Trolleybuses in Eberswalde

The Trolleybus Eberswalde, popularly known also Strippenbus or stripping Express is. Beside the trolleybus Esslingen am Neckar, Solingen trolleybus one of three remaining trolleybuses in Germany The Obusverkehr in Eberswalde was taken on November 3, 1940 and is the oldest German trolleybus. At a length of 37.2 kilometers today operate two lines, operator is the Barnim Bus Company (BBG ). As a precursor applies the Trackless train Eberswalde, they perverted March to June 1901.

History

The trolleybus replaced from 3 November 1940, the Urban tram Eberswalde, perverted from 1 September 1910 to 2 November 1940. The first to use trolleybuses -down ( type MPE 1) had a chassis of MAN AG in Nuremberg. The bodies were of the company Schumann from Werdau in Saxony. The electrical control of the 61 -kilowatt double commutator motor was a fine step - travel switch with double-stroke actuation.

From 1942 to 1985, the trolleybuses in Eberswalde wrong in times of strong passenger Andrangs with trailers. The transport department Eberswalde were thus the last German bus company that performed regular service with trailers. In recent years, a special permit was required to, as the passenger transport in trailers in the GDR was no longer permitted since 1978.

Since July 1, 1993 run low-floor trolleybuses from Graf & Stift NGE 152 in Eberswalde. The trolleybuses run in two lines of Northrend ( line 861 ) and Ostend ( line 862 ) to the Brandenburg district and deal with the majority of public transport in the city. The two lines have a total length of 37.2 kilometers. The 15 O buses have been back every year 870,500 km and carry 4.2 million passengers this.

Ten Ikarus articulated cars arrived after their withdrawal in 1995 to trolleybus Timişoara in Romania, where a part of them was still in use until 2008.

From the 6th of November 2010, the first low-floor Eberswalde Obusgeneration was replaced by twelve Trollino Solaris 18.

Route launch

  • March 22, 1901: Alsenplatz (now Karl -Marx -Platz) Station ( decommissioned after three months )
  • 03 November 1940: Ostend- Westend
  • 05 April 1953: the center - of Northrend
  • 07 October 1973: Street youth Poratzstraße
  • 06 November 1987: West End residential area " Max Reimann " (now Brandenburg Quarter)
  • 02 July 1990: corner Spechthausener Street / Lenin Street (today Eberswalde Street ) Little Star
  • July 01, 1993: Brandenburg Quarter Little Star

Obustypen in Eberswalde

Line operation

From 1942 to 1985, the trolleybuses in Eberswalde wrong in times of strong passenger Andrangs with supporters of the company Gottfried Lindner / Ammendorf (own type Lindner), Schumann ( war type KEO ), the combine harvester Weimar, wagon Bautzen and LOWA ( Types W 700 and W 701).

Škoda 9TR in Heegermühler road

Škoda 14Tr, 1990

Icarus trolleybus number 7, 1990

Test operation

Tradition Vehicles

Two Škoda trolleybuses are operable and approved, only the 9TR was in Eberswalde in regular service ( 1969-88 )

  • Since 1995: Škoda 14Tr, built in 1983
  • Since 1996: Škoda 9TR, built in 1969, reopening in 1999
  • Since 1996: Gaubschat / AEG HS 56, No. 488, built in 1957 - comes from the power of Steglitz, BVG (West)
  • Daimler-Benz/Schumann/SSW SSW- DB 45/47, No 1224, built 1945/Umbau 1947 - comes from the power of Steglitz, BVG (West)
  • Henschel / Kässbohrer KEO II
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