Weser-Ems bus

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Weser-Ems Busverkehr GmbH
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Basic information
Company headquarters Bremen
Web presence www.weser-ems-bus.de
Reference year 2012
owner DB Regio AG
Managing directors Daniel Marx (Speaker)
Tobias Krogmann
Franco Lippolis
Tina Trautwein
Transport network 8 different
(see tariffs)
Employee approx. 895–1000 (depending on the area) OS, HB, OL
Lines
bus 585
Other lines Night lines: N61, N62, N68, N73, N74, N83, N84
number of vehicles
Omnibuses 559 + 19 rented from JÜL
statistics
Passengers 44.7 million per year
Mileage 41.3 million km per year
Stops ~ 9,900
Catchment area 29,500 km²
Length of line network
Bus routes 13,350 kmdep1
Operating facilities
Depots Bremen, Oldenburg, Osnabrück, Aurich
Other operating facilities Location: Hagen i. Br., Wallhöfen, Ohz.-Scharmbeck, Hambergen, Oyten, Achim, Verden ZOB, Ritterhude, Bremen, Ottersberg,

The Weser-Ems bus GmbH ( Weser-Ems-Bus ), headquartered in Bremen is one of the largest regional bus company in Germany and a wholly owned subsidiary of DB Regio AG.

area

The Weser-Ems-Bus route network extends in the federal states of Lower Saxony and Bremen over the area of ​​the north-west metropolitan region and the part of Lower Saxony west of the Weser from East Friesland via the Emsland to Osnabrück . Individual lines are also operated in the Rotenburg (Wümme) district, which is part of the Hamburg metropolitan region, including the local city traffic. The 8 customer offices are located in Aurich , Emden , Jever , Leer , Oldenburg , Bremen , Sulingen and Osnabrück.

history

Old logo of the Weser-Ems-Bus

In the mid-twenties, the first buses served the Weser-Ems region, in which bus conductors still rode until the sixties. At that time, either the yellow post buses or the red rail buses served the bus routes.

In 1982 the Postbuses were incorporated into the Deutsche Bundesbahn . Little by little, 18 rail bus business units (GBB) were created, including GBB Weser-Ems. This became Weser-Ems Busverkehr GmbH in 1988 as part of four privatization pilot projects.

Since 2008, under the brand DB Bahn summarized the entire offer of Deutsche Bahn for passenger services, which is why the Weser-Ems buses since under the brand DB Bahn Weser-Ems Bus is marketed. In the course of the renaming, Weser-Ems Busverkehr also received a changed logo. For a few years now, DB Bahn Weser-Ems Bus has only been called DB Weser-Ems Bus

From July 1, 2017, the Weser-Ems-Bus has added the line bundle around Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Oyten and Achim. The "ex-operators *" of the lines have been operating on behalf of the Weser-Ems bus to date.

February 1, 2019: The Weser-Ems-Bus has won the line bundle around Rotenburg (W).


  • Ex-operator of the lines until 2017:

Vonau & Masemann Reisen (Ottersberg, Achim), Buschmann Busbetrieb (Osterholz-Scharmbeck and Umzu), travel service from Rahden (Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Schwanewede, Bremen-Vegesack), Borchers (Twistringen and Umzu).

vehicles

Citaro articulated bus of the Weser-Ems-Bus in Horumersiel
A Setra bus of the Weser-Ems-Bus at the central bus station in Oldenburg
old paintwork for buses that run in the VBN area
IVECO Crossway in Verden (Aller)

The company's many different vehicles come from MAN , Setra , Mercedes-Benz, Iveco, irisbus and Solaris .

The vehicle fleet is very different due to the different areas of application with different requirements. There are many city and intercity buses in the fleet , and there are also citizens' buses with WiFi for the cities and communities of Bad Zwischenahn, Ganderkesee, Hude, Weyhe, Ritterhude and Wildeshausen.

Rates

The company is involved in the following eight other tariff and transport communities:

subsidiary company

Logo of Hanekamp Busreisen

The Weser-Ems bus GmbH with Hanekamp bus tours GmbH , based in Cloppenburg, a 100% subsidiary, the regional bus services in transport association Bremen / Lower Saxony , Verkehrsgemeinschaft district of Vechta and Verkehrsgemeinschaft district Cloppenburg operates. Hanekamp was founded in 1953 after the Cloppenburg regional border was closed. The father of the later main shareholder bought an omnibus with a trailer from the Kleinbahn. From then on, Hanekamp gradually added more and more regular services. In July 1972 the company already had 18 buses. The old company premises in the city center of Cloppenburg became too small. That is why the company moved to the Emstekerfeld industrial area in the same year. In the 1970s and 1980s, the company premises were expanded again. In 1994 and 1995 the operating facilities were modernized. In 1998 the company founded the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Landkreis Cloppenburg (VGC) with other bus companies in the region. By mid-2020, the company had around 60 buses in Cloppenburg and 120 employees. Hanekamp is involved with five natural gas buses of the Citaro CNG type and one MAN Lion's City C12 CNG and six round trips as a subcontractor in the Oldenburg city bus service of Verkehr und Wasser GmbH . Since August 1, 2014, Hanekamp has also been operating the Ammerland Ost line bundle. Line 330 (Connerforde-Oldenburg ZOB) has been operated on behalf of VWG since the timetable change on December 15, 2019. The company is also involved in the demand-driven public transport project moobil + in the Vechta district. Which is headed Hanekamp bus trips GmbH of the Regional Management in Hamburg (see Managing the Weser-Ems-bus GmbH).

On July 31, 2020, the traffic in the districts of Cloppenburg and Vechta was discontinued. The lines of the company Hanekamp have been divided between 4 bus companies from the region and will be operated by these companies in the future. The services at VWG and the Ammerland-Ost line bundle will continue to be operated by Hanekamp Busreisen GmbH. However, these are to be overwritten to the Weser-Ems Bus in the future.

In addition, Weser-Ems-Busverkehr GmbH has a third share in the Aurich district .

See also

Web links

Commons : Weser-Ems-Bus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Imprint , accessed on July 4, 2017