The day of action organised by Stadtwerke Gießen to mark the 125th anniversary of local transport in Gießen was a complete success: numerous visitors took the opportunity to find out about many aspects of modern urban mobility on tours of the central workshop and the control centre.
Why do Stadtwerke Gießen (SWG) and its subsidiary MIT.BUS use bio natural gas as a fuel instead of electric buses? How often is a bus serviced? Or how does bus acceleration work? Experts from SWG and MIT.BUS answered these and many other questions during guided tours of the central workshop and the local transport control centre. The tours of Lahnstraße were a popular part of the 125 Years of Local Transport in Giessen day of action organised by SWG last Saturday. Numerous interested parties took the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes. "We wanted to show our guests how complex modern local transport is and what we do to ensure that everything always runs smoothly," explains Mathias Carl, Managing Director of MIT.BUS.
Visitor interest was not only focussed on the tours in Lahnstraße, for which SWG had set up a special transfer service from the market square to the factory premises. Numerous Giessen residents and visitors from the region also came to the SWG customer centre on the market square - more precisely, the RMV mobility centre - to find out about SWG's local transport services. "Many questions revolved around the various season tickets - especially the Hesse student ticket," summarises Anne Müller-Kreutz, Head of Local Transport Services.
Beyond local transport
As a traditional cross-linked company that, in addition to local transport, is primarily responsible for the reliable supply of energy and the operation of Giessen's swimming pools, SWG was of course also represented at the action day with other divisions. At the SWG get-together, there was information on Giessen's green electricity, the RasenRobo service and the E-Revolution product family. As was to be expected, the children enjoyed spinning the SWG wheel of fortune to win one of the small prizes. And the good cause was not neglected either: SWG was able to sell lots of raffle tickets in favour of the Tour of Hope. "I am always pleased to see that so many people support the tour and thus actively help to ensure that children with cancer receive important support," summarises Ina Weller, SWG company spokesperson.