District councilors of the Ortenau district set a new, ambitious goal for local public transport: an hourly service everywhere between 5 a.m. and midnight

Citizen buses can supplement local public transport services and provide greater mobility in rural areas. Interest in this is also growing in the Ilm district. However, only one project has been concretely realized so far.

From 2025, an express bus is to run every hour from Jever to Aurich. Why the line is to be upgraded, what it will cost, and what the new service is intended to achieve.

Five years ago, on June 10, 2018, the first nine PlusBus lines started in the Upper Elbe Transport Association (VVO). Today, 23 lines are operating across the association in accordance with the Saxony-wide standard.

On June 1, 2023, representatives of Deutsche Bahn, the cities of Jena, Gera, Saalfeld and Rudolstadt, the Fernverkehr für Jena alliance, the municipal umbrella associations and chambers, as well as the Thuringian State Office exchanged views at the Jena Volkshaus…