du Bas -Rhin) and on behalf of the General Council of Bas- Rhin 27 regional bus lines, which operate nine stops in Strasbourg. In addition, the CTS participates in the bicycle rental CUS and manages the tourist train in Strasbourg, also called mini tram.
- 2.2.1 shuttle buses
History
1877 Strassburger horse-drawn railway company and in 1888 the Strasbourg tram company was founded. Only after the First World War and the associated reconnection of Alsace- Lorraine to France, in 1919, the company was given the French name: Compagnie des tramways Strasbourgeois ( CTS). On July 22, 1878, the first horse -driven tram was put into operation. The company expanded its network with financial support from banks such as the Straehling Valentine. 1894 we began to electrify as a result of a partnership between the City of Strasbourg and the General Electric Company ( AEG), the tram network. In 1900, the network had 15 tram lines on 50 kilometers of track. From 1939 to the line Roethig Ostwald was operated as a trolleybus. On May 1, 1960 reversed the last time a tram in Strasbourg, the beginning of 1962 the last trolleybus lines were abandoned. These perverted last on the lines 28 ( Roethig - Ostwald ), 5/15 ( place Broglie - Quartier des Quinze ) and 10 ( ring line). After setting the tram took 20 % less passengers public transport. End of the 1980 years were two transport systems to choose from, on the one hand the construction of a metro or the introduction of the VAL system. Ultimately, the city decided in 1989 to build a tram network. The first line, which is 9,8 km long and goes on 26 November 1994 operation. Four years later this is extended, at the same time the line goes in D mode. The lines B and C have been running since September 2000, the F line was added in November 2010. The latter is later from the Tram-Train Strasbourg - be driven Piémont des Vosges - ruptures. In addition, the CTS operate 29 bus routes and bike rental, which is referred to as Vélhop.
Network
Tram network
The tram network currently consists of six lines (A, B, C, D, E, F) and has been in operation since 1994. At the 55.8 km tram rails Strasbourg 94 tram trains are traveling: 53 € and 41 Citadis trams. In 2011, 68.21 million trips were made by tram.
Continued construction
- Line D is extended until 2014 from Aristide Briand to Port -du- Rhin. Here, the district on the Rhine is to be upgraded and converted into an attractive residential area. In 2015 for the first time crossed the border and continue to Kehler station then tram. From there, the tram will later proceed to the city center.
- The line A is to be continued in Illkirch -Graffenstaden to the center. Targeted this is a completion in 2015.
- Currently there will be a study in which the introduction of a new line of Vendenheim Gare to Wolfisheim is checked by the main train station of Strasbourg. In case of realization, the year 2017 to 2020 aimed at.
Bus
The Strasbourg bus network comprises 29 bus routes with 254 buses. It has a total length of 321 km.