List of German railway companies

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This list contains railway companies currently operating in Germany. It includes railway units that are not independent legal entities.

Federal railways and private railway companies with their headquarters abroad are given their authority to operate by the Federal Railway Office (Eisenbahn-Bundesamt). All other private railway companies are authorised by the responsible authorities of the states in which they have their headquarters.

Names of all railway companies have been left in German.

For railway companies that are no longer in existence, see the List of former German railway companies.

The bulk of the railway network in Germany belongs to DB Netz, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG – this situation is a relict from the time when the Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn had a monopoly. The stations and halts on the DB Netz network are run by DB Station&Service. Not included in this list are museum railways and transport unions.

A distinction must be made between railway infrastructure companies and railway operating companies; see private railways.

Deutsche Bahn AG companies[]

  • DB Fernverkehr AG, previously DB Reise & Touristik (Long-distance passenger services)
    • DB AutoZug GmbH (international car train services and German night trains under the trade name DB NachtZug)
    • CityNightLine (CNL) (international night services)
  • DB Regio AG (Local passenger services)
    • DB Regio Nord (Hanover)
      • GmbH (Kiel)
    • DB Regio Nordost (Potsdam)
      • (Potsdam)
      • (Schwerin)
      • Usedomer Bäderbahn GmbH (UBB) (Local passenger services in West Pomerania)
    • DB Regio NRW GmbH (Düsseldorf)
      • Verkehrsbetrieb Rheinland (Köln)
      • Verkehrsbetrieb Rhein-Ruhr (Essen)
      • Verkehrsbetrieb Westfalen (Münster/W)
    • DB Regio Südost (Leipzig)
      • Verkehrsbetrieb Südostsachsen (Dresden)
      • Verkehrsbetrieb Mitteldeutschland (Halle)
      • Verkehrsbetrieb Elbe-Saale (Magdeburg)
      • (Magdeburg)
      • (Zeitz)
      • Verkehrsbetrieb Thüringen (Erfurt)
    • DB Regio Hessen (Frankfurt am Main)
      • Regionalverkehr Mittel- und Kurhessen (Gießen)
      • Regionalverkehr Südhessen (Darmstadt)
      • Regionalverkehr Rhein-Main (Frankfurt a.M.)
      • S-Bahn Rhein-Main (Frankfurt a.M.)
    • DB Regio Südwest (Mainz) (for Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland)
    • DB Regio RheinNeckar (Mannheim) (for Nordbaden)
    • DB Regio Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart)
      • (Freiburg)
      • (Stuttgart)
      • DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (Ulm)
      • S-Bahn Stuttgart
    • DB Regio Bayern
  • DB Schenker formerly Railion DB Logistics (Goods traffic)
    • (MEG)
    • (RBH)
  • Thalys International (international long-distance services, in cooperations with other European companies)
  • DB Stadtverkehr GmbH
    • S-Bahn Berlin GmbH
    • S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH

Companies of the Veolia Group with railway services[]

Other subsidiaries of Veolia Verkehr GmbH operate bus services, especially in built-up areas.

  • von Veolia:
    In Veolia's long-distance trains separate fares apply, independently of Deutsche Bahn. Tickets may be obtained on the trains and elsewhere.
  • Veolia Cargo Deutschland GmbH (Goods traffic)
    In the “network” – with 18 locations – are included:
    • (BCB)
    • (DE) (ab 1. Juli 2004)
    • (FVE)
    • GmbH (HTB)
    • (IGB)
    • Rail4Chem
    • (RBB)
    • (TWE)
  • Others operate goods traffic as well:

Companies of the Netinera Group with railway services[]

  • Netinera GmbH
    • Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG (OHE) (regional goods traffic in Lower Saxony, trans-regional services)
    • Regentalbahn AG
      • Regental Bahnbetriebs GmbH (RBG) − the Länderbahn − with the following services:
        • Oberpfalzbahn
        • Waldbahn
        • ALEX (former names: , )
      • Vogtlandbahn GmbH (VBG)

Under the trade name Vogtland-Express Netinera offers long-distance passenger services on the route Berlin–Riesa–Chemnitz–Plauen–Hof.

Other railway companies[]

A[]

B[]

  • Bahnbetriebsgesellschaft (BBG) Stauden mbH (Fischach) (only a railway infrastructure company)
  • (BSM) (only goods traffic)
  • (Mannheim)
  • (Ludwigshafen)
  • Bayerische Zugspitzbahn
  • BayernBahn
  • (Hafenbahnen)
    • Hafenbahn Aschaffenburg
    • Hafenbahn Bamberg
    • Hafenbahn Nürnberg und Roth
    • Hafenbahn Regensburg
    • Hafenbahn Passau
  • (only goods traffic)
  • AG (BE) (only goods traffic)
  • mbH
  • (BOB)
  • Borkumer Kleinbahn und Dampfschiffahrt GmbH (BKD)
  • GmbH (Hamburg)
  • Breisgau-S-Bahn GmbH (BSB; Freiburg im Breisgau)
  • (BTE) (only goods traffic)
  • BVO Bahn GmbH (narrow gauge railways in Saxony), from 9 May 2007 Sächsische Dampfeisenbahngesellschaft

C–D[]

E[]

F–G[]

  • Feld- und Kleinbahn Betriebsgesellschaft gGmbH (infrastructure company for Süderbrarup - Kappeln)
  • (FLEX) (long-distance passenger services in North Germany, insolvent 2003)
  • Frankfurter Hafenbahn
  • (GVG) (Internationaler Nachtverkehr)
  • GmbH
  • (only goods traffic)

H[]

I–K[]

  • (ILM) (only goods traffic)
  • (Leuna)
  • (shipping services for the island of Langeoog)
  • (ITB, Brandenburg)
  • (IGE, Hersbruck) with their long-distance train
  • mbH (Goods traffic, bought by SNCF Geodis in 2010[2])
  • (KEG, insolvent)
  • Keolis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin (eurobahn)
  • Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe AG (KVB) Stadtbahn Köln on railway lines
  • (KML)
  • GmbH

L–M[]

N[]

  • -Ges. AG (NME) (only goods traffic)
  • (NIAG) (only goods traffic)
  • (NbE)
  • mbH (neg)
  • (NRS)
  • (NVAG) insolvent (2003)
  • Nordseebahn (Local passenger services Bremerhaven–Cuxhaven railway): trade name, not a company

O–P[]

  • Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (now MVV OEG AG) (electric operations)
  • Ortenau-S-Bahn GmbH (Offenburg)
  • Magdeburg (goods traffic)
  • (Automobillogistik, Tochterunternehmen der )

R[]

S[]

Plasser & Theurer MFS-100 material conveyor and hopper unit for continuous loading and unloading, operated by Spitzke Logistik GmbH.

T–U[]

V[]

  • vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
  • Verden-Walsroder Eisenbahn GmbH (VWE) (only goods traffic)
  • (VGH) (only goods traffic)
  • (VBE) (only goods traffic)
  • (Industriebahn Zons-Nievenheim)
  • (only goods traffic now)
  • (VHT) (infrastructure company)
  • (Odenwaldbahn)
  • (VEV)

W–Z[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Railway Gazette: Captrain completes ITL acquisition". Retrieved 2010-12-01.
  2. ^ "Railway Gazette: Captrain completes ITL acquisition". Retrieved 2010-12-01.

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