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Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe

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"BVG" redirects here. For other uses, see BVG (disambiguation).

Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)
Type public
Founded 1928
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Area served Berlin
Services Public transport
Owner(s) State of Berlin (100%)
Employees 11,526
Website http://www.bvg.de/

The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (German for Berlin Transport Company) is the main public transport company of Berlin, the capital city of Germany. It manages the city's U-Bahn underground railway, tram, bus and ferry networks, but not the S-Bahn urban rail system.

The generally-used abbreviation, BVG, has been retained from the company's original name, Berliner Verkehrs Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin Transport Corporation). Subsequently the company was renamed Berliner Verkehrs-Betriebe. During the division of Berlin, the BVG was split between BVG (West) and BVG (Ost), also known as the Kombinat Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVB). After reunification, the current formal name was adopted.