Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern

The transport department Luzern AG (VBL ), a former transport companies of the city of Lucerne and Lucerne to 1942 tram ( TrL ), are a transport company in the Canton of Lucerne. They operate in the city of Lucerne and the surrounding communities opened the 1941 Lucerne Trolleybus with six lines and several bus lines. The trolleybus again replaced and 1961 successively in 1899 opened tram Lucerne. Since 2000, the Public Transportation Lucerne are a corporation whose single shareholder is the city of Lucerne.

  • 4.1 trolleybus
  • 4.2 bus 4.2.1 Former (selection)
  • 4.2.2 Current
  • 4.2.3 Coaches

Lines

Trolleybus

The lines 1, 2, 4, 6, 7 and 8 trolleybus lines

Bus

The lines 11, 15, 16, and 21 are operated by the Company Heggli from Kriens on behalf of the transport companies Lucerne.

  • 09: Bahnhof Luzern - Pilatusplatz - Kasernenplatz - Geissmatthöhe - Bramberg
  • 10: Bahnhof Luzern - Pilatusplatz - Untergütschstrasse - Obergütsch
  • 11: Bahnhof Luzern - Pilatusplatz - Paulusplatz - Eichhof - Steinhofgründe - Dattenberg
  • 12: Bahnhof Luzern - Pilatusplatz - Kasernenplatz - Kreuzstutz - Längweiher - Littau Gasshof
  • 14: Horw Center - Pilatusmarkt - South Pole - Eichhof - Pilatusplatz - Bahnhof Luzern - St. Anna - Brüelstrasse
  • 15: Local bus Kriens bus loop - Sidhalde / Gehri and bus loop - Field Mill - Sonnenberg - bus loop
  • 16: Kriens bus loop - Nidfeld - Kriens Mattenhof - Kuonimatt - Pilatusmarkt - Horw Spitz
  • 18: Bahnhof Luzern - Pilatusplatz - Kasernenplatz - Kreuzstutz - Kantonsspital - Hostel - Friedental
  • 19: Bahnhof Luzern - Luzernerhof - Löwenplatz - Schlossberg - Kantonsspital - Reussport - Friedental
  • 20: Bahnhof Luzern - Pilatusplatz - Paulusplatz - Eichhof - Allmendfeld - crossroads - Horw Center - Ennethorw / Horw Technikumstrasse
  • 21: Bahnhof Luzern - Schoenbuehl - Long Sand - St.Niklausen - Chestnut Tree - Felmis - crossroads - Horw Center - Pilatusmarkt - Kriens bus loop
  • 22: Bahnhof Luzern - Löwenplatz - Maihof - Ebikon Hofmatt - Book Rain - Reussbrücke - Inwil / beads
  • 23: Bahnhof Luzern - Löwenplatz - Maihof - Ebikon Hofmatt - Dierikon - Längenbold - Root - Gisikon Station
  • 24: Bahnhof Luzern - Luzernerhof - Traffic Home / Lido - Seeburg - Hermitage - Meggen Schlossli - Cross - Meggen God loves / Meggen Tschädigen
  • 25: Brüelstrasse - Harrows - Meggen Pius Church
  • 26: Brüelstrasse - Hochhüsliweid - Adligenswil - Unterlöchli - Swiss home - Ebikon station - Ottigenbühl
  • Tellbus Uri (Express ): Station Luzern - Lucerne Eichhof - Eggberge - Altdorf Telldenkmal

Is also operated by the VBL and of Heggli the Mattbus Hergiswil. In addition, parts of the night star network are also served by the public transport operators Lucerne.

Disused lines and sections

  • On line 1: By 1946, a tram track from the terminus Kriens existed at the base station of the Sonnenbergbahn.
  • On line 2: Between 1903 and 1913, ended the line at Emmen Bridge station, then the route from Seetalplatz was changed to Central Square.
  • The trolleybus line 5 Station Luzern - Federal Court - Steghof - Allmendfeld was almost identical to the present trolley bus line 4, only the short section width Laugh Allmendfeld is no longer operated since 2005. For the schedule on the line 4 was compressed.
  • The line 13 Seetalplatz - Frohnburg - Ruopigen - Littau Gasshof - Littau train station was operated until December 2008 by the VBL. Then the transport company lost the license to the Auto AG Rothenburg, which extended the line over Emmenbrücke Sprengi to Rothenburg Wahligen.
  • The trial operation of line 17 ( Federal Court - Paulusplatz - Steinhofgründe - Eichhof ) was discontinued in 2005, opened up the Steinhofgründe quarters but with the changed lines of the line 11.
  • On line 20, the portion of Horw to Hergiswil 1964 has been set.
  • Gütschbus: Pilatusplatz - Kasernenplatz - Chateau Guetsch: The company was initially set in January 2009 after only seven months.

Renamed lines

  • Line 18 Station Luzern - Friedental was until 1981 the line 8 The numbering was after the opening of the line station Lucerne - changed Hirtenhof.
  • The bus line opened in 1929, Lucerne station - Lido was originally named line 15, then line 6 After 1959 ended this line in Würzenbach (today Station Brüelstrasse ) and was combined with the converted to trolleybus line 2. The freed line number 6 was commissioned in 1960 to the new connection station Lucerne - Matthof over.
  • The second bus line 15 to 1991 resulted from Kriens on the field mill after Obernau. Then the trolley bus line 1 was extended from Kriens to Obernau and lifted the bus operation. The line number 15 went a few years later to the Quartierbus Kriens, who until then had been designated by the letter Q.
  • Station - - Würzenbach and 4/5 Hubelmatt / Allmendfeld - In 1998, the two lines were Emmen bridge station - Wesemlin shortened to the Lucerne train station; Instead, run today by the railway station ending hitherto lines 6 /8 and 7 after Würzenbach and Wesemlin - Unterlöchli.
  • On the timetable change 2014 lines 26 and 27 were hanged together on the new line 26, and lines 14 and 31 to the new line 14

Rolling stock

Trolleybus

Bus

Former (selection)

  • Volvo / Hess B58 -55 GAB 101-110 (1974 ), articulated, scrapped by end of 2002
  • Volvo / R J B10M 111-116 ( 1983-1986), articulated, scrapped by end of 2006
  • Volvo / Hess B10M 51-61 ( 1984-1986 ), largely phased out by the end of 2006
  • Volvo / Hess B10M 117-122 (1991 ), articulated, retired at the end of 2006 → 119 converted to event bus
  • Volvo / Hess B10L 62-63 (1996 ), 2010 scrapped
  • Volvo / Hess B10LA 123-125 (1996 ), articulated, retired by June 2009

Current

Notes: 1 By 2010, the property of GOWA AG, since 2002 a subsidiary of vbl 2 By 2012, the property of Heggli AG 3 cars 716-717 and 723-724 by 2010 owned the GOWA AG 4 Up to December 2005 out at Heggli in paragraphs 707-712

Coach

  • Volvo 9700 ( three-axle version ) 801 ( 2006)
  • Volvo 9700 ( two-axle version ) 802 ( 2007)
  • Volvo 9900 ( three-axle version ) 804 (2010)
  • Setra S 431 DT ( double deck ) 803 (2009)
  • Mercedes -Benz Sprinter 821 (2012)

Vbl -historic

The historic vehicles VBL were turned off for a long time in the depot Weinbergli, where the regular line of vehicles serviced and parked. Since this was not without problems for the ongoing operation, the vehicles were moved to an outdoor location in 2007. Time for the 111 year anniversary of the VBL in 2010, the two vintage buses were again made ​​ready to drive from the historic inventory and used for trips.

Meanwhile, the interest of classic car buffs had been awakened, who wanted to make the historical vehicles like to continue the public. So it came to talks by members of the VBL and the Museum of Transportation, as a result, vbl -historic was founded as an association on 19 October, 2012. The aim of this association is in addition to the preservation and maintenance of historic vehicles and the operation of these vehicles as historical witnesses to events.

The following vehicles are currently in stock by vbl -historic:

  • Twin Coach / Hercules 38 -S -DT No. 76 (1948 ), bus ( operational )
  • FBW / Hess B71U No. 81 (1955 ), bus ( operational )
  • FBW / FFA / MFO 1 MHe No. 25 ( 1950), trolley
  • FBW / Schindler / MFO BBC 1 MHe No. 242 ( 1963), trolley
  • Berna (1958), autotowers

In addition to the car body by tram railcars No. 13 of 1899 is owned by the association. This car was used by the operating setting 1961 as a private garden cottage. Later he was on a children's playground, before returning to Lucerne in 1999.

FBW / Hess B71U

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