Verkehrsbetriebsgesellschaft Passau

Verkehrsbetriebsgesellschaft Passau mbH
Basic information
Company headquarters	Passau
Web presence	www.swp-passau.de
owner	Stadtwerke Passau 100%
Supervisory board	Lord Mayor Jürgen Dupper
Managing directors	Gottfried Weindler
Employee	346 (2012)
Lines
bus	17th
number of vehicles
Omnibuses	41
statistics
Passengers	7.1 million per year
Mileage	2.4 million km per year
Stops	> 200
Residents in the catchment area	0.05
Operating facilities
Depots	1
Other operating facilities	3 subcontractors 1 cooperation partner

The transport operating company Passau mbH (VBP) is the regional public transport company in Passau . It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stadtwerke Passau . Since it was founded in 2007, it has operated city bus transport in the city on eleven main routes, four minibus routes and the city bus.

Lines of the VBP

The company currently operates eleven main routes and four minibus routes. On behalf of VBP, the city bus and a special line to the upper house are also operated, although these two lines are not integrated in the regular city bus tariff. The hub of the city ​​bus system is the ZOB, where you can change between all lines and many RBO lines.

line	route
1	Kohlbruck / Erlebnisbad ↔ Sankt Anton ↔ ZOB ↔ Ilzbrücke ↔ Grubweg ↔ Lindau
2	Kohlbruck / Erlebnisbad ↔ Sankt Anton ↔ ZOB ↔ Ilzbrücke ↔ Grubweg ↔ Zieglreuth
3	Achleiten ↔ Innstadt ↔ ZOB ↔ Aufischer ↔ Lindau ↔ Bäckerholz
4th	Achleiten ↔ Innstadt ↔ ZOB ↔ Ilzbrücke ↔ Hals / Hochstein
5	Kohlbruck ↔ Kohlbruck / Erlebnisbad ↔ Danziger Straße ↔ ZOB  ↔ Eggendobl ↔ Hacklberg ↔ Ries ↔ Patriching
6th	Kohlbruck ↔ Kohlbruck / Erlebnisbad ↔ Danziger Straße ↔ ZOB  ↔ Eggendobl ↔ Maierhof ↔ Schalding left of the Danube (↔ Gaishofen )
7th	Eichendorffstraße ↔ Neustift ↔ Danziger Straße ↔ ZOB  ↔ Eggendobl ↔ Freudenhain / Stephanstraße (alternating)  ↔ Ries
8th	Kohlbruck / Erlebnisbad ↔ Vornholz ↔ Breslauer Straße ↔ Klinikum ↔ University ↔ ZOB  ↔ Hauptbahnhof ↔ Heining ↔ Raiffeisenstraße ↔ Rittsteig ↔ Königschalding
9	Kohlbruck / Erlebnisbad ↔ Vornholz ↔ Königsberger Straße ↔ Clinic ↔ University ↔ ZOB  ↔ Central Station ↔ Heining ↔ Raiffeisenstraße ↔ Rittsteig ↔ Königschalding (city entry from Königschalding via Neustift)
10	Schalding to the right of the Danube ↔ Raiffeisenstraße ↔ Neustift ↔ Central Station ↔ ZOB
11	ZOB ↔ Hauptbahnhof ↔ Heining ↔ Raiffeisenstraße ↔ Eichendorffstraße ↔ Senefelderstraße (ring trip at the end)
City	Parking garage Bahnhofstraße ↔ Hauptbahnhof ↔ ZOB ↔ Domplatz ↔ Römerplatz (continue via Fritz-Schäffer-Promenade back to the ZOB)
K1	Mariahilfberg ↔ Innstadt ↔ ZOB ↔ Eggendobl ↔ Lüftlberg
K2	Lindental ↔ Innstadt ↔ ZOB ↔ Ilzbrücke ↔ Grubweg ↔ Sieglberg Mühltal ↔ Innstadt ↔ ZOB
K3	Klinikum ↔ Hochstraße ↔ ZOB ↔ Schneckenbergstraße ↔ Lindau ↔ Sulzsteg / Am Högl Klinikum ↔ Ingling (1 × per day in each direction)
K4	ZOB ↔ Hauptbahnhof ↔ Danziger Straße ↔ Neustift ↔ (Haus Waldesruh) ↔ Sperrwies
Oberhausbus	Rathausplatz ↔ Veste Oberhaus Seasonally operated special line between April and October

Vehicle fleet

Solaris Urbino 12 from VBP

The fleet consists of 41 buses of the brands Mercedes-Benz and Solaris . Vehicles of the types Mercedes-Benz Citaro O 530, O 530 G and O 530 GÜ (also as Citaro 2) as well as Solaris Urbino 12 and Urbino 18 are used. Citaro K and Mercedes-Benz Sprinters are used on the K1-K4 minibus lines. Heuliez GX137s are used on the Citybus line.

history

In summer 2019, a new AVL and ticket printer were introduced for the first time. Tear-off pad tickets continued to be sold on subcontractors' buses until 2020.

On September 1st, 2019, Stadtwerke took over the Citybus, which had been subcontracted for over 30 years.

Tariff

VBP tariffs according to its own in-house tariff. There is no transport association . There are single tickets , multi-ride cards (four trips) and season tickets available.

The Passau semester ticket , which was introduced in the 2013 summer semester, is valid for students on all VBP lines.

The City-Ticket and thus the BahnCard 100 as well as the Bayernticket are also valid on the VBP buses .

There is no association with the tariffs of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Landkreis Passau (VLP).

Subcontractors

In addition to its own 41 buses, VBP rents around 40 buses from subcontractors. The Niedermayer travel company drives up to eleven city buses (mainly Mercedes-Benz Citaro 2), the Eichberger travel company with up to ten. The minibus lines are operated by the companies Hubinger and Tausch, two Mercedes-Benz Citaro K, one Citaro 2 and three Mercedes-Benz Sprinters are in use. Eichberger drives a 16-seater Sprinter on the Oberhaus bus.

Web links

• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Company data at a glance. Stadtwerke Passau GmbH, accessed on May 6, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Verkehrsbetriebsgesellschaft Passau: Route plan , accessed on November 14, 2013
3. ↑ ^{a b} Verkehrsbetriebsgesellschaft Passau: Fares , accessed on November 14, 2013
4. ↑ University of Passau: Semesterticket ( Memento of the original from November 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 14, 2013 
5. ↑ Verkehrsbetriebsgemeinschaft Passau: City-Ticket for holders of BahnCard25, BahnCard50 and BahnCard100 valid from December 14, 2008 ( memento of the original from September 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 37 kB), accessed on November 14, 2013 
6. ↑ Verkehrsgemeinschaft Landkreis Passau: Transport fees and transport conditions of the VG Landkreis Passau (VLP) valid from 01.01.2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.6 MB), accessed on November 14, 2013