Verkehrsgemeinschaft Westfalen-Süd

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Location of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Westfalen-Süd in North Rhine-Westphalia

The traffic community Westphalia south (VGWS) was on 1. January 1975 as an association of all the public transport (LPT) in the districts of Siegen-Wittgenstein and Olpe participating transport companies established. It was their job to ensure a uniform tariff and coordinated timetables .

Object carrier are for rail transport (SPNV) in co-operation area 8 (Westphalia south) the purpose association transport Westphalia South (CFB) for the road passenger transport (public road transport) , the two circuits. This regulation is also retained in the Westphalian tariff.

In the area of ​​the former VGWS, the first drive of a gasoline-powered bus by the Netphener Omnibus Company took place on March 18, 1895 .

The traffic area with an area of ​​around 1,850 km² bordered on the Ruhr-Lippe Transport Association (VRL) in the north, the North Hessian Transport Association (NVV) in the east, the Rhein-Main Transport Association (RMV) in the southeast, and the Transport Association in the southwest Rhein-Mosel (VRM) and in the west to the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS).

On August 1, 2017, the tariff of the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Westfalen-Süd was canceled and merged with the Ruhr-Lippe tariff , the Münsterland tariff , the Hochstift tariff and the tariffs from the six to the new Westphalian tariff .

Cities and municipalities in the traffic area of ​​the VGWS

  1. Attendorn
  2. Bad Berleburg
  3. Bad Laasphe
  4. Burbach
  5. Drolshagen
  6. Erndtebrück
  7. Finnentrop
  8. Freudenberg
  9. Hilchenbach
  10. Kirchhundem
  11. Kreuztal
  12. Lennestadt
  13. Netphen
  14. Neunkirchen
  15. Olpe
  16. Wins
  17. Turn
  18. Wilnsdorf

In addition, there are VGWS transition tariff zones for cross-border trips to Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate .

In the RMV area:

  1. Dietzhölztal
  2. Dillenburg
  3. Haiger

In the NVV area:

  1. Battenberg
  2. Hatzfeld

In the VRM area:

  1. Betzdorf
  2. Daaden-Herdorf
  3. Churches
  4. Knowledge
  5. Bad Marienberg
  6. Rennerod

If there are no other transitional regulations, the NRW tariff applies within NRW .

Transport companies in the VGWS

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Founding of the company for the Westphalian tariff decided. In: nwl-info.de. Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe , March 30, 2016, accessed on May 22, 2016 .