Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar

The transport association Rhein- Neckar (VRN ) is a transport system in the Rhine -Neckar region in the states of Rhineland -Palatinate, Hesse and Baden- Württemberg ( tariff zone includes parts of the Saarland and Bavaria ), was established on 1 December 1989.

History

The history of the VRN dates back to the post-war period. Against the backdrop of difficult economic conditions in the cut by the boundaries of the zones of occupation region first transnational contacts established under the founded in 1951 "Municipal Association Rhein- Neckar ". In 1970 that emerged from Raumordnungsverband Rhein- Neckar soon presented plans to create a transnational transport system as well as a powerful S-Bahn system.

In 1973, the cities Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg jointly with Federal Railways and the Federal Post " Community transport Rhein-Neckar ", which can be considered a first precursor of the VRN. In the following years developed specific implementation concepts for an S -Bahn. During their implementation was progressing with difficulty, the state governments of Baden- Württemberg and Rhineland -Palatinate brought the establishment of a full-fledged transport and tariff association in 1981 in a vital way.

So in the 80 years first transition rates between the various transport companies emerged. The introduced in 1985 Riedbahn transition tariff allowed, for example, passengers on the Riedbahn route to Mannheim, the subsequent use of the Mannheim tram with the same ticket. Also between the UEL and the trams in Heidelberg and Mannheim existed Community tariffs. Another step towards the overarching network was implemented with the introduced on 16 December 1985 Community tariff for season tickets (GFZ ). On 1 December 1989 it finally emerged with the establishment of the transport association Rhein- Neckar (VRN ) the long-awaited, fully integrated with the substantially unchanged to the present day common fare system.

On 1 April 2003, the VRN has been extended to the area of the Main- Tauber -Kreis. On June 1, 2006 saw the eleven so far in Westpfalz Transport Association ( Warsaw Transport Authority ) combined transport companies at the VRN, the pay scale was thus extended to the entire Palatinate.

Tariff area and systematics

The fare zone extends numerous extensions now of Homburg in the west to Würzburg in the east and reaches far beyond the Rhine- Neckar. In the north it extends to Stadtprozelten, in the south to beyond Landau and Sinsheim. The French border towns Lauterbourg and Wissembourg are also accessible by VRN tariff.

Overall, the tariff zone covers an area of ​​9967 square kilometers with around 3 million inhabitants. It is typical for a surface tariff area, divided into collective honeycomb. The fare may vary depending upon the number of traversed honeycomb. An exception are the urban areas of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, for the so-called Great honeycomb tariff applies. In the city centers of large cities is a favorable City tariff application. A total of 91.3 % (from 2008) of passengers on a time card. Single tickets can be purchased online.

Indicators

Since the composite start in 1989 until 2005 the number of passengers increased by a total of 133.74 percent, the tariff revenue increased by 135.75 percent. The following table shows some basic data for the development of the VRN:

Means of transport

In the region of VRN Deutsche Bahn trains and other transport companies, the S- Bahn Rhein Neckar as well as trams and buses run to a total of 460 lines with 11103 km total length.

A total of 38 transport companies with 1380 cars (except S -Bahn ) in the composite are active there. Among the biggest are the Rhine -Neckar Transport GmbH ( RNV ) and the DB Regio Rhein Neckar and the Rhine- Neckar bus service of Deutsche Bahn.

Structure

Due to the change of legal regulations for the rail transport had to be changed on 1 January 1996, the company structure:

  • The Transport Federation Rhein- Neckar ( XNo ) include the states, counties and county towns which at
  • The corporate company transport association Rhein- Neckar GmbH (URN ), the transportation companies as a shareholder
  • The transport association Rhein- Neckar (VRN ) has the XNo and is connected as a sole proprietor with the URN by a cooperation and service contract.

Counties and Independent Cities in VRN

Rhineland -Palatinate

  • Independent Cities: Frankenthal, Kaiserslautern, Landau, Ludwigshafen, Neustadt, Pirmasens, Speyer, Worms and Zweibrücken.
  • Counties: Alzey- Worms (partly ), Bad Durkheim, Donnersbergkreis, Germersheim (partly ), Kaiserslautern, Kusel, Rhein- Pfalz-Kreis, Southern Wine Road and Southwest Palatinate.

Baden-Wurttemberg

  • Urban districts: Heidelberg, Mannheim
  • Counties: Main- Tauber-Kreis, Neckar -Odenwald -Kreis, Rhein- Neckar-Kreis

Hesse

  • Counties: Mountain road

Timetable areas

The following timetable books of the VRN are semi-annually published and distributed by the publisher Reclam Print:

  • Ludwigshafen / Mannheim (1, - € )
  • Heidelberg ( 1, - € )
  • Vorder-/Südpfalz (1, - € )
  • Westpfalz (1, - € )
  • Alzey / Worms (0.75 € )
  • Mountain road / Odenwald (0.75 € )
  • Odenwald / Tauber ( € 0.75)
  • Departure boards DB (0.75 € )

The schedules can be ordered directly from the Reclam by email. In this case there are no additional shipping costs.

Transport companies in VRN

  • Bus Rhein- Neckar GmbH ( BRN) Rhein- Neckar Transport
  • Rheinpfalzbus (2012 arose from the BRN city traffic )
  • Heidelberg Street and Mountain Railroad, Inc. ( HSB)
  • MVV OEG AG
  • MVV Transport AG
  • Transport companies Ludwigshafen GmbH (VBL )
  • Rhein- Haardt Bahn GmbH ( RHB )
  • Arthur Merl GmbH & Co. KG
  • Bus Egner GmbH ( BVE)
  • Thunder mountain traffic Community ( DVG )
  • Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG
  • HEAG mobilo GmbH
  • Hoffmann Travel GmbH
  • Holiday Park Ltd.
  • Marquart Reisen GmbH & Co. KG
  • Mayer GmbH bus operation
  • Transport Hohenlohe ( NVH)
  • Omnibuses Beth GmbH
  • Omnibusreisen Rainer Sauter
  • Omnibus travel Lannert
  • PalatinaBus GmbH
  • Travel agency Walter Müller GmbH & Co. KG
  • Regional bus Saar- Pfalz GmbH West ( RSW)
  • Technische Werke Kaiserslautern transport company
  • Transregio German regional train GmbH
  • V- Bus GmbH
  • Transport Company Zweibrücken GmbH
  • Werner GmbH & Co. KG

Adjacent transport associations

  • Rhine - Main Transport Association (RMV - in the north) Tariff overlap: Kreisberg road, Odenwald, Eberbach, Weinheim, Worms ( core city)
  • Tariff overlap: along the composite limit ( no real overlap only in transit Wallduern - Wertheim by mobile)
  • Tariff overlap: to Würzburg
  • Tariff overlap: along the composite limit
  • Tariff overlap: Southern Palatinate, northern part of the district of Karlsruhe
  • Tariff overlap: to Homburg ( no real overlap only in transit Zweibrücken - Bruchmühlbach-Miesau/Waldmohr by mobile)
  • Tariff overlap: Worms, Alzey- Worms (some restrictions )
Types of business entity Deutsche Bundesbahn Deutsche Bundespost Main-Tauber-Kreis Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr Homburg, Saarland Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Worms Hauptbahnhof Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund Verkehrs- und Tarifverbund Stuttgart
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