All Railway Gazette International articles in July 2019 – Page 106
-
Organisations
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 ...
-
Organisations
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
-
Organisations
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 ...
-
Organisations
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 ...
-
Organisations
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 ...
-
Organisations
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 ...
-
Organisations
Verkehrsverbund Vogtland GmbH (VVV)
ZÖV plans, co-ordinates and finances rail public transport in the Vogtland area of southwest Sachsen, northeast Bayern and southeast Thüringen. AddressGöltzschtalstraße 1608209 Auerbach/VogtlandGermanyPhone+49 3744 83020Fax+49 3744 830239Emailmail@vvvogtland.deWebsitevogtlandauskunft.de
-
Organisations
Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen GmbH (VMS)
ZVMS plans, co-ordinates and finances public transport in Sachsen. AddressAm Rathaus 209111 ChemnitzGermanyPhone+49 371 400 08 0Fax+49 371 488 08 99Emailinfo@vms.deWebsitewww.vms.de
-
Organisations
Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien GmbH (ZVON)
ZVON plans, co-ordinates and finances rail public transport in the Bautzen area of east Sachsen. AddressRosenstraße 3102625 BautzenGermanyPhone+49 3591 326910Fax+49 3591 326950Emailinfo@zvon.deWebsitewww.zvon.de
-
Organisations
LTE Logistik- und Transport GmbH
LTE was founded in 2000 by the Graz Köflacher Bahn and the Porr Group and is now operating as LTE Logistics and Transport Europe. LTE Group has subsidiaries in Austria, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Germany and Romania and is closely co-operating with its sister company Adria Transport ...
-
Organisations
Magdeburger Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (MVB)
Tram network comprises 9 routes with 124 stops. A tangential line from Südring in the southwest running east to Raiffeisenstraße was opened on August 9 2018, and this was extended further east to Warschauer Straße and the existing line on Schönebecker Straße on December 16 2020, with routes 2 and ...
-
Organisations
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 ...
-
Organisations
Münchner Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund GmbH (MVV München)
München Transport & Tariff Association GmbH
-
Organisations
Nahverkehr Schwerin GmbH (NVS)
First line opened in 1881, with first electric tramway opened 1908; X-shaped network operated as 4 service routes with 36 stops. AddressLudwigsluster Chaussee 7219061 SchwerinGermanyPhone+49 385 3990 0Fax+49 385 3990 999Emailinfo@nahverkehr-schwerin.deWebsitewww.nahverkehr-schwerin.de Traffic Passenger journeys12·3 million (tram only)Information year2019 Network data Gauge1435 mmLength21 kmElectrification21 km - 600 ...
-
Organisations
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
-
Organisations
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 ...