All Germany articles – Page 8
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Allianz pro Schiene eV (APS)
This pressure group aims to increase rail’s market share through promotion and improvement of rail transport in Germany, highlighting its environmental and safety advantages. Membership comprises 24 non-profit organisations together with over 170 companies from across the railway industry. AddressReinhardtstraße 3110117 BerlinGermanyPhone+49 30 2462 599 0Fax+49 30 2462 599 29Emailinfo@allianz-pro-schiene.deWebsitewww.allianz-pro-schiene.de
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DB Netz AG
This is the subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG responsible for the railway infrastructure in Germany, founded in 1998. It comprises business units DB Netze Fahrweg (track), DB Netze Personenbahnhöfe (stations) and DB Energie GmbH (power and fuel). Its board members are directly involved in the running of the business. It ...
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Erfurter Verkehrsbetriebe AG (EVAG)
First line opened 1894; network now comprises 6 routes with 87 stops. In November 2018, EVAG ordered 14 ’Tramlink’ LRVs from Stadler, for delivery from late-2020 AddressMagdeburger Allee 3499086 ErfurtGermanyPhone+49 361 564 0Fax+49 361 564 4662Emailevag@stadtwerke-erfurt.deWebsitewww.evag-erfurt.de Traffic Passenger journeys55·46 million (all modes - 36·16 million tram only in ...
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Freiburger Verkehrs AG (VAG)
First line opened 1901; network comprises five routes serving 76 stops An extension from Robert-Koch-Straße north to Messe opened as far as Technische Fakultät on November 11 2015 (Line 4, 1·5 km, four stops), this being completed to Messe on December 13 2020 (1·0 km, 1 stop). A link along ...
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Hallesche Verkehrs AG (HAVAG)
First line opened 1882; this tramway has 11 routes serving 125 stops. The extensive network serving the city also includes a long inter-urban line. This runs south from Halle to Merseburg and Bad Dürrenberg, end-to-end services running for over 30 route-km. The network’s most recent addition was a partly single-track ...
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Kasseler Verkehrs Gesellschaft AG (KVG)
First tram line opened 1877. Urban tram network now comprises 8 routes (110 stops), of which one route is an inter-urban line to Hessisch Lichtenau over a freight-only railway. The city also has three RegioTram regional lines established 2005-06. These were originally run by RegioTram Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (RTB), a joint ...
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Bremer Straßenbahn AG (BSAG)
First line opened 1876. Network of conventional tramways with eight operating routes serving 163 stops. See Bremen network map. Bremen’s tram extensive network includes sections of segregated light rail, some constructed as part of original plans to develop a metro. An extension to Falkenberg (Niedersachsen) opened on August 1 2014 ...
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Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG (DVB)
Extensive tramway network with 12 routes (153 stops). See Dresden network map. In July 2019, DVB opened a short realignment of the line between Wasaplatz and Querallee southeast of the city centre. The route now follows Oskarstraße providing direct interchange at DD-Strehlen station with the Dresden – Pirna S-Bahn service. ...
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Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG (DVG)
First line opened 1897. Network comprises 3 routes, serving 79 stops. See Duisburg on the Rhein-Ruhr network map. The original metre-gauge conventional tramway was regauged in the 1960s, with city-centre sections upgraded to metro (Stadtbahn) standards. Route 903 shares its alignment between Meiderich, Duisburg and Kesselsberg with Line U79, which ...
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Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG (Bogestra)
First tram lines opened in 1890s. The network now comprises 2 Stadtbahn light metro and nine tram routes. See Bochum-Gelsenkirchen network on the Rhein-Ruhr region map. The original network of street-running tram routes has seen some upgrading to segregated light rail, and a single route (U35) runs as ‘Stadtbahn’ light ...
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Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB)
First line opened 1877. Runs tramway/pre-metro and interurban rail service between Köln and Bonn (12 routes, 238 stops). See Köln network map. Tramways being upgraded to light rail standards (Stadtbahn), with 47 km and 41 stations now in tunnel. Line 3 was extended to Görlinger-Zentrum in the northwest of the ...
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Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HHA)
Opened 1912. Four lines with underground, surface and elevated sections, serving 93 stations. See Hamburg network map. Line U4 serving the Elbe river front opened in 2012; the 4 km branch off line U2 reached HafenCity in August 2013, and was extended 1·3 km to Elbbrücken on December 7 2018. ...
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AERS Rail Services Deutschland GmbH
Established in 2003, AERS provides administration processing for rail operation, together with arranging haulage and staffing. It operates wagonload and combined traffic (containers, swap bodies and semi-trailers) freight logistics. AddressObereckstraße 979539 LörrachGermanyPhone+49 7621 915 28 0Emailrail-services-gmbh@stepnet.deWebsitewww.aers-rail-services.com Network data Employees14
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Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland
Abellio Deutschland subsidiary operates two networks of regional services: the Saale-Thuringia-Südharz electric network on 15-year contract from December 2015:10 routes around Halle (to Erfurt, Eisenach and Kassel) and Leipzig (to Erfurt and Saalfeld). Sachsen-Anhalt diesel network of 12 routes from December 2018. AddressFriedrichstraße 6910117 BerlinGermanyPhone+49 30 2130013 0Emailinfo@abellio.deWebsitewww.abellio.de ...
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Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG (DSW21)
Network of eight Stadtbahn lines (20·5 km in tunnel), together with two conventional tramway routes, largely on reserved track, and 124 stops. See Dortmund network on the Rhein-Ruhr region map. Also operates the short “H-Bahn 21” suspended monorail at Dortmund University (3·16 km, 5 stops), opened in 1984. AddressDeggingstraße 4044141 ...