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Country profileRhein-Ruhr - region map
Rhein-Ruhr region, Germany: urban area rail network map
covers: Bochum-Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Krefeld, Mülheim/Ruhr, Oberhausen and Wuppertal -
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Rheinbahn AG
First tramway opened 1896. Network now comprises 11 ‘Stadtbahn’ light rail routes via one of the two cross-city tunnels, and 7 conventional street tram lines with some segregated track. See both Düsseldorf city network map and Rhein-Ruhr regional network map. The first tunnel section opened in 1981, with the main ...
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Stadtwerke Oberhausen AG (STOAG)
First tram line opened 1897, but all closed 1963-74. New single modern line opened 1996 with 13 stops. See Oberhausen on the Rhein-Ruhr network map The initial section of Oberhausen’s modern tramway, extending Mülheim’s Route 112 at Landwehr via Oberhausen Hauptbahnfof to Sterkrade opened on June 1 1996. It is ...
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Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG (SSB)
Established in 1868, first electric tram in 1895. Network comprises 15 routes (25 km in tunnel) serving 207 stations, plus a funicular and a rack line. See Stuttgart network map. The city’s conventional tram network has been progressively upgraded and converted from metre to standard gauge. It is now a ...
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Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG
First line opened 1872, upgraded to Statbahn from 1975; network now comprises 12 routes with 196 stops. See Hannover network map. The first of three cross-city tunnels was opened in 1975 (A: northeast–southwest), since when two further routes (B: north–south, and C: northwest–east) have been added. There is now 18·6 ...
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Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn AG (NEB)
NEB has operated local passenger services since December 2005, starting with route RB27 on the Heidekrautbahn north from Berlin to Schmachtenhagen and Groß Schönebeck. It now operates 11 RB routes, including route RB26 across the Polish border to Kostrzyn. On September 4 2023 NEB began operating a shuttle service east ...
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Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main mbH (VGF)
First line opened 1884. First U-Bahn tunnels opened October 4 1968. Complex system of conventional tram network, much upgraded to run as light metro. See Frankfurt am Main network map. An extensive programme of upgrading of the city’s tram network from the late-1960s has created sections of pre-metro standard infrastructure. ...
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Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr AöR (VRR AöR)
VRR AöR plans, co-ordinates and finances public transport in the Rhein-Ruhr area. In October 2015 VRR announced 15-year contracts to operate a network of five regional express routes (RRX) from 2018 had been awarded to Abellio Rail NRW (RE1/11) and National Express (RE4/5/6); and in July 2016 it announced that ...
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Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH (NVBW)
Baden-Württemberg Local Transport
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Thüringer Landesamt für Bau und Verkehr (TLBV)
Thuringian State Office for Construction & Transport
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S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
Berlin’s S-Bahn network comprises 16 routes with 168 stations, 133 in Berlin and 33 stations in surrounding Brandenburg. See Berlin region and Berlin city network maps. This subsidiary of DB Mobility Logistics AG took over operation of in 1995. At the end of 2015 it won a contract to operate ...
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Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH (VBB)
VBB co-ordinates provision of public transport services in Berlin and the surrounding federal state of Brandenburg. AddressHardenbergplatz 210623 BerlinGermanyPhone+49 30 254 14100Fax+49 30 254 14112Emailkoettel@vbbonline.deWebsitewww.vbb.de
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Verkehrsbetriebe Brandenburg an der Havel GmbH (VBBr)
First tram route opened 1897; conventional tramway has three routes serving 41 stops. AddressUpstallstraße 1814772 Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburgGermanyPhone+49 3381 534210Fax+49 3381 534201Emailinfo@vbbr.deWebsitewww.vbbr.de Traffic Passenger journeys8·5 million (all modes)Information year2018 Network data Gauge1000 mmLength17·7 kmElectrification17·7 km - 600 V DCRolling stock20 LRV/tram cars
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Regionalverband Großraum Braunschweig (RGB)
ZGB plans, co-ordinates and finances public transport in the Braunschweig area. AddressFrankfurter Straße 238122 BraunschweigGermanyPhone+49 531 242620Fax+49 531 242 6242Emailinfo@regionalverband-braunschweig.deWebsitewww.regionalverband-braunschweig.de