Potsdam transport company
ViP Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam GmbH | |
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Basic information | |
Company headquarters | Potsdam |
Web presence | www.vip-potsdam.de |
Reference year | 2017 |
owner | Stadtwerke Potsdam 100% |
Managing directors | Monty Balisch |
Transport network | VBB |
Employee | 407 |
Lines | |
tram | 7th |
bus | 26th |
Other lines | 1 (ferry) |
number of vehicles | |
Tram car | 53 |
Omnibuses | 55 |
other vehicles | 1 (ferry) |
statistics | |
Passengers | 34 million per year |
Stops | 618
of which tram: 130 (122 stops barrier-free) of which bus: 488 |
Length of line network | |
Tram lines | 68 km |
Bus routes | 269 km |
Operating facilities | |
Depots | 1 |
The ViP Potsdam GmbH (ViP → acronym for traffic operation in Potsdam ) operates the substantial part of the public transport (public transport) in Potsdam . The company is a subsidiary of Stadtwerke Potsdam GmbH .
Today, as a partner of the VBB , the transport company operates seven tram and 25 bus routes as well as a ferry connection. With a route network of around 337 kilometers, around 34 million passengers annually use the public transport service, which is considered to be particularly extensive and well-priced.
history
With the new legal form of the GmbH, the former VEB Verkehrsbetrieb Potsdam was renamed Verkehrsbetrieb in Potsdam (ViP) in December 1990 and has been a subsidiary of the Stadtwerke Potsdam since January 1994.
In addition to the Potsdam tram and diesel buses, there was also a trolleybus network, the Potsdam trolleybus, until 1995 . The two lines A and B (from May 1991 lines 690 and 691) operated between Babelsberg and Drewitz . The trolleybus operation was stopped on January 22, 1995.
According to the "principles of a new transport policy" adopted in 1991, the tram network was expanded in the following years.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Extensive and inexpensive: Top spot for Potsdam's local transport , PNN, February 11, 2017.