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 relic 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.
- 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)
- DB Regionalbahn Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (Kiel)
- DB Regio Nordost (Potsdam)
- DB Regio Regionalbereich Berlin/Brandenburg (Potsdam)
- DB Regio Regionalbereich Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (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)
- Elbe-Saale-Bahn (Magdeburg)
- Burgenlandbahn GmbH (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)
- DB Regio Regionalverkehr Südbaden (Freiburg)
- DB Regio Regionalverkehr Württemberg (Stuttgart)
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (Ulm)
- S-Bahn Stuttgart
- DB Regio Bayern
- S-Bahn München
- Regio Unterfranken (Würzburg)
- Regio Mittelfranken (Nürnberg)
- Regio Oberfranken (Hof)
- Regio Ostbayern (Regensburg)
- Regio Bayerisch Schwaben (Augsburg)
- Regio Allgäu (Kempten)
- Regio Oberbayern (München)
- DB Regio Nord (Hanover)
- DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH
- Erzgebirgsbahn (Chemnitz)
- Kurhessenbahn (Kassel)
- Oberweißbacher Berg- und Schwarzatalbahn (Mellenbach-Glasbach)
- SüdostBayernBahn (Mühldorf)
- WestFrankenBahn (Aschaffenburg)
- DB Schenker formerly Railion DB Logistics (Goods traffic)
- Mitteldeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (MEG)
- RBH Logistics (RBH)
- Thalys International (international long-distance services, in cooperations with other European companies)
- DB Stadtverkehr GmbH
Companies of the Veolia Group with railway services
- Veolia Verkehr GmbH (Local passenger services)
- Bayerische Oberlandbahn (BOB)
- Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB)
- Veolia Verkehr Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH (Harz-Elbe-Express) (HEX)
- Märkische Regiobahn (MR) (trade name of the OLA)
- Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn (MRB) (trade name of Veolia Verkehr Regio Ost)
- Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn AG (NEB)
- Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB)
- NordWestBahn (NWB) (Lower Saxony, Bremen and North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Ostseelandverkehr GmbH (OLA) Shares: Veolia-Verkehr 70% and Nahverkehr Schwerin GmbH 30%)
- Ostseebahn GmbH (No operating services)
- Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft mbH
- Schöneicher-Rüdersdorfer Straßenbahn GmbH (SRS)
- Veolia Verkehr Regio Ost, formerly Connex Sachsen GmbH and to June 2005 Lausitzbahn GmbH)
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Görlitz GmbH (VGG) (trams)
- Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (WEG)
Other subsidiaries of Veolia Verkehr GmbH operate bus services, especially in built-up areas.
- Schienenpersonenfernverkehr von Veolia:
In Veolia's long-distance trains separate fares apply, independently of Deutsche Bahn. Tickets may be obtained on the trains and elsewhere.- InterConnex on the route Leipzig–Berlin–Rostock/Warnemünde
- Harz-Berlin-Express on the route Berlin - Magdeburg - Halberstadt(Zugteilung) - Quedlinburg - Thale / Wernigerode - Vienenburg (Lower Saxony)
- Veolia Cargo Deutschland GmbH (Goods traffic)
In the “network” – with 18 locations – are included:- Bayerische Cargo Bahn (BCB)
- Dortmunder Eisenbahn GmbH (DE) (ab 1. Juli 2004)
- Farge-Vegesacker Eisenbahngesellschaft (FVE)
- Hörseltalbahn GmbH (HTB)
- Industriebahn-Gesellschaft Berlin mbH (IGB)
- Rail4Chem
- Regiobahn Bitterfeld Berlin (RBB)
- Teutoburger Wald Eisenbahn (TWE)
- Others operate goods traffic as well:
- NeCoSS (Neutral Container Shuttle System)
- Nord-Ostsee-Bahn (NOB)
- NordWestCargo (NWC)
- Ostseeland Verkehr (OLA)
- Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (WEG)
Companies of the Netinera Group with railway services
- Netinera GmbH
- Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG (OHE) (regional goods traffic in Lower Saxony, trans-regional services)
- PE Arriva AG
- Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH (ODEG)
- Prignitzer Eisenbahn GmbH (PEG)
- Regentalbahn AG
- Regental Bahnbetriebs GmbH (RBG) − the Länderbahn − with the following services:
- Oberpfalzbahn
- Waldbahn
- ALEX (former names: ARRIVA-Länderbahn-Express, Allgäu-Express)
- Vogtlandbahn GmbH (VBG)
- Regental Bahnbetriebs GmbH (RBG) − the Länderbahn − with the following services:
Under the trade name Vogtland-Express Netinera offers long-distance passenger services on the route Berlin–Riesa–Chemnitz–Plauen–Hof.
