Local transport association Rhineland
Local transport Rhineland GmbH
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legal form | GmbH |
founding | December 19, 2007 |
Seat | Cologne , Germany |
management | Norbert Reinkober, Heiko Sedlaczek, Michael Vogel |
Number of employees | 54 (2018) |
Branch | Transport association , public transport |
Website | www.nvr.de |
The Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland (NVR) was founded on December 19, 2007 and started its work on January 1, 2008. In addition to the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) and the Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL), it is one of the three special-purpose associations in North Rhine-Westphalia . The NVR is the joint umbrella association of the special purpose associations Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS) in the Cologne / Bonn region and the Aachener Verkehrsverbund (AVV). Nahverkehr Rheinland GmbH is responsible for carrying out the tasks.
network
The Rhineland local traffic opens up the area of the two special-purpose associations VRS and AVV, which extends west of Aachen via Düren and Cologne to the east of the Oberbergischer Kreis and north of Heinsberg and Leverkusen to the south of Euskirchen and Bonn .
Around 4.5 million people live in the catchment area in eight districts and four urban districts. Six S-Bahn lines (S 6, S 11, S 12, S 13, S 19, S 23), 18 light rail lines ( KVB , SWB ), 580 bus lines (with additional services) and around 9600 operate in the area of the Zweckverband Stops and train stations.
tasks
The purpose of association is in accordance with the ÖPNVG-NRW (Law on public transport in North Rhine-Westphalia) Transport authority for regional rail transport in the composite space AVV and VRS. This includes the planning, organization and financing of local rail passenger transport (SPNV). The NVR is also responsible for the investment promotion of local public transport and regional rail transport measures.
The company's staff consists of specialists for local rail passenger transport who moved from VRS GmbH and AVV GmbH to NVR GmbH. In addition, there are employees from the relevant departments of the Cologne district government .
Projects
The major project is, on the one hand, the processing of the funds for the north-south light rail in Cologne and, in the long term, to establish an expanded S-Bahn ring around Cologne and thus better connect the city of Bonn and the Euskirchen district to the existing S-Bahn network Rhein- To connect the Ruhr .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Local rail transport planning concept 2016–2030 as the basis of the future local transport plan. Retrieved May 13, 2018 .
- ↑ Rolf Beu, MdL, press release March 24, 2014: Voreifelbahn (RB 23) becomes S-Bahn line