Zürcher Verkehrsverbund

Chief executiveDominik Brühwiler (director)Websitezvv.chOperationBegan operationMay 1990 (34 years ago) (1990-05)

The Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV, Zürich Transport Network) is the largest public transportation network in Switzerland. It covers the canton of Zürich and adjacent areas. All public transportation means (rail, light rail, bus, trolleybus, lake passenger liner, funicular) within the chosen area can be used indiscriminatorily during the time of the ticket validity (one hour, 24 hours, 1 month, 1 year).  

History

The system was established in May 1990 as a unified fare system with a coordinated local train network. Local train lines were prefixed with the letter S (S-Bahn). S-Lines 1 through 43 (with some lines missing) and now form part of the S-Bahn Network. A proof-of-payment fare system is in force on all S-Bahn trains. Fare gates are not used, but those caught without a valid ticket during a random inspection face a minimum fine of CHF 100.

Zones

The ZVV system uses an integrated a ticket network. The zones are numbered 110–184; the numbers 180–184 designates zones outside of the canton's border. Passengers purchase a base ticket for particular zones. Upgrades and extension tickets are available as supplements.

Trips by fast trains and regional trains by any operator, such as ICN, InterCity (IC), InterRegio (IR), RegioExpress (RE), regional (R) lines, and even international railways are part of the fare network as long as they stop within the fare network's borders.

The zone system approach has been adopted by many other fare networks in Switzerland, such as libero (fare network) in cantons of Bern and Solothurn, and OSTWIND in Thurgau, St. Gallen, Glarus, both Appenzells (AI and AR), and Fürstentum Liechtenstein.

For journeys just beyond ZVV's borders, some zones of the neighboring cantons' fare networks are combined within the extended fare network Z-Pass:^[1]

• Aargau: Corridor A-Welle–ZVV
• Thurgau/St. Gallen/Glarus: Corridor OSTWIND–ZVV
• Schwyz/Zug: Corridor Schwyz-Zug–ZVV

Operators

The operators that make up the ZVV are:^[2][3]

• Aargau Verkehr
• Busbetriebe Bamert
• Dolderbahn
• Forchbahn
• Luftseilbahn Adliswil-Felsenegg
• Polybahn
• PostAuto Schweiz Region Zürich
• Schifffahrts-Genossenschaft Greifensee (SGG)
• Schneider Busbetriebe
• Sihltal Zürich Uetliberg Bahn
• Stadtbus Winterthur
• Südostbahn (SOB)
• Swiss Federal Railways (SBB)
• THURBO
• Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal (VBG)
• Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ)
• Verkehrsbetriebe Zürichsee und Oberland (VZO)
• Zürichsee-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft (ZSG)

Leadership

The current director of the ZVV is Dominik Brühwiler, appointed 1. January 2021. Dominik Brühwiler was Head of the Traffic Planning Department and Deputy Director for 13 years. Over 60 people applied for the position of Director and the Swiss Department for Transport picked him because of his past experience in the service.

See also

• Trams in Zürich
• Trolleybuses in Zürich
• Zürich S-Bahn

References

External links

• Official website