Back Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr German Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr EO ライン＝ルール運輸連合 Japanese Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr Dutch Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr Polish VRR (Северный Рейн-Вестфалия) Russian
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| 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 | Augustastraße 1 45879 Gelsenkirchen |
Region | Ruhr, Lower Rhine region, parts of the Rhine-Ruhr |
Vorstandssprecherin | Gabriele Matz |
Vorstand | José Luis Castrillo |
| Subsidiaries | ZV VRR NVN ZV VRR FaIn-EB |
| Staff | 182 (2019) |
| Website | https://www.vrr.de |
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (German: [fɛɐ̯ˈkeːɐ̯s.fɛɐ̯ˌbʊnt ˈʁaɪn ˈʁuːɐ̯]), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers most of the Ruhr area, as well as neighbouring parts of the Lower Rhine region, including Düsseldorf and thus large parts of the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation. It was founded on 1 January 1980, and is Europe’s largest body of such kind, covering an area of some 5,000 km2 (1,900 sq mi) with more than 7.8 million inhabitants, spanning as far as Dorsten in the north, Dortmund in the east, Langenfeld in the south, and Mönchengladbach and the Dutch border in the west.