Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal
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Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal (VBG) is the main bus
operator to the northern suburbs of Glattal, Furttal
, Effretikon and Volketswil
in the canton of Zürich
, Switzerland
. One of the eight public transport
operators that make up the umbrella organisation Zürcher Verkehrsverbund, VBG operates some 73 buses and is also owner of the infrastructure of the new Glattalbahn
tram
way.
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
operator to the northern suburbs of Glattal, Furttal
Furttal
Furttal is the name of a valley region in Switzerland between Laegern and Altberg in the Dielsdorf district of the canton of Zurich.The area's name stems from the German word for ford, or furt, and is named after the crossing over the Limmat river in the community of Würenlos on the west side of...
, Effretikon and Volketswil
Volketswil
Volketswil is a municipality in the district of Uster in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.-Geography:Volketswil has an area of . Of this area, 42.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while 24.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 32.1% is settled and the remainder is non-productive...
in the canton of Zürich
Canton of Zürich
The Canton of Zurich has a population of . The canton is located in the northeast of Switzerland and the city of Zurich is its capital. The official language is German, but people speak the local Swiss German dialect called Züritüütsch...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. One of the eight public transport
Public transport
Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...
operators that make up the umbrella organisation Zürcher Verkehrsverbund, VBG operates some 73 buses and is also owner of the infrastructure of the new Glattalbahn
Stadtbahn Glattal
Stadtbahn Glattal is a project to introduce a modern rapid-transit system to the Glattal area to the North of the city of Zürich in Switzerland. Stadtbahn Glattal is being developed as a metre gauge tram system with through running to that of neighbouring Zürich...
tram
Tram
A tram is a passenger rail vehicle which runs on tracks along public urban streets and also sometimes on separate rights of way. It may also run between cities and/or towns , and/or partially grade separated even in the cities...
way.