Aargau Verkehr AG (AVA) is a

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transportation company. It was formed on June 19, 2018, from the merger of

BDWM Transport BDWM Transport was a transport company in Switzerland, that operated regional rail and bus services in the cantons of Aargau and Zürich. The company was formed in 2000 by the merger of the Bremgarten–Dietikon railway (BD) and (WM) companies. ...

and the Wynental and Suhrental Railway. The new company operates both rail and bus services, with some of the latter being provided through its wholly owned subsidiary Limmat Bus AG. Whilst based in the canton of

Aargau Aargau, more formally the Canton of Aargau (german: Kanton Aargau; rm, Chantun Argovia; french: Canton d'Argovie; it, Canton Argovia), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of eleven districts and its capita ...

, the company also operates services in the cantons of

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

and

Lucerne Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...

History

Aargau Verkehr formed on June 19, 2018, from the merger of BDWM Transport and the Wynental and Suhrental Railway. The meger led to the dissolving of the joint

AAR bus+bahn AAR or Aar may refer to: Geography *Aar, a river in Switzerland, tributary of the Rhine *Aar (Lahn), a tributary of Lahn river in Germany, descending from the Taunus mountains *Aar (Dill), a tributary of Dill river in Germany, also in the basin ...

brand that had previously united the Wynental and Suhrental Railway and the

Busbetrieb Aarau ''Busbetrieb Aarau AG'', is a public transport operator serving the city of Aarau, Switzerland and the surrounding areas in the Canton of Aargau. It was founded in 1958 and operates using the BBA Bus Aarau brand. Between 2002 and 2018, the Busbe ...

Routes

Rail routes

AVA owns and operates the following

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railway lines: * the Menziken–Aarau–Schöftland line, formerly operated by the Wynental and Suhrental Railway. Services are operated as

Aargau S-Bahn The Aargau S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Aargau or german: S-Bahnen Aargau) is an S-Bahn-style regional rail network serving the canton of Aargau, Switzerland. History Upon the timetable change on 14 December 2008, an S-Bahn numbering system was intro ...

route . * the Bremgarten–Dietikon line, formerly operated by

. Services are operated as

Zürich S-Bahn The Zürich S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Zürich) system is a network of rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zürich and portions of neighbouring cantons (Aargau, Glarus, ...

route . The company also has the contract to operate services between

Zürich Altstetten , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...

and

Killwangen Killwangen is a municipality in the district of Baden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal insti ...

on the

Limmattal light rail line The Limmattal light rail line (german: Limmattalbahn) is a metre gauge light rail line with an alignment running through the Limmat Valley, in the Swiss cantons of Aargau and Zürich to the west of the city of Zürich. The line is long, serves ...

. This line is currently under construction, although one section, where AVA trains will eventually share tracks with

Zürich tram route 2 , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Zürich () i ...

, has already opened for the tram service.

Bus routes

AVA operates a number of bus routes under its own name: * a network of 9 bus routes centred on

Zofingen Zofingen (french: Zofingue) is a city in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. It is the capital of the district of Zofingen. Zofingen is a walled city and home of an ancient monastic settlement. History In ancient times Zofingen was a settleme ...

and

Reiden Reiden is a municipality in the district of Willisau in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On January 1, 2006 the former municipalities of Langnau bei Reiden and Richenthal were united in the new municipality of Reiden. Geography Reiden has ...

* route 340 from

Wohlen Wohlen is a municipality in the district of Bremgarten in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History The earliest known settlements in Wohlen date from the late Hallstatt era (600-500 BC). This settlement left two clusters of burial moun ...

Meisterschwanden Meisterschwanden is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History There were two neolithic lake side settlements, at ''Seerose'' and ''Erlenhölzli'', near the modern Meisterschwanden. Both sites ...

* express route 444 from Bremgarten to

* express route 445 from

Remetschwil Remetschwil is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Baden (district, Aargau), Baden in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Aargau in Switzerland. History Remetschwil is first mentioned in 1184 as ''Reimiswilare''. I ...

to Zürich The company also operates, through its wholly owned subsidiary Limmat Bus AG, a network of 10 bus routes between Zürich and Killwangen. These services are operated under contract to

Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Zürich, and is wholly owned by the city. Previously known as the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich (StStZ), the organisation was founded in 1896 and adopted its cu ...

(VBZ), and carry that organisation's brand rather than that of AVA.

References

External links

* {{Official website Aargau Verkehr Bus companies of Switzerland Railway companies established in 2018 Railway companies of Switzerland Swiss companies established in 2018 Transport in Aargau Transport in the canton of Lucerne Transport in the canton of Zürich