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30 October 1846 saw the first bus services from the Concessionierte Berliner Omnibus-Compagnie.In 1868, a new company was created, the ABOAG (Allgemeine Berliner Omnibus Aktien Gesellschaft) which on 1 January 1929 merged with other Berlin public transport companies to create the BVG.
Former BVG headquarters on Potsdamer Straße A Berlin bus during the strikes of 1932. The Berliner Verkehrs Aktiengesellschaft was formed in 1928, by the merger of the Allgemeine Berliner Omnibus AG (the operator of the city's buses), the Gesellschaft für Elektrische Hoch- und Untergrundbahnen (the operator of the U-Bahn) and the Berliner Straßenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH (the operator of the city's ...
The ZOB has been operated since 2001 by the Internationale Omnibusbahnhof Betreibergesellschaft (IOB), a 100% subsidiary of the BVG. [2]However, the ticket counters are operated under the ZOB travel agency brand by Zentral-Omnibusbahnhof Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of Bayern Express & P. Kühn Berlin.
In 1865, a horse tramway was established in Berlin. In 1881, the world's first electric tram line was opened in the city. Numerous private and municipal operating companies constructed new routes, so by the end of the 19th century the network had developed quite rapidly, and the horse trams had been replaced by electric ones.
The S3 was created along with the S1 and S2 on 9 January 1984, when the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) took over the S-Bahn network from the East German Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) in West Berlin: the S3 initially ran between Friedrichstraße and Charlottenburg, before being extended south-westwards to Wannsee on 1 May 1984.
This is an alphabetical list of Berlin U-Bahn stations. Currently, there are 175 active stations. [1]Adenauerplatz Alexanderplatz Blaschkoallee Bülowstraße Dahlem-Dorf Eberswalder Straße Friedrichstraße Gesundbrunnen Görlitzer Bahnhof Hallesches Tor Heidelberger Platz Hermannplatz Jannowitzbrücke Klosterstraße Konstanzer Straße Krumme Lanke Leinestraße Märkisches Museum Mohrenstraße ...
This is a list of the world's bus operating companies listed by country, with countries placed alphabetically by continent and country. It includes operators of municipal buses, and intercity buses.
Before control of the U-Bahn was given to the BVG in 1929, Hochbahngesellschaft began construction of a final line which (unlike its earlier lines) would be part of the Großprofil network. Intended as a U2 branch line, the E line ran under Frankfurter Allee between Alexanderplatz and Friedrichsfelde before World War II. The line opened on 21 ...