Radial route

A radial line, sometimes called analogous to the diameter line and half- diameter line, public transport (PT ) connects suburbs to the town or city center and ends there. A classic area of ​​application is extended regional or intercity lines with journey times of 30 minutes or Metro bus routes in cities. Today they are often with good regional memorable brand name, such as landscape typical terms ( " The weaver " or " Eder Valley Railway" ) advertised. Such lines can be operatively connected to other well-established lines diameter lines.

Radial lines can also help to design transparent line networks, such as star-shaped city bus networks with their own line numbers for each line branch. Here, however, the disadvantage arises that all the subsequent Bustreffpunkt near the city center stops are reachable only with change. Also clearly marked in lines and timetables line connections, in which case two radial lines are connected to a diameter line, can one orientation and loss of time as well as the high costs for passengers with only short traversing not counteract.

A radial line requires a turnaround or a reversing loop, sometimes an operation stop ( to comply with arm rest or the timetable ) and an empty journey to the bus station, where the bus station is not on the line route. The simultaneous launch of buses from a central transfer point can cause a shock - immission of pollutants.

In Austria, a road that connects the downtown area to the suburbs, called radial line ( entry and exit road).