Association of German Transport Companies
| Association of German Transport Companies | |
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| legal form | registered association |
| Seat | Cologne |
| founding | 1991
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| place | Cologne |
| president | Ingo Wortmann |
| executive Director | Oliver Wolff (General Manager), Dr. Martin Henke, Dr. Jan Schilling, Martin Schmitz |
| Members | about 600 |
| Website | www.vdv.de |
In the Association of German Transport Companies ( VDV ), the companies of public transport and freight transport with a focus on rail freight in Germany organized.
Overview
The association has existed in its current form since the beginning of 1991, after the Association of Public Transport Companies (VÖV), the Federal Association of German Railways, Power Transport and Cable Cars (BDE) and the VÖV of the former GDR decided to merge into the VDV after the fall of the Wall .
In the VDV, around 600 companies in local public transport, local rail passenger transport , rail freight transport , long-distance passenger transport as well as association and transport authority organizations are organized in five divisions ; there are also numerous companies from neighboring European countries. The tasks of the VDV include representing the interests of its member companies vis-à-vis politics, promoting the exchange of experience and cooperation between member companies, and doing public relations work for local public transport .
For the e-ticket area based on the VDV core application (VDV-KA) standard it has developed , the VDV has founded a subsidiary in which transport companies and associations are also involved as limited partners: VDV eTicket Service GmbH & Co. KG .
Among other things, the association is a member of the International Association for Public Transport (UITP / French: Union Internationale des Transports Publics), the worldwide association for public (local) transport operators.
history
Predecessor organizations
The history of the association began with the "Association of Prussian Railways " founded in 1846 and the "Association of German Road and Small Railroad Administrations" founded in 1895 , whose task was to promote cooperation between member companies and to exchange experiences with one another and to represent their interests in politics and industrial companies and other modes of transport. The seat of the association was Berlin until 1945 . From 1934 he was under the Nazi rule of Germany by the incorporation into the Reich Transport Group of the Ministry of Transport brought into line and largely deprived of their influence.
After the Second World War
After the collapse of the German Reich and the occupation of Germany by the Allies , the Association of Trams and Other Public Passenger Transport Companies was founded in the British occupation zone on November 8, 1946 , and included operations with trams , trolleybuses and omnibus services . The seat back then was Essen . Also in 1946, an association of trams in the American occupied zone was founded in the American zone of occupation . At the end of 1947, both associations combined their work in the working group of the associations of public transport companies (AVV). In this context, the specialist committees began their work again. The AVV achieved the inclusion of the transport companies in urgency level 1 in order to improve the urgently needed procurement of materials during the early post-war period. A development plan initiated by the AVV showed that 1.25 million marks would be required to bring the transport infrastructure of the transport companies back to the 1938 level.
After the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany in the three western zones (British, French and American occupied zones) on May 23, 1949, a new, more reliable situation brought about. The Association of Public Transport Companies (VÖV) was founded on October 26, 1949 . Initially, the office stayed in Essen, in 1959 it moved to Cologne , where it also stayed in 1991 when it was transferred to the successor organization (VDV).
Standardization in tram cars
In order to meet the urgent need for vehicles for urban passenger transport after the Second World War, numerous chassis of war-damaged trams at the Düsseldorfer Waggonfabrik (DUEWAG) were equipped with new standardized bodies. From 1948 to 1950, 355 railcars and 248 trailer cars were built from the so-called body cars . Subsequently, two- and three-axle tram cars were completely new - that is, with new chassis. The also made to the trade association of railroad cars, consortium tramcars (later VÖV) designed dressing trolley was manufactured by various car manufacturers from 1951 to 1958 (206 railcars and 326 sidecar).
Standardization for public buses
From the 1960s, the VÖV operated the standardization of buses . This resulted in a type recommendation for the standard regular-service bus , which was produced in series from 1968 by various bus manufacturers until the mid-1980s. In the early 1980s, the type recommendation for the standard bus II followed .
Opinions
In mid-June 2019, the VDV published a statement "The climate cabinet must act now", which was published as a press release but also as a full-page advertisement in national newspapers. In it, the association calls, among other things, to massively expand capacities in freight and passenger transport by rail and in buses, to introduce local public transport climate funds, and to significantly accelerate planning and construction. In addition, climate change must be used as an industrial policy opportunity.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.vdv.de/vorstand.aspx
- ^ A hundred years in Essen on wire - the tram . Klartext-Verlag, Essen 1993, ISBN 3-88474-070-9 , pp. 244-246
- ↑ VDV: Seven demands to the climate cabinet, press release of the VDV June 18 , accessed on June 24, 2019.
- ↑ Full-page advertisement in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung June 18, 2019; here the title “The climate cabinet must act now”.