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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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Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Ostwestfalen-Lippe (VVOWL)
VVOWL plans, co-ordinates and finances rail public transport in the Bielefeld area and the eastern part of Nordrhein-Westfalen. AddressNiederwall 4933602 BielefeldGermanyPhone+49 521 329 4330Fax+49 521 329 43316Emailpoststelle@vvowl.de-mail.deWebsitewww.vvowl.de
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Zweckverband Nahverkehrsverbund Paderborn/Höxter (NPH)
NPH plans, co-ordinates and finances public transport in the Paderborn area. AddressPO Box 194033049 PaderbornGermanyPhone+49 5251 12330Fax+49 5251 123399Emailinfo@nph.deWebsitewww.nph.de
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Zweckverband Mobilität Ruhr-Lippe (ZRL)
ZRL plans, co-ordinates and finances rail public transport in the Ruhr-Lippe area. AddressBahnhofstraße 4859423 UnnaGermanyPhone+49 2303 95263 0Fax+49 2303 95263 29Emailinfo@zrl.deWebsitewww.zrl.de
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Zweckverband Mobilität Münsterland (ZVM)
ZVM plans, co-ordinates and finances rail public transport in the Münster area. AddressSchorlemerstraße 2648143 MünsterGermanyPhone+49 251 4134 0Fax+49 251 4134 99Emailinfo@zvm.infoWebsitewww.bus-und-bahn-im-muensterland.de
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Ruhrbahn GmbH
First line opened 1893. Network of three light rail/Stadtbahn and 11 tram routes serving Essen and Mülheim/Ruhr. See Essen and Mülheim on the Rhein-Ruhr network map. Ruhrbahn AG was formed in 2017 as a result of the merger of the transport operators in Essen (EVAG) and Mülheim/Ruhr (MVG). Sections of ...
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SWK Mobil GmbH
First tram line opened 1900. Tramway network of 4 routes being modernised to light rail standards, largely on reserved track. See Krefeld on the Rhein-Ruhr network map Line U76 runs through to Düsseldorf (1435 mm gauge) and is operated by Rheinbahn; it is separate from the SWK network. AddressSWK Stadtwerke ...
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Wuppertaler Stadtwerke mobil GmbH (WSW)
Suspended monorail − Wuppertaler Schwebebahn − operated on the Langen system, opened 1901; single route with 20 stations. See Wuppertal on the Rhein-Ruhr network map. The fleet of vehicles was replaced in 2015-17 by Vossloh Kiepe, with power supply increased from 600 V to 750 V DC in 2016. Alstom ...
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moBiel GmbH
Light rail/tram network of 4 routes, serving 62 stops. See Bielefeld network map. The city’s street tramway was upgraded from 1978-91 with city-centre tunnels and seven underground stations, and many surface sections on segregated track. Line 4 to Lohmannshof was opened in 2002, and Line 2 was extended from Milse ...
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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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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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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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Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft AG (DVG)
First line opened 1897. Network comprises 3 routes, serving 79 stops. See Duisburg on the Rhein-Ruhr network map. The original metre-gauge conventional tramway was regauged in the 1960s, with city-centre sections upgraded to metro (Stadtbahn) standards. Route 903 shares its alignment between Meiderich, Duisburg and Kesselsberg with Line U79, which ...
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Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG (Bogestra)
First tram lines opened in 1890s. The network now comprises 2 Stadtbahn light metro and nine tram routes. See Bochum-Gelsenkirchen network on the Rhein-Ruhr region map. The original network of street-running tram routes has seen some upgrading to segregated light rail, and a single route (U35) runs as ‘Stadtbahn’ light ...
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Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB)
First line opened 1877. Runs tramway/pre-metro and interurban rail service between Köln and Bonn (12 routes, 238 stops). See Köln network map. Tramways being upgraded to light rail standards (Stadtbahn), with 47 km and 41 stations now in tunnel. Line 3 was extended to Görlinger-Zentrum in the northwest of the ...