Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft

Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft ('Alb Valley Transport Company', AVG) is a railway company owned by the city of Karlsruhe that operates rail and bus services in the Karlsruhe area, southwest Germany.

It also operates some of the region’s bus services and carries freight by road and rail.

VBK and DB Stadtbahn routes traverse AVG tracks.

[1] AVG dates back to the acquisition in 1958 of the Albtalbahn railway by the city of Karlsruhe.

It was this experience that led to the development of the Stadtbahn Karlsruhe and to the AVG operating over a much wider area.

Albtalbahn train in the Kaiserstraße pedestrian precinct (1978)
Albtalbahn train at Ettlingen (2006)
AVG rail network
AVG infrastructure, 750 V DC
AVG infrastructure, 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
AVG infrastructure (leased), 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
AVG infrastructure, not electrified
VBK tram infrastructure, used by AVG tram-trains (selection)
SWH tram infrastructure, used by AVG tram-trains
DB InfraGO railway infrastructure, used by AVG tram-trains