Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe
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The Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (German: Berlin Transportation Company) manages the Berlin U-Bahn, the Berlin Straßenbahn, and the Berlin bus network, as well as several ferry lines. The generally-used abbreviation, BVG, has been retained from its former name, Berliner Verkehrs Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin Transport Corporation).
The BVG also took part in the Berlin M-Bahn project in the 1980s until the beginning of the 1990s. The project was dropped with the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was also responsible for the Berlin S-Bahn of West Berlin between 1984 and the formation of Deutsche Bahn AG in 1994. The S-Bahn is currently managed by the S-Bahn Berlin GmbH.
The BVG launched MetroNetz on 12 December 2004 which remodeled the tram and bus network to create 24 tram and bus lines (with M prefix) covering parts of the city that weren't served by S-Bahn or subway.
