Every year again, the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR) documents the condition of their stations in a station report. Again and again there is a need for improvement; IN 2020; 19 of 26 stations and stops in Essen were described to be poor. The main issue is named with graffiti smearings. German Railway has hired THE TOP NOTCH, a local graffiti artist to cast out the devil with Beelzebub.