The Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg GmbH (in short: VGN) is the transport and tariff association in the metropolitan area of ​​Nuremberg. It is largely congruent with the metropolitan region of Nuremberg. With around 15,800 km² (as of January 2018), the VGN is the second largest transport association in Germany after the Berlin-Brandenburg transport association and the largest in Bavaria.