Richard, Dr., Verkehrsbetriebe KG#
Richard, Dr., Verkehrsbetriebe KG, founded as a freight transport service in 1942. Reorganised as a passenger transport service by Ludwig Richard (b. Aug. 6, 1915) in 1945 (first scheduled bus service between Vienna and Jennersdorf). Operated 50 buses in 1965; has offered many scheduled services in Burgenland and the northern part of Lower Austria since 1967; regular services in the outer districts of Vienna are run in cooperation with the Wiener Verkehrsbetriebe (Vienna Public Transport System). As a result of business expansion the company has come to operate over 720 buses (1994), 500 of which are used for regular services, covering an annual distance of approximately 38 million kilometres.