Southern Harz Transport Company

Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz mbH

Basic information
Company headquarters	Hettstedt
Web presence	www.vgs-suedharzlinie.de
Reference year	2015
Supervisory board	Chair Angelika Klein
Managing directors	Heinz-Jürgen Beermann
Employee	214
Lines
bus	55
number of vehicles
Omnibuses	123
statistics
Passengers	6.2 million per year
Mileage	6.4 million km per year
Catchment area	1.892 km²
Residents in the catchment area	0.219 million
Operating facilities
Depots	Hettstedt, Sangerhausen, Heldrungen

The transport company Südharz mbH ( VGS ) is a regional transport company for public transport in the districts of Mansfeld-Südharz , the Southwest Salzlandkreis and eastern Kyffhäuserkreis in Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia .

history

After VEB Kraftverkehr Eisleben with its 2,200 employees was dissolved after the fall of the Wall in 1990, the Verkehrsgesellschaft Südharz mbH was founded in October 1992 with its headquarters in Hettstedt so that the large transport network in the region did not fall into disrepair. 634 employees and 267 buses were taken over at 5 depots. The company's recent history has been shaped by falling demand for transport due to the decline in population and the increase in private transport in the region. In July 1997 the first new depot of the VGS was built in Heldrungen , a second followed in February 1998 in Aschersleben . A third depot was built in Hettstedt in September 1999, and a fourth in Sangerhausen in October 2000 .

On September 14, 2011, a restructuring of local passenger transport was necessary due to the district reform , the Aschersleben depot with the transport services provided there (lines, vehicles and personnel) was spun off to the Salzland mbH .

On December 9, 2012, the line number system was seamlessly adapted to the supra-regional within Saxony-Anhalt.

Line overview

Regional lines

As of April 13, 2015

line	Endpoints	course
410	Eisleben ↔ Aschersleben	Volkstedt - Siersleben - Hettstedt - Quenstedt
411	Hettstedt ↔ Stangerode	Walbeck - Quenstedt - Harkerode
412	Hettstedt ↔ Willerode	Ritterode - Greifenhagen
413	Leimbach ↔ Stangerode	Willerode - Quenstedt - Welbsleben
414	Hettstedt ↔ Welbsleben	Oberwiederstedt - Sandersleben
420	Eisleben ↔ Hettstedt	Kreisfeld - Mansfeld - Leimbach
421	Eisleben ↔ Annarode	Helbra - Benndorf - Klostermansfeld
422	Hettstedt ↔ Wippra	Ritterode - Friedrichrode - Rammelburg
423	Hettstedt ↔ Harzgerode	Leimbach - Wippra - Molmerswende
424	Hettstedt ↔ Biesenrode	Leimbach - Vatterode
425	Hettstedt ↔ Piskaborn	Großörner - Leimbach - Mansfeld - Möllendorf
426	Hettstedt ↔ Sangerhausen	Leimbach - Mansfeld - Annarode - Riestedt
427	Benndorf ↔ Eisleben	Helbra - Volkstedt
430	Eisleben ↔ Hettstedt	Polleben - Gerbstedt - Sandersleben
431	Hettstedt ↔ Friedeburg	Gerbstedt - Bösenburg - Ihlewitz
432	Eisleben ↔ Bösenburg	Polleben - Burgsdorf - Rottelsdorf
433	Hettstedt ↔ Siersleben	Gerbstedt - Sandersleben - Leimbach
434	Gerbstedt ↔ Neehausen	Bösenburg - Oberrißdorf - Dederstedt
435	Siersleben ↔ Klostermansfeld	Augsdorf - Thondorf
440	Eisleben ↔ Halle	Lüttchendorf - Seeburg - Bennstedt
441	Eisleben ↔ Neehausen	Oberrißdorf - Hedersleben - Dederstedt
450	Sangerhausen ↔ Hasselfelde	Roßla - Berga - Rottleberode - Stolberg - stairs
451	Roßla ↔ Rottleberode	Bennungen - Breitungen - Hayn
452	Roßla ↔ Breitungen	Dittichenrode - Wickerode - Agnesdorf
453	Sangerhausen ↔ Berga	Riethnordhausen - Tilleda - Kelbra
454	Sangerhausen ↔ Martinsrieth	Wallhausen
460	Sangerhausen ↔ Hettstedt	Gonna - Pölsfeld - Grillenberg - Wippra - Rammelburg
461	Sangerhausen ↔ Schwenda	Lengefeld - Horla - Rotha - Hayn
462	Sangerhausen ↔ Kleinleinungen	Lengefeld - Morungen - Hainrode
470	Eisleben ↔ Sangerhausen	Wolferode - Bornstedt - Beyernaumburg
471	Eisleben ↔ Sangerhausen	Blankenheim - Riestedt
472	Eisleben ↔ Oberhausen	Wolferode - Bornstedt
473	Eisleben ↔ Sittichenbach	Bischofrode - Rothenschirmbach - Kleinosterhausen
474	Sangerhausen ↔ Oberhausen	Oberröblingen - Allstedt - Wolferstedt
475	Sangerhausen ↔ Allstedt	Riestedt - Beyernaumburg - Sotterhausen
480	Sangerhausen ↔ Allstedt	Oberröblingen - Artern - Heygendorf
481	Artern ↔ Querfurt	Schönewerda - Bottendorf - Roßleben
482	Roßleben ↔ Heldrungen	Langenroda - Gehofen - Artern
483	Roßleben ↔ Kleinleinungen	Schönewerda - Mönchpfiffel - Nikolausrieth
484	Heldrungen ↔ Artern	Bretleben - Reinsdorf
490	Bad Frankenhausen ↔ Artern	Esperstedt - Udersleben - Ichstedt
491	Bad Frankenhausen ↔ Hauteroda	Oldisleben - Heldrungen
492	Bad Frankenhausen ↔ Heldrungen	Göllingen - Günserode - Sachsenburg
493	Heldrungen ↔ Hemleben	Oldisleben - Etzleben
494	Bad Frankenhausen ↔ Berga	Kyffhauser
530	Artern ↔ Sondershausen	Esperstedt - Bad Frankenhausen - Berka
700	Eisleben ↔ Roßleben	Rothenschirmbach - Querfurt - Vitzenburg - Nebra

City lines

Sangerhausen

line	course
41	Market - fire brigade - bus station - market - Bonifatiusplatz - market
42	Market - Employment Office - Helmepark - Rosarium - Museum - Market
43	Othaler Weg - Bonifatiusplatz - Polyclinic - Hospital - Rosarium - Bus station

Eisleben

line	course
44	Middle row - market - train station - street of construction - shopping park
45	Oberhütte - middle row - train station - street of the construction - Helfta - shopping park
46	Oberhütte - market - train station - Str. Des Aufbaus - Helfta - shopping park
47	Novalisstrasse - Market - Helfta - shopping park

Hettstedt

line	course
48	Bus station - Mansfeld Center - train station - cemetery - MKM - Molmeck

PlusBus

At the start of the Central German S-Bahn on December 15, 2013, line 700 (Eisleben − Roßleben) was upgraded to PlusBus . Since December 15, 2019, lines 410 (Aschersleben – Eisleben) and 420 (Hettstedt – Eisleben) have also been operating as PlusBus . At the same time, lines 450 (Berga – Stolberg) and 460 (Hettstedt-Sangerhausen) became a regular bus .

All of these lines also operate in the state rail-bus network of Saxony-Anhalt . Lines 410 (Aschersleben – Eisleben) and 420 (Hettstedt – Eisleben) were both started on December 13, 2009. On December 11, 2011, line 450 was added in the Berga – Stolberg section and on December 9, 2012, line 700 (Eisleben – Roßleben) was added. Line 460 (Hettstedt-Sangerhausen) was last started on April 13, 2015. All lines can be recognized by the sign <O> My rhythm.