Auto AG Schwyz
Michael Roost
The Auto AG Schwyz ( AAGS ) is a licensed bus operation in Switzerland and was founded in 1922 as a public company. It operates three local bus routes and nine regional routes in and around the town of Schwyz. The AAGS buses run to a total of 205 stops. Stops announcer is the locally renowned teacher and actor Urs Kundig. Be operated while the communities Gersau Ingenbohl, Lauerz, Morschach, Muotathal, saddle and stones.
Bus number of wells to Morschach was put into operation in April 1969, after the well - Morschach train had been shut down.
- 5.1 Takeover by AAGS
- 5.2 Finance of Snappy Travel
Vehicle park
Until the 1990s, the AAGS sat predominantly standard buses of FBW 50U series. Many areas in the district of Schwyz are not accessible by an articulated bus. Therefore, the bus operation possessed only an articulated bus - a Mercedes O 405 GN with the license plate SZ 60000, which was usually used on the line Schwyz Fountain Gersau. These vehicles were replaced by low-floor buses of the Mercedes Citaro series.
The articulated buses come almost exclusively on line 2 Schwyz - Fountain - Weggis - Küssnacht used. On the remaining lines run standard buses of types NAW / Hess BU5 -25, Volvo / Hess B10BLE, Scania / Hess N94UB and Mercedes- Benz Citaro, in part with Hess structure. For the local bus Schwyz since 2009 is a Solaris Midibus available for the lines after Bisisthal - Sali, on the Ibergeregg and partly Morschach end of 2007 were procured as one of the three first-time customers two Hess Mountain buses, which is supplemented in particular by minibuses in Bisistal.
Line network
Line 1
The line runs from Lauerz or Seewen Seewenmarkt over the Schwyz Train and Schwyz Post to Muotathal. The line 6 is used there as a continuation. Only just three bus pairs daily travel the route Lauerz - Muotathal. The remaining run between Seewenmarkt and Muotathal, or between Lauerz and Schwyz post.
Line 3 wrong earlier of Schwyz SBB to Sali to the cable car to the Glattalp. Then the line was 3 merged with the line 1 ( Lauerz -Schwyz Post). The section Muotathal Rear Bridge - Sali figured since then as a line 6 The launched with this amalgamation or separation section Muotathal Rear Bridge - Hoelloch was a short time later already no longer served, in the summer of 2007 after construction of a new inverse square but again in the timetable of Line 1 was added.
Line 1B
Timetable change 2007 AAGS started operating between the line 1B Lauerz mill and the railway station Arth -Goldau. The line will be operated during the year of testing on behalf of the Zugerland Transport Authority ( ZVB). This runs from the train station Goldau about Arth to Walchwil ( - train ). Daily train six bus pairs between Lauerz and Goldau, two of which run to / from Schwyz SBB. Medium term, the line should be extended to Schwyz post.
Line 2
Probably the longest line is the so-called " Riviera - line ", the timetable change in 2004 from the merger between the "old" line 2, stone -Schwyz Fountain Gersau and the bus Küssnacht - Greppen - Weggis - Vitznau- Gersau the shipping company of Lake Lucerne ( SGV ) emerged. A year later transferred the SGV and the concession of the line at the AAGS. The section stones -Schwyz Post is run as a line 20 since the merger. The following bus services exist on the line 2: Schwyz Post Fountain Gersau - Weggis Vitznau - Küssnacht; Schwyz Post Fountain Gersau; Schwyz Post Fountain Fountain Schiller and Schwyz Post Fountain Morschach ( out from under the fountain SBB line 4). Also, there is still direct buses between stones and fountains or Gersau. In 2006 this line was the busiest on the entire network, not only because of the training camp of the Brazilian national football team in Weggis.
Line 3
THe Line 3 runs from Seewenmarkt about Schwyz SBB, from there in the direction Rickenbach about Rösslimatt, Ibach post, Mythencenter, Schwyz post, Rickenbach. In the direction Seewen the line serves 3, the stations of Line 1 on the Bahnhofstrasse Schwyzer.
From the timetable change in December 2010, the new line runs in both directions via Ibach, but the stop Ibach post will continue to be served only in the direction of Schwyz.
Line 4
This line runs between wells SBB and Morschach LMS ( valley station cable car Morschach - Stoos ). Some buses terminate already in Morschach post, other first run of Schwyz post below the line 2 to wells SBB, then directly under the line 4 to Morschach, so that a transfer-free connection between Schwyz and Morschach is possible.
Line 5
The line 5 is operated only in the summer. It begins in Schwyz post, initially follows the line 3 to the terminus Rickenbach Stalden, then the Ibergeregg to Oberiberg. There is connection to the postal bus network in the area to Einsiedeln. The van, which travels over the Ibergeregg is equipped with a post horn and also bears the insignia of the post car. In winter, this bus operates mainly on the line 61
Line 6
Formerly part of line 1, line 6 connects the station Muotathal post with Sali, the valley station of the cable car to the Glattalp.
Line 7
This line runs on the track Schwyz Saddle Roth -Altmatt - Biberbrugg and is operated jointly with the Swiss South-East Railway (SOB ). Served as a standard connection Schwyz- saddle, in recent years it has been extended several times over Rothenthurm Station Altmatt and as of December 2004, according to Biberbrugg where the AAGS and the post bus network are connected to each other around Einsiedeln. The branch saddle crown Saddle Aegeristrasse is noted in the AAGS network plan, but it is only once the timetable change three times in 2009, daily serviced by a AAGS bus. The rest of the time is served this line from a bus Zugerland Transport Authority ( ZVB).
From December 2010, line 7 from Schwyz Post to Schwyz SBB is extended.
Line 20
The line 20 connects the stones SZ train station with the bus station Schwyz post. It was dissolved in 2004 timetable change from line 2.
- Line 8 ( to 2001 )
- Line 2 (2001-2004)
- Line 20 (since 2004)
Line 28/2E
Bus number 28 runs from the S -Bahn station Root D4 after Küssnacht, and then continue as Riviera Trans Express ( line 2E) along the line 2 to Vitznau, stopping at selected stops.
Line 29
The line 29 leads from Küssnacht about Merlischachen to Meggen.
Line 9
Line 9 is the local and school bus of Weggis. Prior to the inclusion of the SGV bus routes in the route network AAGS this line was operated by the SGV. As a transport officer figured Wegmüller, Weggis.
Line 30
Line 30 is one of the two local bus lines of Schwyz. It connects the hospital ( also connected to the Line 1) to the central bus station Schwyz Post and the residence quarters Mangelegg. The route Schwyz post- Quorum Mangelegg - Hintersdorf -Schwyz Post will only drive counterclockwise. The timetable change in 2010, the line was changed from 60 to line 30.
Line 31
The second local bus route from Schwyz, runs weekdays ten times on the track Quorum Schwyz post Mythencenter Ibach - mail Hour Matt Oberschönenbuch. The route to Oberschönenbuch was incorporated in place of the existing school bus in the network. The timetable change in 2010, the line was changed from 61 to line 31.
N4
Together with the transport services Luzern (VBL ) has the AAGS, the night network operated until 2011 timetable change, the line N4 " Night Star ". The line leads from Lucerne via Küssnacht, Weggis Vitznau, partly on to Gersau.
Line 39
The line was introduced in summer 2008 for the transfer of pupils in the Canton of Schwyz School College for Teachers Seminar Rickenbach. The official designation is line 39, the buses are, however, written with " school bus PPS ". The buses as additional courses on line 3, or in between. Students and teachers travel free with appropriate passes.
Former lines
Line 8
A minibus operated as line 8 the distance from Gersau to the valley station of the cable car Obergschwänd Rigi Burggeist. The line was set timetable change in December 2008 due to lack of profitability.
Line 10
Since the summer of 2008, a minibus under the name Pragelbus from the stop Muotathal Hoelloch (line 1) Pragelpass wrong after Richisau. Due to limited number of seats an advance reservation for groups was required. The line was the end of the 2009 summer season set timetable change, because the communities were no longer willing to finance the offer. The procured specifically for this line minibus runs now on the line 60
Bus depot
2003 the new bus depot was based in the area Ibächler "Diesel ". In addition to the Einstellhallen the new depot also has a car wash. The old depot at the Schwyzer Schützenstrasse went to the Victorinox.
Trivia
- During the reconstruction phase of the Canton Schwyz 2008-2010 school college offers the AAGS for the students free bus transfer ( price and extra buses) between Schwyz and post Rickenbach SZ, since there is the alternate site.
- The bus line number 4 carry early in the morning even the mail between wells and Morschach.
Snappy Reisen AG
Takeover by the AAGS
In 2004, the AAGS the Snappy Reisen AG, a Carbetrieb from Brunnen SZ. The company figured since as a subsidiary of AAGS and also placed the fleet of wells into AAGS bus depot "Diesel ". The empty halls in wells have since been hired by several car garages as well as from a plumbing company.
Finances of Snappy Travel
After initial financial problems, the Snappy Travel seems finally to throw off profits for their mother. To fix the hole in the box office, the travel company had, inter alia, away from some of their coaches.
Work together
In addition to the Engadin Bus, the local transport operators of the Upper Engadine, with which the AAGS each exchange buses, and the Swiss South-East Railway (SOB ) and the Navigation Company of Lake Lucerne ( SGV ) with which the AAGS operates jointly lines, there is also a collaboration with the Zugerland Transportation Company ( ZVB) in the training and education area. Also, these two bus companies help out with vehicle defect. The AAGS is represented together with well-known transport company in Switzerland as SBB or central station, in the training portal login.