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GVH – Greater Hannover Transit Authority - Visit Hannover

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GVH – Greater Hanover Transport Authority

The Public Transportation Authority for the Hanover Region

The Greater Hanover Transport Association (GVH) is one of the oldest transport associations in Germany. Since 1970, it has coordinated the activities of all bus and rail operators in the Hanover region.

The GVH ensures that people here need only one ticket for all buses and trains. Information is consolidated, and schedules are coordinated.

GVH, which operates as a limited liability company (GmbH), has as shareholders not only the Region Hannover—which serves as both the governing body and the primary source of funding—but also the municipal transit companies ÜSTRA and regiobus, as well as the rail operators metronom, erixx, and WestfalenBahn. Transdev (S-Bahn Hannover), Start, and DB Regio are integrated into the transit association’s operations through cooperation agreements.

The three companies—ÜSTRA, regiobus, and GVH—are working together more and more closely. Until now, however, they had used completely separate logos and brand identities. This made it difficult for passengers to keep track of things, and the three companies increasingly reached their limits when it came to joint communication. Since April 2024, this has been simplified: ÜSTRA, regiobus, and GVH now communicate externally under a single name (ÜSTRA) and a single brand identity (ÜMO).

The three companies—ÜSTRA, regiobus, and GVH—will continue to operate despite their joint brand identity.

The following transport companies are active in the transport association:

  • The buses and trains operated by ÜSTRA Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG run throughout the city of Hanover and in several neighboring cities and towns.
  • The buses operated by regiobus Hannover GmbH primarily serve the surrounding areas, though some routes also extend into downtown Hannover.
  • Transdev Hannover GmbH operates the Hannover S-Bahn network.
  • DB Regio AG provides service to Bremen and the North Sea with its double-decker trains.
  • Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH operates RE shuttle services on the Hamburg–Uelzen–Hanover–Göttingen route and, under the enno brand, on the Hanover–Lehrte–Gifhorn–Wolfsburg route.
  • erixx GmbHoperates trains connecting Hanover with Bad Harzburg.
  • start GmbH operates the so-called Heidekreuz on the section of track between Walsrode and Hanover.
  • WestfalenBahn GmbH operates double-decker cars on the Minden (Westf.)–Hanover–Braunschweig route.
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