Verkehrsbetriebe Zürich (VBZ) is a public transport operator in the Swiss city of Zurich

Zürich

Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...

, and is wholly owned by the city. Previously known as the Städtische Strassenbahn Zürich (StStZ), the organisation was founded in 1896 and adopted its current name in 1950. The VBZ operates 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...

s, trolleybus

Trolleybus

A trolleybus is an electric bus that draws its electricity from overhead wires using spring-loaded trolley poles. Two wires and poles are required to complete the electrical circuit...

es, bus

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...

es, and a funicular

Funicular

A funicular, also known as an inclined plane or cliff railway, is a cable railway in which a cable attached to a pair of tram-like vehicles on rails moves them up and down a steep slope; the ascending and descending vehicles counterbalance each other.-Operation:The basic principle of funicular...

 (the Seilbahn Rigiblick

Seilbahn Rigiblick

The Seilbahn Rigiblick is a funicular railway in the north-east of the city of Zurich, Switzerland. It links a lower station served by tram lines 9 and 10 and trolley bus line 33, with an upper station at Rigiblick on the Zürichberg hill.- History :...

).

All of VBZ's passenger services are operated within the tariff and ticketing system provided by the cantonal public transport authority Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). The ZVV tariff also covers other passenger transport services within the city, including the Zurich S-Bahn

Zürich S-Bahn

The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been incrementally expanded to cover the ZVV area, which comprises the entire canton of Zurich and portions of neighboring cantons The Zurich S-Bahn system is a network of rapid transit rail lines that has been...

, the Polybahn

Polybahn

The Polybahn, also known as the UBS Polybahn, is a funicular railway in the centre of the city of Zurich, Switzerland. Previous names for the line include the SBG Polybahn and the Zürichbergbahn....

 and the Dolderbahn

Dolderbahn

The Dolderbahn is a long rack railway in the Swiss city of Zurich, and is owned by the Dolderbahn-Betriebs AG. The line was opened in 1895 as a funicular railway, and converted to rack operation in 1973...

, although these are not operated by the VBZ.

Zürich Tram Lines

Zürich trams

Trams make an important contribution to public transport in the city of Zurich in Switzerland. The tram network serves most city neighbourhoods, and is the backbone of public transport within the city, albeit supplemented by the inner sections of the Zurich S-Bahn, along with urban trolleybus and...

Number	Endpoints
2	Tiefenbrunnen – Farbhof
3	Albisrieden – Klusplatz
4	Tiefenbrunnen – Werdhölzli
5	(Laubegg -) Bahnhof Enge – Kirche Fluntern (– Zoo)
6	(Bahnhof Enge –) Hauptbahnhof – Zoo
7	Wollishofen – Bhf. Stettbach
8	(Klusplatz –) Bellevue – Hardplatz
9	Hirzenbach – Heuried (– Triemli)
10	Hauptbahnhof – Milchbuck (– Bahnhof Oerlikon)
11	Rehalp – Auzelg
12	Zürich Airport – Stettbach
13	Albisgütli – Frankental
14	Triemli – Seebach
15	Bucheggplatz – Klusplatz

Other activities

Besides its public transport activities, VBZ, jointly with the city refuse and recycling department ERZ, operates the cargo tram to collect waste. VBZ also offers various services such as the hire of heritage trams, engineering and repair services using its well-equipped and modern workshops and also transport consulting services.