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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.
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Stadtwerke Solingen GmbH | |
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Owner | City Solingen |
Area served | Solingen and Wuppertal |
Locale | North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Number of stations | 508 |
Daily ridership | 65,000 |
Headquarters | Weidenstraße 10, 42655 Solingen |
Website | www.sobus.net/ |
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Began operation | 30 December 1896 |
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The metre 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.[citation needed]
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