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Bremen: The new tram + bus hub in Gröpelingen

Siemens Avenio tram at the new hub in Gröplingen | © BSAG

The tramway terminus in Bremen‘s district of Gröpelingen is one of the busiest interchange points in the public transport network of the municipal operator Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG). Approximately 24,000 passengers use it per day (2019). The facility had long been due to be adapted to modern standards and increased passenger needs, and at the same time the complete conversion and new construction of the neighbouring Gröpelingen depot was part of the BSAG’s modernisation strategy, too.

Since August 2020, there have been diversions and provisional arrangements, but since  Monday, 6 June 2022, the modern, passenger-friendly and barrier-free interchange with short distances in Bremen’s west has started operation. The four tram lines 2, 3, 5 and 10 and eight BSAG bus lines now serve the hub between Bremen City and Bremen North. In addition, there are two regional bus lines and two night lines. The interchange (including turning loop) has a total gross area of 11,520 square metres. The entire area, which is about three times as large, with its depot, workshop and parking facility for trams, as well as the building for the West Police Station, will be completed next year.

The hub in Gröpelingen is BSAG’s third-largest transfer hub – only the ones at the main station and at Domsheide are used by more passengers. As the first stop in Bremen, so-called “special shelves” now enable barrier-free boarding of buses and trams – and without a lift. In addition, after its final completion, the facility with its attractive roofing and the park-like, landscaped turning loop will be an architectural highlight of the district.

The new building in Gröpelingen also changes the routes between bus and train. In future, passengers will be able to change from one line to another in just a few steps. “We have completely rebuilt a total of 1800 square metres of bus stop area. There are now a total of eight stopping positions for buses and six for trams,” explains Thorsten Harder, technical director of BSAG. “Passengers with limited mobility in particular benefit greatly from the new facility. Compared to the almost 100-year-old former stop, boarding and alighting can now be barrier-free and even without a lift thanks to appropriate stop heights. This is an important step and a reference for our new stops in the city,” says Harder.

(Info: BSAG)

The group photo shows the project team for the new Gröpelingen interchange together with Rick Graue (Head of ASV, 4th from right), Monika Alke (BSAG Executive, 5th from right), State Councillor Enno Nottelmann (6th from right), Thorsten Harder (BSAG Executive, 7th from right) and Senihad Sator (Deputy Speaker of the Gröpelingen District Parliament, 8th from right) | ©: BSAG
07.06.2022
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