Stadtwerke Solingen

Stadtwerke Solingen GmbH

Overview
Owner	City Solingen
Transit type	bus trolleybus
Number of lines	6 (Trolleybus) 19 (Bus) 6 (Night bus)
Number of stations	508
Daily ridership	65,000
Website	www.sobus.net/
Technical
System length	219.4 kilometres (136.3 mi) (total) 162.8 kilometres (101.2 mi) (bus) 56.6 kilometres (35.2 mi) (trolleybus)

The Verkehrsbetrieb der Stadtwerke Solingen GmbH, or SWS, is a public transport company in the German city of Solingen and its surrounding area. Stadtwerke Solingen operates the Solingen trolleybus system as well as various bus lines and is a member of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr transport agency.

The meter gauge Solingen city tramway began operations on December 30, 1896 by the Union-Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (UEG) from Berlin. The first route began by Stöckerberg near the tollgate, and down cologne street to the Südbahnhof, service began on June 7, 1897. Another line followed the same day, beginning at Neumarkt near the Kaiserstraße, next to Schützenstraße and down Burger Straße to Krahenhöhe it was 2.4 kilometers in length.

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