Ortenau Regional S-Bahn is the brand name of the
Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH (SWEG), a transport company owned by the state of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...
, used for suburban and regional railway services in the
Ortenau
The Ortenau (), originally called Mortenau, is a historic region in the present-day German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the right bank of the river Rhine, stretching from the Upper Rhine Plain to the foothill zone of the Black F ...
area with services extending to the neighbouring city of
Strasbourg
Strasbourg ( , ; ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est Regions of France, region of Geography of France, eastern France, in the historic region of Alsace. It is the prefecture of the Bas-Rhin Departmen ...
in France, centering on
Offenburg station. Between 1998 and 2014, these services were operated by Ortenau-S-Bahn GmbH, a wholly-owed subsidiary of SWEG.
Services
the Ortenau-S-Bahn branding encompasses the following services, although unlike most German S-Bahn systems they are not designated with an 'S' and the white/green S-Bahn logo:
* – (
Acher Valley Railway)
* –– (
Rench Valley Railway)
* Offenburg–Appenweier–– (
Appenweier–Strasbourg railway
The Appenweier–Strasbourg railway is a major railway line linking the French TGV station at Strasbourg with the German Rhine Valley Railway (''Rheintalbahn'') and the Karlsruhe–Basel high-speed railway (between Offenburg and Baden-Baden stat ...
)
* Offenburg–– (
Black Forest Railway)
* Offenburg–Hausach–– (
Kinzig Valley Railway)
* – (
Harmersbach Valley Railway)
References
External links
*
Official web site of the Ortenau S-Bahn
Freudenstadt (district)
Buildings and structures in Ortenaukreis
Railway companies of Germany
Buildings and structures in Rottweil (district)
Ortenau
The Ortenau (), originally called Mortenau, is a historic region in the present-day German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the right bank of the river Rhine, stretching from the Upper Rhine Plain to the foothill zone of the Black F ...
Rapid transit in Germany
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