Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe
Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe (BVB) is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Basel, and is wholly owned by canton of Basel-Stadt, which consists of city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen. The BVB was founded in 1895, and became a self-governing public corporation on 1 January 2006. It transports 132 million passengers per year, an average of roughly 360,000 a day. It operates 128 motor trams and 74 trailers on 9 tram routes, as well as 99 buses on a total of 13 bus routes. These are kept operating by 1200 employees.[1]
The BVB jointly operates the Basel tram network with Baselland Transport AG (BLT), owned by the adjoining canton of Basel-Land. Whilst the green colored BVB tends to operate the shorter urban services, its tram routes do extend beyond the inner city into Basel-Land. Likewise the yellow BLT trams operate into the city centre. Both are part of the integrated fare network Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz (TNW), which in itself is part of the three countries-integrated fare network triregio.[1][2][3][4]
The Basel trolleybus system, which has been replaced by gas-driven buses in 2008, was also operated by BVB.
References
- 1 2 "Exploring Basel: Portrait". BVB. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ↑ "BLT - Home". Baselland Transport AG. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ↑ "Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz" (in German). Trarifverbund Nordwestschweiz. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
- ↑ "triregio - grenzenlos mobil" (in German and French). triregio. Retrieved 2014-11-05.
External links
-
Media related to Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe at Wikimedia Commons - TNW-wide integrated online-timetable
- Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe - Basel on the Move
- TNW Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz (fare network North-West Switzerland, only in German)
- triregio (three-countries fare network triregio, only in German or French)
- Baselland Transport AG BLT