the Styrian S-Bahn project - the Styrian S-Bahn project - more public transport for the more public transport for the region region DI Werner Reiterlehner Fachabteilung 18A, Austrian Province of Styria
Mar 27, 2015
the Styrian S-Bahn project - the Styrian S-Bahn project -
more public transport for the more public transport for the regionregion
DI Werner ReiterlehnerFachabteilung 18A, Austrian Province of Styria
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Province of StyriaProvince of Styria
• second largest province of Austria• inhabitants: 1.2 Mio.• area: 16,400 km²
• Graz, second largest city of Austria• inhabitants: 250,000
• conurbation Graz: 350,000 trips across the city-borders, of which 50,000 by bus/train share of Public Transport ~14.5%
• S-Bahn Steiermark is one of the most important climate-protection projects
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HistoryHistory
• end of the 80s: Smog
• plans for urban-suburban railway (Stadtregionalbahn)
• decision pro S-Bahn
• project Steirertakt (basic regular interval timetable)
• first orders 1998
• further development and planning until 2007
• implementation of the new timetable 2008:start of S-Bahn Steiermark
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S-Bahn SteiermarkS-Bahn Steiermark
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S-Bahn SteiermarkS-Bahn Steiermark
• S-Bahn performance S-Bahn performance record:record:– ~100 additional train-connections
on working days
– finance: MÖST-means(EUR 10 Mio / year)
– core group, working group
– increase of passengersOct. 2007/Oct. 2009: +18%
– eco-balance
– evaluation (VCÖ)
– awards
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Service-provisions of the Service-provisions of the (complete) S-Bahn(complete) S-Bahn
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S-Bahn „warm-up“ activities:S-Bahn „warm-up“ activities:
• new: regular 60 minutes intervals on all routes (exception: Ostbahn)
• new: „rendezvous“-interchange nodes on the hour, (thus S-Bahn becomes the 3rd urban public transport mode in Graz)
• new: in the afternoon 30-minutes intervals for out-of-town services
• new: on S-1 and S-5 15-minutes intervals into town
• new: evening service
What‘s already been done…What‘s already been done…
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• in total: +4,900 passengers/day
• in total: +18% (now: 31,800 passengers/day)
• S-5: most used S-Bahn-route(7,400 passengers/day)
• S-5 : route with the highest absolute increase (+1,350 passengers/day)
• S-51 Radkersburger Bahn: route with the highest relative increase (+90% or +290 passengers)
Success of the S-BahnSuccess of the S-Bahn
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• timetable 2011
• Ostbahn becomes S-3
• Weizer Bahn S-31
• Koralmbahn becomes S-6
• 60-min. interval Sundays/holidays
• expansion-stage priority 1• continuous 30-min. interval
• demand-oriented further development of the 15-min. intervals during peak-hours around the city of Graz
How to proceedHow to proceed
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• Infrastructure - regional public transport hub - central station of Graz
- interchange points at the periphery of Graz
• Service - tramlines to the north-west and south-west
- 4-min. interval on the route central station – inner city
Forthcoming activities in Forthcoming activities in GrazGraz
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Organisation and InfrastructureOrganisation and Infrastructure
• Co-operation ofCo-operation of
• Traction-unit co-financeTraction-unit co-finance - EUR 35Mio
• InfrastructureInfrastructure- railway-line (turnout Ostbahn)- stations(Don Bosco, Graz central-station)
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Marketing ApproachMarketing Approach
• Aim:– attract new passengers – winning over existing customers for
long-term patronage
• communicate- advantages of the product (timetable and costs)- emotions- personal benefit
through creative, and for public transport unusual actions
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Marketing and PassengerinformationMarketing and Passengerinformation
• Performance recordPerformance record– S-Bahn on tour, S-Bahn and leisure activities
– S-Bahn-branding, S-Bahn-Modell
– S-Bahn goes to companies
– S-Bahn in traffic message channel
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Marketing and PassengerinformationMarketing and Passengerinformation
• Activities 2010Activities 2010– Basic information
timetable-brochure, timetable-cards, information-booth, commuters‘ get-together
– S-Bahn as partnerart-projects, LaSTRADA
– Construction-site events for the S-Bahn-extensions
– S-Bahn-Roadshow– Social Networks (Facebook,…)– regular customers‘ care– Guerilla-Marketing– youth project Zivilcourage– …
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The Vision?
Thank you for your attention!