Bus transport in Berlin

Bus transport in Berlin
MAN Lion's City DD double decker bus
MAN Lion's City DD double decker bus
Overview
LocaleBerlin, Germany
Transit typePublic bus transport
Number of lines152 (+49 night lines)
Number of stations6.589
Websitehttps://www.bvg.de/en
Operation
Began operation1846
Operator(s)Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
Number of vehicles1,550
Technical
System length1,798 km (1,117 mi)
Terminus of various bus lines in the Berlin suburb of Marzahn
A bus in Berlin Tegel Airport
A double-decker bus of line 100 nearby Alexanderplatz
Interior view of a VDL Citea bus in Berlin
A new Alexander Dennis double decker in Berlin-Mariendorf
A vintage ABOAG bus used for tourist services

Bus transport is the oldest public transport service in Berlin, the capital city of Germany, having been introduced in 1846. Since 1929, services have been operated by the Berlin Transport Company (German: Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe, BVG), although during the Cold War-era division of the city they operated in West Berlin only. In East Berlin the public transport agency split off from the BVG and rebranded as BVB, operating the buses in the Soviet sector of Berlin.

Currently, the BVG's fleet consists of 1,550 vehicles, which cover 300,000 kilometres per day.

As many transit operators around the world, the BVG has set a goal to have their entire fleet running without emissions until the year 2030. For this reason the number of battery electric busses in Berlin is steadily rising.[1]

  1. ^ "Electromobility | BVG Company". Retrieved 2023-07-19.