Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft

Herbert King (Chairman) Reinhard Büttner Otto Schultze

The Munich Transport Company ( MVG ) is a transport company in the public transport (PT ) and the operating company for the urban metro, tram and city bus transport in Munich. The transport of the MVG are involved in the Munich Transport and Tariff Association (MVV), the Munich City Council is one of its shareholders.

The MVG is a limited liability company in community sponsorship of the City of Munich. It is a subsidiary of Stadtwerke München.

Background

By 2001, the Munich U- Bahn, trams and city buses in the city area were operated by Stadtwerke München and cross-subsidized by other sectors. Since this cross- subsidy was no longer permitted under EU law, the Munich Transport Company was hived off for the operation of the transport on 27 June 2001. This occurs towards the passengers on travel and transport industry, but rented this staff and trains by Stadtwerke on. Since these cost factors continue directly into municipal ownership (or in the Stadtwerke ) remained, the MVG can achieve a positive result.

While the corporate identity yet of MVV stood as a composite in the foreground, the MVG since its inception is increasingly emerging as an independent company in appearance and differs thereby as the S-Bahn from other companies in the traffic group from.

In 2011, the MVG had 522 million passengers.

Services

Means of transport

Distribution of line numbers

Streetcar (tram )

(February 2012)

Buses and Coaches

The MVG operates only bus routes in the urban area ( line numbers 50-199, vehicle color blue / white or blue-gray / aluweiß ); Lines in the counties of the network and those that cross the city limits ( line numbers over 200 ) were assigned by MVV regional, largely private, bus companies. These use either private or MVV color scheme (blue / green / white).

About 45 % of the performance of the urban bus routes are awarded by the MVG to private companies who use their own buses with their own personnel in order. The buses of private contractors are adjusted externally and from the interior (paint, design of the seats, etc.) to the buses MVG own. However, they are still easy to distinguish from the vehicles MVG own: MVG vehicles are equipped with a four-digit car number (eg 5312 ), which is mounted at several locations around and inside the bus. Private buses have - depending on the entrepreneur - a two-digit, three-digit or even no car number.

• 61 bus lines ( plus 9 night routes )
• 457 buses, of which 228 buses SWM, 229 buses of private contractors
• 457 km route network, of which 23 km separate bus lanes
• 916 bus stops

(As of 31 December 2009)

Subway

• 8 subway lines
• 580 metro cars ( 6 per long train ) (12 of Garching co-financed )
• 103.1 km Metro route (of which about 7 km from Garching leased )
• 100 underground stations (including 3 of Garching leased )

(As of December 2011)

Customer Service

The MVG operates three customer centers and seven information points for passenger information, which are located at key points in the subway. Next to it is a minibus available, which is usually used during events or construction and serves as a point of contact for customers.

Distribution

The MVG sold to 624 fixed and 620 mobile ticket vending machines of the Munich Transport Association, stand by machine for 84 bardgeldlosen purchase of season tickets available. In addition, 161 private, personal operated outlets are connected to the distribution network of the MVG.

Parallel to the DB Vertrieb GmbH also distributes the MVG time TicketsSubscriptions for the MVV.

Punctuality guarantee

Under the name " MVG guarantee" offers the MVG with self-inflicted delays, which account for more than 20 minutes, a refund of the equivalent of an interior - day ticket. In miss the last connection, the warranty also includes a reimbursement of taxi fares to 25 euros. Punctuality Guarantee was introduced in 2000.

Coloring

For trams and buses, the blue hue of the Zurich Public Transport 1015 light ivory (window band ), RAL 7032 pebble gray (roof) and RAL in the past has taken over today as NCS S 4637 - R96B standardized, and with RAL combined 7030 cement gray ( underframe ).

With the commissioning of the U- Bahn München 1971, the band of windows on RAL 1013 pearl white was changed. This variant was also used Neuanstrichen of the trams type P 2 and P 3. 1981 5007 modified brilliant blue with the subway Line B of the shade of blue to RAL, the blue stripe narrow and an extra pearly white strips mounted at floor level. This was also the painting of trams Type R 2.2 at delivery.

1999 was by tram R 3.3 todays valid coloring introduced, mainly in a new shade of blue, which is referred to RAL design system as RAL DS -270 50 40, in conjunction with silver window spaces and a silver strip at floor level. For the subway series C, the color distribution was modified to a base paint in silver with dark gray roof and base frame and window strip in the new MVG - blue, which is used as the current corporate color even at ticket machines and other objects. The painting of the buses is also blue with silver stripes above and below the windows.

Others

• Since October 2007 there is the MVG - Museum ( Museum of the Munich Transport mbH ) in the Munich district Ramer village, a museum about the history of public transport in Munich.

• Since August 1, 2009 in the vehicles of the MVG applies a ban on alcohol