December 1, 2025

What you need to know about the 2025 timetable change

With the timetable change on 14 December 2025, there is good news for commuters in the VRR. The service will be expanded on several S-Bahn, RE and RB lines. You will benefit from more connections, additional stations and - depending on the line - more seats. The service will become more attractive, especially for leisure travellers.

All changes to the RB, RE and S-Bahn lines at a glance

Line RB 34

  • The line also runs every 60 minutes at weekends, with the first journey on Sundays at around 7 am.

Line RB 35

  • On Mondays to Fridays, the service closes one hour later, with one additional journey in each direction.
  • The line now also runs on Saturdays from approx. 9 am to approx. 9 pm.

Line RB 39

  • On Saturdays, all trains run continuously from/to Düsseldorf Hbf.
  • The 0.06 a.m. journey from Neuss Hbf to Grevenbroich starts daily at 11.54 p. m. in Düsseldorf Hbf, in the opposite direction the 0.34 a.m. journey from Grevenbroich is extended daily to Düsseldorf Hbf.

Line RB 46

  • The 30-minute interval on Mondays to Fridays will be extended by 2 hours until approx. 9 p.m.: There will be additional departures from Bochum main station at 7.19 p.m. and 8.19 p.m. and from Gelsenkirchen main station at 7.16 p.m. and 8.16 p.m.

RE 16 / RB 91 lines

  • All journeys to/from Iserlohn on the RB 91 line are operated under the RE 16 line number.

RE 1 line (RRX)

  • Several journeys on weekend nights run at higher capacity thanks to the use of double traction.

RE 10 line

  • On Mondays to Thursdays and on Sundays, the service closes later and there is an additional journey in each direction: From Kleve, the additional journey runs at 11.54 pm to Düsseldorf Hbf. The 0.08 a.m. journey from Düsseldorf Hbf is extended to Kleve, an additional journey runs at 1.38 a.m. from Düsseldorf Hbf to Krefeld Hbf.

RE 19 line

  • The order of the train sections will be changed. From Düsseldorf, the front section of the train will run to Bocholt and the rear section towards Emmerich/Arnhem.
  • In the evenings and on Sunday mornings, some journeys will run with higher capacity thanks to the use of double traction between Düsseldorf and Wesel. This also results in additional transfer-free connections to/from Bocholt.

Line S 6

  • The restoration of the tracks after the landslide near Hösel has been completed, so that the S 6 line can once again run on schedule between Essen and Düsseldorf.

Line S 9

  • The "Herten-Westerholt" station goes into operation and is served by all journeys on the S 9 line to/from Recklinghausen.
  • The "Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord" station is served twice as frequently. Journeys to/from Recklinghausen also serve the extended station.

SSVP 2026

VRR rapid transit plan (Schnellverkehrsplan VRR)

The map shows all RE, RB and S-Bahn trains operating in the VRR.

There will still be construction sites on the railways in 2026

In order to provide you with even more improvements to train services in the future, extensive construction work is once again planned for 2026. Information on planned restrictions can be found at any time at www.zuginfo.nrw and in the VRR information media.