Kölner VB
Key figures
- Vehicle-km / year (est.)
- ≈ 36.1M km
- #77 / 3,699 Top 2%
- Vehicles (est.)
- ≈ 395
- #70 / 3,699 Top 2%
- Lines
- 79
- #263 / 3,699 Top 7%
- Stops
- 2,238
Estimates from the network size and frequency published in GTFS, not reported by the company. Vehicles = peak of simultaneous trips (a lower bound, not the real fleet size); vehicle-km = scheduled service without empty runs, extrapolated from one representative week. Lines & stops are counted from the timetable. Timetables as of October 2026 · scheduled times, no real-time data · Methodology
Kölner VB runs a public transport network with 79 lines and around 395 vehicles in service at the same time. With 36.1M km of scheduled service a year it ranks 77 — the top 2% of the 3,699 operators listed. Its network spans 5 regions.
Company facts
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Timetable of this operator
The stations Kölner VB serves most often, with the next scheduled departures.
- Köln Neumarkt BusTram 1,814 departures/day
- Köln Mülheim Wiener Platz BusTram 1,371 departures/day
- Köln Rudolfplatz BusTram 1,256 departures/day
- Köln Heumarkt BusTram 1,205 departures/day
- Köln Appellhofplatz Tram 1,145 departures/day
Departures/day: only the trips of Kölner VB at the station, according to the timetable.
Modes & coverage
- Service area
- 627 km²
- Regions served
- 5
- Trips / day
- 8,799
Modes by route records; service area from the grid cells the timetable serves.
Line list (79 lines)
Every line of the operator in the current timetable (line numbers as in its GTFS feed). Scheduled service, no real-time data. Underlined lines lead to the departures at the station they serve most often.
Line network
Every route of the operator from the current timetable, drawn along the real alignments (GTFS shapes).
Tenders in the service area (12)
Open prior information notices & calls for tenders in this operator's regions — an early indicator of upcoming re-tendering, not necessarily concerning this operator.
Regions served (5)
NUTS-3 regions the lines of this operator run through.
Operators in the same regions (20)
Other operators active in the same regions (number = shared regions), derived from the timetable's service areas. No statement about direct competition for the same lines.
Key figures: the operator's public GTFS feed (sources & licences). Company data: Wikidata (CC0).