BVG – Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
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The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) are the municipal transport company of the state of Berlin and operate the city's U-Bahn, tram, omnibuses and ferries.

## Overview

The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) are the most important municipal transport company of the city of Berlin. They emerged as Berliner Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft from the merger of the Allgemeine Berliner Omnibus AG, the Gesellschaft für Elektrische Hoch- und Untergrundbahnen (operator of the U-Bahn) and the Berliner Straßenbahn-Betriebs-GmbH; the company was founded in December 1928 and began operations on 1 January 1929. Since 1994, the company has been a public-law institution and is 100 % owned by the state of Berlin. The S-Bahn, which is operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, is not part of the BVG.

## Operations

- U-Bahn Berlin (U1–U9)
- Tram Berlin
- Omnibus
- Ferries

Updated: 2026-10-29

Tags:
- Metro https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/metro.html
- Bus https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/bus.html
- Transport operator https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/tags/transit-operator.html

Mentioned in:
- Berlin Bus Network (BVG) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/busnetz-berlin.html
- U1 (Berlin U-Bahn) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/ubahn-berlin-u1.html
- U2 (Berlin U-Bahn) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/ubahn-berlin-u2.html
- U3 (Berlin U-Bahn) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/ubahn-berlin-u3.html
- U4 (Berlin U-Bahn) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/ubahn-berlin-u4.html
- U5 (Berlin U-Bahn) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/ubahn-berlin-u5.html
- U6 (Berlin U-Bahn) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/ubahn-berlin-u6.html
- U7 (Berlin U-Bahn) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/ubahn-berlin-u7.html
- U8 (Berlin U-Bahn) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/ubahn-berlin-u8.html
- U9 (Berlin U-Bahn) https://knowledge.ivjn.us/en/concepts/ubahn-berlin-u9.html

Sources:
- Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe — Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berliner_Verkehrsbetriebe Abschnitt Geschichte; abgerufen 2026-10-28
- BVG – Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (offizielle Website) https://www.bvg.de Unternehmensinformationen; abgerufen 2026-10-28