The City-Bahn Chemnitz is a railway company which operates tram-train and regional rail services in and around Chemnitz , in Saxony , Germany . The tram-train services run both on the railway network and the urban tram network in Chemnitz . City-Bahn Chemnitz was founded on March 10, 1997.
5-551: City-Bahn Chemnitz runs services on a number of routes around Chemnitz under contract for the Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen . The tram-train from Chemnitz to Stollberg (now line C11) was the original pilot route (Stage 0) of the Chemnitz Model [ de ] and is operated with electric Variobahn trams. From December 2015 City-Bahn Chemnitz began operating Regio-Shuttle railcars on
10-580: Is a local transport authority in the Chemnitz area in Saxony , Germany. VMS delivers public transport across the Chemnitz area, including the city of Chemnitz as well as the surrounding districts of Zwickau , Mittelsachsen and Erzgebirgskreis . VMS covers an area of 5,115 km² with 1.23 million residents. Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen currently engages with 24 separate transport companies to deliver its services, which employ around 4,000 staff. VMS
15-725: The lines C13-C15 were extended to Chemnitz Stadlerplatz and then in December 2017 to Chemnitz Technopark. At the end of January 2022 tram-train services were extended over the railway network from Technopark. Line C13 now links Burgstädt and Aue and line C14 runs from Mittweida as far as Thalheim . In addtition to the tram-train services City-Bahn Chemnitz also operates services with Regio-Shuttle railcars on lines RB 37 between Glauchau and Gößnitz and line RB 92 between Stollberg , Sankt Egidien and Glauchau. Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen The Verkehrsverbund Mittelsachsen ( VMS ) (English "Central Saxony Transport Group")
20-643: The routes Chemnitz – Burgstädt, Stollberg – St. Egidien – Glauchau, Chemnitz – Hainichen. Eight electro-diesel Citylink tram-train vehicles had been ordered from Vossloh in 2012. These were intended to enter service in 2015 but delays in the approval of the vehicles meant they did not begin operation until 2016. Stage 1 of the tram-train network began operation in October 2016, with the Citylink vehicles running new routes C13 (Chemnitz– Burgstädt ), C14 (Chemnitz– Mittweida ) and C15 (Chemnitz– Hainichen ). From May 2017
25-473: Was formed on 5 November 1997, after two years of planning, and seven years after the original proposals to join the area under one transport authority. The first common timetable for the area covered by VMS was introduced from 24 May 1998. Common fares for the entire area were introduced from 1 January 2002. From 2004 to 2014, VMS published the customer magazine "vbs mobil", with originally three, then later six, editions per year. Relevant service information in
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