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Bus transport is the oldest public transport service in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, having been introduced in 1846. Since 1929, services have been operated by the Berlin Transport Company (German: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, BVG), although during the Cold War-era division of the city they operated in West Berlin only. In East Berlin the ...
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 Berlin tramway (German: Straßenbahn Berlin) is the main tram system in Berlin, Germany.It is one of the oldest tram networks in the world having its origins in 1865 [6] and is operated by Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), which was founded in 1929. [6]
Berlin public transit passes are available from many places, automated and non-automated, from BVG, Bahn, and authorized third-parties. The Ring-Bahn Line and the other S-Bahn lines are included, as are all U-Bahn lines, buses, trams, ferries, and most trains within the city limits: tickets are valid for all transportation considered part of ...
The Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) is a transport association run by public transport providers in the German states of Berlin and Brandenburg. It is a private limited company owned jointly by the states of Berlin and Brandenburg (with one third each) and the 18 districts and district-free cities of Brandenburg with 1.85% each. It was ...
The Berlin S-Bahn (German: [ˈɛs baːn]) is a rapid transit railway system in and around Berlin, the capital city of Germany.It has been in operation under this name since December 1930, having been previously called the special tariff area Berliner Stadt-, Ring- und Vorortbahnen ('Berlin city, orbital, and suburban railways'). [1]
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 ...
At the turn of the year 1993/1994 the Deutsche Reichsbahn and the Deutsche Bundesbahn merged to form the Deutsche Bahn AG.At the same time, the operation of the S-Bahn in the former West Berlin – until then carried out by the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) – was taken over by the Reichsbahn (which already operated the S-Bahn in the eastern part of the city) and now by Deutsche Bahn.