Dopravný podnik Bratislava

Dopravný podnik Bratislava
Company typeCity-owned company
IndustryServices
GenreTransportation
Founded1895 (then under the name "Bratislavská elektrická účastinná spoločnosť")
FounderAlexander Werner
HeadquartersBratislava, Slovakia
Area served
Bratislava
Key people
Martin Rybanský (CEO)
ServicesPublic transportation, Driving lessons, Bus maintenance
Ownercity Bratislava
DivisionsElektrické dráhy (Electric Tracks) – trams and trolleybuses, Autobusy (Buses)
Websitedpb.sk
Main article: Public Transport in Bratislava

Dopravný podnik Bratislava, akciová spoločnosť (literally Public Transport Company Bratislava, inc., abbr. DPB a.s.) is the only provider of city public transport in Bratislava. It provides 3 types of transportation:

  • trams (streetcars) 230 vehicles
  • buses 464 vehicles
  • trolleybuses 174 vehicles

The 100% owner of the company is the city of Bratislava.

Vehicles

DPB provides public transport using these vehicles:

Trams:

Buses:

Trolleybuses:

Aggregate

1 January 2009 Public Transport Company Bratislava have 880 carry on vehicles.[citation needed]

Directors

  • 1895–1907 – Karol Kakulay
  • 1907–1920 – Rudolf Pleskott
  • 1920–1939 – Ing. Jaroslav Bartošek
  • 1939–1943 – Ing. Štefan Januš
  • 1943–1949 – Dr. Vladimír Brežný
  • 1949–1950 – Ján Bauman
  • 1950–1951 – Ján Mazáček
  • 1951–1954 – Martin Hanzlík
  • 1954–1960 – Jozef Zatlkaj
  • 1960–1970 – Ladislav Studenič
  • 1970–1972 – František Mariš
  • 1972–1987 – Ing. Ladislav Moštenan
  • 1986–1990 – Ing. Ján Novotný
  • 1990–1992 – dpt. Jozef Hlavina
  • 1992–1994 – JUDr. Ivan Letaši
  • 1994–1995 – Ing. Peter Forgáč
  • 1995–1997 – Ing. Peter Klučka
  • 1997–2007 – Ing. Ján Zachar
  • 2007–2009 – Róbert Kadnár
  • 2009–2011 – Ing. Pavel Derkay
  • 2011–2015 – Ing. Ľubomír Belfi
  • 2015–2019 – Ing. Milan Urban
  • 2019–present – Ing. Martin Rybanský

Former names of DPB

Over the course of the past century Public Transport Company Bratislava has had about 14 names.

  • BEÚS – Bratislavská elektrická účastinná spoločnosť
  • BKH – Elektrická lokálna železnica Bratislava- krajinská hranica
  • BMEŽ – Bratislavská mestská elektrická železnica
  • DOZAB – Dopravné závody hl. m. Bratislavy, komunálny podnik
  • DPMB – Dopravný podnik mesta Bratislava
  • DPHMB koncern – Dopravné podniky hl. m. SSR Bratislavy – koncern
  • DZHMB – Dopravné závody hl. m. SSR Bratislavy, koncernový podnik
  • DPB, š.p. – Dopravný podnik Bratislava, štátny podnik
  • POHéV – Pozsony Országhatárszeli Helyiérdekú Villamos Vasút
  • PVVV – Pozsonyi Város Villamos Vasút
  • LWP – Lokalbahn Wien – (Pozsony) Pressburg (Pressburgerbahn)
  • NOLB – Niederosterreichische Landdesbahnen – Dolnorakúske krajinské železnice
  • DPB – Dopravný podnik Bratislava, štátny podnik
  • DPB – Dopravný podnik Bratislava, akciová spoločnosť (today)
  • TATRA ČKD K2S (Little Big City promotion) #7108, Hlavná stanica (main railway station)
    TATRA ČKD K2S (Little Big City promotion) #7108, Hlavná stanica (main railway station)
  • Škoda 30 T, one of the vehicles to be used on a fast tram track to Petržalka
    Škoda 30 T, one of the vehicles to be used on a fast tram track to Petržalka
  • Škoda 29 T in Bratislava
    Škoda 29 T in Bratislava
  • TATRA ČKD T6A5 from third #7955–7956 series, Miletičova ulica (Miletič street) on bus stop Záhradnícka.
    TATRA ČKD T6A5 from third #7955–7956 series, Miletičova ulica (Miletič street) on bus stop Záhradnícka.
  • ŠKODA 25Tr with diesel-electric aggregate #6704, Molecova ulica (Molecova street) on Molecova stop.
    ŠKODA 25Tr with diesel-electric aggregate #6704, Molecova ulica (Molecova street) on Molecova stop.
  • SOLARIS URBINO 15CNG III #1207, Námestie hraničiarov in Petržalka
    SOLARIS URBINO 15CNG III #1207, Námestie hraničiarov in Petržalka