Trolleybuses in Biel/Bienne

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.

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 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
Website	http://www.vb-tpb.ch VB/TPB (in German and French)

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

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  Berna trolleybus 43 from 1951, on Line 3 in 1979
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  Volvo-articulated trolleybus No. 69 from 1988, on line 1 in 2007
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  The Swisstrolley prototype No. 80 (since sold), in Biel/Bienne in 2008
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  A Swisstrolley 2 from 1997

See also

• List of trolleybus systems in Switzerland

References

General

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

External links

Media related to Trolleybuses in Biel/Bienne at Wikimedia Commons

• "Trolleybus city: Biel/Bienne". Trolleymotion.