Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
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North Rhine-Westphalia with the VRR's field highlighted in red | |
| Abbreviation | VRR |
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| Named after | rivers Rhine and Ruhr |
| Formation | VRR GmbH: January 1, 1980
ZV VRR: January 1, 1996 VRR AöR: September 28, 2004 |
| Dissolved | VRR GmbH: September 2006 |
| Type | Statutory corporation |
| Legal status | “Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts” |
| Headquarters | Augustastr. 1 45879 Gelsenkirchen Germany |
Region | Ruhr, Lower Rhine region, parts of the Rhine-Ruhr |
| Oliver Wittke | |
| Subsidiaries | • Zweckverband Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (ZV VRR) • Nahverkehrs-Zweckverband Niederrhein (ZV NVN) • ZV VRR Eigenbetrieb Fahrzeuge und Infrastruktur (ZV VRR FaIn-EB) |
| Website | www.vrr.de |
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (German: [fɐˈkeːɐ̯sfɐˌbʊnt ˌʁaɪ̯n ˈʁuːɐ̯]), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers large parts of the Ruhr area, the Lower Rhine region including Düsseldorf and the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation. It was founded on 1 January 1980, and is Europe’s largest public Transport association, covering an area of some 7,305 km2 (2,820 sq mi) with more than 8.1 million inhabitants, spanning as far as Dorsten in the north, Dortmund in the east, Langenfeld in the south, and the Dutch border in the west and northwest.