KVB-App

Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG

About this app

The KVB-App provides time tables, trip planning, navigation as well as a ticket shop for busses and trains in the area of Cologne and around.

Beside the trip planner and discruption information you are able to get live data for your station. The KVB-App offers all information about KVB-Rad, Car-Sharing and Taxi-Ruf in Cologne.

You can register yourself an account, localize vehicles and bicycles and you are able to book a bicycle/care directly.

Overview of the functions:
- Trip planner (live data)
- Departure monitor for stations (live data)
- Save station and ticket favorites and change their names individually
- Purchase tickets (also anonymous)
- Tariff price information
- Information about disruptions
- KVB-Rad (Bicylce search, prices, registration and booking)
- Taxi-Ruf Cologne (Show places where you can get a taxi and booking within the KVB-App)
- Car-Sharing (Vehicle location, registration and booking)

The KVB-App will be updated and enhanced with new features and functions frequently.

Ratings and reviews

Poor, poor, poor... Does not allow to buy ticket without internet connection. In case of no telephone signal you're stranded. Google Pay requires Chrome with popups enabled, but you'll only find out when you want to buy a ticket. Takes forever on installation to become functional at all. Most annoying: even if you finally succeed to buy a ticket it is not immediately valid. For whose convenience was this app written? Not your customers. Security risk: display of birthday on tickets. Seriously?

Often straight up lies about tram times. You think a tram is coming, then you get to the tram station and it doesn't exist. You have the information, the screens at the stops are usually accurate. Why not show this info in the app?

I have no clue how this app can fetch data so extremely slow even on WiFi. If it weren't for buying tickets, I would instantly uninstall this app. Also, it is absolutely ridiculous that one has to enter personal data to pay when being registered while none is needed without an account. And of course, I have to retype my payment method's details again on every purchase.

What’s new

- Miscellaneous bug fixes and improvements