Verkehrsbetriebe STI

Last updated November 07, 2023

Verkehrsbetriebe STI (Steffisburg-Thun-Interlaken) is a bus operator in the Swiss canton of Bern. It is a private company based in the city of Thun, and operates bus services in that city, as well as routes linking Thun with the neighbouring towns and villages including the tourist hubs of Interlaken and Steffisburg.

History

STI was formed in December 1911, originally as the Elektrische Bahn Steffisburg-Thun-Interlaken (English: Steffisburg–Thun–Interlaken Electric Railway),^[3] and began carrying passengers on 10 October 1913, with the opening of a tram line between Steffisburg and Oberhofen (via Thun), which was later extended to Beatenbucht and finally to Interlaken. Plans for road rebuilding led to the closure of the Beatenbucht–Interlaken section of tramway in 1939, but trams continued to provide the Thun–Beatenbucht service, STI's main line, until 1952.^[3] The Thun–Steffisburg tram line closed in 1958, and since then the STI network has been covered exclusively by buses. Trolleybuses, powered by electricity drawn from overhead wires, were used on the main line, Thun–Beatenbucht, connecting at Beatenbucht with the Thunersee–Beatenberg funicular and with a motorbus route covering the section to Interlaken.^[3] In 1982, the trolleybuses were replaced with conventional, diesel-powered buses. STI introduced its first night service in 1993, between Thun and Bern called the Moonliner. Further extensions made to the network in 1999 and 2001 took STI buses into areas such as Gwatt, which had seen railway station closures. In 2022, STI moved headquarters to the Cremo building in Schwäbis.^[4]

Lines

Line	Route
1	Steffisburg Flühli – Thun – Gwatt Deltapark – Spiez (section Thun Bhf – Gwatt Deltapark formerly SAT, section Einen – Spiez formerly ASKA (Spiez local bus))
2	Thun – Neufeld – Schorenfriedhof (formerly SAT)
3	Blumenstein – Allmendingen – Thun – Alte Bernstrasse – Heimberg Dornhalde (section Thun Bhf – Allmendingen formerly SAT and Thun Bhf – Stocken – Blumenstein formerly TSG)
4	Thun – Lerchenfeld (formerly SAT)
5	Thun – Dürrenast – Schorenfriedhof (formerly SAT)
6	Thun – Westquartier
21	Thun – Oberhofen – Beatenbucht – Interlaken Ost
22	Untere Wart – Hünibach – Höhenweg – Hilterfingen – Friedhof – Oberhofen – Tannacker ("Hangbus")
24	Oberhofen – Aeschlen – Schwanden – Sigriswil (formerly AGS)
25	Thun – (express route) Gunten – Sigriswil (section Gunten – Sigriswil formerly AGS)
31	Thun – Goldiwil – Heiligenschwendi (formerly ATGH)
31	Thun – Dörfli – Heiligenschwendi (formerly ATGH)
33	Thun – Steffisburg – Teuffenthal (formerly Postbus )
41	Thun – Fahrni bei Thun – Schwarzenegg – Innereriz (formerly AvH)
42	Thun – Fahrni bei Thun – Schwarzenegg – Süderen – Heimenschwand (formerly AvH)
43	Thun – Emberg – Heimenschwand (formerly AvH)
44	Oberdiessbach – Linden – Heimenschwand (formerly AvH)
50	Thun – Uebeschi – Blumenstein (formerly TSG)
51	Thun – Wattenwil – Blumenstein (formerly TSG)
53	Blumenstein – Sehaften Bahnhof (formerly TSG)
55	Thun – Wimmis (formerly TSG and even earlier section Thun – Reutigen PTT)
M13	Kiesen–Oberdiessbach–Linden–Heimenschwand (night bus)
M15	Bern – Thun – Spiez – Interlaken (night bus)

Fleet

As of January 2014 the fleet consisted of 65 vehicles ^{[ citation needed ]}

Colors

Since its 100th anniversary the STI vehicles are painted in a light yellow and an anthracite.^[5]

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References

↑ "Company". Niederhornbahn AG. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
↑ Suppes 94/95 Historische Wertpapiere. WWW Bernd Suppes. 1994. p. 454. ISSN 0936-9406.
1 2 3 Pearson, David (January 1982). "The Thunersee Trolley". Trolleybus Magazine No. 122, pp. 5–14. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
↑ Probst, Roger (May 24, 2022). "Jahrelange Suche hat ein Ende" [Years of searching are over]. Thuner Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved October 31, 2023.
↑ "STI-Busse im neuen Erscheinungsbild" (PDF). STI Verkehrsdienste. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

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[company-1] "Company". Niederhornbahn AG. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2019.

[sup-2] Suppes 94/95 Historische Wertpapiere. WWW Bernd Suppes. 1994. p. 454. ISSN 0936-9406.

[pearson-3] 1 2 3 Pearson, David (January 1982). "The Thunersee Trolley". Trolleybus Magazine No. 122, pp. 5–14. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.

[4] Probst, Roger (May 24, 2022). "Jahrelange Suche hat ein Ende" [Years of searching are over]. Thuner Tagblatt (in German). Retrieved October 31, 2023.

[newBusses-5] "STI-Busse im neuen Erscheinungsbild" (PDF). STI Verkehrsdienste. Retrieved 24 August 2013.

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