Hamburg Transport Association

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Hamburger Verkehrsverbund GmbH

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legal form GmbH
founding November 29, 1965 (as GbR)
Seat Hamburg , Germany
management Lutz Aigner (spokesman), Dietrich Hartmann
Branch Public transport
Website HVV.de

The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) is a transport and tariff association that includes the Hamburg city ​​area and the surrounding areas in Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony . The HVV was founded on November 29, 1965 and officially began its activities on December 1, 1966.

The HVV offers four underground lines (operated by Hamburger Hochbahn AG ), six S-Bahn lines (operated by S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH ), three A-Bahn lines (operated by AKN ) and large parts of the route network of other regional railway companies, 699 bus routes (operated by Hamburger Hochbahn, VHH and KVG Stade , among others ) and eight ferry routes operated by HADAG in the port of Hamburg and on the Elbe .

The catchment area of ​​the HVV covers 8616 km², on which 3.494 million people live. In the network, 29 transport companies operate  transport lines (as of December 31, 2017).

Railway lines in the HVV (line network)
S-Bahn Hamburg
Modern HADAG ferry on the Elbe

structure

The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund has a comparatively complex structure with an umbrella company and a strong position of the transport companies. The "umbrella company" is HVV GmbH , based in Hamburg. This company is owned by the so-called task authorities , which are states and municipalities in the HVV area. With 85.5%, the vast majority belongs to the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, the State of Schleswig-Holstein owns 3%, Lower Saxony 2%. The remaining 9.5% in HVV GmbH are owned by districts in the Hamburg area. The HVV GmbH takes some coordination tasks, the planning of the route network, the tariffs, setting quality standards, market research and advertising.

As a specialty of Hamburg, the large transport companies Hochbahn, S-Bahn and VHH under the name “HVV” also take on central tasks such as timetable information without the direct influence of HVV GmbH . This is what the construction of the so-called “Central Transport Company” (ZVU) serves. A ZVU is a transport company that is commissioned by the other transport companies in the HVV area to carry out a task for a fee through agency contracts.

The ZVU tasks in the HVV include, for example

  • the electronic and telephone timetable information (elevated railway)
  • the distribution of subscriptions (elevated railway)
  • major customer sales (S-Bahn)
  • the student and senior counseling service (VHH)

In addition, the transport companies at HVV GmbH have a strong influence on decisions in the association through the so-called "Advisory Board".

Companies integrated in the HVV

Hamburger Hochbahn

The Hamburger Hochbahn AG operates the subway -Netz with the lines

U1Hamburg U1.svg Norderstedt Mitte - Garstedt - Ochsenzoll - Fuhlsbüttel North - Ohlsdorf - Kellinghusenstraße - Stephansplatz - Jungfernstieg - South Central Station - Lübecker Straße - Wandsbek Markt - Wandsbek-Gartenstadt - Farmsen - Volksdorf - Ohlstedt / - Großhansdorf
U2Hamburg U2.svg Niendorf Nord - Niendorf Markt - Hagenbeck Zoo - Schlump - Jungfernstieg - Central Station North - Berliner Tor - Horner Rennbahn - Billstedt - Mümmelmannsberg
U3Hamburg U3.svg Barmbek - Kellinghusenstraße - Schlump - St. Pauli - Landungsbrücken - City Hall - South Central Station - Berliner Tor - Lübecker Straße - Mundsburg - Barmbek - Wandsbek-Gartenstadt
U4Hamburg U4.svg Elbbrücken - HafenCity University - Jungfernstieg - North Central Station - Berliner Tor - Horner Rennbahn - Billstedt

In 2017 the subway carried 242 million passengers over a length of 104 kilometers and 91 stops .

In addition, the Hamburger Hochbahn operates around 110 bus routes, on which a total of 213 million passengers were carried in 2017.

S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH

The S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn and operates the lines:

S1Hamburg S1.svgWedel - Rissen - Blankenese - Othmarschen - Altona - Landungsbrücken - Jungfernstieg - Central Station - Berliner Tor - Hasselbrook - Barmbek - Ohlsdorf - Hamburg Airport (airport) / - Poppenbüttel
S11Hamburg S11.svgBlankenese - Othmarschen - Altona - Sternschanze - Dammtor - Hauptbahnhof - Berliner Tor - Hasselbrook - Barmbek - Ohlsdorf (- Poppenbüttel) (only during rush hour )
S2Hamburg S2.svgAltona - Landungsbrücken - Jungfernstieg - Central Station - Berliner Tor - Bergedorf (only during rush hour )
S21Hamburg S21.svg Elbgaustraße - Dammtor - Central Station - Berliner Tor - Bergedorf - Reinbek - Aumühle
S3Hamburg S3.svg Pinneberg - Elbgaustraße - Eidelstedt - Altona - Landungsbrücken - Jungfernstieg - Central Station - Wilhelmsburg - Harburg - Harburg Town Hall - Neugraben - Buxtehude - Stade
S31Hamburg S31.svg Altona - Sternschanze - Dammtor - Central Station - Berliner Tor / - Wilhelmsburg - Harburg Town Hall (- Neugraben)

The S-Bahn transports around 280 million passengers per year on 147 kilometers of rail network and 68 stops. (Status: 2018)

DB Regio and Start Unterelbe GmbH

The DB Regio AG operates with its subsidiary Start Lower Elbe GmbH in the Hamburg local rail passenger transport ( regional rail ) in regional traffic with the following lines:

RE 1: Hamburg Hbf - Bergedorf - Schwarzenbek - Büchen ( not in the HVV tariff: - Hagenow Land - Schwerin - Bad Kleinen - Rostock Hbf)
RE 5: Hamburg Hbf - Hamburg-Harburg - Buxtehude - Stade - Himmelpforten - Hemmoor ( only season tickets in the HVV tariff: - Cuxhaven) (operated by Start Unterelbe GmbH)
RE 6: Hamburg-Altona - Elmshorn ( not in the HVV tariff: - Itzehoe - Heide - Husum - Westerland (Sylt) )
RE 7: Hamburg Hbf - Elmshorn ( not in the HVV tariff: - Neumünster - Flensburg / - Kiel Hbf (train is winged in Neumünster ) )
RE 70: Hamburg Hbf - (Pinneberg) - Elmshorn ( not in the HVV tariff: - Neumünster - Kiel Hbf)
RE 8: Hamburg Hbf - Bad Oldesloe - Reinfeld ( not in the HVV tariff: - Lübeck Hbf - Lübeck-Travemünde Strand )
RE 80: Hamburg Hbf - Ahrensburg - Bad Oldesloe - Reinfeld ( not in the HVV tariff: - Lübeck Hbf)
RB 81: Hamburg Hbf - Rahlstedt - Ahrensburg - Bargteheide - Bad Oldesloe (serves every station)
RE 83: Lüneburg - Lauenburg - Büchen - Mölln - Ratzeburg ( not in the HVV tariff: - Lübeck Hbf - Bad Malente Gremsmühlen - Kiel Hbf)
RE 20: Uelzen - ( not in the HVV: Stendal - Magdeburg Hbf)

AKN

The AKN Eisenbahn GmbH operates with the lines

A1Hamburg A1.svgHamburg-Eidelstedt - Quickborn - Ulzburg Süd - Henstedt-Ulzburg - Kaltenkirchen - Bad Bramstedt - Boostedt ( not in the HVV tariff: - Neumünster)
A2Hamburg A2.svgNorderstedt Mitte - Ulzburg Süd (- Henstedt-Ulzburg - Kaltenkirchen) (on behalf of Verkehrsgesellschaft Norderstedt )
A3Hamburg A3.svgElmshorn - Barmstedt - Henstedt-Ulzburg - Ulzburg Süd

regional rail transport in the north of the HVV area and in 2009 was used by approx. 11½ million passengers on 6.8 million wagon kilometers.

North runway

The NBE nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH & Co. KG - joint subsidiary of BeNEX GmbH and AKN - operates the regional railway lines

RB 61: Hamburg Hbf - Pinneberg - Tornesch - Elmshorn ( not in the HVV tariff: - Glückstadt - Itzehoe) ( stops at all stations)
RB 71: Hamburg-Altona - Pinneberg - Tornesch - Elmshorn - Dauenhof ( not in the HVV tariff: - Wrist - Glückstadt - Itzehoe)
RB 82: Bad Oldesloe - Bad Segeberg - Rickling ( not in the HVV tariff: - Neumünster )

In 2009, the RB 82 in the HVV area was used by one million passengers on 0.8 million wagon kilometers.

metronome

In the southern and southwestern network area (districts of Stade, Harburg and Lüneburg and beyond) the regional rail transport was awarded by the state of Lower Saxony to metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH .

RE 3: Hamburg Hbf - Hamburg-Harburg - Winsen - Lüneburg - Bienenbüttel (belongs to the Hanse network , only season tickets in the HVV tariff: - Uelzen - Suderburg not in the HVV tariff: - Celle - Hannover  Hbf)
RB 31: (Hamburg Hbf -) Hamburg-Harburg - Winsen (Luhe) - Lüneburg (stops at every station)
RE 4: Hamburg Hbf - Hamburg-Harburg - Buchholz (Nordheide) - Tostedt ( only season tickets in the HVV tariff: - Rotenburg (Wümme) not in the HVV tariff: - Bremen  Hbf) Connection to Bremen also runs under the name " Hanse- Network "
RB 41: Hamburg Hbf - Hamburg-Harburg - Buchholz (Nordheide) - Tostedt - Scheeßel ( only season tickets in the HVV tariff: - Rotenburg (Wümme) - Sottrum not in the HVV tariff: - Bremen Hbf) stops at all stations

Erixx

In the southern network area, Harburg district and beyond, Erixx GmbH operates trains on the routes

RB 32: Lüneburg - Dahlenburg - Hitzacker - Dannenberg Ost
RB 38: (Hamburg-Harburg -) Buchholz - Handeloh - Schneverdingen - Soltau
RB 37: Uelzen - Soltau - Visselhövede ( not in the HVV: - Bremen Hbf)
RB 47: Uelzen - Wieren - Bad Bodenteich ( not in the HVV: - Braunschweig Hbf)

EVB

In the Elbe-Weser triangle , the railways and transport companies Elbe-Weser GmbH operate 32 bus routes in the districts of Harburg, Stade, Rotenburg (Wümme), Osterholz and the city of Bremen (see also: Verkehrsverbund Bremen / Niedersachsen ) and the south-west route

RB 33: Buxtehude - Harsefeld - Kutenholz - Bremervörde - Heinschenwalde ( only season tickets in the HVV tariff: - Sellstedt not in the HVV tariff: - Bremerhaven Hbf)

In addition to the summer offer “ Moorexpress ”, the maintenance of “metronom” trains is partly taken over, a common vehicle pool of the LNVG .

Auto power

The DB subsidiary Autokraft operates numerous bus routes in Schleswig-Holstein. In 2009, 12.1 million passengers drove on the autokraft lines in the HVV.

VHH

Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein GmbH (VHH) operates around 160 bus routes with a length of 2300 km, particularly in western and eastern Hamburg as well as in the Schleswig-Holstein counties of Pinneberg, Segeberg, Stormarn and Duchy of Lauenburg . In 2018 they carried 106.6 million passengers with around 560 buses on over 34 million wagon kilometers.

KVG

In the southern network area and beyond (districts of Cuxhaven , Stade , Harburg , Lüneburg , Lüchow-Dannenberg , Rotenburg (Wümme) and Heidekreis as well as in the cities of Buchholz id Nordheide, Buxtehude, Bremervörde, Stade, Cuxhaven, Winsen (Luhe) and Lüneburg) the KVG Stade GmbH & Co. KG with 308 buses. In 2009 it had 26.6 million passengers in the HVV area.

VGN

The section of the U1 from Garstedt to Norderstedt Mitte and then the A2 (operated by AKN ) belong to Verkehrsgesellschaft Norderstedt mbH , a subsidiary of Stadtwerke Norderstedt (SN). VGN had 8.7 million passengers in 2009 on a route length of 10.3 km with 18 of its own cars.

HADAG

HADAG- barge in the port of Hamburg

The HADAG operates the shipping line service in the Hamburg harbor with a fleet of 25 ships that carry more than 8 million to seven ferries per year passengers. The HADAG is also for elbseitige connection in Airbus responsible -Werksverkehr. Hadag also handles the trips that take people to the musicals.

Lines:

61: Landungsbrücken - Altona Fish Market - Waltershof - Neuhof
62: Landungsbrücken - Altona Fischmarkt - Neumühlen - Finkenwerder
64: Finkenwerder - Teufelsbrück
68: Teufelsbrück - Airbus
72: Landungsbrücken - Elbphilharmonie
73: Landungsbrücken - Argentina Bridge - Ernst-August-Schleuse
75: Landungsbrücken - Steinwerder

Other companies

The HVV network area

The HVV area basically includes Hamburg as well as the neighboring districts of Pinneberg , Segeberg , Stormarn and Duchy of Lauenburg in Schleswig-Holstein and the districts of Stade , Harburg and Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. In addition, the districts of Uelzen , Rotenburg (Wümme) , Heidekreis and Cuxhaven have been part of the HVV area since December 2019 , but sometimes only for season tickets. On lines in the border areas, the HVV tariff also partially applies in the neighboring districts, for example for trips to the Horst (Holstein) train station, which is located in the Steinburg district on a railway line between two stations in the Pinneberg district.

In addition, the HVV tariff applies to the entire Wendlandbahn .

history

The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund was founded on November 29, 1965 as a merger of four transport companies in the Hamburg area; until 1996 some other companies joined. On December 1, 1966, the community tariff of the HVV came into force, so that most public transport in Hamburg and the surrounding area could now be used with one ticket. Until 1984, the Alster ships operated by HHA (or from 1977 by Alster-Touristik GmbH ATG) were also included in the transport network.

In the first full year of the HVV community tariff in 1967, 21.2 billion square kilometers were offered on 177 lines with 2181 stops, which were used by 558.2 million passengers (based on the operating branch). In 1973 there were 23.2 billion square kilometers on 219 lines with 2652 stops, which were used by 607.4 million passengers.

In 1996 the HVV was restructured: From the network of transport companies , a composite of transport authorities of local public transport ( public transport ). Today the shareholders are the states of Hamburg , Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony as well as the seven (rural) districts bordering Hamburg.

Until December 14, 2002, the HVV area comprised the city of Hamburg and the surrounding area (border between Wedel - Elmshorn - Barmstedt - Kaltenkirchen - Kisdorf - Tangstedt - Ahrensburg - Trittau - Basthorst - Lauenburg - Seevetal - Neu Wulmstorf - Jork). Since the expansion of the network area on December 15, 2002, the area in the north has completely encompassed the districts of Pinneberg, Segeberg, Stormarn and the Duchy of Lauenburg ; it now extends to the borders of the cities of Neumünster and Lübeck . In the course of this expansion, several regional train lines were also integrated into the HVV.

In December 2004, with the 2004/2005 winter timetable, the extension of the network area in the south to include the Lower Saxony districts of Stade, Harburg and Lüneburg came into force. For the right Elbe municipality of Amt Neuhaus , which belongs to the district of Lüneburg and has no continuous public transport connection with the rest of the HVV area, a special regulation was adopted to the effect that HVV season tickets are recognized in local buses, but not single and day tickets.

With the timetable change in December 2004, a one-year trial phase was started at the same time, during which the express trains and the most important bus routes run through the city of Hamburg on weekend nights. After the number of passengers tripled in the weekend nights in the trial phase, night-time transit by underground and suburban trains will continue indefinitely.

In December 2007 line S3 ( Harburger S-Bahn ) was extended from Neugraben via Buxtehude to Stade (see: Niederelbebahn ).

Since January 1st, 2008 the weekly, monthly and annual tickets of the HVV have been valid up to and from Soltau.

Since December 2008, the S1 line has been running from the main train station to Fuhlsbüttel Airport in 25 minutes , with the trains being winged at the Ohlsdorf stop : the front part of the train goes to the Hamburg Airport (airport) stop , the rear part goes to Poppenbüttel . The previous bus route 110, known as the Airport Express , has now been discontinued, but will be partially replaced by the new route 274 on weekend nights. The section of the S1 Ohlsdorf - Airport is not operated at night, but the continuous night operation on the rapid transit lines has been extended to the Ochsenzoll - Norderstedt middle of the U1.

U-Bahn in Jungfernstieg station , one of the central junctions of the rapid transit network

On Monday, June 29th, 2009 the branches running east of the underground lines U2 and U3 were swapped. Now the U3 line runs from Barmbek on the old ring line to Barmbek. The U2 runs from Niendorf Nord to Mümmelmannsberg. The U4 line has been running since November 29, 2012.

On October 1, 2011, the HVV introduced a general ban on the consumption of alcohol, which prohibits drinking and carrying alcoholic beverages in open containers and applies in all U-Bahn, S-Bahn and A-Bahn vehicles and their stations. Offenses can be punished by ticket inspectors and security personnel with a fine of 40 euros.

tasks

The employees of the HVV constantly monitor the volume of traffic on the lines operated under the collective tariff ( passenger counting ). The timetable for the following year is created on the basis of the data obtained .

Until 1996, the fares collected by the transport companies involved were divided according to the number of kilometers traveled by the respective company ( supply-oriented ); since 1997, they have been divided according to the number of passengers ( demand-oriented ). The expenses of the transport companies that are not covered by the fare revenue are to be borne by the transport authorities .

A side effect of this division of tasks between the transport companies and the transport association is that operational starting and dropping trips do not appear in the published timetable. The space kilometers offered here are not legitimized by the needs assessment and are not billed. Examples are the journeys of the S11 between Ohlsdorf and Poppenbüttel and the journeys of the U3 (signposted as U1 ) between Wandsbek-Gartenstadt and Farmsen .

facts and figures

Passenger numbers in the Hamburg Transport Association since 1996

In 2018, there were 949 million (2017: 780.7 million) passengers on the means of transport in the HVV, which generated fare income of 861 million euros (2017: 825.5 million euros).

Reference year: 2018 Lines Stops Route length (km) Line length (km) vehicles Square kilometers (million km)
Rail transport


32

295 954.5 1,349.2 2,093 28,946.0
Bus transport 723 9,869 13,507.5 18,636.8 2,335 9,232.3
Shipping 8th 20th 24.0 27.0 26th 186.0
total 763 10.184 14,486.0 20,013.0 4,454 38,364.3

Tariff structure

The HVV tariff area is divided into eight tariff rings (A to H), which in turn consist of around 150 tariff zones. The tariff ring A is located in the inner city districts of Hamburg, the other tariff rings connect to it up to the ring H on the border of the network area. The tariff rings A and B form the area Hamburg AB (formerly: Greater Hamburg area ), which includes the entire city of Hamburg and most of the directly adjacent cities and communities.

Within the Hamburg AB area , number limits independent of the tariff zones are defined on all lines. In tariff ring A there is still the so-called inner city sub-area, in tariff rings C to E there are also partially separate urban traffic areas. Individual areas belong to several tariff zones. In tariff rings G and H, the HVV tariff applies exclusively to season tickets.

Bar tariff

Price development in the HVV (single trip 2 rings)
Fare increase 2013/2014, recognizable on two single tickets

The following rules apply to the bar fare, i.e. tickets that are valid for less than a week:

Within Hamburg AB , the exceeded number limits are relevant for single tickets. The short-haul tariff applies up to the first payment limit . In addition, a ticket at the local tariff is possible up to the second limit ; a card at the Hamburg AB tariff is required for all further journeys . Changing is deemed to exceed a number limit, with the exception of changes within the rapid transit network or in the inner city sub-area. Number limits can lie on or between stops and can also be stretched so that several neighboring stops are on a number limit. The number limits are not published at the stops and cannot be derived from the distance traveled or the number of stops traveled through. However, they are available for download on the Internet as PDF files on several thousand pages. Additional special regulations apply to some routes.

For trips with an express bus line, an additional express bus / 1st class surcharge must be paid. The surcharge is payable in the cash tariff per ticket. For journeys with the express bus up to the first payment limit, the special rate for short-distance express bus applies .

Outside the Hamburg AB tariff area, corresponding single tickets are offered for short trips within a tariff zone or to a neighboring tariff zone, in urban traffic areas also those for the corresponding city tariff. In addition, the number of tariff rings passed through is decisive. Tariff rings traveled through several times (for example from tariff ring C via B, A and B to C) only count once. For short journeys in the border area between rings B and C or D, the tariff logic from Hamburg AB with number limits, which are also defined in ring C and D on some line sections, is partially different .

Single tickets are generally valid for a journey up to 6 a.m. the following day. Breaks in the journey are permitted within this time frame, return journeys or round trips are not possible.

For several journeys on the same day, the HVV offers both full-day and reduced-price valley travel cards that are only valid after 9 a.m. A Talzeit group day ticket is still available for small groups of up to five people. In terms of price, the number of tariff rings traveled through is decisive for these offers.

A special feature of the HVV is that, in contrast to most German transport associations, tickets are valid from the date of purchase and are not separately validated before departure. The HVV therefore does not offer any stampable multi-trip tickets or the like, and stock purchases are also not possible.

In Hamburg AB , both the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Ticket, the Schleswig-Holstein Ticket and the Lower Saxony Ticket are valid on all lines, with the exception of express buses. The Quer-durch-Land-Ticket is only valid on S-Bahn, A-Bahn and regional trains.

Season tickets

Tariff zone information at the entrance of a subway station

The HVV offers season tickets for regular passengers with a validity of one week or more. Season tickets usually consist of a customer card with a photo and a token. The customer cards are not available at machines, but only at service points and as an order delivered by post in the online shop. Tokens are also available from these sales channels, and since 2019 also from S-Bahn ticket machines. Weekly and monthly tickets can also be purchased as electronic online tickets without a separate customer card. The price of season tickets is based on the number of tariff zones required, and sometimes also on the number of rings required. Within Hamburg AB only tickets for two or three zones or all of Hamburg AB are offered. If the entire area of Hamburg AB is selected, this corresponds to 4 tariff zones in terms of price. Season tickets are also available for up to seven zones. In addition, the HVV also offers season tickets with a validity area that refers to tariff rings, namely for four, five, six, seven or eight tariff rings. Eight tariff rings correspond to the entire HVV network.

Monthly tickets are also available in the form of an annual subscription with a discount of around 18%. Full-time subscription cards that are not discounted are also valid on weekends in the entire network. Their owners can still take one person with them for free during this time. In addition to non-discounted full-time tickets, there are also discounted season tickets with other conditions for senior citizens, schoolchildren, trainees and students. The so-called part-time card is also available to everyone. It does not apply Monday to Friday between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. and between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Discounted season tickets are only available as a monthly ticket and by subscription and not for every number of zones.

The HVV only offers a job ticket with the so-called “ProfiTicket” (until 2017: “ProfiCard”) for employees of larger companies . The prerequisite for the purchase is the conclusion of a cooperation agreement between the company and the HVV. The ProfiTicket is in some cases reduced in price by up to 40% compared to the tariffs available to everyone. In models in which the employer subsidizes the ProfiTicket - usually tax-free for the employee - with a small monthly amount, the discount increases to around 50%. The ProfiTicket is also valid on the weekend in the entire HVV network and offers the opportunity to take another person with you free of charge.

Discounted season tickets are available for seniors from 63 years of age, schoolchildren and trainees. In some cases, restrictions or different tariff logics apply here. In this way, students alone can purchase season tickets for an entire district.

For all season tickets, additional tickets are available for trips outside the zones used. Supplementary cards for season ticket holders are not valid in tariff rings G and H. Trips in the express bus are generally subject to a surcharge, except for holders of the reduced-price part-time card. The express bus is already included here. The surcharge costs 2.10 euros and can be purchased per trip for season tickets. It may therefore be cheaper for HVV season ticket customers traveling together for express bus trips to buy a normal group day ticket at a bar rate in addition to their season tickets. Alternately, the surcharge is also available as a monthly ticket and subscription.

offer valid Mon – Fri 6–9

and 4-6pm

valid on the express bus Valid on weekends in the entire network

and for one more adult and three children

Price example for Hamburg AB per month
Full-time subscription Yes No Yes 91.10 EUR
Full-time monthly pass Yes No No 111.20 EUR
Part-time subscription No Yes No 53.40 EUR
Senior subscription Yes No No 52.50 EUR
Student subscription Yes No No 41.90 EUR
HVV platform ticket

Platform ticket

With the HVV platform ticket , a stop can be entered for 60 minutes even without a valid ticket. The platform ticket costs 10 cents (as of 2020). Anyone who is found without a ticket or platform ticket during regular checks at the stops must pay 60 euros, even if no means of transport were used. In 2017, Hamburger Hochbahn and S-Bahn Hamburg, as operators of the HVV high-speed train network, sold a total of around 9500 platform tickets. They achieved revenues of around 2,900 euros. In 2018, the transport companies were able to increase sales of platform tickets to around 11,000 pieces.

Traffic revenue

The transport companies in the HVV generated around 843 million euros in revenue from fares in 2017. The largest share of this is made up of regular HVV customers with a full-time subscription or a ProfiCard, who paid a total of around 350 million euros in fare. With around 57 million individual tickets sold, a turnover of around 136 million euros was achieved, 14 million day and group tickets contributed around 104 million euros to the company's income.

Income from fare has increased massively in recent years. While in 2005, after the last major expansion of the network, around 473 million euros were achieved, the figure in 2017 was already 78 percent higher at 843 million euros.

rating

In 2001 the ADAC carried out a test in which public transport in 20 European cities (10 of them in Germany ) was examined. The HVV was awarded the grade “Good” as the best German transport association. Only Barcelona and Brussels received the grade “very good”. In a test carried out in 23 European cities in 2009, the Hamburg Transport Association was able to place itself in fifth place with a good rating.

The ver.di Seniors are calling for an improvement in the conditions of use for seniors in Hamburg. This includes the abolition or shortening of the tariff restriction for senior citizens from currently 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. In this context, the regional seniors committee criticizes the fact that seniors with low pensions still have difficulties paying the full fare in addition to the senior citizen ticket for necessary journeys before 9 a.m. Especially with voluntary work, e.g. For example, in hospitals, seniors are dependent on early mobility in the city before 9 a.m. The restriction was lifted from December 15, 2019 and the senior citizen card has been valid around the clock since then.

See also

literature

  • Reinhard Krause: The Hamburg Transport Association from its foundation in 1965 to today , Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-3-8370-2353-4
  • Erich Staisch: Hamburg and its city traffic , ISBN 3-89136-279-X
  • Ralf Heinsohn: Schnellbahnen in Hamburg - The history of the S-Bahn and U-Bahn, 1907-2007 , Norderstedt 2006, ISBN 3-8334-5181-5

Web links

Commons : Hamburger Verkehrsverbund  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Transport policy events in 1965 . In: MR Friedrich Ossig (Ed.): DB Report 66 . Hestra-Verlag Hernichel & Dr. Strauss, Darmstadt 1966, p. 14 .
  2. ↑ HVV table of figures 2018. (PDF; 0.5 MB) (No longer available online.) Hamburger Verkehrsverbund GmbH, 2018, formerly in the original ; accessed on July 22, 2019 (German, English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hvv.de
  3. ↑ HVV.de: Transport authority. Retrieved November 26, 2018
  4. ↑ Appendix 4 to the HVV cooperation agreement
  5. ↑ Hochbahn bus routes. Hamburger Hochbahn AG, accessed on August 6, 2018 .
  6. ^ The company Hochbahn | Facts and figures. Hamburger Hochbahn AG, accessed on August 6, 2018 .
  7. ^ Deutsche Bahn AG, Passenger Transport Division, Marketing eCommerce: Numbers, data, facts. Retrieved August 6, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Der-Metronom.de: From and to Hanover only one trip in the evening each day ( Memento from December 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), (PDF; 745 kB)
  9. ↑ VHH Annual Report 2018 , VHH website, accessed on November 17, 2019
  10. ↑ Hadag.de: Our fleet
  11. ↑ Landeszeitung.de: Uelzen is also part of the HVV
  12. ↑ The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund, a summary of interesting facts. 1974 prospectus
  13. ↑ § 4 (8) HVV community tariff from January 1, 2017
  14. ↑ HVV table of figures 2018. (PDF; 0.5 MB) (No longer available online.) Hamburger Verkehrsverbund GmbH, 2018, formerly in the original ; accessed on July 22, 2019 (German, English).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hvv.de
  15. ↑ Numbers, data, facts. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Data from the transport companies in the HVV 2019 (PDF; 2 MB) Retrieved on February 11, 2020 .
  17. ↑ HVV.de: HVV community tariff: Tariff assessment bases , accessed on January 24, 2018.
  18. ↑ HVV.de: Price examples for "GKA 50" , accessed on January 30, 2017 (PDF file)
  19. ↑ HVV.de: GKA plus and prices , accessed on January 30, 2017 (PDF file)
  20. ↑ Overview of prices. Retrieved August 13, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Printed matter 21/14507 of the Hamburg citizenship
  22. ↑ Printed matter 21/18614 of the Hamburg citizenship
  23. ↑ Printed matter 21/10211 of the Hamburg citizenship, page 9
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  25. ↑ adac.de: public transport in Europe in 2010 ( Memento of 18 April 2018 Internet Archive accessed) on October 25, 2012
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