The Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (NVV) is a

transport association A transit district or transit authority is a government agency or a public-benefit corporation created for the purpose of providing public transportation within a specific region. A transit district may operate bus, rail or other types of tran ...

that organises the cooperation of more than 40 North Hessian transport companies, such as supra-regional public transport and regional rail passenger transport. The ''Verkehrsverbund und Fördergesellschaft Nordhessen mbH'' is responsible for this. The network covers an area of approximately 7000 km² with a network of 7113 km, 84 stations/stops and 5608 stop positions. Bus and train lines, Kassel's tram system, and the

Kassel RegioTram The Kassel RegioTram is a tram-train light rail system in Kassel, Hesse, Germany. Kassel's tram-train system follows the Karlsruhe model, and has been in full operation since 2007. With special RegioTram tramcars, continuous trips between the ...

light rail system operate in the NVV area. The NVV was established on 13 July 1994Gemeinsam mehr bewegen
Mit dem NVV durch die Region,

Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine ''Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine'' (''HNA'') is a regional newspaper published in Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regi ...

, 26 April 2011, retrieved 8 November 2014. and took effect on 1 May 1995.

Public agency/Supply area

The following local authorities have joined forces to act as sponsors of the NVV: *

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...

urban district Urban district may refer to: * District * Urban area * Quarter (urban subdivision) * Neighbourhood Specific subdivisions in some countries: * Urban districts of Denmark * Urban districts of Germany * Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland) (hist ...

* Hersfeld-Rotenburg district *

Kassel district Kassel district (German: Landkreis Kassel) is a district in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Northeim, Göttingen, Werra-Meißner, Schwalm-Eder, Waldeck-Frankenberg, Höxter. The independent city of Kassel is nearly complete ...

* Waldeck-Frankenberg district *

Schwalm-Eder-Kreis Schwalm-Eder-Kreis is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Kassel, Werra-Meißner, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Vogelsberg, Marburg-Biedenkopf, and Waldeck-Frankenberg. History In 1821 districts were created ...

Werra-Meißner-Kreis Werra-Meißner is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Göttingen, Eichsfeld, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Wartburgkreis, district-free Eisenach, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel. History The di ...

as well as *the

State State may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''State Magazine'', a monthly magazine published by the U.S. Department of State * ''The State'' (newspaper), a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina, United States * ''Our S ...

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major histor ...

Transport companies

*Auto Nau GmbH & Co. KG *Bad Wildunger Kraftwagenverkehrs- und Wasserversorgungsgesellschaft mbH * cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH *

DB Regio AG DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates regional and commuter train services in Germany. DB Regio AG, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. It is a 100% subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn Group and there part of the DB Regio b ...

( DB Regio Mitte) *Energie Waldeck-Frankenberg GmbH *EOV Frölich *EW Bus *Frölich Bus *Grau Busreisen *Hans Happel Omnibus-Betrieb *Heinrich Sandrock GmbH & Co. Omnibusbetrieb KG *Henze-Reisen *

Hessische Landesbahn Hessische Landesbahn (Hessian State Railway, HLB) is a regional transport company owned by the German state of Hesse, based in Frankfurt am Main. It provides bus and rail passenger transport services and, to a lesser extent, rail freight services i ...

*Kahlhöfer-Reisen *Karin Spies Haunetal-Reisen *Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft AG *Konrad Briel Omnibusreisen * DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH –

Kurhessenbahn The Kassel-based Kurhessenbahn (KHB) is the first of six regional networks to be created by Deutsche Bahn AG as part of its ''middle class offensive''. It forms a unit that is formally split into DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH and DB RegioNetz Infrast ...

*Omnibusbetrieb Sallwey *OVG – Oberhessische Verkehrsgesellschaft *Pfeil-Reisen *Regionalverkehr Kurhessen GmbH *Reisedienst Bonte GmbH *Wilhelm Grebe Reisedienst *RegioBus Uhlendorff *Regionalbahn Kassel GmbH *RegioTram Betriebsgesellschaft mbH *Reinhold Leuchter Linien- und Verkehrsbetrieb *Stadtwerke Witzenhausen GmbH *Taxi Schmidt *Trümner-Reisen *ÜWAG Bus GmbH *Verkehrsgesellschaft Mittelhessen mbH

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* {{authority control Transport associations in Germany Transport in Hesse Companies based in Kassel 1994 establishments in Germany Transport companies established in 1994