The Stadtwerke Oberhausen AG (STOAG) is the local transport operator for the city of Oberhausen, Germany. It is a member of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) regional transport organization. STOAG operates 6 express bus lines, as well as 10 city bus lines which are operated jointly with Urban-Reisen, and 6 regional lines which are partially operated by STOAG. The city also has 7 regional lines which are not operated by STOAG.
STOAG has more than 120 buses and 6 trams for use on line 112 of the Mülheim tramway network which links Oberhausen to the neighbouring city of Mülheim.
In 2015 STOAG introduced the first two battery electric buses in the Ruhr area, operating on lines 962 and 966.[1] In 2019 line 979, jointly operated by STOAG and Vestische, also switched to electric buses.[2]
Network
editThe STOAG network has changed a lot in recent years. This is the network, state as of 4 October 2015[update]. Lines that travel through Oberhausen but are not operated by the STOAG are also included. Stops written in italics are not in Oberhausen.
The STOAG also operates a night network with lines NE1–NE7, NE10–NE12 and NE21.
Line | Type of line | Route | Headway in rush-hour (minutes) |
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112 | tram | Mülheim Main Cemetery – Mülheim city centre – Landwehr – Oberhausen railway station – CentrO – Sterkrade Neumarkt | 15 |
SB90 | express bus | Ruhrpark – Alstaden – Oberhausen city centre – CentrO – Sterkrade – Schmachtendorf – Holten Market | 20 |
SB91 | express bus | Bero-Centre – Oberhausen city centre – CentrO – Osterfeld – Bottrop – Gladbeck – Buer Town Hall | 10 as far as Bottrop; 20 to Buer |
SB92 | express bus | Alstaden – Oberhausen city centre – CentrO – Osterfeld – Königshardt | 20 |
SB93 | express bus | Alstaden – Duisburg-Obermeiderich station – Oberhausen city centre – CentrO – Osterfeld – Tackenberg | 20 |
SB94 | express bus | Essen Unterstraße – Bermensfeld – Oberhausen city centre – Buschhausen – Sterkrade | 20 |
SB97 | express bus | Anne Frank Middle School – Oberhausen city centre – Buschhausen – Sterkrade | 20 |
SB98 | express bus | Alstaden – Oberhausen city centre – CentrO – Sterkrade – Schmachtendorf – Königshardt | 20 |
122 | Mülheim city centre – Speldorf – Styrum – Oberhausen city centre | 20 | |
143 | Borbeck – Frintrop – Oberhausen city centre – Alstaden | 20 | |
185 | Borbeck – Dellwig – Frintrop – CentrO | 20 | |
935 | Sterkrade – Hamborn – Neumühl – Oberhausen city centre – Anne Frank Middle School | 60 | |
939 | Anne Frank Middle School – Oberhausen city centre – Duisburg-Obermeiderich station – Duisburg city centre – Duisburg Hospital | 60 | |
953 | Wehrstraße – Dümpten – Knappen Market – CentrO – Tackenberg – Bottrop Spechtstraße | 60 | |
954 | Marina/SeaLife – Osterfeld – Sterkrade – Holten – Schmachtendorf – Brink Hirschkamp | 30 | |
955 | Anne Frank Middle School – Oberhausen city centre – Buschhausen – Sterkrade – Alsfeld – Heinrich Böll Integrated School | 60 | |
956 | Wehrstraße – Oberhausen city centre – Oberhausen Castle – Osterfeld – Sterkrade – Biefang | 30 | |
957 | Lirich – Oberhausen city centre – Borbeck – Osterfeld – Sterkrade – Weierheide ( – Barmingholten) | 20 | |
960 | Dümpten – Wehrstraße – Oberhausen city centre – CentrO – Sterkrade – Königshardt – Holten | 20 | |
961 | Wehrstraße – Oberhausen city centre – CentrO – Osterfeld – Bottrop-Spechtstraße | 60 | |
962 | electric bus | Sterkrade – Alsfeld – Königshardt – Kleekamp | 60 |
966 | electric bus | Oberhausen city centre – St. Mary's Church – Oberhausen Castle – Sterkrade | 60 |
976 | Dümpten – Wehrstraße – Oberhausen city centre – Buschhausen – Sterkrade – Königshardt | 20 | |
979 | Sterkrade – Klosterhardt – Bottrop-Fuhlenbrock – Bottrop | 20 | |
995 | Anne Frank Middle School – City – Lirich – Neumühl – Marxloh | 60 |
References
edit- ^ Hoynacki, Barbara (17 September 2015). "Oberhausen setzt auf Batteriebusse" [Oberhausen puts on battery buses]. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
- ^ "Linie 979: STOAG und Vestische schalten den Strom an" [Line 979: STOAG and Vestische turn the power on] (in German). Vestische. June 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2024.