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Public transport in Debrecen, Hungary, is provided by ''DKV'' (short for ''Debreceni Közlekedési Vállalat'' – Public Transport Company of Debrecen; complete name is DKV Zrt.) Before mid-2009 two companies provided public transport in the city: trams and trolleybuses were operated by DKV while buses were operated by Hajdú Volán, which provides transport in the rest of Hajdú-Bihar county. DKV took over bus transport on 1 July after winning a tender. DKV has 140 buses (40 of which are articulated buses). In the future all buses will be low-floor and 50% of them will be air conditioned. ==DKV== The company was founded in 1883 under the name ''Debrecen Local Tramway Company''. They started providing public transport on 2 October 1884 with horse-drawn and steam-powered trams. The first electric tram started operating in 1911. From 1906 the town of Hajdúsámson and later, the town of Nyírbátor were connected to Debrecen by municipal railway, also operated by the same company. By the 1940s there were already ten tram lines. On 2 June 1944 the city was bombed, and the tramway system was seriously damaged. It was repaired by 1947, and seven tram lines served the city until the 1970s, which brought a decrease in the popularity of trams. Tramways were demolished all over the country, the role of trams was taken over by buses. Today Debrecen is one of only four Hungarian cities to have a tram line, but even here only one line survived. The importance of DKV decreased, and the company lost its leading role in the public transport of Debrecen. Trolleybuses started operating in 1985, taking over several lines which used to be tram-operated until the 1970s. The company became state property on 15 July 1950. Today it is owned by the city. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Public transport in Debrecen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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