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

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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

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5770

Georgenthal

Petershagen

b. FF

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Markendorf

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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

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AFrankfurt (O)-

Rosengarten

Helenesee

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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

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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