Großraum-Verkehr Hannover

Großraum-Verkehr Hannover

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Abbreviation	GVH
Named after	Greater Hanover area
Formation	March 4, 1970 (1970-03-04)
Headquarters	Karmarschstr. 30/32 30159 Hannover
Region	Region Hannover

Großraum-Verkehr Hannover

Ridership since 1996.

Großraum-Verkehr Hannover (GVH; English: Greater Hanover Transport) is a transport association in Germany, operating in the Region Hannover metropolitan area in the state of Lower Saxony. It is the second oldest transport association in Germany, only surpassed by the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund. The GVH tariff is valid on busses, the Hanover Stadtbahn, the Hanover S-Bahn and other rail services. The main operators of bus services in the GVH are üstra and RegioBus.

History

GVH was founded on March 4, 1970. The year before, people took to the streets to protest against an announced fare increase. A separate ticket was needed for each mean of transport, fare systems vary between companies and the schedules of the different operators were not coordinated. This resulted in the "Red Dot Campaign", which then resulted the spark to form the Greater Hanover Transport Association.

This newly established association had six members: Verband Großraum Hannover, ÜSTRA, Bundesbahn, Bundespost, Steinhuder Meer-Bahn and die Verkehrsbetriebe Herrmann Bachstein. The first measure took in 1970 was the introduction of a unified fare system for all buses, trams and local trains. A unified schedule was agreed on in early 1972.

External links

• Official home page