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==Introduction==
==Introduction==
All regional and local passenger train services are now put out to tender by the ''Land'' (region) of operation, sometimes with assistance from the ''Kreis'' (district) in the case of very local services. Many services are still operated by DB Regio, or one of its subsidiaries, but a large proportion are now operated by companies independent of DB. These can be subsidiaries of a ''Land'', for example. Hessische Landesbahn (HLB). Some are owned by foreign state railways, e.g. Eurobahn, which is a brand name of Keolis, a subsidiary of SNCF, or Netinera, a subsidiary of the Italian state operator FS, which has shares in several local operators such as Metronom and Vogtlandbahn. Some of the independent operators are completely private companies, for example the British firms National Express and Go-Ahead.
All regional and local passenger train services are now put out to tender by the ''Land'' (region) of operation, sometimes with assistance from the ''Kreis'' (district) in the case of very local services. Many services are still operated by DB Regio, or one of its subsidiaries, but a large proportion are now operated by companies independent of DB. These can be owned by a ''Land'', for example Hessische Landesbahn (HLB). Some are owned by foreign state railways, e.g. Eurobahn, which is a brand name of Keolis, a subsidiary of SNCF, or Netinera, a subsidiary of the Italian state operator FS, which has shares in several local operators such as Metronom and Vogtlandbahn. Some of the independent operators are completely private companies, for example the British firms National Express and Go-Ahead.


Listed here are all franchised or tendered operators of train services in Germany, irrespective of the owner of the track over which they operate. "Museum" services are included if they run services over a line which could be considered as part of the national rail network.
Listed here are all franchised or tendered operators of train services in Germany, irrespective of the owner of the track over which they operate. "Museum" services are included if they run services over a line which could be considered as part of the national rail network.


There are also many infrastructure owners who own local freight lines; some of them also run their own freight trains. These are not listed here. A list is [here].
There are also many infrastructure owners who own local freight lines; some of them also run their own freight trains. These are not listed here.


==List of Other Railways==
==List of Other Railways==

Revision as of 13:51, 14 January 2018

For other General Information please see separate document.

Introduction

All regional and local passenger train services are now put out to tender by the Land (region) of operation, sometimes with assistance from the Kreis (district) in the case of very local services. Many services are still operated by DB Regio, or one of its subsidiaries, but a large proportion are now operated by companies independent of DB. These can be owned by a Land, for example Hessische Landesbahn (HLB). Some are owned by foreign state railways, e.g. Eurobahn, which is a brand name of Keolis, a subsidiary of SNCF, or Netinera, a subsidiary of the Italian state operator FS, which has shares in several local operators such as Metronom and Vogtlandbahn. Some of the independent operators are completely private companies, for example the British firms National Express and Go-Ahead.

Listed here are all franchised or tendered operators of train services in Germany, irrespective of the owner of the track over which they operate. "Museum" services are included if they run services over a line which could be considered as part of the national rail network.

There are also many infrastructure owners who own local freight lines; some of them also run their own freight trains. These are not listed here.

List of Other Railways

Passenger Railways

  • Abellio Rail NRW GmbH [ABR]:
  • Agilis Eisenbahngessellschaft/Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH & co KG [AG/AS]:
  • Ahaus Alstätter Eisenbahn GmbH [AAE]: Ahaus - Alstätte (the company's principal activity is freight wagon leasing)
  • AKN Eisenbahn AG [AKN]: 132 Neumünster - Heide (Holst), 133 Heide (Holst) - Büsum, 137 Neumünster Süd - Neumünster, 137 Hamburg-Eidelstedt - Ulzburg - Neumünster Süd, 138 Norderstedt Mitte - Ulzburg Süd, 139 Elmshorn - Barmstedt - Ulzburg, 142 Bad Oldesloe - Bad Segeberg - Neumünster (jointly with Hamburger Hochbahn AG), Tiefstack - Glinde, Tiefstack - Moorfleet, Hamburg-Bergedorf - Geesthacht, Hamburg-Eidelstedt - Hamburg-Langenfelde, [Kiel Gaarden - Kiel-Oppendorf (passenger service operated by DB), Haltepunkt Fehmarn-Burg (operated by DB Regio) ks]
  • Albtal-Verkehrs Gesellschaft mbH [AVG]: 701 Karlsruhe - Bruchsal, 702 Karlsruhe - Baden-Baden - Bühl (Baden), 710.1 Bad Herrenalb and Ittersbach Rathaus - Karlsruhe - Hochstetten and Kernforschungszentrum, 710.3 Bruchsal - Odenheim and Menzingen (Baden), 710.4 Karlsruhe - Eppingen - Heilbronn (Grötzingen - Heilbronn leased from DB), 710.5 Wörth (Rhein) - Karlsruhe-Rheinbrücke - Karlsruhe - Grötzingen - Pforzheim, 710.9 Bruchsal - Mühlacker, 716 Rastatt - Forbach-Gausbach 770 Pforzheim - Bietigheim-Bissingen, 772 Maulbronn West - Maulbronn Stadt, 775 Pforzheim - Bad Wildbad (leased from DB), Ettlingen West - Ettlingen Stadt. (Also operates over the tram systems in Karlsruhe and Wörth)
  • Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH [BOB, M]: 955 München Hbf - Holzkirchen - Bayrischzell, 956 Holzkirchen - Lenggries
  • Bayerische Regiobahn GmbH [BRB]:
  • Berchtesgadener Land Bahn GmbH [BLB]:
  • Bergbahnen im Siebengebirge AG (Drachenfelsbahn): 11001 Königswinter - Drachenfels (narrow gauge, rack line, electrified at 750V dc)
  • Bodensee Oberschwaben Bahn GmbH [BOB]: 751 Friedrichshafen Hafen - Aulendorf
  • Borkumer Kleinbahn und Dampfschiffahrt GmbH: Borkum Reede - Borkum Bf (900mm gauge) (Operates in connection with the company's shipping service from Emden)
  • 'Breisgau S-Bahn GmbH [BSB]': 729 Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf - Breisach
  • Butzbach-Licher Eisenbahn AG [BLE]: 631 Gelnhausen - Gießen, Münzenberg - Butzbach Ost - Pohlgöns, Griedel - Bad Nauheim Nord
  • cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH [CAN]:
  • City-Bahn Chemnitz GmbH [CB]: 522 Chemnitz Hbf - Chemnitz Süd - Stollberg (Sachs)
  • Die Länderbahn GmbH [TLX (Trilex)]:
  • Döllnitzbahn GmbH: 502 Oschatz - Altmügeln - Kemmlitz (750mm gauge) (Only occasional passenger trains between Altmügeln and Kemmlitz)
  • Dürener Kreisbahn GmbH: 483 Düren - Jülich, 484 Düren - Heimbach, 487 Mönchengladbach Hbf - Dalheim, Jülich - Linnich, Jülich - Puffendorf
  • Eisenbahn und Verkehrsbetrieb Elbe-Weser GmbH [EVB]: 122 Bremerhaven Hbf - Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf, 122 Bremerhaven-Wulsdorf - Bremervörde - Buxtehude, 122 Buxtehude - Hamburg-Neugraben, Osterholz-Scharmbeck - Bremervörde - Stade, Bremervörde - Zeven - Rotenburg (Wümme) - Brockel, Wilsted - Zeven - Tostedt
  • Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn mbH [PRE]: 198 Bergen auf Rugen - Lauterbach Mole (Also narrow-gauge line, see below)
  • Erfurter Bahn GmbH [EB]
  • Erfurter Industriebahn GmbH: Industrial lines in Erfurt, 600/604 Kassel Hbf - Eichenberg - Leinefelde - Erfurt Hbf/Gotha
  • erixx GmbH [ERX]:
  • Erms-Neckar Bahn AG [ENAG]: 763 Metzingen - Bad Urach (worked by DBZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH)
  • Eurobahn (Keolis Deutschland GmbH & Co KG) [ERB]: 386 Bielefeld Hbf - Rahden, 404 Bielefeld Hbf - Lemgo-Lüttfeld, zu661 Alzey - Kirchheimbolanden
  • Frankfurt Königsteiner Eisenbahn AG [FKE]: 643 Frankfurt-Höchst - Bad Soden, 645.5 Frankfurt am Main Hbf - Bad Homburg - Friedrichsdorf, 646 Frankfurt-Höchst - Königstein (Taunus). Also works 637 Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) - Brandoberndorf for ZVH.
  • Freiberger Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH [FEG]: 514 Freiberg - Holzhau (freight traffic worked by DB)
  • Hanseatische Eisenbahn GmbH [EGP/HANS]:
  • Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH: 325 Drei Annen Hohne - Brocken, 326 Wernigerode - Nordhausen Nord, 333 Gernrode - Harzgerode, Hasselfelde and Eisfelder Talmühle (all metre gauge)
  • Hellertalbahn Betriebs GmbH: 462 Betzdorf - Haiger - Dillenburg
  • Hessische Landesbahn GmbH [HLB]: 632 Friedberg - Hungen and Nidda, 636 Friedberg - Friedrichsdorf (operated by FKE)
  • Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG [HzL]: 755 Sigmaringen - Tuttlingen, 766 Aulendorf - Sigmaringen - Tübingen (HzL trains working to Ulm are operated by DBZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH), 768 Hechingen - Gammertingen - Sigmaringen, Eyach - Hechingen, Gammertingen - Kleinengstringen, Hanfertal - Sigmaringendorf
  • Kahlgrund Verkehrs GmbH: 642 Hanau - Kahl, 642 Kahl - Schöllkrippen
  • Kassel Naumburger Eisenbahn AG: 621 Kassel - Wabern - Bad Wildungen - Edersee, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe Süd - Naumburg (a short section is used by Kassel trams)
  • Klützer Ostsee Eisenbahn GmbH: Grevesmühlen - Klütz (seasonal service, not shown in the Kursbuch)
  • Kuckkucksbähnel Infrastrukture GmbH: zu675 Hinterweidenthal Ost - Bundenthal-Rumbach
  • Kreisbahn Mansfelder Land GmbH: 337 Helbra - Klostermansfeld - Wippra
  • MecklenburgBahn GmbH: 153 Schwerin - Rehna
  • Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn Molli GmbH: 157 Bad Doberan - Ostseebad Kühlungsborn West (900mm gauge)
  • Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH [ME]:
  • Mittelthurgaubahn (Deutschland) GmbH [MThB]: 720 Konstanz - Engen, 732 Radolfzell - Stockach
  • NEB Betriebsgeschellschaft mbH [NEB (Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn)]:
  • nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft & Co KG [NBE]:
  • Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft Niebüll GmbH [neg]: 136 Niebüll - Dagebüll Mole; 136.1 Niebüll - Süderlügum Grenze [- Tønder] (service operated jointly with Arriva Tog A/S) KS
  • Nordfriesische Verkehrsbetriebe AG [NVAG]: A3 Niebüll - Tønder (Denmark), 136 Niebüll - Dagebüll Mole
  • Nord-Ostsee Bahn GmbH [NOB]: 131 Kiel - Neumünster, 134 Kiel - Rendsburg - Husum, 135 Husum - Bad St Peter-Ording
  • NordWestBahn GmbH [NWB; RS]: 392 Osnabrück Hbf/Bremen Hbf - Wilhelmshaven, 393 Wilhelmshaven - Sande - Esens, 394 Bremen - Vechta - Osnabrück, Bremen Farge - Bremen-Vegesack - Bremen Hbf - Verder (Aller) (Bremen Farge - Vegesack owned by Farge - Vegesacker Eisenbahn), Bremerhaven-Lehe - Bremen Hbf - Twistringen, Bad Zwischenahn - Oldenburg (Oldb.) - Bremen, Nordenham - Hude - Bremen, Bunde (Westf.) - Löhne - Hildesheim Hbf, Hildesheim Hbf - Bodenburg,
  • Oberrheinische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft [OEG]: 669 Mannheim - Heidelberg - Weinheim - Mannheim, Mannheim-Käfertal - Heddesheim (Interurban metre gauge, electric tramway, with through working onto the Mannheim tram system)
  • Ortenau S-Bahn GmbH (SWEG subsuduary): 718 Offenburg - Bad Griesbach, 719 Offenburg - Kehl, 720 Offenbach - Hausach
  • Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH [ODEG]:
  • Ostmecklenburgische Eisenbahn GmbH: 163 Güstrow - Laage - Rostock Hbf, 175 Pasewalk - Güstrow - Schwerin Hbf, 187 Neustrelitz Süd - Feldberg (Meckl), 192 Pasewalk - Ueckermünde, Neubrandenburg - Trollenhagen
  • RDC Autozug Sylt GmbH [RDC]: Niebüll - Westerland (Sylt) (car-carrying trains)
  • Regental Bahnbetriebsgesellschaft mbH: 876 Cham - Waldmünchen, 877 Cham - Kötzing, 877 Kötzing - Lam, 905 Plattling - Bayerisch Eisenstein, 906 Zwiesel - Grafenau, 907 Zwiesel - Bodenmais, Gotteszell - Viechtach. (Passenger operations over DB lines are on behalf of DB)
  • Regiobahn Fahrbetriebsgesellschaft mbH [S28]:
  • RegioTram Gesellschaft mbH [RT]: - Warburg – Hofgeismar – Kassel Hbf, Wolfhagen – Kassel Hbf, Melsungen – Kassel Hbf, Schwalmstadt Treysa – Kassel Hbf
  • Rhein-Haardtbahn GmbH [RHB]: 668 Bad Durkheim - Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim (Interurban metre gauge, electric tramway, with through working onto the Ludwigshafen and Mannheim tram systems)
  • Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH: - rnv Linien 4 Bad Dürkheim - Ludwigshafen (Rh) Hbf - Mannhein Hbf, 5 Weinheim Alter OEG-Bahnhof - Viernheim - Mannheim - Heidelberg - Weinheim Alter OEG-Bahnhof, 5A Mannheim Hbf - Mannheim Käfertal - Heddesheim Bahnhof, 15 Mannheim Hbf - Mannheim Käfertal - Mannheim Wallstadt
  • Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn GmbH: Owner of lines Neuss Hbf - Kaarster See and Düsseldorf-Gerresheim - Dornap-Hahnenfurth. Passenger services operated by Regiobahn GmbH, freight to Dornap-Hahnenfurth by DB.
  • Rhenus Veniro SE & Co. KG [VEN]:
  • Rurtalbahn GmbH [RTB]:
  • Saarbahn+bus GmbH: Brebach - Sarrguemines (France) (through running from Brebach onto the Saarbrücken tram system)
  • Sächsisch Oberlausitzer Eisenbahngesellschaft [SOEG]: 238 Zittau - Kurort Oybin and Kurort Jonsdorf
  • Städtebahn Sachsen GmbH [SBS]:
  • Strausberger Eisenbahn GmbH: Strausberg Vorstadt - Stausberg Stadt (600 V dc electric tramway, with freight traffic)
  • Süd Thüringen Bahn GmbH [STB]: 573 Wernshausen - Zella-Mehlis, 575 Eisenach - Meiningen
  • Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs AG [SWEG]: 707 Meckesheim - Aglasterhausen and Hüffenhardt, 717 Achern - Ottenhöfen, 722 Biberach - Oberharmersbach-Riersbach, 723 Riegel - Endingen - Breisach, 724 Riegel Ort - Gottenheim, 725 Bad Krozingen - Untermünstertal. Staufern - Grunern, Lahr - Lahr West, Bühl - Söllingen and Greffern. Owns the narrow gauge line Möckmöhl - Dörzbach, which is out of use.
  • Tegernseebahn Immobilien- und Beteilungs AG: 957 Schaftlach - Tegernsee (passenger trains operated by associated company, Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH)
  • Thüringerwaldbahn und Straßenbahn Gotha GmbH: 608 Gotha - Waltershausen and Tabarz (metre gauge, electric tramway)
  • Transdev Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH [HEX - Harz-Elbe Express]:
  • TransRegio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH [MRB (Mittelrheinbahn)]: 478 Andernach - Kaisersesch, 671 Landstuhl - Kusel, 691 Bullay - Traben-Trarbach
  • Transdev Regio Ost GmbH [MRB (Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn)]:
  • Trossingen Eisenbahn: 743 Trossingen Bahnhof - Trossingen Stadt (electrified 600V dc)
  • VIAS GmbH [VIA]
  • vlexx GmbH [vlexx]
  • Vogtlandbahn GmbH: 510 Zwickau - Hof, 539 Zwickau and Herlasgrün - Falkenstein - Adorf and Kraslice (Czech) (with some services to Sokolov), 543 Schönberg (Vogtl.) - Schleiz West, 544 Plauen ob Bf - Adorf, 544 Adorf - Bad Brambach - Vojtanov (and Cheb), 546 Gera - Mehltheuer
  • Wendelsteinbahn GmbH: 11030 Brannenburg-Waching - Wendelstein (metre gauge, rack line, electrified 1500 V dc)
  • Westerwaldbahn des Kreises Altenkirchen GmbH: 463 Betzdorf - Daaden, Bindeweide - Rosenheim, Scheuerfeld - Oberdreisbach. Operates the DB line Altenkirchen - Raubach - Siershahn
  • WestfalenBahn GmbH [WFB]
  • Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft mbH [WEG]: 762 Nürtingen - Neuffen, 773 Vaihingen (Enz) Nord - Enzweihingen, 785 Gaildorf West - Untergröningen, 790.7 Korntal - Weissach, 790.9 Böblingen - Dettenhausen
  • Zweckverband ÖPNV im Ammertal [ZÖA]: 764 Tübingen - Herrenberg (worked by DBZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH)
  • Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn [ZVS]: 790.9 Böblingen - Dettenhausen (worked by WEG)
  • Zweckverband Verkehrsverband Hochtaunus [ZVH]: 637 Friedrichsdorf (Taunus) - Brandoberndorf (operated by FKE)
  • Zweckverband Verkehrsverband Wieslauftalbahn: 787 Schorndorf - Rudersberg Nord (worked by WEG)

Narrow-gauge and museum railways

  • Bayerische Zugspitzbahn AG: 11031 Garmisch - Bf Zugspitzplatt (metre gauge, rack line, electrified 1500V dc)
  • BVO Bahn GmbH: 518 Cranzahl - Kurort Oberwiesenthal (750mm gauge)
  • Chiemseeschiffahrt Ludwig Feßler: 10602 Prien - Stock (metre gauge) (operates in connection with the company's shipping services on the Chiemsee)
  • Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn mbH [PRE]: 199 Putbus - Göhren (750mm gauge), 199 Putbus - Lauterbach Mole (750mm gauge operation over DB AG mixed-gauge line)
  • Inselbahn Langeoog: Bf Langeoog - Hafen Langeoog (metre gauge) (operates in connection with Schiffahrt der Inselgemeinde Langeoog shipping services from Bensersiel)

See also