page_title: Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg
hierarchical_section_title: Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg
context_page_description: The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg is the public transport association covering the area of the Cologne/Bonn Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  It was founded on 1 September 1987, and covers an area of some 5.111 km² with some 3.3 million inhabitants. For the year 2009 nearly 494 million passengers were carried through the network of VRS. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg is named after the rivers Rhine and Sieg.
context_section_description: The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association; VRS) is the public transport association covering the area of the Cologne/Bonn Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. 
  It was founded on 1 September 1987, and covers an area of some 5.111 km² with some 3.3 million inhabitants. For the year 2009 nearly 494 million passengers were carried through the network of VRS. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg is named after the rivers Rhine (Rhein) and Sieg.
caption: Ridership since 1996.