Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg

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 counties and cities of Brandenburg with 1.85% each. It was founded on December 30, 1996 and, sizewise, is currently the largest transport association in the worlddubious, covering an area of 30,367 km² with nearly 6 million inhabitants. [cite paper|publisher=Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg|title=Verbundbericht 2005|url=http://www.vbbonline.de/download/dokumente/vbb_bericht05.pdf] Common ticketing was launched on April 1, 1999. The 2005 amount of passengers transported was 1.23 billion, with 3.37 million passengers per day. [cite journal|author=Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg|title=Verbundbericht 2005|url=http://www.vbbonline.de/download/dokumente/vbb_bericht05.pdf|pages=27]

Lines in the VBB

Many lines are operated under the VBB fare structure. This includes all local traffic in Berlin, such as the Berlin S-Bahn and Berlin U-Bahn, as well as all regional train services, most of them RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn lines. There are also several trolleybus and ferry lines within the VBB area. The number of lines, as of 2005, is as follows: [cite journal|author=Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg|title=Verbundbericht 2005|url=http://www.vbbonline.de/download/dokumente/vbb_bericht05.pdf|pages=27]
*43 Regional rail lines
*16 Berlin S-Bahn lines
*9 Berlin U-Bahn lines
*41 Tram lines (26 Berlin, 15 Brandenburg)
*949 Omnibus lines (204 Berlin, 745 Brandenburg)
*2 Trolleybus lines (Brandenburg)
*7 Ferries (6 Berlin, 1 Brandenburg)

The Berlin S-Bahn network amounted for 32.43 million train kilometres in 2005. [cite journal|author=Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg|title=Verbundbericht 2005|url=http://www.vbbonline.de/download/dokumente/vbb_bericht05.pdf|pages=27] Regional trains accumulated a total amount of 38.07 million train kilometres [cite journal|author=Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg|title=Verbundbericht 2005|url=http://www.vbbonline.de/download/dokumente/vbb_bericht05.pdf|pages=27] .

The percentage of rail passengers transported per company is [cite journal|author=Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg|title=Verbundbericht 2005|url=http://www.vbbonline.de/download/dokumente/vbb_bericht05.pdf|pages=28]
*47.16% for DB Regio
*45.79% for Berlin S-Bahn
*4.80% for Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn
*1.33% for Prignitzer Eisenbahn
*0.52% for Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn
*0.40% for LausitzBahn (operated by Connex)

See also

*List of German transport associations

References

External links

* [http://www.vbbonline.de VBB online - official home page]