Trolleybuses in Biel/Bienne
The trolleybus Biel / Bienne Trolleybus is the system of the Swiss city of Biel / Bienne, a part of the network is in the field of the neighboring city Nidau . The transport department Biel operate - in addition to various bus lines - two routes electric, together these are long 16.3 km. Both are diameter lines and operate in the rush hour in 7.5 -minute intervals:
History
The trolleybus Biel / Bienne replaced 1940-1948 successively the tram Biel. The single trolleybus route sections went into operation as follows:
Line 3 was closed again on 31 May 1992, which accounted for Line 2 in 1997 as a result of further restructuring of the network.
Rolling stock
Far, the following vehicles were procured for the trolleybus Biel / Bienne, now held in the portfolio are 20 cars in gray. Of which are required for the 7.5 -minute intervals 16 simultaneously, at ten- minute intervals ranging from twelve courses.
The Swisstrolley prototype was it taken until 1996 to replace the burned out in January the same year car 61. Until then, he served the manufacturer as demonstration. The following trolleybuses were delivered after scrapping to Romania, where they are partly still in use today:
- Sibiu: 1997 and 1998, the six cars 2, 5 and 13-16
- Brasov: 2008, eleven cars 62-72
- By Medias: 2008 the car 80
In addition, were formerly twelve followers with numbers 61 to 72 are available, they were until 1989, replaced by the first two joint car series with the same numbers. The joint Trolleys 61-66 were also a community order with the car 62-66 of Berne Trolleybus. Likewise, the car 81-90, which correspond to the Bernese Trolleys 1-8.