The Johannstadt Neustadt Ferry is a passenger
ferry
A ferry is a ship, watercraft or amphibious vehicle used to carry passengers, and sometimes vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A passenger ferry with many stops, such as in Venice, Italy, is sometimes called a water bus or water taxi ...
across the
Elbe
The Elbe (; cs, Labe ; nds, Ilv or ''Elv''; Upper and dsb, Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe. It rises in the Giant Mountains of the northern Czech Republic before traversing much of Bohemia (western half of the Czech Repu ...
river in
Germany
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. It crosses between the districts of
Johannstadt
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
and
Neustadt in the city of
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
.
The ferry service is operated by the
Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe
Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG (DVB) is the municipal transport company of the city of Dresden in Germany. It is a member of the Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe transport association that manages a common public transport structure for Dresden and its su ...
(DVB), Dresden's municipal transport authority, running every 10 to 15 minutes throughout the day. The service is normally maintained by the ''Johanna'', one of the DVB's fleet of five ferries, but other vessels may substitute if necessary. The ''Johanna'' can carry up to 75 passengers and is painted in the DVB's yellow and white livery.
References
Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe
Ferries across Elbe
Ferry transport in Saxony
Transport in Dresden
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