The red-red-green Senate wants to spend in the next 15 years, around 28 billion euros for the Expansion and modernization of the Public transport (PT). The environment and transport, Senator Regine Günther informed (independent, Green) on Thursday in the house of representatives. In peak years, that would mean a doubling of the previous investments of the Federal state of Berlin in the field of transport.
The negotiations on the new local transport plan, which projects that by 2035 the rich and the also provides for a closer linking up with the neighbouring land of Brandenburg in the S-Bahn and regional transport, appear in front of the completion. The transport Senator must agree with the Finance Senator Matthias Kollatz (SPD) and the economy Senator, Ramona Pop (Green). Guenther is optimistic: “In brief, the local transport plan has been submitted to the Senate,” announced in the Current hour of the country’s Parliament.
The Berlin-based mobility law, which had Red-and decided to Red-Green after controversial debates from a year ago, obliged the Senate, the plan of works for Cycling, walking and public transport. A draft for public TRANSPORT has already been presented in the summer of 2018. He calls for a massive Expansion of the tram network are expected to be 85 km. Among other things, the Trams to the city hall Steglitz is to drive to the Hermann square and the Zoological garden. Other lines are extended, for example to the Central station and Ostkreuz.
The bus fleet to drive by 2030, fully electrically
Up to 2035 up to 477 Trams will be in use – that’s 40 percent more than today. The bus fleet is to travel, by 2030, fully electric, some with overhead lines. The transition begins this year. There should be more Metro and Express bus lines and the driving cycle shall not exceed ten minutes. On the main subway routes, traffic management plans, a reduction to about three minutes. The ageing metro fleet is renewed until 2035 and 30 percent to 1650 wagons extended. The extension of metro-routes to the future economic and research centre at the City airport Tegel (U6), the airport BER (U7) and the märkisches Viertel (U8) is currently being explored in Mach bars studies.
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in order For the S-Bahn is built a country of its own vehicle pool, the costs alone over three billion euros. To 2033 at least 600 new S-Bahn wagons, the first vehicles to 2026 roles. Specifically on the Berlin S-Bahn ring is set in 2021, within two years of the new S-Bahn trains in service.
Currently, the state of Berlin is about € 750 million a year for Public transport. “For a modern and reliable public transport we want to double the investment in Bus, train and Rail,” said business Senator Pop to the daily mirror. It is also the Supervisory Board head of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG). Pop expected “that all coalition partners are willing to increase together with us the public TRANSPORT”. Financial Senator Kollatz did not comment on Thursday on the state of internal discussions. In a joint meeting with the state governments of Berlin and Brandenburg with the transport planning for the capital region’s address on Tuesday.
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