The Städtische Verkehrsbetriebe Bern (SVB) is a public transport operator in and around the
Swiss
Swiss most commonly refers to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
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* Swiss, Missouri
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capital city of
Bern
Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...
. It is also known by its marketing name of BERNMOBIL, and operates the city's network of
trolleybus
A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or troll ...
es,
motor buses, and
tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
s, including five existing tram lines and five historical tram lines.
It was formed in 1947 by the merger of the Städtische Strassenbahn Bern (SSB), which operated trams and trolleybuses, with the Stadt-Omnibus Bern (SOB), which ran motor buses.
See also
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Trams in Bern
*
Trolleybuses in Bern
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Transport in Switzerland
References
External links
Official website
Transport in Bern
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