Cross-city route

When the diameter line (also pass line ) refers to a pass through the center of a district A to district B extending, continuous line of public transport. It may be to rail transport (regional -, S-, U -Bahn, tram, light rail lines) or bus, trolleybus lines act. Since not bound to certain railways bus allows for more freedom of action, there is in this area a greater variety of models of line networks ( for example, star-shaped city networks, line branches with a ring operation at end points, etc.).

Features

With diameter lines can be compared to lines with final destination in the town center additional usage options for public transport provide. If needs to be switched at a journey from A to B at a central station in the town center, close to the center trips across the interchange point out are difficult and time consuming. A shift is always re- orientation search ( for example, the correct departure stop ), extra effort and hardships (especially for passengers with luggage or pushchairs, elderly, disabled ), fear of connection loss due to delays and loss of time of at least five minutes. A solid line provides trouble-free riding also from a starting point a few stops in front of a central station to another nearby stop in the town center.

Special local situations, such as a train station outside the town center, make continuous lines even an unconditional necessity, because otherwise a large proportion of rail passengers in local bus services would change again in addition and thus the attractiveness of the offer would be significantly impaired. Similar situations are also at the center distant shopping centers, medical care facilities and the like. given.

Collective systems with short-haul fares without Umsteigeberechtigung to other transport lines, solid lines also allow for additional uses: The cheaper tariff is then beyond the central connection point.

Solid lines need in the center, where space is expensive and often in short supply, no parking and turning spaces. A more recently as a disadvantage respected point in two directions same line numbers, can be solved through mergers of line branches. The city bus in Rheine offers a good example: a star-shaped line network with separate line names for all branches, each two lines are summarized throughout ( seen also in the line network and timetables).

Also in the course of being built as part of the Stuttgart 21 through station at Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof been in the station beginning and ending lines are to be bound.