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Magdalena Warchol, Projectmanager, Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurt (Oder), Böttnerstraße 1, 15232 Frankfurt (Oder)
www.svf-ffo.de
Public transport in double-town Frankfurt (Oder) - Słubice
History
Foto: Stadtarchiv Frankfurt (Oder)
Geographical location
Germany
Poland
E 36
E 40 E 65
E 30E 30
Frankfurt (Oder)
Eisenhüttenstadt
GubenGubin
Cottbus
Forst
Zielona Góra
Glogów
DresdenPrague
Potsdam
HanoverAmsterdam
Munich
HamburgRotterdam
Oder-Spree-Canal
Nysa
Warta
Odra
Oder
Wroclaw
HamburgBremenRostock
Stettin
Szczecin
KostrzynGorzów
Slubice
WroclawKatowice
KryzwaNeiße
Legnica
Polkowice
100 km
BerlinWarsawMoscow
Trans-European road
Major road
Main railway-line
Main waterway
Special Economic Zone
I nternational Airport
Regional Airport
Border crossing
Planned border crossing
Border crossing on waterway
Gorzów Wlkp.
• about 80 km away from Berlin
• about 450 km away from Warsaw
• direct neighbors on both sides of the Oder River
• together about 80.000 inhabitants
Special characteristics
• student city with Europe-University Viadrina and Collegium Polonicum (non-resident center of Adam Mickiewicz University)
• students live and study on both sides of the Oder River
• 30% of the retail sales in Frankfurt (Oder) is generated by Polish citizens, in Słubice over 50% by German citizens
• Many Polish cross-border commuters use train connection from Frankfurt (Oder) to Berlin
• increasing population in Słubice
• insufficient public transport in Słubice
• cross-border cooperation on education and social associations
• participation in sport and cultural activities on both sides of the border
Interdependence
Increasing ties between both cities
• acceptance decision of the Common Activation Plan for Frankfurt and Slubice for the period 2010-2020
• establishment of the Frankfurt-Słubice Cooperation Center
• various common tourist activities and infrastructure projects
• common umbrella brand and city marketing concept
• district heating project for Frankfurt (Oder)-Słubice
• common cross-border public transport
Public transport project
• initial talks in the year of 2000
• creation of German-Polish working groups to deal with:legal,
technicaland economical aspects
• study project and strategy concepts for a common public transport in 2011
• start of the cross-border bus line on the 9th December 2012
History
Public transport project
opening of the common bus line, 09.12.2012
Basic information
frequency half-hourly till 9 am, after that – every hour using of natural-gas-powered busses transport capacity: up to 90 passengers per a bus
Special aspect: VBB
C
5770
Georgenthal
Petershagen
b. FF
B
Markendorf
PagramRosengarten
SiedlungMalchow
Frankfurt
(Oder) B
6174Wiesenau
Kunitzer Loose
W./Wirtschaft Kalläne
6175
Aurith
6074FinkenheerdKraftwerk Fin-kenheerd
Brieskow Finkenheerd
Weißenspring
Schlaube-
hammer
6173Groß Lindow
6072
Müllrose
Pflegeheim
KaisermühlBiegenbrückDubrow
6171Müllrose
Biegen
6071
Pillgram
6070
5971
Jacobsdorf
(Mark)
5870
Vorwerk
Petersdorf
b. Briesen
Sieversdorf
Wulkow b.
Döbberin
Treplin
5771Alt Zeschdorf
5672
Mallnow
Niederjesar
Carzig
5773
Wüste-
Kunersdorf
Lebus
Booßen
Schönfließ
5772
5673
Klessin
Podelzig
Frankfurt
(Oder) AFrankfurt (Oder)Neuberesinchen
AFrankfurt (O)-
Rosengarten
Helenesee
C
C
BooßenGüldendorfHohenwaldeKliestow
LossowLichtenberg
Slubice
Involvement of Słubice in the pay scale areas of the transport association Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB)
Advantage
one ticket for the whole area of Berlin - Brandenburg
Passengers
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5000
7500
10000
12500
15000
17500
20000
22500
25000
27500
30000
32500
Jan Feb Mrz Apr Mai Jun Jul Aug Sep Okt Nov Dez
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400
600
800
1000
1200
Gesamt Wochentag Sa So Mittelwert Mittelwert WT
About 300.000 passengers in the year 2013
Schoolbus
Need for improvement
• implementation of a barrier-free access (especially on bus stops)
• installation of additional bus stops in Poland
• timetable adjustments (taking into account the circumstances in both countries, such as courses schedule at the universities, pupils activities in bilingual programmes, regional rail timetable etc)
Public transport project
In spite of EU membership:
- different law systems - any or controversial legal bases for inter-municipal cooperation- no clear legal bases for common financing of municipal projects- taxation in both countries
There where lots of meetings and talks to clarify these questions, for example:meetings with members of the EU Parliament: Dr. Christian Ehler (2001) or Joachim Zeller (2012).
The municipality of Frankfurt (Oder) and Słubice introduced the problem to the committee of the German-Polish Government Commission for regional and cross-border cooperation in April 2012 and also visited in October 2012 the EU representatives.
Problems
Thank you for the attention!
Presentation for the visit of the European Parliament's Delegation on 17.07.2013Magdalena Warchol, Projectmanager, Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurt (Oder),
Böttnerstraße 1, 15232 Frankfurt (Oder)www.svf-ffo.de