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Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr

January 29, 2023

"VRR" redirects here. For other uses, see VRR (disambiguation).

The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (German: [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯s.fɛɐ̯ˌbʊnt ˈʁaɪn ˈʁuːɐ̯]), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers most of the Ruhr area, as well as neighbouring parts of the Lower Rhine region, including Düsseldorf and thus large parts of the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation. It was founded on 1 January 1980, and is Europe’s largest body of such kind, covering an area of some 5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi) with more than 7.8 million inhabitants, spanning as far as Dorsten in the north, Dortmund in the east, Langenfeld in the south, and Mönchengladbach and the Dutch border in the west.

Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
Logo
VRR area highlighted in red
AbbreviationVRR
Named afterrivers Rhine and Ruhr
FormationVRR GmbH: January 1, 1980; 43 years ago (1980-01-01)

ZV VRR: January 1, 1996; 27 years ago (1996-01-01)

VRR AöR: September 28, 2004; 18 years ago (2004-09-28)
DissolvedVRR GmbH: September 2006; 16 years ago (2006-09)
TypeStatutory corporation
Legal statusAnstalt des öffentlichen Rechts
HeadquartersAugustastraße 1
45879 Gelsenkirchen
Region
Ruhr, Lower Rhine region, parts of the Rhine-Ruhr
Vorstandssprecher
Ronald R.F. Lünser
Vorstand
José Luis Castrillo
SubsidiariesZV VRR
NVN
ZV VRR FaIn-EB
Staff (2019)
182
Websitehttps://www.vrr.de

Structure and responsibilities

The VRR is tasked with coordinating public transport in its area. This means the following:[1][2][3][4]

  • setting and developing the fare system (“VRR-Tarif”)
    • redistributing ticket revenue onto the transport companies
  • coordinating local train services (Schienenpersonennahverkehr, SPNV) within its area as public service obligations (PSO)
  • integrating the public transport system
    • setting standards and guidelines for passenger information and bus/tram stop facilities
    • coordination between transport companies, local authorities and Land authorities
  • financing partial subsidies for bus and tram companies according to § 11 (2) and § 11a ÖPNVG NRW
  • coordinating Land subsidies to transport companies and local authorities according to § 12 and § 13 ÖPNVG NRW

Governance

Officially, 24 cities and districts form the Zweckverband VRR (ZV VRR), and an additional 2 districts the Nahverkehrs-Zweckverband Niederrhein (NVN). Together, the ZV VRR and the NVN form the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr AöR, which in addition cooperates with further transport companies.[5]

The member cities and districts of the Zweckverband VRR (ZV VRR) are:

The members of the Nahverkehrs-Zweckverband Niederrhein (NVN) are the districts of Kleve and Wesel.

The municipal and district councils send representatives to the two Zweckverband councils (Verbandsversammlung), which in turn elect the main decision making body, the administrative council (Verwaltungsrat) of the VRR AöR, and other committees. The Verwaltungsrat elects the administrative board of the VRR AöR (Vorstand), currently Ronald R.F. Lünser and José Luis Castrillo.[1][6]

In addition, there are departments within the VRR dealing with different matters, such as marketing or law. Two Land institutions are located within the VRR structure: Kompetenzcenter Digitalisierung NRW (KCD) and Kompetenzcenter Sicherheit (KCS).

Through the ZV VRR Eigenbetrieb Fahrzeuge und Infrastruktur (ZV VRR FaIn-EB), the VRR also buys and/or owns the rolling stock for some, but not all, of its PSO rail operations.[1]

Transport companies

These above mentioned cities’ and districts’ and other associated transport companies thus operate under the VRR fare scheme:[5]

  • Bahnen der Stadt Monheim (BSM)
  • Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen (Bogestra)
  • Busverkehr Rheinland (BVR), operating as “DB Rheinlandbus”
  • Dortmunder Stadtwerke (DSW21)
  • Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft (DVG)
  • Flughafen Düsseldorf
  • Hagener Straßenbahn (HST)
  • Kraftverkehr Schwalmtal (KVS)
  • Kreisverkehrsgesellschaft Mettmann (KVGM)
  • LOOK Busreisen
  • Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe (NIAG)
  • NEW mobil und aktiv Mönchengladbach (NEW Möbus)
  • NEW mobil und aktiv Viersen (NEW Viersen)
  • Rheinbahn
  • Ruhrbahn
  • StadtBus Dormagen
  • Stadtwerke Goch
  • Stadtwerke Kevelaer
  • Stadtwerke Krefeld (SWK)
  • Stadtwerke Neuss (SWN)
  • Stadtwerke Oberhausen (STOAG)
  • Stadtwerke Remscheid (SR)
  • Stadtwerke Solingen (SWS)
  • Straßenbahn Herne – Castrop-Rauxel (HCR)
  • Verkehrsgesellschaft der Stadt Velbert (VGV)
  • Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe-Ruhr (VER)
  • Verkehrsgesellschaft Hilden
  • Vestische Straßenbahnen
  • Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (WSW)

The following rail companies operate S-Bahn or regional train services in the VRR area and accept VRR tickets:

Line numbering scheme

With the introduction of the VRR in 1980 a new line numbering system for all bus, tram and Stadtbahn lines in the VRR area was introduced. The VRR was divided into ten regions, which were assigned a prefix digit (e.g. 4 for Dortmund), the first digit in the three-digit line number representing that prefix. The last two digits are the individual line number. These are the existing prefixes:

Stadtbahn lines are identified with the prefix "U" followed by the prefix and a one-digit identifiers. The prefixes 2, 5, 9 and 0 are not used for Stadtbahn lines. The Wuppertal Schwebebahn is officially line 60, but because it does not run underground, the U prefix is not used.

After the integration of the former Verkehrsgemeinschaft Niederrhein (VGN) area north of Duisburg, route numbers were unchanged, i.e. representing no prefix.

  • Express buses are called Schnellbus and have the prefix SB followed by a two-digit-number. None of these numbers is a key number.
  • Semi-fast buses are called City-Express and have the prefix CE followed by a two-digit-number. As with the Schnellbusse none of these numbers is a key number.
  • Taxi buses are AST – AnrufSammelTaxi or ALT – AnrufLinienTaxi or Taxibus
  • In some cities the local buses have an own numbering system, e.g. the buses in Velbert are called Ortsbus, their line number consists of an OV followed by a one- or two-digit number.
  • In some cities the night buses are called NachtExpress – NE
 
Map of the complete Rhine-Ruhr Stadtbahn system network.

As of 2019, the VRR network consists of 1098 lines,[5] of which there are:

History

 
Ridership since 1996.

In 2004, roughly 1 billion trips were made by way of the VRR network.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Der Verbund". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  2. ^ "Verbundaufgaben". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  3. ^ "SPNV-Aufgabenträgerschaft". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  4. ^ "ÖPNV-Investitionen". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  5. ^ a b c "Verbundbericht 2019/2020" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. p. 67. Retrieved 2021-06-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Politische Gremien". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (in German). Retrieved 2021-06-26.
  7. ^ "Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr - Homepage - Welcome to the VRR". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). Retrieved 2013-10-23.

External links

  Media related to Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr at Wikimedia Commons

  • Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) – official site (in English)
  • Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) – official site (in German)

January 29, 2023
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VRR redirects here For other uses see VRR disambiguation The Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr German fɛɐ ˈkeːɐ s fɛɐ ˌbʊnt ˈʁaɪn ˈʁuːɐ abbreviated VRR is a public transport association Verkehrsverbund in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia It covers most of the Ruhr area as well as neighbouring parts of the Lower Rhine region including Dusseldorf and thus large parts of the Rhine Ruhr conurbation It was founded on 1 January 1980 and is Europe s largest body of such kind covering an area of some 5 000 km2 1 900 sq mi with more than 7 8 million inhabitants spanning as far as Dorsten in the north Dortmund in the east Langenfeld in the south and Monchengladbach and the Dutch border in the west Verkehrsverbund Rhein RuhrLogoVRR area highlighted in redAbbreviationVRRNamed afterrivers Rhine and RuhrFormationVRR GmbH January 1 1980 43 years ago 1980 01 01 ZV VRR January 1 1996 27 years ago 1996 01 01 VRR AoR September 28 2004 18 years ago 2004 09 28 DissolvedVRR GmbH September 2006 16 years ago 2006 09 TypeStatutory corporationLegal statusAnstalt des offentlichen RechtsHeadquartersAugustastrasse 145879 GelsenkirchenRegionRuhr Lower Rhine region parts of the Rhine RuhrVorstandssprecherRonald R F LunserVorstandJose Luis CastrilloSubsidiariesZV VRRNVNZV VRR FaIn EBStaff 2019 182Websitehttps www vrr de Contents 1 Structure and responsibilities 1 1 Governance 1 2 Transport companies 1 3 Line numbering scheme 2 History 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksStructure and responsibilities EditThe VRR is tasked with coordinating public transport in its area This means the following 1 2 3 4 setting and developing the fare system VRR Tarif redistributing ticket revenue onto the transport companies coordinating local train services Schienenpersonennahverkehr SPNV within its area as public service obligations PSO integrating the public transport system setting standards and guidelines for passenger information and bus tram stop facilities coordination between transport companies local authorities and Land authorities financing partial subsidies for bus and tram companies according to 11 2 and 11a OPNVG NRW coordinating Land subsidies to transport companies and local authorities according to 12 and 13 OPNVG NRWGovernance Edit Officially 24 cities and districts form the Zweckverband VRR ZV VRR and an additional 2 districts the Nahverkehrs Zweckverband Niederrhein NVN Together the ZV VRR and the NVN form the Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr AoR which in addition cooperates with further transport companies 5 The member cities and districts of the Zweckverband VRR ZV VRR are cities of Bochum Bottrop Dortmund Duisburg Dusseldorf Essen Gelsenkirchen Hagen Herne Krefeld Monchengladbach Monheim Mulheim Neuss Oberhausen Remscheid Solingen Viersen and Wuppertal districts of Ennepe Ruhr Mettmann Recklinghausen Rhein Kreis Neuss and ViersenThe members of the Nahverkehrs Zweckverband Niederrhein NVN are the districts of Kleve and Wesel The municipal and district councils send representatives to the two Zweckverband councils Verbandsversammlung which in turn elect the main decision making body the administrative council Verwaltungsrat of the VRR AoR and other committees The Verwaltungsrat elects the administrative board of the VRR AoR Vorstand currently Ronald R F Lunser and Jose Luis Castrillo 1 6 In addition there are departments within the VRR dealing with different matters such as marketing or law Two Land institutions are located within the VRR structure Kompetenzcenter Digitalisierung NRW KCD and Kompetenzcenter Sicherheit KCS Through the ZV VRR Eigenbetrieb Fahrzeuge und Infrastruktur ZV VRR FaIn EB the VRR also buys and or owns the rolling stock for some but not all of its PSO rail operations 1 Transport companies Edit These above mentioned cities and districts and other associated transport companies thus operate under the VRR fare scheme 5 Bahnen der Stadt Monheim BSM Bochum Gelsenkirchener Strassenbahnen Bogestra Busverkehr Rheinland BVR operating as DB Rheinlandbus Dortmunder Stadtwerke DSW21 Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft DVG Flughafen Dusseldorf Hagener Strassenbahn HST Kraftverkehr Schwalmtal KVS Kreisverkehrsgesellschaft Mettmann KVGM LOOK Busreisen Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe NIAG NEW mobil und aktiv Monchengladbach NEW Mobus NEW mobil und aktiv Viersen NEW Viersen Rheinbahn Ruhrbahn StadtBus Dormagen Stadtwerke Goch Stadtwerke Kevelaer Stadtwerke Krefeld SWK Stadtwerke Neuss SWN Stadtwerke Oberhausen STOAG Stadtwerke Remscheid SR Stadtwerke Solingen SWS Strassenbahn Herne Castrop Rauxel HCR Verkehrsgesellschaft der Stadt Velbert VGV Verkehrsgesellschaft Ennepe Ruhr VER Verkehrsgesellschaft Hilden Vestische Strassenbahnen Wuppertaler Stadtwerke WSW The following rail companies operate S Bahn or regional train services in the VRR area and accept VRR tickets Abellio Rail NRW DB Regio Keolis Deutschland operating as eurobahn National Express Rail NordWestBahn Regiobahn Train Rental VIAS RailLine numbering scheme Edit With the introduction of the VRR in 1980 a new line numbering system for all bus tram and Stadtbahn lines in the VRR area was introduced The VRR was divided into ten regions which were assigned a prefix digit e g 4 for Dortmund the first digit in the three digit line number representing that prefix The last two digits are the individual line number These are the existing prefixes 1 Essen and Mulheim 2 Kreis Recklinghausen Bottrop and northern Gelsenkirchen 3 Bochum southern Gelsenkirchen parts of the Ennepe Ruhr Kreis and Herne 4 Dortmund 5 Hagen and main part of the Ennepe Ruhr Kreis 6 Wuppertal Solingen and Remscheid 7 Dusseldorf and Kreis Mettmann 8 Dusseldorf and Rhein Kreis Neuss 9 Duisburg and Oberhausen 0 Monchengladbach Krefeld and Kreis Viersen no prefix Kreis Kleve and Kreis WeselStadtbahn lines are identified with the prefix U followed by the prefix and a one digit identifiers The prefixes 2 5 9 and 0 are not used for Stadtbahn lines The Wuppertal Schwebebahn is officially line 60 but because it does not run underground the U prefix is not used After the integration of the former Verkehrsgemeinschaft Niederrhein VGN area north of Duisburg route numbers were unchanged i e representing no prefix Express buses are called Schnellbus and have the prefix SB followed by a two digit number None of these numbers is a key number Semi fast buses are called City Express and have the prefix CE followed by a two digit number As with the Schnellbusse none of these numbers is a key number Taxi buses are AST AnrufSammelTaxi or ALT AnrufLinienTaxi or Taxibus In some cities the local buses have an own numbering system e g the buses in Velbert are called Ortsbus their line number consists of an OV followed by a one or two digit number In some cities the night buses are called NachtExpress NE Map of the complete Rhine Ruhr Stadtbahn system network As of 2019 update the VRR network consists of 1098 lines 5 of which there are in regional rail 12 S Bahn lines see Rhine Ruhr S Bahn 20 Regional Express lines see List of regional railway lines in North Rhine Westphalia 19 Regionalbahn lines see List of regional railway lines in North Rhine Westphalia in urban rail 15 Stadtbahn light rail lines see Rhine Ruhr Stadtbahn 45 tram lines 1 Schwebebahn line in Wuppertal 2 H Bahn peoplemover systems made up of three lines two H Bahn lines in Dortmund and the Dusseldorf SkyTrain at Dusseldorf airport in buses 1030 bus lines 6 trolleybus lines in Solingen 290 988 train and bus km per year 15 300 km of route network 7 bus light rail and train 11 500 stopsHistory Edit Ridership since 1996 In 2004 roughly 1 billion trips were made by way of the VRR network See also EditRhine Ruhr Stadtbahn Bochum Stadtbahn BOGESTRA Dortmund Stadtbahn Dusseldorf Stadtbahn see also Rheinbahn Essen Public Transport incl Essen Stadtbahn References Edit a b c Der Verbund Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr in German Retrieved 2021 06 26 Verbundaufgaben Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr in German Retrieved 2021 06 26 SPNV Aufgabentragerschaft Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr in German Retrieved 2021 06 26 OPNV Investitionen Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr in German Retrieved 2021 06 26 a b c Verbundbericht 2019 2020 PDF in German Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr p 67 Retrieved 2021 06 26 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Politische Gremien Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr in German Retrieved 2021 06 26 Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr Homepage Welcome to the VRR Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr VRR Retrieved 2013 10 23 External links Edit Media related to Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr at Wikimedia Commons Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr VRR official site in English Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr VRR official site in German Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Verkehrsverbund Rhein Ruhr amp oldid 1096445620, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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