KVG Stade

KVG Stade GmbH & Co. KG is a regional public transport company based in Stade, Lower Saxony, Germany. It operates city and regional bus services across a wide area of northern Lower Saxony, including the districts of Cuxhaven, Stade, Lüneburg, Harburg, Rotenburg (Wümme), Heidekreis and Lüchow-Dannenberg, with routes reaching as far as Hamburg and Bremerhaven. The company is part of the Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen (OHE) group and is one of the largest bus operators in Lower Saxony, employing over 1,000 people and maintaining a fleet of more than 600 buses. The company traces its origins to 1928, when the Peill brothers founded the Stadt-Omnibus Heinrich Peill in Stade. Over the decades it expanded through acquisitions of numerous private bus companies and, in the 1980s, took over many former Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Bundespost bus routes. Today KVG Stade operates six depots (Betriebshöfe) in Stade, Buxtehude, Cuxhaven, Seevetal-Hittfeld, Lüneburg and Soltau, with its central administration in Stade. It is integrated into several transport associations, including the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV), Verkehrsverbund Bremen/Niedersachsen (VBN), Verkehrsgemeinschaft Nordost-Niedersachsen (VNN) and Verkehrsgemeinschaft Heidekreis. KVG Stade provides regular urban, regional and school bus services, and also acts as a reliable partner for rail replacement and emergency bus services. The company places strong emphasis on customer service and employee training. Its website highlights mobility offerings in Cuxhaven, Stade, Harburg and Heidekreis, and promotes careers within the company.

The history of KVG Stade begins on 1 April 1928, when the brothers Alex and Heinrich Peill founded the omnibus company Alex & Heinrich Peill oHG, initially operating city bus services in Stade with three buses. In the early 1930s, the company took over replacement bus services for the Kehdinger Kreisbahn (Stade–Freiburg–Itzwörden), whose passenger services ceased on 22 May 1932. After interruptions during World War II, the company was converted into a GmbH in 1947. In 1951, the Deutsche Bundespost took over the company with two interurban lines, the Stade city service, 17 buses and 11 bus trailers. On 9 May 1966, the Peill Verkehrsgesellschaft GmbH was renamed Kraftverkehr Stade GmbH – KVG – and moved into a new operating building on Harburger Straße in Stade. On 1 April 1967, the route network was significantly expanded when the postal bus lines previously operated by the Stade post office were transferred to KVG. In the following years, KVG expanded further by taking over bus lines from several smaller private companies: Ketterle in Hamburg-Harburg (1 July 1970), Schmidt with its depot in Buxtehude and five buses for the Buxtehude city service (1 October 1970), route concessions of Fa. Gerlach in Drochtersen for commuter and occasional transport (1 July 1971), Cuxhavener Omnibusgesellschaft (C.O.G.) with city, interurban, school and commuter lines in the Cuxhaven area (1 January 1974), W. Johannsen in Hollenstedt with one bus line each to Buxtehude and Hamburg-Neugraben plus several school bus lines in the Neu Wulmstorf and Tostedt area (22 May 1977), some school bus lines of the Apensen company Glowalla with five buses including two coaches (3 August 1978), Weigel in Seevetal-Hittfeld with its operating site and five buses (1 January 1979), the name "Hanseat-Reisen" from Plöner Verkehrsgesellschaft and its contracts for works transport for MBB and school transport in the Niederelbe area with seven buses (12 December 1979), and some school bus lines in the Kehdingen area from Fa. von Holten in Großenwöhrden with two buses (1 January 1980). On 3 June 1973, a branch of KVG was established in Munich. Between June 1973 and June 1976, the postal bus lines in the Munich region were operated as regional bus lines within the MVV. Afterwards they were continued as Regionalverkehr Oberbayern (RVO). In 1978, KVG Stade received a new parent company, Vereinigte Busverkehrsbetriebe GmbH (VBG), which was 52.85% owned by Deutsche Bundesbahn and 47.15% by Deutsche Bundespost. On 1 January 1982, KVG became a regional transport company of Bundesbahn (DB) and Bundespost (DBP), with DB taking over 51% of the shares. During 1982, KVG's service area was considerably enlarged when all previous Bahnbus and Postbus lines in the north-east Lower Saxony area were transferred to it: the Postreisedienst of the Otterndorf post office with seven regional bus lines and seven buses (MAN SÜ 240) on 1 September 1982; the Postreisedienst of the Hamburg-Harburg post office on 1 October 1982; Bahnbus services of the Hamburg and partly Rotenburg bus depots on 1 November 1982; and the Postreisedienst of the Lüneburg post office and bus depot on 1 December 1982. These included the three former Postbus lines in the Hamburg Transport Association (HVV) area: 149 Hamburg-Harburg – Neuland – Over; 157 Hamburg-Harburg – Moorburg – Neuenfelde – Jork; 257 Hamburg-Neugraben – Neuenfelde – Cranz. On 1 January 1983, KVG therefore joined the HVV in place of Deutsche Bundespost. Some former Bahnbus lines were discontinued over the years (Hamburg–Soltau, Hamburg–Munster, Hamburg–Verden, Hamburg–Amelinghausen), often having only one trip per day. On 31 December 1982, KVG also took over the Lüneburg city bus service from Ernst Röhlsberger with numerous MAN buses. In 1984, the HANSEAT travel agency opened in Hamburg-Harburg. In 1987, a comprehensive ... [text truncated]

• 2019

  Won the first Europe-wide tender for the Hittfeld depot in Harburg district, remaining operator of most lines for another ten years.

• 2018

  Achieved revenue of 66.9 million euros in the 2018 financial year.

• 1987

  Comprehensive changes for the entire KVG route area (details truncated).

• 1984

  Opened the HANSEAT travel agency in Hamburg-Harburg.

• 1983

  Joined the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV) on 1 January, replacing Deutsche Bundespost.

• 1982

  Became a regional transport company of DB and DBP with DB taking 51%; took over numerous Bahnbus and Postbus lines in north-east Lower Saxony; took over Lüneburg city bus service on 31 December.

• 1980

  Acquired school bus lines in Kehdingen from Fa. von Holten on 1 January.

• 1979

  Acquired Weigel in Seevetal-Hittfeld (1 January) and the name 'Hanseat-Reisen' from Plöner Verkehrsgesellschaft (12 December).

• 1978

  Received new parent company Vereinigte Busverkehrsbetriebe GmbH (VBG), owned by Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Bundespost; acquired Glowalla school bus lines on 3 August.

• 1977

  Acquired W. Johannsen in Hollenstedt with bus lines to Buxtehude and Hamburg-Neugraben and school bus lines on 22 May.

• 1974

  Acquired Cuxhavener Omnibusgesellschaft (C.O.G.) with city, interurban, school and commuter lines in the Cuxhaven area on 1 January.

• 1973

  Established a branch in Munich on 3 June; operated postal bus lines in the Munich region within the MVV until June 1976.

• 1971

  Acquired route concessions of Fa. Gerlach in Drochtersen for commuter and occasional transport on 1 July.

• 1970

  Acquired Ketterle in Hamburg-Harburg (1 July) and Schmidt in Buxtehude with five buses (1 October).

• 1967

  Route network significantly expanded on 1 April when postal bus lines from the Stade post office were transferred to KVG.

• 1966

  Renamed Kraftverkehr Stade GmbH – KVG – on 9 May and moved to a new operating building on Harburger Straße in Stade.

• 1951

  Deutsche Bundespost took over the company with two interurban lines, the Stade city service, 17 buses and 11 bus trailers.

• 1947

  Converted into a GmbH after World War II interruptions.

• 1932

  Took over replacement bus services for the Kehdinger Kreisbahn after its passenger services ceased on 22 May.

• 1928

  Founded as Stadt-Omnibus Heinrich Peill by the Peill brothers on 1 April, operating city bus services in Stade with three buses.

Regional mobility provider and one of the largest bus operators in Lower Saxony, emphasizing service orientation and reliability.

• City bus services

  Urban bus transport in Buxtehude, Buchholz i.d.N., Bremervörde, Cuxhaven, Lüneburg, Stade and Winsen (Luhe).

• Regional bus services

  Regional bus transport in the districts of Cuxhaven, Harburg, Lüneburg, Lüchow-Dannenberg, Rotenburg (Wümme) (partly), Heidekreis and Stade.

• School bus services

  School transport services across the operating area.

• Rail replacement and emergency bus services

  Organization and execution of planned rail replacement and emergency bus services.

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