Bus chaos in Kiel: Citizens require the return of lines 12 and 13!

Bus chaos in Kiel: Citizens require the return of lines 12 and 13!

Kiel, Deutschland - in Kiel there is great unrest because of the continuing problems in local public transport, especially in the districts of Hassee and Vieburg. Since mid -2022, bus lines 12 and 13, which previously made an important connection between the School Lake and the beach, have been significantly reduced and finally discontinued. The cause is supposedly personnel bottlenecks at the Kiel Transport Society (KVG), such as kn-online.de reported. Despite the hope of rapid restoration of the lines in the upcoming regional local transport plan 2025, the return to the existing bus connections remains uncertain.

criticism of the public transport offer

The population in Hassee and Vieburg feels disadvantaged by the current transport offers. The KVG had offered replacement lines (car power lines 780 and 790), which, however, only drive to the main train station and cannot adequately replace the previous connections. Thorsten Becherer, member of the committee of the Greens, skeptically commented on the situation: "The return to the regular timetable is not in sight after the last commitments," quoted him kn-online.de. The assessment of the city administration and the own company also leads to the existing offers.

The KVG itself currently operates a wide range of bus lines in Kiel, including 26 city bus lines that run every 7.5 to 60 minutes depending on the time of day. Nevertheless, the restrictions in Hassee and Vieburg are more than clear. In order to get clarity about the future integration of these districts in public transport, the local advisory board, mobility director Alke Voß, plans to invite you to a meeting in January 2025 in order to obtain concrete information about the future of bus lines 12 and 13. According to the KVG, there are currently 870 stops in the Kiel city area, and the city is trying to supplement the offer with additional ferry connections and regional buses, which, however, only mitigates the local resentment to a limited extent kvg-kiel.de .