RMV facts and figures

Mileages, passenger numbers and cost coverage rates: statistical data show how Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund is operating successfully.

RMV structural data

  • Inhabitants living in network area: approx. 5 million
  • Inhabitants living in network area plus cross-network fare zones: approx. 6.7 million
  • Size of network area: 14,000 square kilometres
  • Size of network area plus cross-network fare zones: 20,000 square kilometres
  • Regional authorities: 15
  • Unitary authorities: 4
  • Towns/cities with special status: 7
  • Federal states: 1
  • Local authorities in network area: 287
  • Local partners: 26
  • Number of RMV shareholders: 27

RMV performance data

Number of passengers

  • 1996: 530 million
  • 2000: 610 million
  • 2004: 634 million
  • 2008: 655 million
  • 2012: 705 million
  • 2013: 707 million
  • 2014: 715 million
  • 2015: 727 million
  • 2016: 739 million
  • 2017: 754 million
  • 2018: 788 million
  • 2019: 808 million
  • 2023: 730 million (prediction)

Kilometres travelled

  • Overall passenger kilometres per year: approx. 8 billion (2023) - thereof regional trains 36 per cent, urban rail 23 per cent, busses 30 per cent, underground railway and trams 11 per cent (prediction)
  • Average distance travelled per journey: 11 kilometres
  • Revenue earning kilometres of regional bus service (2023): 30 million (prediction)
  • Revenue earning kilometres of local bus service (2023): 126 million (prediciton)

Revenues and expenses

  • Expenses 2023: 2.250 million Euros (prediction)
  • Revenues 2023: 750 million Euros (prediction)
  • Price liquidity ratio: 30 percent (prediction)

RMV infrastructure data

Mobility Centres and Mobility Info Points

  • RMV Mobility Centres in network area: 20
  • RMV Mobility Info Points in network area: 30

Rail network data

  • Total length of railway track: 1,450 kilometres
  • Length of S-Bahn track: 303 kilometres, of which 13 kilometres run through tunnels
  • Regional rail services: 59
  • Regional train journeys per working day: 2100
  • Stations:
    • Total railway stations: 390 (including Mainz)
    • o S-Bahn stations: 111 (including Mainz)
  • Regional train journeys:
    • 1993/94: 21.9 million kilometres
    • 2019: 29,5 million kilometres
    • 2023: 32 million kilometres (predicition)
  • Urban railway journeys:
    • 1993/94: 8 million kilometres
    • 2019: 15.5 million kilometres
    • 2023: 15.7 million kilometres (prediction)
  • RMV S-Bahn services (suburban railway): 9
  • Urban railway rides per work day: 1000
  • Urban railway motor trains: 212 (plus successive procurement of further 14 motor trains)
  • Longest S-Bahn route: S1 (Wiesbaden - Ober-Roden) 72.98 kilometres

Bus network data

  • Bus services: around 1,000 - of which around 900 are local
  • Bus stops in network area: approx. 12,000
  • Bus stops in network area plus cross-network fare zones: over 15,000

Customer service

  • connection requests via rmv.de per year: around 425 million
  • calls to the service telephone per year: around 345,000
  • customer letters per year: approx. 56,000

Selected ticket offers

  • Schülerticket Hessen: 350.000 users in the RMV area
  • LandesTicket Hessen: 189.000 beneficiaries
  • RMV-JobTicket: 1045 contracts with 298.000 customers  

As of: February 2024