Verkehrsgesellschaft Oberspreewald-Lausitz

Verkehrsgesellschaft Oberspreewald-Lausitz mbH (commonly abbreviated VG OSL) is the county-owned public transport company of Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz in the German state of Brandenburg. Its registered office is in Senftenberg. As a municipal operator, it is responsible for the local bus services that connect the towns and villages of the district and link them to neighbouring regional centres. According to the company's own description, VG OSL operates the 26 regional bus lines of the district as well as four city bus lines in Senftenberg and Lübbenau. Its services are not confined to the district itself: the operator also runs routes into Hoyerswerda, Finsterwalde, Cottbus and Lübben, making it part of the wider public transport network of southern Brandenburg and eastern Saxony. The company participates in the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) fare system, and its website provides timetable information, ticket and subscription sales, and a booking portal for season tickets such as the school ticket. Beyond conventional scheduled buses, VG OSL offers a RufBus (on-demand bus) service, which allows passengers to reserve rides on routes with lower demand. The operator has also positioned itself in relation to the mobility transition: it states that it is converting its fleet to battery-electric buses in order to make regional bus transport more environmentally friendly and attractive. The company is managed by a Geschäftsführer (managing director), Michael Schütze, supported by a team covering traffic planning, operations, technology, fleet management, subscriptions, accounting, personnel, dispatch, mobility management and marketing, and customer service. Its ownership structure is straightforward: as a kreiseigenes Unternehmen, it belongs to the district authority of Oberspreewald-Lausitz. Historically, the district's bus services were once provided under contract by Südbrandenburger Nahverkehrs GmbH (SBN). On 1 August 2017, OSL Bus GmbH, then part of the Rhenus-Veniro group, took over the SBN lines, and since that date its sister company Kraftverkehrsgesellschaft Dreiländereck (KVG) has also operated regional bus services under the direction of Verkehrsgesellschaft OSL. This makes VG OSL a relatively young organisational brand within a longer tradition of regional bus operation in the area.

The Verkehrsgesellschaft Oberspreewald-Lausitz mbH is the county-owned transport operator of Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz in Brandenburg. Its history is closely tied to the reorganisation of regional bus services in southern Brandenburg. For a period, the operation of the 26 regional bus lines in the district and the city services of Senftenberg and Lübbenau was carried out by Südbrandenburger Nahverkehrs GmbH (SBN) as a contracted company. This arrangement changed on 1 August 2017, when OSL Bus GmbH, at that time part of the Rhenus-Veniro group, took over the SBN lines. Since the same date, its sister company Kraftverkehrsgesellschaft Dreiländereck (KVG) has also operated regional bus services under the direction of Verkehrsgesellschaft OSL (VG OSL). The company is now established as the district's own transport business, headquartered in Senftenberg. It operates the district's regional bus network and the city bus networks of Senftenberg and Lübbenau, and extends services to Hoyerswerda, Finsterwalde, Cottbus and Lübben. It is integrated into the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (VBB) fare system and offers tickets and subscriptions, including a school ticket, through its website and booking portal. In recent years, VG OSL has emphasised the mobility transition. The company states that it is converting its fleet to battery-electric buses to make regional bus transport more environmentally friendly and attractive. It also provides a RufBus on-demand service for lower-demand routes. The management team under Geschäftsführer Michael Schütze covers traffic planning, operations, technology, fleet management, subscriptions, accounting, personnel, dispatch, mobility management and marketing, and customer service.

• OSL Bus GmbH, then part of the Rhenus-Veniro group, takes over the regional bus lines of Südbrandenburger Nahverkehrs GmbH (SBN).

• Kraftverkehrsgesellschaft Dreiländereck (KVG) begins operating regional bus services under the direction of Verkehrsgesellschaft OSL (VG OSL).

County-owned public transport operator focused on regional and urban bus services, integrated into the VBB fare system and pursuing a battery-electric fleet transition.

• Regional bus services

  26 regional bus lines in Landkreis Oberspreewald-Lausitz, also serving Hoyerswerda, Finsterwalde, Cottbus and Lübben.

• City bus services

  Four city bus lines in Senftenberg and Lübbenau.

• RufBus

  On-demand bus service that passengers can reserve in advance.

• Tickets and subscriptions

  VBB fare products, season tickets and school tickets sold online and through the booking portal.

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2. 2Verkehrsgesellschaft Oberspreewald-Lausitz – Über unsvgosl.de
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