Public transport in double-town
Frankfurt (Oder) - Słubice
Magdalena Warchol, Projectmanager, Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurt (Oder),
Böttnerstraße 1, 15232 Frankfurt (Oder)
www.svf-ffo.de
History
Foto: Stadtarchiv Frankfurt (Oder)
Geographical location
Szczecin
Stettin
Hamburg
Bremen
Rostock
• 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
Oder
Gorzów
Gorzów Wlkp.
Kostrzyn
Poland
Warta
Hamburg
Rotterdam
Berlin
Frankfurt
(Oder)
Hanover
Amsterdam E30
Potsdam
Slubice
Warsaw
Moscow
E30
Oder-Spree-Canal
Eisenhüttenstadt
Munich
Guben
E36
Gubin
Nysa
Cottbus
Zielona
Góra
Odra
Glogów
Germany
Forst
Wroclaw
Polkowice
Dresden
Prague
100 km
E40
E65
Neiße
Kryzwa
Legnica
Trans-European road
International Airport
Major road
Regional Airport
Main railway-line
Border crossing
Main waterway
Planned border crossing
Special Economic Zone
Border crossing on waterway
Wroclaw
Katowice
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
History
• initial talks in the year of 2000
• creation of German-Polish working groups to deal with:
legal,
technical
and 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
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
5673
Podelzig
Klessin
5672
Carzig
Mallnow
Involvement of Słubice in
the pay scale areas of the
transport association
Berlin-Brandenburg
(VBB)
5771
C
Döbberin
Treplin
5770
5773
Niederjesar
Alt Zeschdorf
5772
Petershagen
Schönfließ
b. FF
Wulkow b.
Georgenthal
WüsteKunersdorf
Booßen
Pagram
Rosengarten
Markendorf
5870
Petersdorf
b. Briesen
Siedlung
Malchow
Sieversdorf
5971
Vorwerk
Jacobsdorf
(Mark)
Slubice
A
Frankfurt
(Oder) A
Frankfurt (Oder)
Neuberesinchen
Frankfurt (O)-
Advantage
Rosengarten
6071
 one ticket for the
whole area of
Berlin - Brandenburg
Lebus
Helenesee
Pillgram
6070
C
6171
Pflegeheim
Kaisermühl
Biegenbrück
Dubrow
Lichtenberg
(Oder) B
Lossow
6072
Müllrose
Müllrose
Frankfurt
B
Biegen
6173
C
Booßen
Güldendorf
Hohenwalde
Kliestow
Groß Lindow
6074
Finkenheerd
Kraftwerk Finkenheerd
Brieskow
Finkenheerd
Weißenspring
Schlaubehammer
6174
Wiesenau
W./Wirtschaft
Kalläne
Kunitzer
Loose
6175
Aurith
Passengers
About 300.000 passengers in the year 2013
32500
1200
30000
27500
1000
25000
22500
800
20000
17500
600
15000
12500
400
10000
7500
200
5000
2500
0
0
Jan
Feb
Mrz
Gesamt
Apr
Mai
Wochentag
Jun
Sa
Jul
So
Aug
Mittelwert
Sep
Okt
Mittelwert WT
Nov
Dez
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
Problems
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.
Thank you for the attention!
Presentation for the visit of the European Parliament's Delegation on 17.07.2013
Magdalena Warchol, Projectmanager, Stadtverkehrsgesellschaft mbH Frankfurt (Oder),
Böttnerstraße 1, 15232 Frankfurt (Oder)
www.svf-ffo.de