Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn

S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr
S-Bahn Rhein-Sieg / S-Bahn Köln
DBAG Class 422 type at Dortmund Hauptbahnhof
Overview
LocaleRhine-Ruhr, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Transit typeS-bahn
Number of lines16
Number of stations124
Annual ridership130 million
Düsseldorf/Rhine-Ruhr: 98 million[1]
Cologne: 32 million[2]
HeadquartersDüsseldorf, Germany
Websitewww.s-bahn-rhein-ruhr.de
www.s-bahn-koeln.de
Operation
Began operation1967
Operator(s) DB Regio NRW, Regiobahn (S28), Vias (S7)
Headway20 min.
Technical
System length676 km (420.05 mi)
System map
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network map including the Cologne S-Bahn

The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (German: S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr) is a polycentric and electrically driven S-bahn network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and cities such as Dortmund, Duisburg and Essen), the Berg cities of Wuppertal and Solingen and parts of the Rhineland (with cities such as Cologne and Düsseldorf). The easternmost city within the S-Bahn Rhine-Ruhr network is Unna, the westernmost city served is Mönchengladbach.

The S-Bahn operates in the areas of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg tariff associations, touching areas of the Aachener Verkehrsverbund (AVV) at Düren and Westfalentarif at Unna. The network was established in 1967 with a line connecting Ratingen Ost to Düsseldorf-Garath.

The system consists of 16 lines. With a system length of 676 km (420.05 mi), it is the second-largest S-Bahn network in Germany, behind S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland. Most of them are operated by DB Regio NRW, while line S28 is operated by Regiobahn and S7 by Vias. The S19 will run 24/7 between Düren and Hennef for 17 stations and not only between Cologne Hbf and Cologne/Bonn Airport.

  1. ^ Press note Deutsche Bahn, 28. January 2011
  2. ^ Facts and figures Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine S-Bahn Köln