BOGESTRA
Encyclopedia
| Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG | |||
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| Head offices | Universitätsstraße 58 44789 Bochum www.bogestra.de |
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| Transport association Transport association In the United Kingdom and other countries, a transport association is an association of public transport authorities in a large urban area. The modes of transport can include both private and government owned bodies.In aims of a transport association are... |
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr is the public transport association covering the area of the Rhine-Ruhr megalopolis in Germany... |
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| Employees | 2116 (2003) | ||
| Gauge Rail gauge Track gauge or rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the heads of the two load bearing rails that make up a single railway line. Sixty percent of the world's railways use a standard gauge of . Wider gauges are called broad gauge; smaller gauges, narrow gauge. Break-of-gauge refers... |
1000 mm 1435 mm |
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| Lines | |||
| Tramway lines | 6 | ||
| Stadtbahn Stadtbahn A ' is a tramway or light railway that includes segments built to rapid transit standards, usually as part of a process of conversion to a metro railway, mainly by the building of tunnels in the central city area.... lines |
1 | ||
| Bus lines | 66 (2004) | ||
| Vehicles | |||
| Tramway (2006-03) |
42 low floor trams 50 articulated trams 25 Stadtbahn vehicles |
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| Omnibus (2006-03) |
261 buses | ||
| Statistics | |||
| Passengers (per year) | 137,000,000 (2003) | ||
| Subscribers | 111,111 (January 9, 2006) | ||
| Transport volume (per year) | 26,360,000 km (2003) | ||
The Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG (abbreviated BOGESTRA, German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
for Bochum - Gelsenkirchen Tramways Corporation) is a public transport
Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
operator in the Ruhr area
Ruhr Area
The Ruhr, by German-speaking geographers and historians more accurately called Ruhr district or Ruhr region , is an urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With 4435 km² and a population of some 5.2 million , it is the largest urban agglomeration in Germany...
, most notably in the cities of Bochum
Bochum
Bochum is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area and is surrounded by the cities of Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Herne, Castrop-Rauxel, Dortmund, Witten and Hattingen.-History:...
, Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....
and Herne
Herne, Germany
Herne is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Ruhr area directly between the cities of Bochum and Gelsenkirchen.- History :Like most other cities in the region Herne was a tiny village until the 19th century...
, and is integrated in the Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn
Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn
Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn includes all Stadtbahn lines in the integrated public transport network of Rhine-Ruhr covering the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area in western Germany, except of Cologne Stadtbahn and Bonn Stadtbahn.-History:...
network.