Gemeentelijk Vervoerbedrijf

Bart Schmeink

The Gemeente vervoerbedrijf (GVB ) are the operators of the city's tram and bus network of the Dutch capital Amsterdam.

The GVB are a 100 % owned subsidiary of the City of Amsterdam and carry on all lines every year about 206 million passengers per year. Approximately 3750 employees, the GVB. The fleet consists of about 108 rail cars, 215 buses and ferries 9.

History

The GVB was officially founded in 1900. The former operation was still called Gemeentetram. In 1943, the Gemeentevervoerbedrij (GVB ) was established by merging the tramway operations with the then ferry.

Already in 1908 the first bus route was opened. Eight years later (1916 ) the electrification of the tram was completed.

After the Second World War in 1950 Amsterdam was the 1000th tramcar in the city's history. In 1969, the night bus network has been introduced. Even eight years later, in 1977, the first metro line was opened. 1990 reversed the first express tram 51 to Amstelveen. After another seven years ( 1997) the ring line was opened 50. In 2000, the GVB is celebrating its 100th anniversary. In the following years the network has repeatedly expanded and laughed changes. In 2004 the head office moved to the GVB for Arlandaweg. Three years later (2007) was celebrated the 30th anniversary of the metro. 2009 received the traffic operation of Sarajevo 16 old tramcars the GVB.

Tram / ​​Metro

• Main article: Tram Amsterdam

Customer offices

The GVB has offices at the following locations customers:

• Station Amsterdam Centraal station forecourt
• Station Amsterdam Zuid, on the concourse
• Station Amsterdam Lelylaan, concourse

Timetable media

The GVB will publish a schedule line for each line. In addition, a regular network map appears. All these media schedule you get in the private offices of the GVB.