BVR Busverkehr Rheinland

BVR Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH

Basic information
Company headquarters	Dusseldorf
Web presence	BVR homepage
owner	DB Regio AG
Managing directors	Thomas Hoffmann, Bernd Strehl
Operations management	Holger Craß
Transport network	VRR , VRS , AVV
Lines
bus	72
number of vehicles
Omnibuses	82
statistics
Mileage	12.85 million km per year

The BVR bus Rheinland GmbH , shortly BVR , took on 1 October 1989 as a newly established transport company based in Dusseldorf their operation. Today it is a wholly owned subsidiary of DB Regio . The BVR cooperates on a contractual basis with the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR), the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS) and the Aachener Verkehrsverbund (AVV). Up until December 31, 2011, there was also cooperation with the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Niederrhein (VGN); on January 1, 2012, the area of the VGN was incorporated into the area of the VRR.

BVR has been operating on the market under the brand name DB Rheinlandbus since November 1, 2008 .

At the beginning of 2002 the two subsidiaries Regionalverkehr Euregio Maas-Rhein (RVE) and Regionalverkehr Niederrhein (RVN) were founded. From December 15, 2002, the RVE served the previous BVR lines in the AVV, the RVN took over the BVR lines in the VGN. The subsidiaries initially had their own brand identity, but from November 2008, like the BVR, also appeared under the name DB Rheinlandbus. At the end of August 2017, the two companies were reintegrated into the BVR and dissolved.

Old BVR logo

Bus in current paint scheme

Lines in the VRR

BVR GmbH serves a total of 73 lines in the VRR. In addition to numerous regional lines, there are also express bus routes on routes that are not served by rail traffic, as well as urban transport in the cities of Dormagen, Grevenbroich, Kaarst and Velbert . The BVR is no longer used with its own vehicles on many of the lines listed below; only subcontractors drive here. Furthermore, some lines are operated jointly with other transport companies.

NE1 NachtExpress Dormagen: train station - Delhoven - Straberg - Nievenheim

NE2 NachtExpress Dormagen: Train station - Zons - Stürzelberg - Delrath - Nievenheim

NE3 NachtExpress Dormagen: Rheinfeld - Bahnhof - TOP WEST - Hackenbroich

NE9 NachtExpress Hagen: Hagen city center - Hagen Hbf - Eckesey - Vorhalle - Vossacker (from June 9, 2019)

O5 local bus Erkrath: Millrath Bf - Hochdahler Markt - Trills - Hochdahl Bf - Erkrath Bf

OV1 local bus Velbert : ZOB - Parkstr. - Birther spinning top

OV2 local bus Velbert: Am Nordpark - ZOB - Poststraße - Am Berg - Birth - Losenburg - Klinikum - Nordfriedhof

OV3 local bus Velbert: ZOB - Willy-Brandt-Platz - Kostenberg

OV4 local bus Velbert: Am Nordpark - ZOB - Birkenstr. - Kostenberg

OV6 local bus Velbert: ZOB - Bleibergstr. - Langenberg

OV7 local bus Velbert: Klinikum - ZOB - Gwgb. Röbbeck - Vossnacker Str. - Langenberg

OV8 Velbert local bus: ZOB - Gwgb. Röbbeck - Hopscheid - Kidney Court

SB16 Essen Hauptbahnhof - Bottrop Hauptbahnhof - ZOB Berliner Platz - (Kirchhellen) (together with Vestische )

SB18 Dorsten ZOB - Schermbeck Town Hall

SB19 Essen Hbf - E-Werden - Velbert Mitte - Heiligenhaus Town Hall (together with Rheinbahn )

SB28 Gelsenkirchen Buer - GE-Hassel - Dorsten ZOB

SB29 Gelsenkirchen Hbf - Gelsenkirchen Musiktheater - Bottrop Hbf - ZOB Berliner Platz

SB38 Hattingen Mitte - Witten Herbede - Witten Hbf - Wetter Bf - Gevelsberg Hbf - Ennepetal Busbf (together with VER )

SB66 (connection as SB19 already from Essen Hbf -) Velbert ZOB - Velbert, Willy-Brandt-Platz - Tönisheide Mitte - Wuppertal Hbf

SB82 Tönisvorst-Vorst - Willich-Anrath - Münchheide - Willich - Mb.-Osterath - Meerbusch Haus Meer

SB85 Düsseldorf Hbf - Graf-Adolf-Platz - D-Heerdt - Neuss Neusserfurth

SB86 Kaarst, Kaarster See - Willich Schiefbahn - Gwgb. Münchheide II

SB87 Viersen bus station - Willich-Anrath - Tönisvorst - Kempen - Grefrath - Nettetal-Lobberich (together with Niederrheinwerke )

TL1 call line taxi Kaarst: Neusser Str. - Holzbüttgen - Kaarster Bf - Xantener Str. (Also: 861)

TL2 call line taxi Kaarst: Friedhof - Rathaus - Kaarster Bf - Vorst - Büttgen Bf (also: 860/1)

WE1 WeekendExpress Dormagen: Market Square - Train Station - Hackenbroich - Delhoven - Nievenheim - Gohr - Broich

WE2 Weekend Express Dormagen: Rheinfeld - Bahnhof - Zons - Stürzelberg - Delrath - Nievenheim

071 Meerbusch Haus Meer - Osterath - Willich - Münchheide - Anrath - Viersen Busbf

092 Viersen bus station - Dülken - Nettetal-Lobberich

093 Kempen Bf - Grefrath - Nettetal-Lobberich

094 Kaarst, Kaarster See - Willich Schiefbahn - Neersen - Viersen bus station

095 Nettetal-Lobberich - Hinsbeck - Kaldenkirchen

096 Nettetal-Lobberich - Breyell - Kaldenkirchen

131 Ratingen - Breitscheid Nord - Selbeck - Stadtmitte - Mülheim Hbf - Boverstraße / Gustav-Heinemann-Schule (on behalf of the Ruhrbahn )

188 Gladbeck Oberhof - Bottrop Kirchhellen - Dorsten ZOB

189 Essen Karnap - Bottrop Boy - Gladbeck Oberhof

291 Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz - Knappschaftskrankenhaus - Vonderort Bf - BOT Hbf

552 Gevelsberg Town Hall - Wetter Loh (on behalf of the Ennepe-Ruhr transport company )

562 Ennepetal bus station - Ennepetal Kämpershausweg (on behalf of the VER )

591 Hagen Hbf - HA-Vorhalle - Weather Volmarstein - Weather Wengern - Oberwengern - Weather Bf

592 Wetter-Wengern - Witten Town Hall

593 Sprockhövel Haßlinghausen - Weather Albringhausen - Wengern - Oberwengern - Weather Bf

594 Hagen Hbf - Boele - Kabel - Schwerte Westhofen - Schwerte ZOB

595 Wetter Bf - Stadtsaal - Freiheit - Sunderweg - Memelstraße - Rusche - Wetter Bf

599 school line weather

626 Wuppertal Oberbarmen Bf - Laaken - Beyenburg - Radevormwald Dahlerau / Keilbeck - Herbeck / Uelfebad - Radevormwald Busbf (together with OVAG )

636 Wuppertal Oberbarmen train station - Heckinghausen - Remscheid Lüttringhausen

641 Wülfrath city center - Düssel - Wuppertal Wieden - Vohwinkel Bf - Vohw. Suspension railway - Haan Gruiten Bf (together with WSW mobil )

747 Velbert Putschenholz - city center - Am Berg - Wülfrath Flandersbach - city center - sports hall (together with Rheinbahn )

770 Velbert ZOB - Willy-Brandt-Platz - Am Berg - Heiligenhaus Hetterscheidt - Hlghs. City center - Ilp - Ratingen Hösel Bf (together with Rheinbahn)

771 Velbert ZOB - Am Berg - Heiligenhaus Hetterscheidt - Hlghs. City center - Ratingen Homberg - Ost Bf - Rat.-Mitte (together with Rheinbahn)

827 Düsseldorf Am Steinberg - Südpark - University - Neuss Norf Bf - Im Taubental (together with Rheinbahn , until the 1980s Stadtwerke Neuss with Rheinbahn)

828 Düsseldorf-Oberkassel - Lörick - Heerdt - Meerbusch - Neuss Hbf - Landestheater - NE-Stadthalle (together with Rheinbahn , until the 1980s Stadtwerke Neuss with Rheinbahn)

860 Stadtverkehr Kaarst: (Am Hoverkamp - / Friedhof -) Town Hall - Kaarster Bf - Vorst - Driesch - Büttgen Bf

862 Kaarst, Kaarster See - Town Hall - Neuss Neusserfurth - Düsseldorf Heerdt - Oberkassel

864 Düsseldorf Heerdt, industrial area Zülpicher Straße (only Mondays to Fridays) / Neuss, Stadthalle / Museum (individual trips Mondays to Fridays; Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays all day) - Neuss Landestheater - NE-Grefrath - Korschenbroich Glehn - Mönchengladbach Giesenkirchen, Konstantinplatz (- At the star field)

865 Grevenbroich school line

866 Kaarst school line: Am Hoverkamp - / Badeniastr. - / G.-Büchner-Gymnasium - / Lange Hecke - Büttgen, Berliner Platz; Kaarster See S - Büttgen S

867 Korschenbroich-Steinforth, Rubbelrath - Glehn - Kleinenbroich Bf

869 Neuss Stadthalle - Holzheim - Grevenbroich Kapellen - Wevelinghoven - Grevenbroich Bf

871 Grevenbroich train station - Rommerskirchen Vanikum - Rome post office / train station - Dormagen Delhoven - Dormagen train station - market square

872 Neuss Landestheater - NE-Süd Bf - Grevenbroich Neukirchen - Rommerskirchen Villau - Evinghoven - Oekoven

873 Neuss Landestheater - NE-Süd Bf - Grevenbroich Neukirchen - Dormagen Gohr - Broich (- Marktplatz)

874 Neuss Rheinpark-Center - Landestheater - Stadthalle - Norf Bf - Rosellen - Dormagen Gohr - Broich (- Rommerskirchen Vanikum)

875 Neuss Landestheater - Grimlinghausen - Dormagen Stürzelberg - Zons - Dormagen Bf

877 Neuss Landestheater - NE-Süd Bf - Holzheim - Grevenbroich Kapellen - Wevelinghoven (- Grevenbroich Bf)

878 Neuss Stüttgen - Elvekum - Norf - Hoisten - Grevenbroich Neukirchen - Wevelinghoven (- Grevenbroich Bf) (minibus)

879 Grevenbroich / Rommerskirchen school line

880 school line Dormagen / Cologne-Worringen

881 City bus Dormagen: train station - market square - Hackenbroich

882 City bus Dormagen: train station - district hospital - Hackenbroich

883 City bus Dormagen: Market square - train station - Delhoven - Straberg - Nievenheim - Gohr - Broich

884 City bus Dormagen: Marktplatz - Train station - Nievenheim Bf

885 City bus Dormagen: Marktplatz - Cologne Worringen train station - Hackenbroich - district hospital - Delhoven - Straberg - Nievenheim train station

885E student line Dormagen / Cologne-Worringen

886/887 City bus Dormagen: Rheinfeld - train station - Zons - Stürzelberg - St. Peter - Nievenheim train station

891 City bus Grevenbroich: Kapellen train station - Noithausen - train station - Frimmersdorf - Neurath, temporarily further to Rommerskirchen-Evinghoven via Rommerskirchen-Vanikum, Rome post office / train station

892 Grevenbroich city bus: Gindorf - Gustorf - train station - Allrath - Rommerskirchen Oekoven - Evinghoven

893 Grevenbroich city bus: Kapellen / Wevelinghoven Bf - Grevenbroich train station

935 Oberhausen Sterkrade Bf - Duisburg Marxloh - Hamborn - OB-Lirich - Oberhausen Hbf - Anne-Frank-Realschule (together with StOAG and Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft )

995 Duisburg-Marxloh - Oberhausen Lirich - Oberhausen Hbf - Anne-Frank-Realschule (together with StOAG )

1901 Duisburg central station east entrance - DU-Neudorf DB Schenker headquarters ( employee commuter traffic)

Former BVR lines in the VRR

All lines that were once served by the BVR within the VRR are listed.

SB21 Wesel - Hünxe-Drevenack - Schermbeck - Dorsten ZOB - Dorsten-Hervest (introduced May 28, 2000, since December 15, 2002 operated by Regionalverkehr Niederrhein )

SB27 Oer-Erkenschwick - Datteln - Waltrop - DO-Mengede - DO-Westerfilde (discontinued on May 30, 1999, section Oer-Erkenschwick - DO-Mengede is served by the Vestische line SB24, line SB27 runs today between Marl and Wanne- Eickel, also operated by Vestischen )

SB47 Dortmund Hbf - DO-Flughafen - Holzwickede, Catholic Church (since May 30, 1999 only to Dortmund Airport, since May 28, 2000 completely discontinued; replacement by an airport shuttle operated by the transport company Breitenbach , no VRR tariff)

SB68 Wuppertal Hbf - Mettmann Jubilee Square (introduced in June 1994, operated by Rheinbahn since December 15, 2002 )

076 Krefeld Hbf - Krefeld-Hüls - Neukirchen-Vluyn - Kamp-Lintfort (operator: Regionalverkehr Niederrhein)

077 Krefeld Hbf - Krefeld-Hüls - Rheurdt Oermterberg (operator: Regionalverkehr Niederrhein)

078 (Krefeld Hbf -) Kempen train station - Aldekerk - Nieukerk - Geldern train station (operator: Regionalverkehr Niederrhein)

079 Krefeld Hbf - Krefeld-Hüls - Stenden - Aldekerk (operator: Regionalverkehr Niederrhein)

132 Mülheim Mintard - Saarn - city center - Mülheim Hbf - Heißen - Kattowitzer Str. (Partially replaced by MVG / RBG lines 133, 134, 753, T11)

134 Mintard - Saalestrasse (went to the Ruhrbahn subcontractor Vehar after tendering)

176 Essen Hbf - Essen-Karnap (discontinued in 2002 with the opening of the tram to Karnap. From 2011 to July 17, 2017, this line number described a taxi bus route operated by Essener Verkehrs-AG , from Kupferdreh to Velbert-Leberhof)

182 Ratingen-Breitscheid - Essen-Kettwig (S) (discontinued on September 29, 2001, replacement by line 762, which has now also been discontinued)

189 Essen Hbf - Essen-Vogelheim - Gladbeck

199 Essen Hbf - Bredeney - Heidhausen - Hespertal - Velbert - Heiligenhaus (partially replaced by SB19)

293 Recklinghausen Hbf - RE-Suderwich - Waltrop - Lünen, Bäckerstraße

294 (Recklinghausen Hbf -) Dorsten ZOB - Raesfeld - Borken (- Rhede - Bocholt) (parallel line to WB line 721, discontinued at the end of the 1990s, meanwhile replaced by WB line R21 in the Borken - Dorsten area)

297 Marl HÜLS AG - Lippramsdorf - Haltern (completely discontinued towards the end of the 1990s)

299 Dorsten ZOB - Schermbeck - Hünxe-Drevenack - Wesel Bf / ZOB (replaced on May 28, 2000 by the RVN line SB21)

490 Dorsten ZOB - Lippramsdorf - Haltern (discontinued in the mid-1990s)

492 Dortmund Hbf - Castrop-Rauxel-Henrichenburg (?) - Recklinghausen Hbf (discontinued in the early 1990s)

494 Dortmund Hbf - Castrop-Rauxel, Münsterplatz - Herne Bf (formerly Sunday service to today's train line RB43, discontinued on May 24, 1998)

495 Dortmund Hbf - Holzwickede - Menden (discontinued in the early 1990s)

590 Wetter Bf - Witten Hbf (discontinued at the end of the 1990s)

744 Erkrath - Erkrath-Hochdahl - Erkrath-Millrath (- Haan-Gruiten) (renamed to line O5, modification of the section)

762 Velbert-Kostenberg - Velbert Mitte - Velbert-Langenhorst (on September 30, 2001 essentially merged into today's line OV5)

762 Velbert Mitte - Werdener Straße - Niederberg Clinic - Heiligenhaus-Nassenkamp - Isenbügel - Essen-Kettwig Reservoir (S) - Ratingen-Breitscheid (between September 30, 2001 and January 7, 2006; service between Nassenkamp and Breitscheid until January 2007)

763 Velbert, Klinikum Niederberg - Velbert Mitte - Velbert, Am Nordpark (on September 30, 2001, essentially merged into today's line OV2)

764 Velbert-Langenhorst - Mitte - Birth - Klinikum Niederberg - Heiligenhaus-Isenbügel - Heiligenhaus Mitte - Heiligenhaus-Abtsküche - Velbert, Klinikum Niederberg - Birth - Mitte - Langenhorst (on September 30, 2001 between Langenhorst and Klinikum, essentially merged in today's line OV3 , Omission of the remaining section on March 30, 2003)

765 Velbert-Langenhorst - Mitte - Birth - Klinikum Niederberg - Heiligenhaus-Abtsküche - Heiligenhaus Mitte - Heiligenhaus-Isenbügel - Velbert, Klinikum Niederberg - Birth - Mitte - Langenhorst (on September 30, 2001 between Langenhorst and Klinikum essentially merged into today's line OV3 , Omission of the remaining section on March 30, 2003)

766 Velbert-Langenberg - Velbert-Leberhof - Velbert Mitte - Klinikum Niederberg (on September 30, 2001, essentially merged into today's line OV8)

767 Velbert-Kostenberg - Velbert Mitte - Velbert, Am Nordpark (on September 30, 2001 essentially merged into today's line OV4)

768 Velbert, Christuskirche - Velbert Mitte - Velbert-Birth (on September 30, 2001, essentially merged into today's line OV1)

769 Velbert-Langenberg - Velbert Mitte - Velbert, Klinikum Niederberg (on September 30, 2001, essentially merged into today's line OV7)

826 Düsseldorf-Oberkassel - D-Heerdt - Neuss-Weißenberg - Kaarst-Holzbüttgen - Kaarst Bf. - Kaarst, Elchstraße (together with Rheinbahn, temporary traffic, which was served parallel to line 862, stopped in May 2000)

863 Kaarst Maubisstr. - Kaarst Bf. - / Holzbüttgen, F.-Krupp-Str. - Vorst - Driesch - Büttgen, Berliner Pl. (- Bauerbahn - Neuss Hbf - Neuss Busbahnhof) (replaced in May 2000 by today's line 860 and in Holzbüttgen by 861)

870 Neuss bus station - NE-Grefrath - Grevenbroich-Hemmerden - Jüchen-Bedburdyck - Jüchen Markt (today KVG in cooperation with MöBus)

876 Dormagen Bf - Dormagen-Straberg (discontinued towards the beginning / middle of the 2000s)

998 Duisburg Hbf - Wuppertal-Mirke - Wuppertal Hbf (initially shortened to Mettmann, discontinued towards the end of the 1990s)

999 Duisburg-Marxloh, Hermannstraße - Oberhausen-Lirich - Oberhausen Hbf (replaced by today's line 995)

OV1 local bus Velbert : Willy-Brandt-Platz - Stadtmitte - Parkstr. - Birther spinning top

OV2 local bus Velbert: Am Nordpark - Stadtmitte - Birkenstr. - Am Berg - Birth - Losenburg - Klinikum - Nordfriedhof

OV3 local bus Velbert: Langenhorst - Stadtmitte - Poststr. - Am Berg - Birth - Klinikum - Nordfriedhof

OV4 local bus Velbert: Am Nordpark - Stadtmitte - Birkenstr. - Kostenberg

OV5 local bus Velbert: Langenhorst - city center - Willy-Brandt-Platz - Kostenberg

OV6 local bus Velbert: Klinikum - Plätze - Stadtmitte - Bleibergstr. - Langenberg

OV7 local bus Velbert: city center - Gwgb. Röbbeck - Vossnacker Str. - Langenberg

OV8 local bus Velbert: city center - Gwgb. Röbbeck - Hopscheid - Kidney Court - Langenberg

Former routes in the VRR

All current lines that used to have a different course are listed.

SB16 Essen Hbf - Hafenstrasse - Bottrop ZOB Berliner Platz
SB28 Gelsenkirchen Hbf - Gelsenkirchen-Buer - Dorsten ZOB (from June 10, 2001 deleted GE Hbf - Buer)
SB28 Gelsenkirchen-Buer - Dorsten ZOB - Schermbeck Rathaus (from 11 June 2017 the line section Dorsten ZOB - Schermbeck Rathaus will be renamed SB18 )
SB85 Kempen - Nettetal-Lobberich (together with Niederrheinwerke, formerly VVG )
SB86 Düsseldorf Hbf - D-Handweiser - Neuss - Kaarst - Kaarst, Elchstr./ - Willich - Viersen (in May 2000 split into 86 A Düsseldorf Hbf - Neuss-Neusserfurth and 86 B Kaarster See S - Viersen bus station, discontinuation in January 2003 of the SB86 B, compensation by 862, later renaming of the SB86 A to SB85 and reintroduction of the SB86 Kaarster See S - Willich-Münchheide II, Otto-Brenner-Str.)
SB87 Kempen - Willich-Anrath - Viersen (together with Niederrheinwerke, formerly VVG)
071 Düsseldorf Hbf - Düsseldorf-Oberkassel - Meerbusch-Büderich - Bovert - Willich Bf. - Münchheide - Willich-Anrath - Viersen-Schultheißenhof Obf. (In the 1980s Postbus together with KREVAG , 1981 discontinuation of the section Bovert - Düsseldorf Hbf, final stop became Meerbusch, Haus Meer)
093 Kempen Bf - Grefrath - Nettetal-Lobberich - Breyell - Kaldenkirchen (from July 15, 2018 the line section Lobberich - Kaldenkirchen was renamed 096 )
094 Grevenbroich Bf - Grevenbroich-Kapellen - Korschenbroich-Glehn - Korschenbroich-Kleinenbroich (S) (discontinued in the early / mid-2000s, 094 is the new name for the Viersen bus station - Kaarster See S)
095 Mönchengladbach-Rheydt - MG-Giesenkirchen - Jüchen-Gierath - Grevenbroich Bf - VAW light metal
096 Korschenbroich-Steinforth, Rubbelrath - Glehn - Kleinenbroich Bf (renamed to 867 from July 15, 2018 )
132 Mülheim, Kattowitzer Straße - Heißen Church - Mülheim Hbf - Heiligenhaus Mitte - Velbert Mitte
188 Essen Hbf - Essen-Vogelheim - Bottrop-Welheim - Bottrop-Boy - Gladbeck - Gladbeck-Zweckel - Bottrop-Kirchhellen - Dorsten ZOB (at the beginning of the 2000s the Essen Hbf - Karnap section was discontinued, the new terminus at Boyer Strasse in Essen-Karnap)
591 Hagen Hbf - HA-Vorhalle - Wetter-Volmarstein - Oberwengern - Wetter Bf - WIT-Bommern - Witten Hbf - Witten-Herbede - Hattingen Mitte [- Gelsenkirchen - Dorsten - Borken - Oeding Zoll] (The section Witten - Hattingen is through the today's line SB38 replaced.)
593 Gevelsberg Hbf - Wetter-Wengern - Wetter Bf
594 Hagen Hbf - Boele - Kabel - Schwerte Westhofen - Dortmund-Syburg / - Schwerte ZOB (the Westhofen - Syburg section was closed at the end of the 1990s)
641 Velbert Christ Church - Wülfrath - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel - Haan-Gruiten (together with WSW )
860 Stadtverkehr Kaarst: (Kaarst, Am Hoverkamp -) Kaarst, Rathaus - Kaarster Bahnhof S - Vorst - Driesch - Büttgen S - Büttgen, Berliner Platz (- Bauerbahn - Klever Str. - Neuss Hbf - Neuss Busbahnhof) (discontinued in the mid-2000s of the less frequented section from Büttgen on to Neuss and moving the final stop in Büttgen from Berliner Platz to the S-Bahn station; takeover of another HVZ section from Kaarst Rathaus on to Kaarst, cemetery and significant reduction in journeys to Hoverkamp)
861 Stadtverkehr Kaarst: Kaarst, Karlsforster Str. - (outside the peak hours: Am Hoverkamp -) Maubisstr. - Kaarst-Mitte / Holzbüttgen S - Kaarster Bahnhof S - Bruchweg / IKEA Kaarst S - Holzbüttgen, Siemensstr. (together with SWN ; mid-2000s: section Maubisstrasse - Karlsforster Str. (today: Roseggerstrasse) taken over by SWN line 851, Kaarst-Mitte / Holzb. S and Kaarster Bf S served by Rheinbahn line SB51, Holzbüttgen served by TaxiBus 861 (TL1))
862 Düsseldorf Hbf - Düsseldorf-Oberkassel - D-Heerdt - Neuss-Weißenberg - Kaarst - Kaarst-Vorst - Willich-Schiefbahn - Viersen - Viersen-Dülken - Nettetal-Lobberich - Kaldenkirchen (summer 1988 discontinuation of the Düsseldorf Hbf - Oberkassel section, from summer 1992 elimination of the Kaldenkirchen - Viersen section, 2000 elimination of the section via Kaarst-Vorst, instead serving the Kaarster See S-Bahn station, 2004 taking over the Viersen - Kaarster See section with the new line 094)
864 Düsseldorf Hbf - Düsseldorf-Oberkassel - D-Heerdt - Neuss-Am Kaiser - Neuss bus station - Neuss-Grefrath - Korschenbroich-Glehn - MG-Giesenkirchen - Mönchengladbach-Rheydt (summer 1988 removal of the section Düsseldorf Hbf - Oberkassel, removal in May 2000 of the section D-Oberkassel, Belsenplatz - D-Heerdt, Zülpicher Str., in January 2003 discontinuation of the section Rheydt - Giesenkirchen)
865 Neuss bus station - NE-Floßhafen (closed towards the end of the 1980s)
869 Düsseldorf Hbf - Graf-Adolf-Platz / Breite Str. - Düsseldorf Südfriedhof - Hansastr. - Neuss Obf. - Neuss, F.-Ebert-Platz - Kapellen Bf. - Wevelinghoven - GV Rathaus - Grevenbroich-Elsen, Goethestr. (until 1984 as a Postbus to Düsseldorf, then taken over by DB, elimination of the section Neuss Obf. - Düsseldorf Hbf, via NE Stadthalle to the connection to Düsseldorf and extended in GV-Elsen to Auf dem Griessen, 1985 alternative route between Friedrich-Ebert- Square and chapels: some trips are made via Neuss Pomona and Reuschenberg)
871 Dormagen-Delrath - Straberg - Hackenbroich - Cologne-Worringen
872 Neuss bus station - NE-Holzheim - Grevenbroich-Münchrath - Rommerskirchen-Rarath - Deelen - Grevenbroich Bf - Grevenbroich-Noithausen, Am Rittergut
873 Neuss bus station - Grevenbroich-Neukirchen - Dormagen-Nievenheim - Dormagen train station - Dormagen-Rheinfeld
874 Neuss bus station - Norf - Rosellen - Dormagen-Gohr - Rommerskirchen train station - Rommerskirchen Vanikum
875 Neuss bus station - Grimlinghausen - Dormagen-Zons - Dormagen Bf - Hackenbroich
877 Grevenbroich train station - Frimmersdorf - Grevenbroich-Neurath
879 Grevenbroich-Noithausen, Am Rittergut - Grevenbroich Bf - Rommerskirchen-Anstel - Rommerskirchen-Vanikum
880 Dormagen, market square - Hackenbroich
881 Dormagen Bayerwerk bus station - Dormagen station - (Hackenbroich) - Rommerskirchen-Vanikum
882 Dormagen-Broich - Nievenheim - Zons - Dormagen Bf - Cologne-Worringen
883 Dormagen-Delrath - Dormagen -?
884 Dormagen-Hackenbroich - Stommeln - Pulheim-Sinnersdorf - Cologne-Esch

Former routes in the VGN

All listed lines have been served by the RVN since December 15, 2002 .

42 Xanten - Niedermörmter - Kalkar (together with NIAG )
44 Xanten - Kalkar - kleve
61 Empel - Isselburg-Anholt - Bocholt
62 Wesel - Voerde - Dinslaken
63 Wesel - Empel - Emmerich (introduced on June 2, 1996)
64 Wesel - Hamminkeln - Bocholt
65 Xanten - Rheinberg - Moers
66 Wesel - Xanten
67 Geldern - Issum - Alps - Wesel
68 Wesel - Rheinberg - Moers
70 Kleve - Goch - Weeze - Kevelaer - Geldern
71 Dinslaken - Schermbeck
72 Wesel - Hamminkeln - Havelich
73 Wesel - Drevenack - Hünxe
74 Goch - Uedem
75 Voerde - Friedrichsfeld - Bruckhausen
80 Wesel - Friedrichsfeld - Hünxe
98 Voerde - Friedrichsfeld - Hünxe - Drevenack

Lines in the AVV

BVR GmbH serves a total of 16 lines in the AVV. Following the takeover of bus services in the Düren district by Rurtalbus and in the Heinsberg district by WestVerkehr on January 1, 2020, the BVR service area in the AVV is concentrated on the Rureifel. Although the concessions of RVE Regionalverkehr Euregio were taken over by ASEAG in preparation for the direct allocation of transport services in the city and urban region of Aachen to the Aachener Straßenbahn und Energieversorgungs-AG (ASEAG), the BVR will also take over after operations on 10. December 2017 continued to act as a provider on the lines in the Rureifel, which she now operates as a subcontractor of ASEAG.

SB63 express bus: Aachen - Roetgen - Lammersdorf - Simmerath
SB66 express bus: Aachen bus station - Brand - Walheim - Friesenrath - Roetgen - Konzen - Monschau
SB88 Simmerath - Strauch - Schmidt - Nideggen
61 Stolberg - Breinig - Venwegen - Rott - Roetgen
63 Simmerath - Kesternich - Einruhr - Vogelsang (- Schleiden)
64 Roetgen local bus: (Pilgerbornstr. -) Kalfstraße - Markt - Post (- Schwerzfelder Str.)
66 Aachen bus station - Brand - Walheim - Friesenrath - Roetgen - Konzen - Imgenbroich - Monschau
67 Walheim - Venwegen - Mulartshütte - Rott - Roetgen
68 (Lammersdorf -) Simmerath - Steckenborn - Rurberg (- Einruhr)
81 (Vossenack -) Schmidt - Steckenborn - Strauch - Simmerath
82 Simmerath (- Konzen) - Imgenbroich - Monschau
83 Simmerath - Dedenborn - Einruhr - Erkensruhr
84 Monschau - Höfen - Rohren - Widdau - Imgenbroich
85 Imgenbroich / Monschau - Mützenich - Kalterherberg
88 Simmerath - Strauch - Steckenborn - Schmidt
385 Eupen - Mützenich - Monschau - Kalterherberg

Former routes in the AVV

All the lines listed have been served by the BVR subsidiary RVE since December 15, 2002 . All three-digit lines result from the former two-digit lines, as there were some double line numbers in the AVV. This three position was introduced on May 28, 2000. The Heinsberg district has the 400 number, the Düren the 200 number and Aachen partially kept the two-digit number, otherwise received the 100 number. Some express buses were given the designation SB (Cities Fast Bus) (example: line 111 became SB11) (today line 220)

Line numbers before May 28, 2000

Line 23 from Düren on the way to Jülich (1991)

6 Erkelenz - Hückelhoven - Linnich (together with Kreiswerke Heinsberg )
7 Wassenberg-Myhl - Hückelhoven - Geilenkirchen (together with Kreiswerke Heinsberg)
13 Wegberg - Dalheim - Wassenberg - Heinsberg - Geilenkirchen (together with Kreiswerke Heinsberg)
20 Düren - Kreuzau - Nideggen - Heimbach - Heimbach-Hasenfeld, Post
23 Huchem stammering - Jülich
30 Düren - Kelz - Vettweiß
31 Düren - Heimbach - Gemünd - Schleiden
33 Zülpich - Wollersheim - Nideggen
36 Düren - Huchem-Stammeln - Niederzier - Merzenich
37 Düren - Echtz - Langerwehe
38 Düren - Niederzier - Jülich
41 Geilenkirchen - Baesweiler (often referred to as line H41)
60 (Inden -) Lamersdorf - Langerwehe - Stolberg-Schevenhütte
70 Grevenbroich Town Hall - Garzweiler - Jülich
72 Heinsberg - Straeten - Schierwaldenrath - Hastenrath
73 Heinsberg - Selsten - Waldfeucht
74 Heinsberg - Selsten - Waldfeucht - (Saeffelen) - Gangelt - Geilenkirchen
75 Oberbruch - Heinsberg - Haaren - Waldfeucht
79 Baesweiler - Linnich - Jülich
84 Jülich - Titz-Ameln - Mönchengladbach-Otzenrath
91 Übach - Scherpenseel - Geilenkirchen
93 Geilenkirchen - Lindern - Dremmen - Heinsberg
94 Jülich - Kirchberg - Altdorf - Inden - Weisweiler - Eschweiler
95 Jülich - Linnich - Baal - Wassenberg
96 Düren - Langerwehe - Weisweiler - Eschweiler
97 Übach - Scherpenseel - Landgraaf-Ubach over Worms (NL)
98 Düren - Vettweiß - Zülpich - Euskirchen
111 Express bus Aachen Bushof - Aldenhoven - Jülich
163 Express bus Aachen Bushof - Roetgen - Lammersdorf - Simmerath

Line numbers after May 28, 2000

SB11 express bus Aachen Bushof - Aldenhoven - Jülich (today route 220)
SB63 express bus Aachen Bushof - Roetgen - Lammersdorf - Simmerath
SB98 express bus Düren - Zülpich - Euskirchen (service parallel to line 298)
WÜ1 city bus Würselen Euchen - Weiden - Würselen - Kohlscheid (new introduction since May 2000)
223 Huchem stammering - Jülich
230 Düren - Kelz - Vettweiß - Pingsheim
231 Düren - (Heimbach) - Gemünd - Schleiden
233 Zuelpich - Wollersheim - Nideggen
236 Düren - Huchem-Stammeln - Niederzier - Merzenich
237 Düren - Echtz - Langerwehe
238 Düren - Niederzier - Jülich
270 Jülich - Mersch - Titz - Linnich-Hottorf
279 Jülich - Linnich
284 Jülich - Titz - Jackerath
286 Düren - Kleinhau - Vossenack (former section of line 86)
287 Jülich - Titz - Linnich
294 Jülich - Inden - Frenz (former section of line 94)
296 Düren - Schlich - Langerwehe (former section of line 96)
298 Düren - Vettweiß - Zülpich - Euskirchen
385 Eupen (B) - Mützenich - Monschau - Kalterherberg (together with the Belgian TEC )
407 Wassenberg-Myhl - Hückelhoven - Geilenkirchen
409 Ratheim - Hückelhoven - Hilfarth - Lindern - Linnich
413 Wegberg - Dalheim - Wassenberg - Heinsberg - Geilenkirchen (together with Kreiswerke Heinsberg , which later took over the line alone)
472 Heinsberg - Straeten - Schierwaldenrath - Hastenrath
474 Heinsberg - Selsten - Waldfeucht - Saeffelen - Gangelt
475 Oberbruch - Heinsberg - Haaren - Waldfeucht
491 Übach-Palenberg - Scherpenseel - Geilenkirchen
493 Heinsberg - Oberbruch - Dremmen - Lindern
494 Geilenkirchen - Alleviate
495 Jülich - Linnich - Baal - Wassenberg

Line numbers that remained unchanged until they were taken over by the RVE

SB1 Heinsberg - Geilenkirchen - Übach-Palenberg - Aachen Klinikum (together with Kreiswerke Heinsberg )
SB2 Heinsberg - Wassenberg - Erkelenz (together with Kreiswerke Heinsberg)
21 Aachen Waldfriedhof - Aachen Hbf - Würselen - Herzogenrath - Übach-Palenberg - Scherpenseel (together with ASEAG , which later took over the line on its own and only let it run to Palenberg Bf)
61 Stolberg Hbf - Breinig - Rott - Roetgen Post
63 Simmerath - Einruhr - Gemünd - Schleiden
67 Aachen-Walheim - Venwegen - Rott - Roetgen
68 Aachen Bushof - AC-Walheim - Schmithof / Rott - Roetgen - Simmerath - Rurberg - Einruhr (together with Taeter Aachen )
71 Geilenkirchen - Baesweiler - Siersdorf - Aldenhoven (in the 90s the extension to Jülich was discontinued)
81 (Vossenack -) Schmidt - Steckenborn - Strauch - Simmerath
82 Nideggen-Schmidt - Simmerath - Konzen - Monschau
83 Simmerath - Einruhr (- Erkensruhr)
84 Monschau - Höfen - Rohren - Imgenbroich
85 Monschau - Mützenich - Kalterherberg
86 Düren - Hürtgen - Vossenack - Lammersdorf - Simmerath (section Düren - Hürtgen - Vossenack was taken over by line 286)
90 Alsdorf - Siersdorf - Aldenhoven
94 Jülich - Inden - Frenz - Weisweiler - Eschweiler (section Jülich - Inden - Frenz was taken over from line 294)
96 Düren - Schlich - Langerwehe - Weisweiler - Eschweiler (section Düren - Schlich - Langerwehe was taken over from line 296)
147 Schnellbus Aachen Bushof - Kohlscheid - Herzogenrath - Merkstein (later taken over by ASEAG)
166 Express bus Aachen bus station - Roetgen - Monschau / - Simmerath

Vehicle fleet

1 EvoBus MB O 530 LE Ü Citaro , built in 2010, low-floor
5 MAN A21 Lion's City (NL 283), year of construction 2012, low-floor
15 MAN A20 Lion's City Ü (NÜ 323), years of construction 2010/2011, low-floor
4 MAN A20 Lion's City Ü (NÜ 273), built in 2007, low floor
16 MAN A20 (NÜ 263), years of construction 1999/2000/2001, low-floor
6 MAN A23 Lion's City G (NG 363), year of construction 2010/2011, low-floor articulated bus
5 Evobus MB O 530 Citaro 2 G, year of construction 2013, low-floor articulated bus
5 MAN A25 (NÜ 313-15), year of construction 2001, low-floor (15 m)
2 Setra S 315 NF, built in 1999, low-floor
2 Setra S 319 NF, built in 2000, low-floor (15 m)
6 Setra S 415 NF , years of construction 2007/2008, low-floor
1 Neoplan N 4416, built in 2002, low-floor, "StadtBus Dormagen"
5 MAN A21 Lion's City (NL 263), year of construction 2005, low-floor, "StadtBus Dormagen"
7 EvoBus MB O 530 Citaro, year of construction 2007, low floor, " StadtBus Dormagen "
5 Evobus MB O 530 Citaro 2, year of construction 2014, low-floor, "StadtBus Dormagen"

Web links

Commons : Busverkehr Rheinland - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Website of the DB Bahn Rheinlandbus

Individual evidence

↑ [1] DB Regio annual report, see page 40
↑ Company profile BVR - Busverkehr Rheinland GmbH ( Memento from May 12, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on deutschebahn.com, accessed on July 11, 2020
↑ Rurtalbus new partner in the AVV - cooperation agreement signed. Press release. Rurtalbus, December 17, 2019, accessed on January 2, 2020 .
↑ Change of timetable in the Heinsberg region. Aachen Transport Association , December 19, 2019, accessed on January 6, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Line timetables - AVV. Retrieved November 14, 2019 .
↑ Annual Report 2017. (PDF) Aachener Straßenbahn und Energieversorgungs-AG (ASEAG), p. 7 , accessed on November 18, 2019 .