The Verkehrsbetriebe Biel (in
German) or Transports publics biennois (in
French) is a public transport operator in and around the bilingual city of
Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; German language, German: ''Biel'' ; French language, French: ''Bienne'' ; Bernese German, locally ; ; ; ) is a bilingual city in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. With over 55,000 residents, it is the ...
, in the
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
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canton of Bern
The canton of Bern, or Berne (; ; ; ), is one of the Canton of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. The bear is the heraldic symbol of the c ...
. It operates the city's network of
trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
es and
motor bus
A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...
es, and is also known by its respective initials of VB and Tpb.
In 2014, the company also took over the town's two
funicular railway
A funicular ( ) is a type of cable railway system that connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages (also called cars or trains) permanently attached to opposite ends ...
s:
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Biel/Bienne–Leubringen/Evilard
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Biel/Bienne–Magglingen/Macolin
See also
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Trams in Biel/Bienne
The Biel/Bienne tramway (; ) was part of the public transport network of the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne, in the canton of Canton of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, and its environs for more than 70 years. Opened in 1877, the network operated as a ...
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Trolleybuses in Biel/Bienne
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Transport in Switzerland
Switzerland has a dense network of roads and railways. The Swiss public transport network has a total length of and has more than 2,600 stations and stops.
The crossing of the Alps is an important route for European transportation, as the Al ...
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List of bus operating companies in Switzerland
External links
Official website
Transport in Biel/Bienne
Companies based in the canton of Bern
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