Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr

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The Rhine -Neckar Transport GmbH ( RNV ) is a transport company that operates the public transport in the Rhine -Neckar region with the cities of Heidelberg, Mannheim and Ludwigshafen am Rhein.

History

The company was founded on 1 October 2004 by the formation of a joint subsidiary of the five previously operating in the region transport companies Heidelberg Road and Mountain Railroad, Inc. ( HSB), MVV Transport AG, MVV OEG AG, Rhein- Haardt Bahn GmbH ( RHB ) and transport companies Ludwigshafen GmbH (VBL ). Since 1 March 2005, the RNV provides on behalf of the parent company providing transport services within the transport association Rhein- Neckar.

The establishment of the RNV was necessary because the individual companies were not competitive alone in a liberalized transport market. Thanks to an optimized workforce - the same performance is measured with less staff - and a new collective agreement with compared to the parent company lower wages and salaries be reduced personnel costs. Also, the joint buying of goods and services synergies are to be realized.

The previously employed by the parent company employees remain and are provided by way of transfer of employees of the RNV available. However, the RTO will only pay the labor costs under the new collective agreement. The balance remains with the parent company as restructuring costs. New appointments are made only at the RTO to its respective tariffs.

The infrastructure remains with the parent company, but is held by the RNV repaired.

The car park of the parent company was incorporated in the RNV. One exception is 56 in the years 1994 to 1996 by the MVG ( Mannheim transport corporation) and by OEG procured low-floor vehicles, which are bound to the current traffic MVV GmbH in the framework of cross-border leasing. Therefore, this can not be introduced as a benefit in kind.

Also, the vehicle maintenance is done by the RNV. For the already previously the shareholders of RNV belonging former central workshop for transport ( ZWM ) was introduced in the new company and is now referred to within the RNV than focus workshop.

The competitive structures should be used to win the expiring in the coming years for concessions lines in the Rhein- Neckar-Kreis, which are currently served by the HSB and MVV OEG AG. It is also envisaged that the RNV involved in another line calls in the Rhine- Neckar region.

The previously painted different buses and trains available after the course of a corporate design and after a paint in the primary colors orange and white; only on the tracks comes as the third corporate color before sapphire blue.

By May 2008, the RTO operates a route network of 306.9 km. It has 183 rail cars and 180 buses, which are operated with about 1,800 employees.

Acquisitions

As the first subsidiary of RNV end of 2005 was the V- Bus GmbH through acquisition of travel services Oskar Muehlhaeuser in four home where the RTO holds 99 percent of the shares. In March 2006, the takeover of the bus operators Beth GmbH from Lampertheim followed.

Line numbers

The timetable change in December 2006, it was started to unify the line numbers in all areas of RNV in cooperation with the VRN. So the bus in Mannheim and Heidelberg all lines were assigned new numbers. With the timetable change in December 2008, this process was completed as part of a complete redesign of the bus network in Ludwigshafen.

Before there were in Mannheim and Heidelberg tram lines of the same number, while the Mannheim and Heidelberg buses not in the angedachte from VRN scheme with three-digit route numbers matched (Mannheim with letters, Heidelberg with two -digit numbers). As a compromise between RNV and VRN lines were assigned to one - and two-digit numbers within and between the three major cities as well as the Rhine ferry Altrip.

The line numbers from 1 to 99 are divided as follows:

Bus routes with regional character, the previously partially were in the range of numbers of cities have been relocated as part of the line network transformations in the 500, 600 and 700 number ranges that are provided by the VRN for the area around the cities. The 100 and 200 areas in which the VRN the lines of the three cities were previously partially sorted against the actual use, have been used for a parallel to the one performed in Mannheim and Heidelberg line number change for the bus lines of the Western Palatinate.

Curve

Line separation: -> Rotterdam Str North                                             -> Holländerstr.                                             -> Antwerp St 20 minutes non- continuous No operation No operation 49 Rheingold Hall - Franzosenweg - beach No operation From 13-18 hour clock From 13-18 hour clock 50 Sandhofen - Schönau - North Waldhof - Waldhof station - Merry labor - Käfertal South - Käfertal DB Station - Neuostheim - Neckarau West 20 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 51 Sandhofen - Karl- Swiss Park - Tilsit Str ( - Barracks ) - Schönau - Blumenau ( - Eugen Neter school) 30 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 52 Sandhofen - Karl- Swiss Park - Sandy Weg - IKEA / Scharhof - Kirschgartshausen 30 minutes 30 minutes Individual trips 53 Kurpfalzbrücke - chamber lock - Bastion - Luzenberg - North Waldhof - Kometenweg - Käfertal Cemetery - Käfertal station RNV -> Voelklinger Str - > Im Rott via back in Wohlbühl 20 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 54 Käfertal Bf RNV - Potsdamer way - back via Freiberger ring and Käfertal Town Hall - Vogelstang Center - Magdeburg Str - Taylor Barracks - real Vogelstang 30 minutes 30 minutes No operation 55 Waldhof Bf - Freya Place - ( Tough Will) - sunshine - Käfertalschule - Käfertal station RNV 10 minutes 10 minutes 30 minutes 56 ( Käfertal station RNV - Warnemünde way 3 trips No operation No operation 57 Feudenheim -> Wall City East -> Wall city of West via Wall center back 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 58 Feudenheim - Adolf Damaschkestraße Ring - Käfertal DB Station - Luzenberg -> oil storage via HKW Nord back 20 minutes No operation No operation 59 Sandhofen - Karl- Swiss Park - Sandhofen Town Hall - Sandhofen 30 minutes 30 minutes No operation 60 Lanzvilla - Water Tower - MA Hbf - Castle - Mensa am Schloss - Hafenstr. - Neckarstadt West - Herzogenriedstr. - Ulmenweg - Grenadierstr. 20 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 61 Kurpfalzbrücke - Grenadierstr. - Ulmenweg - TÜV - Pfeiffer Wörth       At times ( during the weekend ) only operating on the Kurpfalzbrücke - Ulmenweg section and link to the line 60 20 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 62 Gerd- Dehof Square - Carl- Benz-Stadion - Lanzvilla - National Theatre - Kurpfalzbrücke - On Salzkai - Freight Office - Neckar tip via connecting channel and Jungbusch school back 1 hours Individual trips No operation 63 Pfalzplatz - College - Art Club - On Friedrichplatz - MA Hbf 20 minutes 30 minutes 30 minutes 64 Käfertal station RNV - Käfertal DB Station - Fahrlach - Art Club - MA Hbf 1 hours No operation No operation 70 Adolf -Kolping -Str. - Hans- Warsh Square - Holler Gardens - Sternstr. - Home Fries center - BASF (Gate 1 2) - Lu Town Hall - Lu HBF 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 71 Notwende - Hans- Warsh Square - Holler Gardens - Ebert Park South - Peace Park - Lu Hall 20 minutes 20 minutes No operation 72 On Herrschaftsweiher - Ruchheim - ( West B9 - Oderstr. ) - Speyer Str - Hans- Warsh Square - Karl Dillinger -Str. - Georg- Heieck -Str. 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 73 Oggersheim station - Hans- Warsh Square - Speyer road - Waterworks - Maudacher break - Marienkrankenhaus - Otto Thiele place via Ebereschenweg back 30 minutes 30 minutes No operation 74 Berliner Platz - Halberg - Raschig - Mundenheim North - Mundenheim station ( S -Bahn ) - Marie Hospital - Kallstadter Str - Lower Field - Training Center - Rohrlachstr. - LU Hbf - Lu Hall 10 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 75 Rheingönheim - Marie Hospital - Hochfeldstr. - Valentin Bauer Sdlg. - LU Hbf - Rhein-Galerie - Berliner Platz 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 76 Maudach - Marie Hospital - Achtmorgenstr. - Large Assemblies - Rhein-Galerie - Berliner Platz 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 77 Berliner Platz -> Halberg -> Mayor Krafft - space -> Swing Bridge - > Park Island via Schwanthalerstraße space and rolling mill back 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 78 BASF Tor 12 - BASF Gate 7 ( - Goerdeler place - LU Hbf - Hochfeldstr -. Maudach ) Individual trips No operation No operation 85 Oppau - Stützelstr. - Oppau West 20 minutes 20 minutes Two trips 86 Oppau - Oppau Municipal House - Rüdigerstr. -> Bruderweg -> Wolfsgrube via Deichstr. back 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 87 Oppau - Edigheim Cemetery - Ostring Place - Brussels Ring - Prager Str ( - Nachtweide ) - London Ring 20 minutes 20 minutes 20 minutes 88 BASF Tor 7 - Oppau - Oppau Municipal House - Edigheim Church - Brussels Ring -> Pfingstweide center Night bus Ludwigshafen line curve Clock Monday to Friday clock Saturday clock Sunday bus 6 Berliner Platz - Lu Town Hall - Town Hall Ma / Rice Museum - Parade Square - Water Tower - Neuostheim 0-1 Clock 1x / h 3-5 every hour from 6-8 j. 30 minutes 3-5 every hour from 6-8 j. 30 minutes 90 Berliner Platz - Rohrlachstr. - Sternstr. - Mannheimer Gate - Hans- Warsh Square - Buschwegbrücke - On the willows blow - Karl Dillinger -Str. - Oggersheim cemetery From 21 clock every 30 minutes Between 4 to 8 clock clock every 30 minutes Between 4 to 8 clock clock every 30 minutes 94 Low-field - Marie Hospital - Mundenheim Bf - Raschig - Berliner Platz From 20 to Sat 8 clock clock j. 30 min From 20 to 2 clock every 30 minutes From 3 to 8 and 20 to 24 clock j. 30 min 96 Maudach - Maudacher break - on the sandy hole - Rheingönheim - Mundenheim North - Wittelsbach court - Berliner Platz From 20 to 2 clock every 30 minutes From 3 to 7 and 20 to 24 clock every 30 minutes From 3 to 7 and 20 to 23 clock every 30 minutes 97 London Ring - Ring of Brussels - Edigheim Church - Deichstraße - Oppau Municipal House - Oppau - Home Fries East - Schopenhauerstr. ( AWETA ) - Rhein-Galerie - Berliner Platz From 21-2 clock every 30 minutes From 3 to 8 and v. 21-2 clock every 30 minutes From 5-8 and 21-23 every 30 minutes In Ludwigshafen night bus, the buses at Berliner Platz shall each to the central terminal.

• RNV Express ( line X ): Bad Durkheim station - Maxdorf - LU Hbf - Parade Square - Telecommunications Tower - HD Hbf - Bismarck Place
• Line 4X: Bad Durkheim station - Ruchheim - Oggersheim terminal - Hans- Warsh Square - LU Hbf - LU Rathaus - Oppau
• Line X: Four Home - Käfertal - Grenadier Road - National Theatre - MA Hbf

The features of the RNV Express operate as a tourist Quick link between Heidelberg and Bad Durkheim on Sundays and public holidays from March to October. The other Express trains serve the compression in the student and commuter traffic.

Passenger information

At many stops the RNV there are electronic displays that reflect the next departures, which left the line number, destination, and right of the estimated departure time or the waiting time are displayed to the exit in minutes in the middle. This so-called Dynamic Passenger Information ( DFI) usually shows the actual time to departure (actual time). The display of the actual time via the computer-aided operations control system (RBL ) of the RNV. The vehicles are localized continuously via GPS, from which the journey time is calculated at the stop. The display of the schedule time (set time) is also technically possible and is used for vehicles that have the RBL equipment missing vehicle or was not received due to disturbances. On the DFI from the control center can also text information to be about about breakdowns or diversions recorded. For all stops departure times can also be accessed with the program " rnv Start.Info " in real - time.

Service and security

Since October 2009, 15 external staff RNV accompany the project "Service and Safety" in small teams, the buses and trains of the RNV. These employees are trained in safety tariff buyer, range science, engineering, and first aid. The conception of this project is unique in Germany.

Major projects

In Mannheim began with a groundbreaking ceremony on December 3, 2012, the construction of light rail north. On completion in 2016, this connects the garden city with downtown Mannheim. Along the new line will contain 14 barrier-free stops. In order to improve the urban transport network in Heidelberg, the " mobile network- hd" was launched. Several kilometers of tram tracks are laid. Heidelberg's newest district " Bahnstadt " is then opened by two tram lines and a bus route.

Modernization of the radio network

In 2007, the existing analogue radio systems RNV were replaced by a single digital radio network according to the TETRA standard. To this end, an agreement was concluded with a volume of around 7.5 million euros. Motorola was assigned to the general contractor, Siemens VDO Automotive in the supply, installation and commissioning of a TETRA Dimetra IP radio system. The billboards at major stops such as Mannheim Hauptbahnhof or Heidelberg Bismarck place, are now centrally controlled from the control center from. The wireless network consists of 7 radio cells, 3 of which are underground. The new radio network 470 vehicles and 330 radios can now communicate across division of RNV with each other.

About Regional Railways

About the urban meter-gauge tram tracks, the RNV also operates four sections of railway line the same track:

• Of MA -Käfertal about four home - Weinheim - Schriesheim to Heidelberg Glove Home (formerly OEG; RNV line 5)
• Of MA- Collinicenter about Seckenheim - Enghien to Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof (formerly OEG; RNV line 5)
• Of MA -Käfertal on Wall City to Heddesheim (formerly OEG; RNV - line 4)
• Of LU - Oggersheim -west on Maxdorf to Bad Durkheim (formerly RHB; RNV - line 4)

For the development and operation of the transport in each city or in the two railways see the respective articles:

• Transport in Heidelberg
• Transport in Ludwigshafen am Rhein
• Transport in Mannheim
• Upper Rhine Railway
• Rhein- Haardt Bahn GmbH