Transport association Pforzheim-Enzkreis
Verkehrsverbund Pforzheim-Enzkreis ( VPE ) is a tariff association from the Baden-Württemberg city of Pforzheim and from the district of Enzkreis , founded on June 1, 1997 to ensure a uniform public transport tariff there. Around 400,000 people live in an area of around 938 km², there are 40 train stations and around 1,400 bus stops. The annual traffic volume is approx. 12.5 million vehicle kilometers. 15 transport companies are involved in the network and in 2005 they carried more than 40 million passengers. The tariffs of the Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund also apply on the rail routes in the VPE.
The area of the transport association borders on the following neighboring associations: Heilbronner Verkehrsverbund , Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund , Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart and Verkehrsgesellschaft Bäderkreis Calw .
The network is part of the scope of the Metropolticket Stuttgart .
Transport companies in the VPE
- DB Regio
- AVG Albtalverkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Binder Omnibusse GmbH
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr-Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
- Klingel GmbH Omnibusverkehr
- Kost Reisen GmbH & Co.
- Müller-Reisen GmbH & Co.
- ENGEL Omnibusverkehr ( Mühlacker city bus )
- Travel & Transport Company Seitter GmbH & Co.
- Travel agency Eberhardt GmbH
- Travel agency Hermann Schuhmacher
- RVS Regionalbusverkehr Südwest GmbH
- Stadtwerke Mühlacker GmbH
- Stadtverkehr Pforzheim GmbH & Co. KG ( Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Pforzheim ), a company of Veolia Verkehr
- Wolf Reisen GmbH
Cities and municipalities in the VPE (selection)
- Birch field
- Heimsheim - also part of the Stuttgart Transport and Tariff Association -
- Illingen
- Ispringen
- Pressing
- Knittlingen - also part of the Karlsruhe transport association -
- Maulbronn
- Mühlacker
- Niefern-Öschelbronn
- Ölbronn-Dürrn
- Pforzheim
- Remchingen - also part of the Karlsruhe transport association -
- Straubenhardt