INSET: DOWNTOWN BASEL
ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP
| DB | Dreirosenbrücke | WSB | Wettsteinbrücke |
| MB | Mittlere Brücke |
ROUTES
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Basler Verkehrsbetriebe (BVB)
| 1 | Dreirosenbrücke – Voltaplatz – Burgfelderplatz – Schützenhaus – Bahnhof SBB [- Bankverein – Wettsteinbrücke – Messeplatz – Badischer Bahnhof – Eglisee] |
| 2 | Binningen Kronenplatz – Bahnhof SBB – Bankverein – Wettsteinbrücke – Messeplatz – Badischer Bahnhof |
| 3 | Birsfelden Hard – St. Alban – Aeschenplatz – Bankverein – Burgfelderplatz – Burgfelden Grenze |
| 6 | Allschwil – Heuwaage – Theater – Schifflände – Mittlere Brücke – Messeplatz – Badischer Bahnhof – Eglisee – Riehen Grenze |
| 8 | Neuweilerstrasse – Schützenhaus – Bahnhof SBB – Aeschenplatz – Bankverein – Schifflände – Mittlere Brücke – Kleinhüningen |
| 14 | Pratteln – Muttenz – St. Jakob – Aeschenplatz – Bankverein – Schifflände – Mittlere Brücke – Messeplatz – Dreirosenbrücke |
| 15 | Bruderholz – Wolfschlucht – Aeschenplatz – (Circular section: Bankverein – Wettsteinbrücke – Messeplatz – Mittlere Brücke – Schifflände – Bankverein -) |
| 16 | Bruderholz – Leimgrubenweg – Heuwaage – Theater – Schifflände |
Operator: Baselland Transport (BLT)
| 10 | Rodersdorf – Leymen (France) – Flüh – Ettingen – Bottmingen – Zoo – Heuwaage – Theater – Bankverein – Aeschenplatz – SBB Bahnhof – Münchensteinerstrasse – Münchenstein – Dornach |
| 11 | Aesch – Reinach – Münchensteinerstrasse – Bahnhof SBB – Aeschenplatz – Bankverein – Schifflände – Voltaplatz – St. Louis Grenze |
| E11 | Reinach Süd – [Münchensteinerstrasse – Heuwaage – Theater – Bankverein – Aeschenplatz – Münchensteinerstrasse] |
| 17 | Ettingen – Bottmingen – Zoo – Heuwaage – Theater – Schifflände – Mittlere Brücke – Wiesenplatz |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- BVB – 47 km.
- BLT – 39 km.
HISTORY
- BVB trams: 1895 - today.
- Lörrach (Germany) trams: 7 Aug. 1908 - 31 Aug. 1967 (interrupted by both world wars).
- St. Louis (Germany, later France): 22 July 1900 - 31 Dec. 1957 (interrupted by both world wars).
- Line 10 (Basel - Dornach): Birseckbahn (BEB) (electric): 1902 - 1974. Fused into the BLT.
- Line 10 (Basel - Ettingen - Rodersdorf): Birsigtalbahn (BTB) (steam): 1887-1905; (electric): 1905 - 1974. Fused into the BLT.
- Line 11 (Basel - Aesch): Trambahn Basel-Aesch (TBA) (electric): 1907 - 1974. Fused into the BLT.
- Line 14 (Basel - Pratteln): Basellandschaftliche Ueberlandbahn (BUeB) (electric): 1921 - 1974. Fused into the BLT.
- BLT trams: 1974 - today.
GAUGE
- 1000 mm.
SOURCES
- Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1st ed., 1984.
- Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2000.
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz / Railatlas Suisse Köln (Germany): Schweers + Wall, 2004.
- Jeanmaire, C. Basler Strassenbahnen: Ein Photobuch aus den vergangenen 100 Jahren, 1880 - 1895 - 1968 / Tramways of Basle (Switzerland): Photographs of the past 100 years, 1880 - 1895 - 1968. Villigen (AG, Switzerland): Verlag Eisenbahn, 1981.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile - No.97: Basel, Switzerland", Tramways and Urban Transit, Oct. 2015 (78: 934), p.407-411.
- Thompson, A. "Waldenburgerbahn", Tramways and Urban Transit, Apr. 2023 (86: 1024), p.136-138.
- Wansbeek, C.J."Basel - BVB+BLT: It takes two to Tango", Tramways and Urban Transit, Dec. 2006 (69: 828), p.457-460.
WIKIS
- Baselland Transport
- Basellandschaftliche Ueberlandbahn
- Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe
- Birseckbahn
- Birsigtalbahn
- Ehemalige Tramlinien der BVB [Former tram lines of the BVB]
- Strassenbahn_Basel
- Straßenbahn Lörrach
- Tarifverbund Nordwestschweiz
- Trambahn Basel-Aesch
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