Timetable changes in Oberberg: Local transport starts fresh into the new year!

In the run-up to the end of the NRW Christmas holidays on Tuesday, January 7th, some changes in the timetable of several bus lines will be effective at the Oberbergische Verkehrsgesellschaft (OVAG). As ksta.de and 361. The changes are mainly concentrated on the minute range and should offer passengers a better service.

The OVAG recommends information about all changes to the departure and arrival times about the OVAG app. The currently applicable timetables can also be viewed on the company's website. The improvements include:

• line 301: First trips from Monday to Friday towards Gummersbach, eight minutes earlier.
• line 302: Connection on school days at 3:15 p.m. from Gummersbach to Nümbrecht.
• line 302: trips at 12.34 p.m. and 1:04 p.m. from Waldbröl 15 minutes earlier.
• line 304: Additional trip at 1:27 p.m. from Wiehl to Gummersbach on school days.
• Line 304: Drive at 1:57 p.m. from Wiehl to Gummersbach drives 15 minutes later.
• Line 344: Drive Monday to Friday on school days starts at 6.45 a.m. to Waldbröl, five minutes earlier.
• line 344: additional stop at the Waldbröler school center.
• line 361: Saturdays adjustments in the morning and from 11 a.m. drive every 15 minutes.

Extended measures in local public transport

In addition, Obk.de reported in a study regarding the optimization of public transport in western Oberberg on a timetable change of December 11, 2022. Changes were found in the public transport offers for the municipalities of Engelskirchen, Lindlar, Marienheide, Wipperfürth and Gummersbach. This led to an improved connection of all affected towns in regular clock, whereby many towns are served at least every hour.

The first trips a day often start earlier and additional later trips were introduced. The measures to optimize the departure times aim to ensure the connections, in particular to the rail (RB25). Central transfer points remain the buses of the cities and municipalities, while eleven stops have been re -established or relocated in total. In addition, the student transportation continues to be integrated into the respective lines in order to meet the requirements of passengers.

The OVAG, as a municipal bus company of the Oberberg district, leads over 50 bus lines and serves around 16 million passengers every year.