Transport company Bils

Verkehrsbetriebe Bils GmbH

Basic information
Company headquarters	Sendenhorst
Web presence	www.bils.de
Reference year	2007
owner	Netinera
Managing directors	Jörg Schuchtmann
Transport network	VGM , VRL
Employee	195
sales	€ 10.78 milliondep1
number of vehicles
Omnibuses	120

Citaro for the Stadtwerke-Münster order traffic at the main station

The transport companies Bils GmbH is a bus company in Münsterland . The company was founded in 1948 by Josef Bils († 1980) as a driving school and car rental company. Since April 2006 the company has been a subsidiary of Netinera (or formerly Arriva Deutschland GmbH) .

General

The GmbH is based in Sendenhorst and has three depots in Sendenhorst-Albersloh, Ahlen and Warendorf . Jörg Schuchtmann has been the managing director since 2012. With 120 buses and 195 employees, Bils said it was the largest owner-managed local transport company in North Rhine-Westphalia until it was taken over by Arriva.

The company has received the Dekra and TÜV certificate "Safety in bus traffic" for line and coach traffic.

Bils operates regular bus services as part of the transport associations Verkehrsgemeinschaft Münsterland and Verkehrsgemeinschaft Ruhr-Lippe on behalf of Stadtwerke Münster , Regionalverkehr Münsterland GmbH (RVM), Stadtverkehr Ahlen, Verkehrsgesellschaft Kreis Unna mbH (VKU), Stadtwerke Hamm , Westfalenbus and the Euregio-Verkehrsgesellschaft ( EVG, 33% participation by Bils), Bils also runs school transport and several night bus routes. Until 2013 there was also travel.

In addition, Bils organizes tourist bus trips and rents buses. In addition to coaches and buses of various sizes, Bils also has trailers for transporting bicycles.