Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
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| Headquarters | Pirna , Germany |
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| Owner | Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |
| Website | ovps |
The Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge (RVSOE}) is a company that operates public transport services in the German state of Saxony. It is a member of the Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (Upper Elbe Transport Association), a transport association that manages a common public transport structure for Dresden and its surrounding areas.[1][2]
The company operates around 240 buses on 19 urban bus routes and 72 regional bus routes, 10 ferries on 8 ferry routes, and 16 trams on one tram route. It carries around 18,000,000 passengers, and its vehicles cover approximately 13,000,000 kilometres (8,100,000 mi) per year.[1]
The services of the VSOE include:[3][4]
- Urban bus services in the town of Dippoldiswalde
- Urban bus services in the town of Freital
- Urban bus services in the town of Heidenau
- Urban bus services in the town of Neustadt in Sachsen
- Urban bus services in the town of Pirna
- Urban bus services in the town of Sebnitz
- Regional bus services in Saxon Switzerland
- Regional bus services in the Eastern Ore Mountains
- Ferry services on the River Elbe
- The Kirnitzschtal Tramway, a tourist oriented rural tram service
The company was created on January 1, 2019, when the Oberelbische Verkehrsgesellschaft Pirna-Sebnitz was merged with Regionalverkehr Dresden to create the new company. The new company is owned by the Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge.[5]
Gallery[edit]
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RVSOE bus -
RVSOE ferry -
RVSOE tram
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Portrait" (in German). RVSOE. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Transport company". Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ "Fahrpläne" [Timetables] (in German). RVSOE. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
- ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2010. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Neues Busunternehmen für die Sächsische Schweiz und das Osterzgebirge" [New bus company for Sächsische Schweiz and the Osterzgebirge]. Sächsische Zeitung (in German). 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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