Private company

Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal

Logo: Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Swiss transport company

VBG Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal AG operates local public transport (bus, tram) in the Glattal and Furttal regions and in the Effretikon/Volketswil area, northwest and north-east of the city of Zurich, canton of Zurich, Switzerland, on behalf of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). VBG trams and buses connect villages with regional railway stations served by Zurich S-Bahn trains and Zurich Airport. As a purely market-responsible company, VBG has been responsible exclusively for the planning and implementation of transport services since 1993.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Bus station at Zurich airport (2019)
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

VBG Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal AG operates local public transport (bus, tram) in the Glattal and Furttal regions and in the Effretikon/Volketswil area, northwest and north-east of the city of Zurich, canton of Zurich, Switzerland, on behalf of the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV). VBG trams and buses connect villages with regional railway stations served by Zurich S-Bahn trains and Zurich Airport.2

Products and brands

As of the December 2024 timetable change, VBG operates the following tram and bus routes.

Tram

10: Zürich HB – Zürich Oerlikon – Glattpark – Zurich Airport

12: Stettbach – Glatt – Wallisellen – Glattpark – Zurich Airport

From Wikipedia’s article on Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Ruedi Lais

From Wikidata.1