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Bremer Straßenbahn AG
Information
Head offices Flughafendamm 12
28199 Bremen
www.bsag.de
Transport association Verkehrsverbund Bremen Niedersachsen
Employees 2150 (2004)
Gauge 1435 mm
Lines
Tramway lines 8 (2005)
3 express lines
Bus lines 46 (2004)
Vehicles
Tramway
(2006-03)		 77 low floor trams GT8N
6 low floor trams GT8N-1
40 articulated trams
7 museal vehicles
15 work vehicles. Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track.
Omnibus
(2006-03)		 72 low floor buses
140 low floor bendy buses
3 minibuses
1 coach
Statistics
Passengers (per year) 96,900,000 mio (2004)
Passengers (per day) 266,000 (2004)
Transport volume (per year) 22,100,000 km (2004)
Source: Geschäftsbericht 2004
Network map of the BSAG
Network map of the BSAG

Bremer Straßenbahn AG (translates from German as Bremen Tramways Corporation), often abbreviated BSAG, is the public transport provider for Bremen, Germany, offering tramway and bus services. Articulated buses (either motorbuses or Trolleybuses) also known as tandem buses, bendy buses, banana buses, slinky buses or In British English and Australian English, the term coach is used to refer to a large motor vehicle for conveying passengers The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Bremen (ˈbʁeːmən is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany (official name Stadtgemeinde Bremen / City Municipality of Bremen Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train

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History

Horse tramway

On March 28, 1876 the Actiengesellschaft Bremer Pferdebahn was founded. The enterprise opened a horse tramway line from Herdentor to Vahrster Brücke on June 4, 1876, extending the line to Horn in 1877. In 1883, the extension from Herdentor to the stock exchange in the city centre was opened. A stock exchange, share market or bourse is a Corporation or Mutual organization which provides "trading" facilities for Stock The rival company Große Bremer Pferdebahn, using British capital, opened a line from Hastedt to Walle on November 3, 1879; today's line 2 partly follows the trajectory of that horse line. Both companies extended their network, lines were opened to Freihafen (1888), Hohentor (1889) and Arsterdamm (1880/1884).

Electric tramway

In 1890, the line from the stock exchange to the Bürgerweide exhibition grounds was electrified in a trial during an exhibition. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common After the exhibition ended, the catenary was removed, however the system had worked so well that it was decided to electrify the tramways, starting in 1892. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Meanwhile, Große Bremer Pferdebahn merged with the Bremer Pferdebahn (which had renamed itself to Bremer Straßenbahn in 1890) in 1899. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Until 1913, the network was fully electrified, with the exception of the Freihafen line, which had been abandoned by then. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common In 1908, line numbers were introduced. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year By 1939, the network consisted of the following lines:

The system suffered severe damage during World War II - tramway services were abandoned on April 22, 1945. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including After WWII had ended, only 10% of the rolling stock were in working order, and 80% of the catenary had been damaged.

World War II aftermath

On June 13, 1945 the first tramways went into operation again. In the immediate WWII aftermath, the Bremen network consisted of two parts, as the bridges over the river Weser had been destroyed. The Weser (ˈveːzɐ is a River in north-western Germany. Formed at Hann In 1947, the connection between the two parts of the network was made, and apart from the tramway line over the Stephanibrücke, the 1950s BSAG network reached its pre-war spread. In 1953, bus traffic was taken over by the BSAG. The new workshop Flughafendamm near Bremen Airport was constructed in 1959; in 1963 the head offices moved to that site also. Bremen Airport or Flughafen Bremen serves the city of Bremen, Germany. In 1965, the main stepover stop was moved from the marketplace to Domsheide.

Line closures

Bremen, like other cities in the world, had lines close in the 1950's and 1960s due to increased use of automobiles. On the following lines, service was abandoned:

Lines 15 and 16 were renumberd to lines 5 and 6 in 1967.

Network extensions

However, some lines were also notably extended:

Rolling stock

GT4

GT4
GT4

The oldest vehicles still in active service are the articulated tramcars GT4d, GT4e and GT4f and the fitting trailers GB4d, GB4e and GB4f. The vehicles were built from 1973 to 1977 by Wegmann & Co. in Kassel. Kassel (until 1926 officially Cassel) is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the Of the 61 trams and 57 trailers originally delivered, 40 are still in daily service, the rest has been demolished or delivered to Timişoara in Romania. Timişoara (pronunciation in Romanian: {{IPA|/timiˈʃo̯ara/}}; Hungarian: Temesvár, German: Temeschburg, Temeswar Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania

GT8N

GT8N
GT8N

In the late 1990s, the Hansa-built stock dating from the 1960s was scheduled for replacement. Since the BSAG had already invested in low-floor buses, low-floor tram vehicles were wanted as well. In 1990 , the BSAG presented a prototype to the public. A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category This three-part articulated car was the world's first 100% low floor tram. From 1993 to 1996, 78 low-floor trams, called GT8N, were ordered from AEG. AEG ( Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft, General Electricity Company) was a German producer of Electronics and electrical equipment Their main difference to the prototype is that they have four parts instead of three, hence offering more space and thus more beneficial for wheelchair users. One vehicle has been taken out of service after an accident, the prototype was sold to the Norrköping tramways in Sweden in 1999. Norrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland

GT8N-1

The GT8N-1 is the newest tramway vehicle in BSAG's rolling stock fleet. The first car was delivered in September 2005, a total number of 20 trams is ordered from Bombardier. Furthermore an option of 23 additional vehicles can be honoured. The GT8N-1 is the second generation of low floor tramcars in Bremen. Its task is to replace older GT4 Wegmann vehicles and to increase the comfort for BSAG passengers. Therefore in comparison to the older GT8N low floor cars several changes have been made. The width of the car has been enlarged to 2. 65 m, that makes the interior more spacious and allows the introduction of four seats in wide range, altogether 106 seats are available. Also an air-condition for the passengers is installed, five low floor doorways and a lift for disabled passengers facilitate the entry for all passengers. The vehicle has an overall length of 35,400 mm and a reaches a maximum speed of 70 km/h. It consists of three sections with a total of four bogies. Two of them carrying are the middle section of the car, the two end sections are carried by one bogie each of them. The end section bogies are driven, that's why above them it was not possible to realise a low floor like in the other parts of the car, altogether the GT8N-1 has 74 % low floor. The car is uni-directional for the use in BSAG's tramway network. It is also possible to built a similar bi-directional, two-systems vehicle that can also be used on DB tracks and so may connect BSAG's inner-city tramway network with railway lines. The GT8N-1 is based on Bombardier's FLEXITY Classic modular tramcar concept. Vehicles of that type run in several cities in Germany and also in Poland and Australia, the first car of this family was the 8NGTW, delivered in 1997 to KVG Kassel.

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