District councilors of the Ortenau district have set themselves a new, ambitious goal for public transport: hourly service should be in place everywhere between 5 a.m. and midnight

Community buses can supplement public transport and improve mobility in rural areas. Interest in this is also growing in the Ilm district. However, only one project has been implemented so far.

An express bus service is planned to run hourly between Jever and Aurich starting in 2025. This article explains why the route is being upgraded, what it will cost, and what the new service aims to achieve.

Five years ago, on June 10, 2018, the first nine PlusBus lines started operating in the Upper Elbe Transport Association (VVO). Today, 23 lines operate across the network, adhering to the Saxony-wide standard.

On June 1, 2023, representatives of Deutsche Bahn, the cities of Jena, Gera, Saalfeld and Rudolstadt, the Jena Long-Distance Transport Alliance, the leading municipal associations and chambers of commerce, as well as the Thuringian State Office, met at the Jena Volkshaus…