Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
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area in North Rhine-Westphalia the VRR is commissioned for public transport | |
| Abbreviation | VRR |
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| Named after | rivers Rhine and Ruhr |
| Formation | VRR AöR: September 2004 |
| Dissolved |
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| Type | Statutory corporation |
| Legal status | “Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts” |
| Headquarters | Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
Region | Ruhr, Lower Rhine region, parts of the Rhine-Ruhr |
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| Subsidiaries | ZV VRR Eigenbetrieb Fahrzeuge und Infrastruktur |
| Website | www.vrr.de |
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) (German: [fɐˈkeːɐ̯sfɐˌbʊnt ˌʁaɪ̯n ˈʁuːɐ̯]), 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 around 7.8 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.