All Germany articles – Page 6
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ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam GmbH
Opened 1880, with first electric tram in 1907; network comprises 7 routes with 67 stops. See Potsdam network map and Berlin region map. Potsdam’s network of seven radial routes has been extensively modernised to include much segregated alignment. The branch from Campus Fachhochschule north to Viereckremise opened in 2001. On ...
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Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH (VBK)
First tram route opened 1877; network operated as 6 urban tram routes, plus inter-urban and tram-train routes. Karlsruhe’s complex tram network has been upgraded with much reserved track. Interurban routes connect north to Leopoldshafen and Hochstetten (in part using a DB Netz freight line), northeast to Spöck, southeast to Bad ...
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Verkehrsbetriebe Nordhausen GmbH
First line opened 1900. Two-line tram network in the town centre serving 21 stops. An inter-urban service using dual-mode LRVs runs from the Südharz Klinikum branch of the urban network to the station before continuing north over the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH’s line to Ilfeld (Line 10: 11·4 km). AddressRobert-Blum-Straße 199734 ...
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Görlitzer Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (GVB)
Opened 1882 with first electric tramway 1897. The remaining two routes serve 24 stops. Operations had been let on concession to Transdev, but on January 1 2019 GVB reassumed direct control. AddressZittauer Straße 71-7302826 GörlitzGermanyPhone+49 3581 3395 95Fax+49 3581 3395 15Emaileinsteigen@goerlitztakt.deWebsitewww.goerlitztakt.de Traffic Passenger journeys4·46 million (all modes)Information year2014 ...
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Vias Rail GmbH
This joint venture between Rurtalbahn GmbH and Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main mbH (VGF) was formed in 2005. In March 2010 Danish Railways (DSB) announced it would buy VGF Frankfurt’s shareholding. Initially Vias had a 10-year contract to run the Hanau/Darmstadt–Eberbach lines (the Odenwaldbahn) serving 33 stations. It is currently ...
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VPS Infrastruktur GmbH (VPSI)
Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter GmbH (VPS) has split its operations and infrastructure into separate companies. Track in the Peine and Salzgitter areas is now the responsibility of VPSI. AddressAm Hillenholz 2838229 SalzgitterGermanyPhone+49 5341 213292Fax+49 5341 214504Emailvpsi-info@vps-infrastruktur.deWebsitewww.vps-infrastruktur.de Network data Gauge1435 mmLength84 km
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WestfalenBahn GmbH (WFB)
Subsidiary company of Abellio Group. Abellio GmbH became sole shareholder in WFB in July 2017, acquiring the interests former partners of Mindener Kreisbahnen GmbH, moBiel GmbH and Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal GmbH. WFB has a 15-year contract from December 13, 2015, to operate regional passenger trains: RE 15 Emsland-Express from Münster ...
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Woltersdorfer Straßenbahn GmbH
Opened in 1913, single tram line with 10 stops. See Berlin network map. This tramway runs east from Rahnsdorf the Berlin S-Bahn station on line S3 to Woltersdorf. AddressVogelsdorfer Straße 115569 WoltersdorfGermanyPhone+49 3362 881230Fax+49 3362 881244Emailservice@woltersdorfer-strassenbahn.deWebsitewww.woltersdorfer-strassenbahn.com Traffic Passenger journeys0·63 millionInformation year2018 Network data Gauge1435 mmLength5·6 kmElectrification5·6 ...
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Wuppertaler Stadtwerke mobil GmbH (WSW)
Suspended monorail − Wuppertaler Schwebebahn − operated on the Langen system, opened 1901; single route with 20 stations. See Wuppertal on the Rhein-Ruhr network map. The fleet of vehicles was replaced in 2015-17 by Vossloh Kiepe, with power supply increased from 600 V to 750 V DC in 2016. Alstom ...
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Würzburger Straßenbahn GmbH (WSB)
First line opened 1892. Modernised tramway system, operated as 5 routes with 47 stops serving the city and south to Rottenbauer. Two extensions are planned, but work has yet to start: extension of the Grombühl loop northeast along Josef-Schneider-Straße to Oberdürrbacher Straße is planned (1·2 km, 3 stops), new ...
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Naumburger Straßenbahn GmbH
Opened in 1882, Germany’s shortest urban tramway is just 2·9 km long. Although the network was closed in 1991, services around the eastern part of the ring line were restored in 2007. In December 2017 a 400 m extension to Salztor was opened, and in 2018 the line was extended ...
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S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH
Network of 6 routes with 70 stations. See Hamburg network map. This subsidiary of DB Regio AG took over operation of Hamburg’s S-Bahn in 1997. Line S3 uses dual-voltage EMUs operating on standard overhead supply (15kV 16·7Hz) from Neugraben to Stade, with services beginning on December 6 2007. The airport ...
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Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge GmbH (RVSOE)
Opened in 1898, the Kirnitzschtalbahn runs as an in-road tramway up the valley from Bad Schandau to the Lichtenhain waterfall, primarily for tourists. The former Oberelbische Verkehrsgesellschaft Pirna-Sebnitz mbH (OVPS) merged with Regionalverkehr Dresden GmbH on January 1 2019 forming Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge GmbH (RVSOE). AddressBahnhofstraße 14aPirna01796 PirnaSachsenGermanyPhone+49 3501 7920Fax+49 ...
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moBiel GmbH
Light rail/tram network of 4 routes, serving 62 stops. See Bielefeld network map. The city’s street tramway was upgraded from 1978-91 with city-centre tunnels and seven underground stations, and many surface sections on segregated track. Line 4 to Lohmannshof was opened in 2002, and Line 2 was extended from Milse ...
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Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmbH (MVV München)
München Transport & Tariff Association GmbH
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Nahverkehrsverbund Schleswig-Holstein GmbH
NAH.SH is responsible for planning, development, co-ordination and financing of rail and bus public transport in Schleswig-Holstein. Created in 1995 as LVS, before changing its name in 2014. AddressRaiffeisenstraße 124103 KielGermanyPhone+49 431 66019 0Fax+49 431 66019 19Emailkundendialog@nah.shWebsitewww.nah.sh