List of German railway companies
This list includes railway companies operating in Germany . Since the railway reform is between railway infrastructure - (EIU) and railway traffic company distinguished (RU). The competent licensing authority for federally owned or foreign RIUs and EVUs is the Federal Railway Authority , for the so-called NE-Bahn the respective federal state in which the company is based (§ 6 AEG ).
Railway companies that no longer exist are included in the list of former German railway companies . Also not included in this list and transport authorities of the railway passenger , museum railways and public transport networks .
Most of the stations and stops in the route network belong to the subsidiaries DB Station & Service AG , DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur and DB Netz of Deutsche Bahn .
The Federal Railways Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB) and Deutsche Reichsbahn (DR) merged to form Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) through the Railway Reorganization Act of 1994 . This was divided into individual subsidiaries according to the areas of responsibility .
Railway infrastructure company (EIU)
Federal company
- The DB Netz (Frankfurt) operates the majority of the public rail network owned by the Federation (with exceptions, see below).
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DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur (Frankfurt am Main) operates routes and stations on the following networks:
- Erzgebirgsbahn (Saxony)
- Kurhessenbahn (Hessen)
- Oberweißbacher Berg- und Schwarzatalbahn (Thuringia, funicular between Mellenbach-Glasbach and Cursdorf )
- Südostbayernbahn (Bavaria)
- Westfrankenbahn (from Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria to Hanau in Hesse)
- DB Station & Service (Berlin) operates train stations and stops in all federal states.
- DB energy
- Waste Management Plant for Nuclear Plants (EWN)
- Usedomer Bäderbahn (UBB)
Non-federally owned companies
The six largest non-federally owned EIUs:
- Captrain Germany
- German regional railway
- RegioInfra Society
- Netinera
- Railways and transport companies Elbe-Weser
- Westphalian transport company
Railway companies (EVU)
Deutsche Bahn companies
Long-distance passenger transport, Sylt shuttle and transport to the island of Wangerooge
- DB Fernverkehr (Frankfurt am Main), formerly DB Reise & Touristik
Public transport
- DB Regio (local passenger transport)
- Usedomer Bäderbahn (UBB)
Freight transport
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DB Cargo Deutschland AG , formerly Railion Deutschland AG, formerly DB Schenker Rail (freight transport)
- Central German railways (MEG, DB Cargo only share a percentage)
- RBH Logistics (formerly RAG, 100% subsidiary of DB Cargo)
Others
BeNEX GmbH companies with rail transport
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BeNEX GmbH
- Agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft , Regensburg (100%)
- Agilis Eisenbahngesellschaft , Regensburg (49%, partner HHA )
- Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft , Kassel (50%, partner HLB )
- Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH (ME), Uelzen (26.42% stake, partner: NiedersachsenBahn (73.58%))
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft (NBE), Kaltenkirchen (50%, partner AKN )
- East German Railway (ODEG), Parchim (50%, partner Netinera (via Prignitzer Railway ))
Companies of the Transdev Group with rail transport
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Transdev GmbH ( local public transport)
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Bavarian Oberlandbahn (BOB)
- Meridian (M), brand of the Bavarian Oberlandbahn
- Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn (MRB), brand of the Bayerische Oberlandbahn and the Transdev Regio Ost
- Bavarian Regional Railway (BRB)
- NordWestBahn (NWB)
- Ostseeland Verkehr (OLA), until 2014 with the InterConnex brand (without traffic)
- Transdev Hannover GmbH
- Transdev Mitteldeutschland GmbH
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Transdev Regio East
- Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn (MRB), brand of the Transdev Regio Ost and the Bavarian Oberlandbahn
- Transdev Rheinland GmbH
- Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , brand of Transdev Rheinland
- Transdev Saxony-Anhalt (without traffic)
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Transdev SE & Co. KG
- Freiberger Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH (85%, shareholder REGIOBUS Mittelachsen GmbH (10%) and 4 regional bus companies (1.25% each))
- Hunsrückbahn , a brand of Transdev SE & Co. KG
- Moselweinbahn , brand of Transdev SE & Co. KG
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Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH
- MittelrheinBahn, brand of the Trans Regio Deutsche Regionalbahn
- Württemberg Railway Company (WEG)
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Bavarian Oberlandbahn (BOB)
Companies of the Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane
Subsidiary of the Italian state railway Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane .
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Netinera (formerly Arriva Germany)
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Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen (OHE) (regional freight transport in Lower Saxony, supra-regional transport)
- Erixx
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NiedersachsenBahn (60%; joint subsidiary together with the railways and transport company Elbe-Weser (40%))
- Metronom (joint subsidiary of NiedersachsenBahn (73.58%) with BeNEX (26.42%))
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Netinera Region East
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Prignitzer Railway (PEG)
- Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG; joint subsidiary of Prignitzer Eisenbahn (50%) and BeNEX (50%))
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Prignitzer Railway (PEG)
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Regentalbahn
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The Länderbahn (until 2015 Vogtlandbahn )
- alex (formerly Allgäu-Express )
- Berchtesgadener LandBahn (joint subsidiary with Salzburg AG )
- Upper Palatinate Railway
- Regental Cargo
- Rainwater works
- Trilex
- Vogtlandbahn
- Forest railway
- vlexx
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The Länderbahn (until 2015 Vogtlandbahn )
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Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen (OHE) (regional freight transport in Lower Saxony, supra-regional transport)
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TX Logistik AG (TXL): Freight traffic management, based in Troisdorf
- boxXpress.de GmbH based in Hamburg (15%; joint subsidiary together with ERS Railways BV (47%) and Eurogate Intermodal GmbH (38%))
Companies of the Société nationale des chemins de fer français
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) is the French national railway company.
- Eurobahn : Brand name for local passenger transport of Keolis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG in Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands
- ITL Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH: Freight transport services, based in Dresden
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Captrain Germany : Freight transport services, based in Dortmund
- Captrain Deutschland CargoWest Merger of Bayerischer CargoBahn (BCB) and TWE Bahnbetriebs GmbH (TWEBB) in Gütersloh
- Dortmund Railway (DE): Freight transport services, seat in Dortmund
- Farge-Vergesacker Eisenbahngesellschaft (FVE): Railway infrastructure company, based in Bremen
- Hörseltalbahn (HTB)
- Industriebahn-Gesellschaft Berlin mbH (IGB): Freight traffic lines, based in Berlin
- Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn (NEB): Passenger traffic, based in Berlin
- Rail4Captrain : Freight traffic management, based in Dortmund
- Regiobahn Bitterfeld Berlin (RBB): Freight traffic lines, based in Bitterfeld
Companies of the Abellio Transport Holding with rail transport
Abellio Transport Holding coordinates the activities of the Dutch state railway Nederlandse Spoorwegen in passenger transport outside the Netherlands.
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Abellio GmbH
- Abellio Rail NRW (Hagen)
- Abellio Rail Central Germany (Halle (Saale))
- Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart; until the end of September 2016 Abellio Rail Südwest , Berlin)
- Westfalenbahn (Bielefeld)
Companies of the Go Ahead Group with rail transport
Subsidiary of the British transport company Go Ahead Group plc.
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Go-Ahead Verkehrsgesellschaft Deutschland GmbH
- Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg GmbH based in Stuttgart
- Go-Ahead Bayern GmbH based in Augsburg
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Railway depot at Essingen station (near Aalen ):
Go-Ahead Facility GmbH
RDC companies with rail transport
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RDC Germany GmbH (RDCD)
- Hamburg-Köln-Express GmbH (HKX) (Successor: Flixtrain )
- RDC Autozug Sylt GmbH
Flixmobility company
- Flixtrain (successor to HKX)
Other railway companies
A.
- Ablachtalbahn
- AHG trade & logistics
- Aicher Cargo
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AKN Railway (AKN)
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft (NBE), Kaltenkirchen (50%, partner BeNEX )
- Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (AVG)
- AmE rail logistics
- Anhaltinisch-Brandenburgische Eisenbahngesellschaft (ABEG)
- Anhalt Railway (Dessau)
- Ankum-Bersenbrücker Railway
- Connection railway service company Pressnitztalbahn (Press)
- ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt Transport
- Aschersleben Transport Company (AVG)
- Augsburg Local Railway (AL)
B.
- Bahnbetriebsgesellschaft (BBG) Stauden (Fischach) (only EIU )
- Railways of the city of Monheim (BSM) (freight traffic only)
- BahnLog rail logistics and service
- BahnTouristikExpress (BTE) ( Nuremberg )
- BASF Schwarzheide
- BASF SE Service Center Railway (Ludwigshafen)
- Bavarian Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG
- BayernBahn operating company
- Bayernhafen Group (port railways)
- BBL logistics
- BDG railway service and service company
- BEHALA Berlin port and warehouse operations
- Bentheim Railway (BE)
- Mountain railways in the Siebengebirge
- BGE railway freight transport company
- BLP Wiebe Logistik
- Bocholt railway company
- Bodensee-Oberschwaben-Bahn (BOB)
- Borkumer Kleinbahn- und Dampfschiffahrt (BKD)
- Bräunert railway traffic
- Bremen-Thedinghauser Railway (BTE)
- Bremen tram
- Brohltal narrow-gauge railway in operation
- BSB suction dredger & road-rail technology
- BSL Operation-Service-Logistics
- BT Berlin Transport
- BTS Bahn Tec
C.
- CC logistics
- CFL Cargo Germany
- Chemion logistics
- Chiemsee Railway Feßler & Cie.
- City-Bahn Chemnitz
- CTL Logistics (Hamburg)
D.
- D&D Railway Company (Hagenow)
- Delmenhorst-Harpstedter Eisenbahn GmbH (DHE)
- Delta Rail
- Dessau Transport and Railway Company (DVE)
- Deutsche Gleisbau Material Transport
- German private railway
- DGEG Railways & Travel (Bochum)
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German regional railway (DRE, infrastructure only)
- Bavarian Regional Railway (BRE, infrastructure only)
- DRE rail transport
- The lei
- Dipl.-Ing. Günter Müller
- Dispo-Tf Rail GmbH
- Dispo-Tf Education GmbH
- Döllnitzbahn (Mügeln)
- Dortmund Railway
- Dresden Transport Company (DVB)
- Duisport Rail
- Duomobile
- DWK
E.
- EBB - E uropean B ahn b etriebe
- EfW - Transport Company (Frechen)
- Railway and ports freight transport (Duisburg)
- Eichholz Eivel (Berlin)
- Eifelbahn Verkehrsgesellschaft (EIU)
- EFW railway (EbdEFW)
- Railway logistics Leipzig (Leipzig)
- Railway logistics and service (Neustrelitz)
- Railway technology operation (Bernau near Berlin)
- Railway construction and operating company Pressnitztalbahn mbH (Press, Jöhstadt)
- Central Neckar Railway Company (Kornwestheim)
- Railway company Ostfriesland-Oldenburg (egoo) (Aurich)
- Railway company Potsdam (EGP)
- Aurich-Emden Railway Infrastructure Company (EAE)
- Railway logistics company (Essen)
- Railway Service Company (ESG, Vaihingen / Enz)
- ekr rail logistics and construction supervision (Berlin)
- ELBA logistics (Backnang)
- Electric railways of the city of Bonn and the Rhein-Sieg district (SSB)
- ELP - Eurolokpool (Elsteraue / Tröglitz)
- Emsland Railway (Meppen)
- Energiewerke Nord (Rubenow)
- Energy Rail (Cottbus)
- Erfurt Railway (EIB)
- Erfurt Railway Service (Erfurt)
- Erms-Neckar Railway (ENAG) (Bad Urach)
- ERS Railways (Hamburg, Frankfurt)
- Railway and special wagon operating company (ESG) (Augsburg)
- European Train Service (ETS) (Cologne)
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Railways and transport companies Elbe-Weser (Zeven)
- NiedersachsenBahn GmbH, Celle (40%; operating company for the metronom railway company )
- Mittelweserbahn GmbH, Bruchhausen-Vilsen (100%) meanwhile evb logistics
- Jade-Weser-Bahn GmbH i. G. (together with WeserBahn GmbH )
- EVS Euregio Verkehrsschienennetz GmbH (EVS)
F.
- Frankfurt-Koenigsteiner Railway
- Municipal connecting railway Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurter Hafenbahn)
G
- Georg Transport Organization (GVG)
- Georgsmarienhütten-Eisenbahn und Transport GmbH (GET)
- Gleiskraft GmbH (elms)
- Groß Bieberau-Reinheimer Railway
H
- Ports and Freight Transport Köln AG (HGK) (freight transport only)
- Härtsfeld Betriebs-GmbH
- Port and rail operations of the city of Krefeld (freight traffic only)
- Hamburger Hafenbahn (infrastructure only)
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Hamburger Hochbahn AG (operates the Hamburg subway and a large part of the Hamburg city bus network)
- Agilis Railway Company , Regensburg (51%, partner BeNEX GmbH )
- Hamburger Rail Service GmbH & Co.KG (hrs) (freight traffic only)
- Port railway of the port of Hamm
- Hanseatic Railway GmbH
- Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH (HSB)
- Havelländische Eisenbahn AG (hvle) (freight traffic only)
- Heavy Haul Power International GmbH (Erfurt, freight traffic only, see also Freightliner PL )
- Heinrichsmeyer Eisenbahndienstleistungen UG , based in Merzig
- Hersfelder Eisenbahn GmbH
- Hessische Güterbahn GmbH (freight traffic only)
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Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (passenger and freight transport in Hesse)
- HLB Hessenbahn GmbH
- HLB Basis AG (infrastructure company)
- Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft , Kassel (50%, partner BeNEX GmbH )
- Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG (HzL) (Baden-Württemberg)
- HSL Logistik GmbH (freight traffic only)
- Hupac Germany GmbH
I / J
- Ilmebahn GmbH (ILM) (freight traffic only)
- Ilztalbahn GmbH
- InfraLeuna (Leuna)
- Inselbahn Langeoog (shipping of the island community of Langeoog)
- Industrie Transportgesellschaft Brandenburg mbH
- IntEgro Verkehr GmbH
- International Society for Railway Transport (IGE, Hersbruck)
K
- Kahlgrund Verkehrs-GmbH (currently only infrastructure and bus transport)
- Karsdorfer Eisenbahngesellschaft (KEG, insolvent)
- Kassel-Naumburger Eisenbahn AG
- Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB) (overland light rail)
- Kreisbahn Aurich GmbH
- Kreisbahn Mansfelder Land GmbH (KML)
- Kreisbahn Siegen-Wittgenstein GmbH
L.
- Lappwaldbahn GmbH (Weferlingen)
- LDS GmbH - Logistics Services & Service (Eutin)
- Leipziger Eisenbahnverkehrgesellschaft mbH (LEG)
- Locomore GmbH & Co. KG (Berlin) ( filed for bankruptcy in May 2017 )
- LOCON Logistik & Consulting AG
- Lokomotion Gesellschaft für Schienentraktion mbH
- Lotrac Railway Company GmbH (Eisenach)
- Lüchow-Schmarsauer Eisenbahn GmbH (only bus services)
M.
- Märkische Verkehrsgesellschaft (Lüdenscheid)
- Mecklenburgische Bäderbahn Molli GmbH & Co KG (narrow-gauge railway)
- MEV Eisenbahn-Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (Mannheim)
- Mindener Kreisbahnen GmbH (MKB) (freight traffic only)
- Muldental-Eisenbahnverkehrsgesellschaft mbH (MTEG)
N
- National Express Rail GmbH (local passenger transport in NRW)
- Neukölln-Mittenwalder Eisenbahn- Gesellschaft AG (NME) (freight traffic only)
- Neuss Railway
- Niederbarnimer Railway (NEB)
- Niederrheinische Verkehrsbetriebe AG (NIAG) (freight traffic only)
- North Bavarian Railway Company (NbE)
- North German Railway Company (neg)
- Nordic Rail Service GmbH (NRS)
O
- Upper Rhine Railway Company (later MVV OEG AG, now Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (rnv), only EIU)
P
- PBSV GmbH Magdeburg (freight transport)
- PCT Private Car Train GmbH (automobile logistics, subsidiary of ARS Altmann )
- Pfalzbahn Eisenbahnbetriebsgesellschaft mbH (special train services for various customers)
- City administration Pfullendorf
R.
- Rail 4U
- Rail Center Nuremberg
- Rail Technology & Logistics (RTuL) (Magdeburg)
- Raildox
- RBH Logistics (Gladbeck)
- RbT Regiobahn Thuringia (Bleicherode)
- Regional Infra Service Saxony
- Regiobahn (Mettmann)
- RegioInfra Gesellschaft mbH (RIG), infrastructure only
- Regionalbahn Kassel GmbH
- Rennsteigbahn
- Rent-a-Rail AG (RAR)
- Rhein-Haardtbahn GmbH (RHB, since 2012 Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH)
- Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV)
- Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH (RSE) (Bonn)
- Rhein-Sieg-Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (RSVG)
- Rhenus Rail St. Ingbert GmbH (RRI) (freight and shunting traffic in southwest Germany, formerly Wincanton Rail GmbH (WRS))
- Rinteln-Stadthagener Verkehrs GmbH (RStV) (freight traffic only)
- Rügen bath railway
- Röbel-Müritz-Eisenbahn GmbH
- RuhrtalBahn Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
- Rurtalbahn GmbH
S.
- Saarbahn GmbH
- SMR Saar Mosel Rail GmbH (Trier, freight traffic only, formerly HEB Hunsrück Eisenbahninfrastructurgesellschaft mbH , Hermeskeil)
- Saxon Steam Railway Company (SDG)
- Saxon-Oberlausitzer Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH (SOEG)
- Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn
- Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn GmbH (SHB)
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB GmbH)
- Seehafen Kiel GmbH & Co KG (SK)
- SES Logistik GmbH
- SGL - Rail Goods Logistics GmbH
- Spitzke Logistik GmbH
- Municipal Railway Krefeld (port and industrial railway)
- Municipal Works Krefeld AG - Krefeld Railway (SWK Mobil GmbH)
- Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB)
- Stadtwerke Heilbronn GmbH ( Heilbronn industrial and port railway )
- Städtebahn Sachsen GmbH
- Starkenberger Güterlogistik GmbH
- Stauden-Verkehrs-GmbH (SVG)
- Strausberger Railway GmbH (STE)
- South Thuringia Railway GmbH (STB)
- Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs AG (SWEG), formerly Südwestdeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ( local public transport in Baden)
T
- Tegernsee-Bahn operating company mbH
- Thalys
- Thuringian Railway GmbH
- Train4you Vertriebs GmbH
- Transpetrol GmbH
- trans regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH
- Triangula Logistik GmbH
- Stadtwerke Trossingen GmbH
- Tourist railways in the Rhineland GmbH
U
V
- Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn GmbH (VWE) (freight traffic only)
- Verkehrsbetriebe Grafschaft Hoya GmbH (VGH) (freight and passenger transport)
- Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal (VBE)
- Verkehrsbetriebe Kreis Plön GmbH (VKP)
- Verkehrsbetriebe Peine-Salzgitter GmbH
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Dormagen mbH (Zons-Nievenheim industrial railway)
- VLO Verkehrsgesellschaft Landkreis Osnabrück GmbH (only freight traffic)
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Norderstedt (VGN, only EIU)
- Verkehrsverband Hochtaunus (VHT) (infrastructure company)
- Vias GmbH (Odenwaldbahn / Rheingau line)
- Vorwohle-Emmerthaler Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH (VEV)
- Vulkan-Eifel-Bahn operating company mbH
- VVM Museumsbahn Betriebsgesellschaft mbH
W.
- Wanne-Herner Eisenbahn und Hafen GmbH
- Wedler Franz Logistik GmbH & Co. KG (WFL Potsdam)
- Weser Ems Railway
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Weserbahn GmbH
- Jade-Weser-Bahn GmbH i. G. (together with the railways and transport companies Elbe-Weser )
- Westerwaldbahn GmbH of the Altenkirchen district (WEBA)
- Westfälische Almetalbahn GmbH (WAB Altenbeken)
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Westfälische Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (WVG), runs the business for
- Regionalverkehr Münsterland GmbH (Rheine)
- Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe GmbH (RLG) (freight traffic only)
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Kreis Unna mbH (VKU)
- Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn GmbH (WLE) (freight transport in Westphalia)
- West Mecklenburg Railway Company (WEMEG) (Bantin)
- HF Wiebe GmbH & Co. KG
- City administration Bad Wurzach ( Roßbergbahn )
X / Y / Z
- Zörbiger infrastructure company (infrastructure only)
- ZossenRail operating company (infrastructure only)
- Public transport association in Ammertal (Tübingen)
- Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn (Dettenhausen)
- Zweckverband Verkehrsverband Wieslauftalbahn (Rudersberg)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b List of infrastructure companies that are subject to approval according to Section 6 AEG. (xls; 47 KiB) (No longer available online.) Federal Railway Authority, January 13, 2016, archived from the original on January 16, 2016 ; accessed on January 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ List of the stations operated by DB RegioNetz Infrastruktur GmbH. (xls; 25 KiB) (No longer available online.) Federal Railway Authority, January 15, 2016, archived from the original on January 16, 2016 ; accessed on January 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ List of the stations operated by DB Station & Service AG. (xls; 532 KiB) (No longer available online.) Federal Railway Authority, March 11, 2015, archived from the original on January 16, 2016 ; accessed on January 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.abellio.de/de/deutschland-suedwest/unternehmen-news/media-center/presse/abellio-fuehrungsteam-fuer-das
- ^ The Pfalzbahn company. Pfalzbahn GmbH, 67227 Frankenthal / Pfalz, accessed on March 20, 2010 .