Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV, ''Rhine-Neckar Transport Ltd'') is a company operating public transport (specifically bus and tram services) in the

Rhine-Neckar The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (, ), often referred to as the Rhein-Neckar Triangle, is a polycentric Metropolitan regions in Germany, metropolitan region located in south western Germany, between the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region to the nor ...

region of Germany, including the cities of

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; ; ) is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, fifth-largest city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, and with a population of about 163,000, of which roughly a quarter consists of studen ...

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

and

Ludwigshafen am Rhein Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig's Port upon the Rhine"; Palatine German dialects, Palatine German: ''Ludwichshafe''), is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the German state of Rh ...

History

RNV was established on 1 October 2004 as a joint subsidiary of the five principal public transport operators that had previously operated in the region: * the Heidelberg Tramway (''Heidelberger Straßen- und Bergbahn'', HSB), * MVV Transport (''MVV Verkehr'', the operator of

trams A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

and buses in Mannheim), * the Upper Rhine Railway Company (''Oberrheinische Eisenbahn'', which became part of the MVV Group in the early 2000s and was then known as ''MVV OEG''), * the operator of the Rhine-Haardt Railway (''Rhein-Haardt Bahn'', RHB) and * ''Verkehrsbetriebe Ludwigshafen'' (the operator of buses and

in Ludwigshafen, VBL). RNV is a public sector operation, as its ultimate beneficial owners are local authorities in the region. Since 1 March 2005, RNV provides transport services on behalf of its parent companies. Fares are set by the local passenger transport executive,

Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar (VRN) is a List of German transport associations, transport association covering parts of the States of Germany, German states of Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in south-west Germany. Founded i ...

(VRN).Transit Briefs ''

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'' 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