Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr (RNV; English: Rhine-Neckar Transport) is a company operating public transport in the

Rhine-Neckar The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (german: Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar, ), often referred to as Rhein-Neckar-Triangle, is a polycentric metropolitan region located in south western Germany, between the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region to the North ...

region of Germany, including the cities of

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (german: Universitätsstadt Mannheim), is the second-largest city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg after the state capital of Stuttgart, and Germany's ...

and Ludwigshafen am Rhein.

History

RNV was established on 1 October 2004 as a joint subsidiary of the five public transport operators that had previously operated in the region: the

Heidelberg Tramway The Heidelberg tramway network (german: Straßenbahnnetz Heidelberg) is a network of tramways forming an important element of the public transport system in Heidelberg, a city in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Opened in 1885, t ...

(''Heidelberger Straßen- und Bergbahn'', HSB), MVV Transport (''MVV Verkehr'', the operator of trams and buses in Mannheim), the

Upper Rhine Railway Company The Upper Rhine Railway Company (''Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft Mannheim''; OEG, originally also OEG AG, later MVV OEG AG), was a railway infrastructure company and transport company based in Mannheim, Germany. It ope ...

(''Oberrheinische Eisenbahn'', later called ''MVV OEG''), the operator of the Rhine-Haardt Railway (''Rhein-Haardt Bahn'', RHB) and ''Verkehrsbetriebe Ludwigshafen'' (the operator of municipal public transport in Ludwigshafen, VBL). Since 1 March 2005, RNV provides transport services on behalf of its parent companies within the area administered by the

Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) is a transport association covering parts of the German states of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in south-west Germany. Founded in 1989, it initially served the Rhein Neckar Area, but ...

(VRN; English: Rhine-Neckar Transport Association).Transit Briefs '' International Railway Journal'' September 2004 page 12 It commenced operations with a 188 kilometre network and 400 vehicles.

References

{{Reflist Railway companies established in 2004 Transport in Baden-Württemberg 2004 establishments in Germany