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Presentation for the congress: Sustainablecongress: Sustainable Transportation 20117th of April 20117th of April 2011, Kocaeli

The succession 1. General Introduct2. The RegioTram co3 The vehicle3. The vehicle4. The infrastructure5 Costs and financi5. Costs and financi6. The partners in th

tion/ NVV´s role and tasksoncept/ The time table

einginghe project

NVV l d t kPublic transport in Hessen

NVV s role and tasks

NVV l d t kArea and Key StatisticsManager of regional traffic & in

NVV s role and tasksManager of regional traffic & in

7.100 km2 area: 1,000,000 inhabitants, with 50% in the Kassel conurbation

10 t R i l + R i lb h10 routes Regionalexpress + Regionalbah

5 routes RegioTram + 9 lines Tram

70 regional bus routes + 15070 regional bus routes + 150 local bus routes , citybus and call-a-bus-and taxi-systems

280,000 passengers per day (tram 37%, u280,000 passengers per day (tram 37%, ubus 18%, regional train 9%, regional bus

€ 62 m revenues from passenger fares

nfrastructure (rail + road)nfrastructure (rail + road)

hhn

urbanurban 36%)

NVV l d t kWhat are the functions of a Re

NVV s role and tasks

Purchase of road and rail services in

The organisation & coordination ofThe organisation & coordination of region

The central creation of a regional timconnectionsconnections

The central creation of a transparen

Th t l M k ti d CThe central Marketing and Commun

Planning and development of Infrasof the respective partners

egional transport authority (RTA)?

n a competitive marketplace

more than 40 service providers in themore than 40 service providers in the

metable with optimised traveltimes and

nt tariffsystem

i tinication

structure projects which remain properly

NVV l d t kPopulation distribution

NVV s role and tasks

City of Kassel approx. 195,000 inhabitantspp ,

small and medium-sized towns with10,000 – 30,000 inhabitants

h

R i T C tThe RegioTram replaces the re

RegioTram Conceptegional trains in the region...

R i T C t... and connects the pedestrian

RegioTram Conceptn zone in Kassel to the region

Th i i l f R i TThe railway network in 2007/0

The principle of RegioTr8ram

R i T C tThe RegioTram network planin the region

RegioTram Concept

• 4 x branches (red) on existing railway tra

in the region

• 1 x on existing regional tram track (blue)precursor RegioTram in 2006

(today using Tram-verhicles)

acks

) – the

R i T C tRegional routes in the past

RegioTram Concept

From the outlying region to KasselFrom the outlying region to Kassel City Centre, possible only with changing from train to tram.

From Kassel City Centre to the region with tram only in SE-direction.

R i T C tRegional routes traffic today

RegioTram Concept

From the region with expresstrain toFrom the region with expresstrain to the suburb of Kassels (RE)

To/ from Kassel City Cntre to the outlying region without changing trains y g g g g(RegioTram)

R i T C tThe RegioTram timetable in th( the aims)

RegioTram Concept

Several routes: Warburg – Kassel,

( the aims)

g ,Kassel – Hessisch Lichtenau

60/30 min-intervals: Kassel – Zierenberg

60-min intervals: Kassel – Schwalmstad

30-min intervals: Kassel – Melsungen30 min intervals: Kassel Melsungen

15-min intervals: Harleshäuser Kurve

e future

g

dt

IB2

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IB2 Bedienungshäufigkeit: service intervalsIhr Benutzername, 1/10/2008

R i T C tCity Centre of Kassel – RegioTr

RegioTram Conceptram, tram (red) and busses (violet)

R i T C tRegioTram ConceptThe network plan in Kassel and the region

R i T th hi lElectric Dual-System RegioTra

RegioTram – the vehicle

Operational area:

in the city of Kassel with 600 V direct cuy

in the region with 15 KV alternating curre

3 existing branches belonging to the Deut3 existing branches belonging to the Deut

Branches of the Tram in the city of KasseKassel (KVG)Kassel (KVG)

ames

urrent (DC)( )

rent (AC)

tsche Bahn (DB AG)tsche Bahn (DB AG)

el belonging the transportation company of

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IB1 Druckluftanlage: compressor for high voltageSystemerkennung: system recognition

Ihr Benutzername, 1/10/2008

R i T th hi lDiesel-Hybrid RegioTram

RegioTram – the vehicle

Operational area:

in the city of Kassel with 600 V direct cury

in the region (Kassel-Wolfhagen) diesel-

One existing branch of the KurhessenbahnOne existing branch of the „Kurhessenbahn

non electrified

es

rrent (DC)( )

-engined

n“ (regional association of Deutsche Bahn)n (regional association of Deutsche Bahn)

InfrastructureConstruction of 3 new stops in th(e. g. Kassel-Jungfernkopf)

Visualization planning 2004

he „Harleshäuser Kurve“

… at site

InfrastructureConstruction of 3 new stops in th(e.g. Kassel-Jungfernkopf)

he „Harleshäuser Kurve“

I f t tNew stations (e. g. Melsungen-

Infrastructure

New station for the city centre of a mShort walking distances

-Bartenwetzerbrücke)

medium-sized-town (30 km from Kassel)

I f t tNew stations (e. g. Melsungen-

Infrastructure-Bartenwetzerbrücke)

I f t tKassel Hbf – intersection for th

Infrastructure

RegioTram tracks in the middle sec

3 t k R i T t ti th3-track RegioTram station on the ra

Underground transit of the main stacellar-less centre hallcellar less centre hall

Connection with existing tram undeforecourt

he RegioTram

ction track 4-6

(d li ht)amp (daylight)

ation building in the basement of the

erground crossing under the station

I f t tKassel Hbf – from an end term

Infrastructureminus to a through station

I f t t3-track RegioTram station on the

Infrastructuree ramp

I f t tConnection with existing tram station forecourt

Infrastructure

station forecourtunderground crossing under the

C t d fi iCosts and financing

Investments at a glance : € 180 mm

5

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IB5 infrastructure up tovehicles up toIhr Benutzername, 1/10/2008

Costs and financing Financing of the infrastructure-proFinancing of the infrastructure provolume of € 100 M

S lit b t F d G tSplit between Fed. Government +Land Hessen 90%

ojects with an investmentojects with an investment

NVVRegionalmunicipalitiesmunicipalities

10%

I f t tThe partners in the high profile

Infrastructure

Nordhessischer VerkehrsVerbund (NVV)

State of Hessen and the Federal RepubState of Hessen and the Federal Repub

City Council of Kassel, City Council of MWerra-Meißner, Schwalm-Eder

15 towns along the branches

Owner of the infrastructure: Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (KVG),

DB Regio- Netz Infrastruktur GmbH, DBRegionalbahn Kassel (RBK)Regionalbahn Kassel (RBK)

e project

V)

blic of Germanyblic of Germany

Melsungen, Rural Districts Kassel,

DB Netz AG,

B Station & Service AG,

Th k Y fThank You fattentioattentio

ffor your on!on!