Oberelbische Verkehrsgesellschaft Pirna-Sebnitz

Oberelbische Verkehrsgesellschaft Pirna-Sebnitz mbH

Headquarters	Pirna , Germany
Owner	Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz
Website	ovps.de

The Oberelbische Verkehrsgesellschaft Pirna-Sebnitz (OVPS; English: Pirna-Sebnitz Upper Elbe Transport Company) was a company that operated public transport services in the German state of Saxony. It was a member of the Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe (Upper Elbe Transport Association), a transport association that manages a common public transport structure for Dresden and its surrounding areas.^[1]^[2]

The OVPS's area of operations included large parts of the district of Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge as well as stubs extending into the state capital city of Dresden and the district of Bautzen. This area is often described as Saxon Switzerland.^[1]

The services of the OVPS included:^[1]^[3]

Urban bus services in the town of Pirna
Urban bus services in the town of Sebnitz
Regional bus services in the surrounding areas
Ferry services on the River Elbe
The Kirnitzschtal Tramway, a tourist oriented rural tram service

On January 1, 2017, OVPS took over DB Regio's shares in Regionalverkehr Dresden GmbH [de] (RVD), leaving RVD owned 51% owned by OVPS and 49% are owned by the Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Ore Mountains district. As of January 1, 2019, the two companies were merged to form the Regionalverkehr Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge GmbH (RVSOE).^[4]

Gallery

OVPS bus
OVPS ferry in Schmilka
OVPS tram on the Kirnitzschtal Tramway

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Über die OVPS - Portrait" [About the OVPS / Portrait] (in German). OVPS. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
^ "Partner". Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2010. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Neues Busunternehmen für die Sächsische Schweiz und das Osterzgebirge" [New bus company for Sächsische Schweiz and the Osterzgebirge]. Sächsische Zeitung (in German). 20 June 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.