Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser

EVB Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH is a German railway and bus company offering passenger and freight services that is headquartered in Zeven and Bremervörde. The company was created in 1981 by the merger of the two companies Wilstedt-Zeven-Tostedter Eisenbahn GmbH (founded in 1912) and Bremervörde-Osterholzer Eisenbahn GmbH (founded in 1907).

EVB Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH
Information
Head offices Bahnhofstraße 67
27404 Zeven
www.evb-elbe-weser.de
Transport association VBN / HVV
Employees 230 (2006)
Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Network
Rail network 261 km own lines
Bus network 17 lines
Vehicles
Railway
(2006-03)		 Coradia LINT 41 DMUs
Class 628 DMUs
various freight locomotives
Omnibus
(2006-03)		 80 Setra buses
Statistics
Passengers (per year) 5 million
Source: Geschäftsbericht 2004

Between 1991 and 1993, the company acquired further railway lines from the Deutsche Bundesbahn and merged with the Buxtehude-Harsefelder Eisenbahn in 1993, so that the total network length reached 285 km.

The company offers a passenger rail service between Bremerhaven and Hamburg via Bremervörde that carries one million passengers per year. It also operates seventeen bus lines with four million passengers per year as well as freight services between Bremerhaven, Bremen and Hamburg. Using rented Siemens Dispolok locomotives, it also operates freight trains to Southern Germany and has recently announced to acquire two new Eurorunner diesel locomotives. During the summer months, a heritage railway service between Bremervörde and Osterholz-Scharmbeck, called the Moorexpress, is in operation.

Stations served

The current (as of 2012) EVB passenger line leads from Bremerhaven Hbf via Bremervörde to Buxtehude.

The current stations are:

  • Bremerhaven Hbf (owned and operated by DB)
  • Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf (DB station)
  • Sellstedt
  • Wehdel
  • Geestenseth
  • Frelsdorf
  • Heinschenwalde
  • Oerel
  • Bremervörde (EVB depot and interchange to the Moorexpress)
  • Hesedorf
  • Kutenholz
  • Brest-Aspe
  • Bargstedt
  • Harsefeld
  • Ruschwedel
  • Apensen
  • Buxtehude (DB station, connection to Hamburg S-Bahn)

Stations beyond Buxtehude formerly served (until Dec 08, 2007):

  • Neu Wulmstorf (DB station)
  • Hamburg-Neugraben (DB station)
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