VBG Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal AG operates local

public transport Public transport (also known as public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) are forms of transport available to the general public. It typically uses a fixed schedule, route and charges a fixed fare. There is no rigid definition of whic ...

(

bus A bus (contracted from omnibus, with variants multibus, motorbus, autobus, etc.) is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used ...

tram 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 ...

) in the

Glattal The Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal'' or ''Glatttal'') is a region and a river valley in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Geography The Glatt is a tributary to the Rhine in the Zürcher Unterland area of the canton of Zurich. It is lon ...

and

Furttal Furttal is a valley region in Switzerland between Lägern and Altberg in the Dielsdorf district of the canton of Zurich. The area's name stems from the German word for ford (crossing), ford, or ''furt'', and is named after the crossing over the Lim ...

regions and in the

Effretikon Illnau-Effretikon is a Municipalities of the canton of Zürich, municipality in the district of Pfäffikon (district), Pfäffikon in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. It includes the villages of Illnau, ...

Volketswil Volketswil is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. The municipality in the agglomeration of Zurich includes the villages of Volketswil, Hegnau, Zimikon, Kindhausen and Gutenswil. Geography Volketswi ...

area, northwest and north-east of the city of

Zurich Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The ...

canton of Zurich The canton of Zurich is an administrative unit (Swiss canton, canton) of Switzerland, situated in the northeastern part of the country. With a population of (as of ), it is the most populous canton of Switzerland. Zurich is the ''de facto'' Capi ...

, Switzerland, on behalf of the

Zürcher Verkehrsverbund The Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), is the largest public transportation network in Switzerland. It covers the canton of Zurich and adjacent areas. All modes of public transportation (rail, light rail, bus, trolleybus, lake passenger liner, fun ...

(ZVV). VBG trams and buses connect villages with regional railway stations served by

Zurich S-Bahn The Zurich S-Bahn () system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, ...

trains and

Zurich Airport Zurich Airport is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the airline hub, principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zurich, the largest city in Switzerland, and, with its surface transport links, much of the rest o ...

. As a purely market-responsible company, VBG has been responsible exclusively for the planning and implementation of transport services since 1993. All transport services are provided by contractors who organise driving personnel and vehicles. As of 2019, the VBG transport network consisted of 54 lines (52 bus, 2 tram) with a route length of , of which are bus routes and are tram lines. In the same year, 39 million passengers were transported. VBG is the owner of the infrastructure of the Glattal light rail (), which partly operates over the Zurich tram network of VBZ, and uses also the Glattalbus name.

Services

As of the December 2024 timetable change, VBG operates the following tram and bus routes.

Tram

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Glattpark Glattpark is a large construction project in Switzerland that took shape in Opfikon, close to the border to Zürich. As part of the construction project a new neighbourhood was built by 2020; it is designed to provide room for 7,000 residents and ...

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Boppelsen Boppelsen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Dielsdorf (district), Dielsdorf in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History Boppelsen is first mentioned in 1130 as ''de ...

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Regensdorf Regensdorf is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Dielsdorf District of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zürich (canton), Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest city in the Furttal region. Katzensee is a lake that also i ...

, Zentrum – –

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, Moosacher – –

, Zentrum * :

Althard,

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, Sonnhalde West * : –

, Allmend * : – Buchs * : – * : Buchs, Linde – – * : – Dällikon – Dänikon – Hüttikon * : – * : Regensberg, Dorf – * : – Neschwil, Post * : –

Lindau Lindau (, ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major Town#Germany, town and Lindau (island), island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital ...

, Wältiwis * : – * : – Kyburg, Dorf * : –

, Wältiwis * : –

Nürensdorf Nürensdorf is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Bülach (district), Bülach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. History Nürensdorf is first mentioned around 1150 as '' ...

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, Winterthurerstrasse * : – * : –

Brütten Brütten is a municipality in the district of Winterthur, in the Canton of Zürich, Switzerland. History Brütten is first mentioned in 876 as ''Pritta''. Geography Brütten has an area of . Of this area, 58.9% is used for agricultural purpos ...

, Harossen * :

Schwerzenbach Schwerzenbach is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). The municipality was first mentioned in year 1064 as ''Swerzenbach''. Geography Schwerzenb ...

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, Klusplatz * : – Benglen, Bodenacher * : – * : –

, Eichstrasse * : – * : – Gutenswil, Dorf * : – Greifensee, Pfisterhölzli * :

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Kloten Kloten is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Bülach District, district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (). History Kloten is first mentioned in 1155 as ''Chlotun''. Geogra ...

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Scheuren Scheuren is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Biel/Bienne (administrative district), Biel/Bienne administrative district in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Bern (canton), Bern in Switzerland. History Scheuren is first me ...

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Fällanden Fällanden is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Fällanden is first mentioned around 820 as ''Fenichlanda''. Geography Fällanden ...

, Wigarten * : – –

Dietlikon Dietlikon is a municipality in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). History Dietlikon is first mentioned in 1124 as ''Dietlinchoven''.For a long time, the munic ...

, Hofwiesen * :

, Hinentalstrasse – – Dietlikon, Rebackerweg * : –

, Kirche Fluntern * : –

Dübendorf Dübendorf is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Uster (district), Uster in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zürich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. It is a suburb of Zürich in Switzerland with a population o ...

, Kunsteisbahn * : – * : –

, Gfenn * : Wangen, Dorfplatz – – –

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EMPA The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa; :de:Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt, German: ''Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs- und Forschungsanstalt'', :fr:Laboratoire fédéral d'essai des ...

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Opfikon Opfikon (; in the local Swiss German dialect: )Andres Kristol/Gabrielle Schmid, ''Opfikon ZH (Bülach)'' in: ''Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni sviz ...

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, Sternen * : –

Wallisellen Wallisellen is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Bülach (district), Bülach in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zürich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). ...

, Schäfligraben * : –

, Sportzentrum * : –

, Frohheimstrasse * : –

, Haldenstrasse * : –

, Giebeleichstrasse * : – Glatt – – Brüttisellen, Obere Wangenstrasse * : –

Rümlang Rümlang is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Dielsdorf (district), Dielsdorf in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zurich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland, and belongs to the Glatt Valley (German: ''Glattal''). Z ...

, Chilestieg * : Wangen, Dorfplatz – * : –

Oberhasli The Oberhasli is a historical '' Landvogtei'' or '' Talschaft'' in the Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, bordering on the cantons of Obwalden (OW), Nidwalden (NW), Uri (UR) and Wallis (VS). From 1833 to 2009, Oberhasli was incorporated as th ...

, Dorf * : – Theilingen, Post * : –

References

External links

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VBG Official website
Government-owned companies of Switzerland Transport in the canton of Zürich {{Switzerland-company-stub

Services

Tram

Bus

See also

References

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