Timetable via SMS

You can get travel information via SMS. Learn here how this service works. In addition, you can create a personal profile if you want to use travel information via SMS frequently.

Cost

The user bears the cost of the SMS request in accordance with the SMS rates of their mobile phone company.

The SMS replies sent by the VVO are free of charge to the user.

Forgot the time on your night walk with your new fancy? Who cares! If you don’t have the timetable stored in your head, simply send a short message to the VVO service number – and the timetable will be on your cell phone. It’s as easy as that. And what’s more – this service doesn’t cost much.

Send a short message to one of the following service numbers, depending on your service provider, to get travel information on the move via SMS. The answer will be there after about two minutes.

0170 - 2120541 (D1)
0172 - 8571011 (D2)
0163 - 2691261 (Eplus)
0179 - 2358919 (O2)

The message itself must comply with one of the query formats listed below.

Note

Please do not enter street names or points of interests, but only names of stops.

Query format for Dresden

Departure stop # arrival stop

Enter the names of the departure and arrival stops. Dresden is set as your home zone automatically. However, you can change your home zone in your personal profile.

Example: Bünaustraße # Sachsenallee

Departure stop

If you just enter the name of one stop, you will receive the departure times of all routes which call at that stop. The times displayed are real-time data provided by DVB, i.e. times at which the bus or tram will actually depart. This service is currently only available for the city of Dresden.

Example: Tharandter Straße

Usable abbreviations

Railway stations

  • bf: Bahnhof (station) 
  • hbf: Hauptbahnhof (main station)
  • bbf: Busbahnhof (bus station)

Towns (licence plate codes)

  • dd: Dresden
  • mei: Meißen
  • pir: Pirna

Query formats for travel information for the VVO region

Place of departure#departure stop#place of arrival#arrival stop

Enter place and stop of departure and arrival. Travel information is available for the entire VVO region.

Example: Riesa#Puschkinplatz#Dresden#Wilder Mann

Place#departure stop#arrival stop

If departure stop and arrival stop are in the same town, you only need to enter the town once.

Example: Hoyerswerda#Sachsenplatz#Behördenpark

Place of departure#departure stop#place of arrival

If the place of arrival only has one stop, it is sufficient to enter the name of the place only.

Example: Meißen#Hochuferstraße#Altleis

Query formats for a certain date or time

You may add a preferred departure or arrival time to any of the above queries as an option.

… #departure time

Enter a preferred departure time after the hash key (#).

Example (departures from 5 o’clock): ... #17:00

As an alternative, you may also enter the preferred departure time in the form of a period of time in minutes from now. Just type # followed by the number of minutes.

Example (departure in 10 minutes): ...#10

… # * arrival time

Enter a preferred arrival time after the hash key and asterisk (#*).

Example (arrivals from 5 o’clock): ...#*17:00

As an alternative, you may also enter the preferred arrival time in the form of a period of time in minutes from now. Just type #* followed by the number of minutes.

Example (arrival in 10 minutes): ...#*10

Personal SMS profile

If you want to use travel information via SMS frequently, it is recommended to create a personal profile. You can store frequent queries, subscribe to the timetable change notification service or change your home zone in your profile. If you want to create or edit a personal profile, just follow these links:

Storing frequent queries

If you query certain connections frequently, you can store these queries in your profile under a short, descriptive name (e.g. “Air” for a connection from the main line railway station to the airport). In the future, you then just have to send an SMS with the message “Air”.

Subscribing to the timetable change notification service

It is possible to receive notifications of timetable changes automatically via SMS. You can specify in your profile for which routes or transport companies you want to get current information on to your cell phone. Information about roadwork and other construction work will be sent 24 hours before the work will start.

Changing the home zone

The home zone is set to Dresden by default. However, you can change it to your home town in your profile, so that you can take advantage of the short styles explained for Dresden above also for Hoyerswerda city transport, for example.