Traffic on the North Sea island: Horse-drawn carriages proceed to drive to Juister airfield in the meanwhile | EUROtoday

There is a brief answer for connecting the airfield on the North Sea island of Juist to the island village by horse-drawn carriage. After the trucking firm Shipping firm After Huf introduced that he would now not provide journeys along with his horse-drawn carriages to the airport on the car-free island, the municipality is now subsidizing the connection.

The Huf forwarding firm and the island neighborhood of Juist have secured the connection from the city to the airport till February 28, 2025, the neighborhood introduced in its weekly round. No additional particulars about financing are given. A working group is working laborious to develop a everlasting answer for the airport switch, it mentioned.

The carriages ought to due to this fact drive between the airport and the island city at the least twice a day. Passengers can ebook tickets prematurely by way of the Internet, however in keeping with the data there is no such thing as a obligation to take action. The journey between the airport and city takes round 40 minutes and prices 26 euros for adults.

Along with Baltrum, Juist is among the East Frisian Islands, the place horse-drawn carriages nonetheless characterize island life. In addition to bicycles and handcarts, solely rescue automobiles and island safety automobiles drive there.

Horse-drawn carriages are beneath aggressive stress

“Furthermore, the airport transfer with horse-drawn carriages is seen by the island community as the weatherproof, most island-friendly transfer option,” the neighborhood mentioned in its letter.

In the autumn, the managing director of the transport firm, Nadja Tschovikov, mentioned that the carriage rides had been now not worthwhile. The motive is that the airport is changing into more and more much less vital as a result of many friends use quick ferries. The port is nearer to the island village.

In addition, there’s a rising vary of electrical bicycles that may be rented for a small charge to journey into city. The firm was not too long ago the one supplier of carriage rides from the airport to the city. The variety of trucking corporations on the island has decreased lately.

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