Trolleybuses in Biel/Bienne

Biel/Bienne trolleybus system

A Swisstrolley articulated trolleybus in Biel/Bienne
Operation
Locale Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Open 1940 (1940)
Status Open
Routes 2
Operator(s) Verkehrsbetriebe Biel/Transports publics biennois (VB/TPB)
Overview
Legend
Legend
Vorhölzli / Bois-Devant 1
Eisbahn / Patinoire 1
Löhre / Mauchamp 4
Orpundplatz / Place d'Orpond 
Zentralplatz / Place Centrale
Guisanplatz / Place Guisan
Bahnhof Biel
Nidau, Bahnhof / Gare 4
Website VB/TPB (German) (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, 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

See also

References

Media related to Trolleybuses in Biel/Bienne at Wikimedia Commons

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