Type | GmbH |
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Founded | 29 November 1965 |
Headquarters | , Germany |
Area served | Hamburg Metropolitan Region |
Services | Public transport |
Revenue | € 847 million in 2017 [1] |
Owner | Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (85.5%) State of Schleswig-Holstein (3%) State of Lower Saxony (2%) Districts Herzogtum Lauenburg, Pinneberg, Segeberg, Stormarn, Harburg, Lüneburg and Stade (9.5%) |
Website | www |
The Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) (English: "Hamburg Transport Association") is a transport association coordinating public transport in and around Hamburg, Germany. Its main objectives are to provide a unified fare system, requiring only a single ticket for journeys with transfers between different operating companies, and to facilitate and speed up travel by harmonising the individual companies' schedules. At its inception in 1965, HVV was the first organisation of this kind worldwide.
In 2010 HVV provides rail, bus and ferry transportation for an area of 8,616 square kilometres with approximately 3.6 million inhabitants in the states of Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony. HVV has approximately 1.95 million customers on an average working day. [2]
HVV acts is the overall coordinating body for transport in the conurbation, with representation by the Hamburger Hochbahn (Hamburg elevated railway); Deutsche Bahn (DB, German Federal Railways); AKN railway company (Altona-Kaltenkirchen-Neumünster Railway); HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG (HADAG sea-tourism and ferry service plc); VHH (Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein / Hamburg Holstein Transport Ltd), and KVG Stade (Kraftverkehrgesellschaft Stade, GmbH / Motor Traffic Company, LLC).
With an average of 50,000 commuters per day the Metrobus 5 bus line is the busiest in Europe. In the city centre, stops are served without a specific schedule every two or three minutes and since December 2005, extra long double-articulated buses have been used.
HVV was founded on 29 November 1965, [3] with the four initial partners the Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HHA), the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB), the HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst AG and Verkehrsbetriebe Hamburg-Holstein (VHH). The first results that the new organisation delivered came on 1 January 1967 with a unified fare structure, pooling of receipts and coordinated systemwide timetables across all modes of transport. [3]
The public transport authorities (PTAs) are also the tendering organisations and owners of the limited liability company Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (GmbH). The Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg (85.5%), the State of Schleswig-Holstein (3%), the State of Lower Saxony (2%) and the Districts Herzogtum Lauenburg, Pinneberg, Segeberg, Stormarn, Harburg, Lüneburg and Stade (9.5%) are these PTAs.
In 2006 the HVV organised 27 rapid transit rail lines with a length of 881 km (547 mi), [2] with the following operators:
The following companies operate bus services for the HVV:
The HADAG Seetouristik und Fährdienst operates ferries on the Elbe river.
The unified fare system includes cash ticket sales (16%), season tickets (for week, month, or year) (72%) and disabled passengers, combined tickets, fare evaders, etc. (12%). In 2011, ticket revenue was €652.2 million. Cash tickets for one ride or the day can be bought at all railway stations, ferry slots or in all buses. There are also "family tickets" (for 2 adults and 3 children) or group tickets for up to 5 adults. The HVV offers travel passes ('ProfiCard'), and semester tickets for the students of all major universities, both heavily discounted. The HVV also offers tickets over mobile phones. [4]
Most tickets are not transferable to other persons.
The HVV offers a variety of types of weekly or monthly special fares. [5]
For all public school pupils tickets can be bought at the company service centers. Other schools need to be registered by the HVV. The semester tuition for most universities include the ticket pass. Trainees and apprentices need be registered by the chamber of commerce to get a season ticket.
All children to the age of six are free of charge. For older children, seasonal tickets can be chosen.
Weekly or monthly tickets for anybody 63 or older are sold at service centers.
The Hamburg S-Bahn is a suburban commuter railway network in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Together, the S-Bahn, the Hamburg U-Bahn, the AKN railway and the regional railway form the backbone of railway public transport in the city and the surrounding area. The network has operated since 1907 as a commuter rail system, under the direction of the state railway, and is a member of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. There are six lines, serving 68 stations, on 147 kilometres (91 mi) of route. On an average working day the S-Bahn transports about 590,000 passengers; in 2010 about 221 million people used the S-Bahn.
Hamburger Hochbahn AG (HHA), founded in 1911, operates the underground system and large parts of the bus system in Hamburg, Germany.
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Langenfelde railway station is on the Altona–Kiel and the Altona–Neumünster lines and is served by the city trains and the commuter trains of the AKN railways plc. The station is named after the Langenfelde suburb. It is located in the Stellingen quarter in the Hamburg borough of Eimsbüttel, Germany. The station is managed by the DB Station&Service plc. for the public transport operator of Hamburg.
Stellingen is a railway station on the Hamburg-Altona–Kiel line, northern Germany, served by the Hamburg S-Bahn and the commuter trains of AKN (A-Bahn). The station is located in the Hamburg borough of Eimsbüttel, west of Hamburg Inner City, and a little east to Imtech Arena (Volksparkstadion). In direct neighborhood to the station, motorway A7 crosses above the elevated railway tracks.
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Königstraße is a railway station served by the rapid transit trains of Hamburg S-Bahn lines S1, S2 and S3. The station is located on the underground City S-Bahn line in Altona's Old Town quarter in the Hamburg borough of Altona, Germany. Like all Hamburg S-Bahn stations, Königstraße station is managed by the DB Station&Service GmbH.
Hamburg Airport (Flughafen) is a station on line S1 of the Hamburg S-Bahn, serving Hamburg's airport in the quarter of Fuhlsbüttel in the northeast of the city. It opened in 2008. According to S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH — owner and operator of the S-Bahn — about 13,500 passengers used the service per day in 2009, with an increase to 20,000 daily passengers by 2013. The station's name is identical in both English and German with the English word "airport" being used primarily in both languages and with the German equivalent "Flughafen" added in brackets.
The HADAG is a local public transport company in Hamburg, Germany. It owns and operates passengers ferries across the Elbe River, overseen by and integrated into the network of Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV). In 2013, 10.6 million passenger journeys were made on the HADAG network.
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Hessische Landesbahn is a regional transport company owned by the German state of Hesse, based in Frankfurt am Main. It provides bus and rail passenger transport services and, to a lesser extent, rail freight services in Hesse and across the state’s borders through its subsidiaries and affiliates.
Kaltenkirchen is a rapid transit station on the Hamburg-Altona–Neumünster railway line, located some 30 kilometres (19 mi) north of Hamburg, in the center of Kaltenkirchen, a town in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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