Cologne transit, by the numbers

Frequent service reaches 42% of stops, and the typical midday wait is about 18 minutes. Service runs nearly around the clock.

Score 62/100 · sampled Wednesday, November 4, 2026 · how it's graded

Frequent service

42%

of 3,923 stops, every 15 min or better

Median headway

18 min

typical midday wait

Service span

44 hrs

first to last departure

Weekend change

-14%

Saturday vs weekday midday

Every stop, by frequency

3,923 stops on a weekday midday. Bigger dot, more service.

Very frequent ≤7 min 495
Frequent 8–15 min 1,166
Moderate 16–30 min 1,635
Infrequent 31–60 min 412
Sparse >60 min 215

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KVB + DB Regio S-Bahn (Rheinlandtarif/VRS, all operators) GTFS nv latest-nv-free · rv latest-rv-free · sampled 2026-11-04 weekday midday · generated 2026-10-13 · methodology · raw JSON