Shuttle bus service

As a shuttle or shuttle operation is referred to the often time-limited establishment of public bus services in public or private sector sponsorship, for example, during a festival whose various venues are too far apart to reach it on foot easily.

Structure

The structure features a shuttle bus operation are:

• Regular round-trip transport connections to most fixed times ( every half hour, hourly, etc. )
• Convenience of use, such as Inbegriffensein of the fare at the festival ticket
• Short-term and time- limited from the outset establishment of routes

A special case of the shuttle bus transport is the shuttle, defined by an oscillating persons and / or goods between two points, often without stopover. A typical example of individual lanes in the shuttle are courtesy buses between the airport terminal and airport apron.

Examples

Examples to provide inter-city events such as the annual extra layer ( " Long Night of Industrial Culture " ) of the Ruhr area, as well as church days or film festivals all over the city scattered venues. In the case of the short film festival " Open Eyes in Marburg by the inclusion of atmospheric desired natural game in the local castle ruins Amoeneburg in addition to the main building of the cultural center " Café trauma allows ".

A private transport segment occupied now by the airport transfer shuttle bus operation. This concept has prevailed almost everywhere in the country as well as in holiday destinations such as Majorca ( as a permanent offer). During international fairs is often also installed a separate exhibition bus shuttle between the airport and the exhibition areas, such as in Munich and Dusseldorf.

Another example is the park - and-ride systems, who set up shuttle buses between downtown and outlying large parking lots in order to reduce urban of exuberant private transport.

Shuttle buses can also be used as part of a regular line to reach around to certain places, if not enough buffer times are available on the main track and thus Umsteigemöglickeiten can be endangered. An example here is the line 336R ( OVAG ) Wipperfuerth - Ohl - Kierspe - Rönsahl ( as a feeder for the line 336 Gummersbach - Remscheid -Lennep ).

Special cases and similar deals

A special case is the Discobus dar. To provide all visitors with a cost-effective and above all easy reaching of the nightclub or another major evening event, a so-called " Disco Bus " was already launched in many cities and especially in rural areas. Usually he commutes all night between the city center and venue or bring at specified times, visitors from different places to a central event. The concept is now well accepted alternative for many young people. The problem for the bus company but in this context, while increased vandalism and rioting Drunken that make often children who are passengers of a security service required.

Similar offers are direct or express buses. These also serve longer, partly through local connections, for example between large cities. The operating concepts and terms are quite different. As a special feature of the shuttle bus back and forth movement with a regular timetable, short distances and the most temporary nature of the offers can be seen, the permanent offerings rather get the other names. For airport or trade connections, the shuttle has prevailed.