Trolleybuses in Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne trolleybus system
A Swisstrolley articulated trolleybus in Biel/Bienne
Operation
LocaleBiel/Bienne, Switzerland
Open1940 (1940)
StatusOpen
Routes2
Operator(s)Verkehrsbetriebe Biel/Transports publics biennois (VB/TPB)
Overview
Legend
Vorhölzli/
Bois-Devant
 1 
 1 
Eisbahn/
Patinoire
Löhre/
Mauchamp
 4 
Orpundplatz/
Place d'Orpond
Zentralplatz/
Place Centrale
Guisanplatz/
Place Guisan
Biel/Bienne
station
 4 
Nidau
station
This diagram:
Websitehttp://www.vb-tpb.ch VB/TPB (in German and French)

The Biel/Bienne trolleybus system (German: Trolleybus System Biel; French: Réseau trolleybus de Bienne) is part of the public transport network of the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. The system also serves the neighbouring municipality of Nidau.

Opened on 19 October 1940,[1] the system gradually replaced the Biel/Bienne tramway network.


Lines

The present system is made up of the following lines:

Line 1 Eisbahn/Patinoire – Zentralplatz/Place Central – Bahnhof/Gare – Orpundplatz – Vorhölzli/Bois-Devant
Line 4 Löhre/Mauchamp – Orpundplatz – Zentralplatz/Place Central – Bahnhof/Gare – Nidau, Bahnhof/Gare

Fleet

Numbers Quantity Manufacturer Electrical
equipment		 Model Year built
81–90 10 NAW / Hess Kiepe BGT-N2 1997
51–60 10 Hess Kiepe BGT-N2C 2008
  • Berna trolleybus 43 from 1951, on Line 3 in 1979
    Berna trolleybus 43 from 1951, on Line 3 in 1979
  • Volvo-articulated trolleybus No. 69 from 1988, on line 1 in 2007
    Volvo-articulated trolleybus No. 69 from 1988, on line 1 in 2007
  • The Swisstrolley prototype No. 80 (since sold), in Biel/Bienne in 2008
    The Swisstrolley prototype No. 80 (since sold), in Biel/Bienne in 2008
  • A Swisstrolley 2 from 1997
    A Swisstrolley 2 from 1997

See also

References

Specific

  1. ^ Murray, Alan (2000). World Trolleybus Encyclopaedia. Yateley, Hampshire, UK: Trolleybooks. p. 72. ISBN 0-904235-18-1.

General

  • Schwandl, Robert (2010). Schwandl's Tram Atlas Schweiz & Österreich. Berlin: Robert Schwandl Verlag. ISBN 978 3 936573 27 5. (in German and English)

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