Regional rail

As rail transport ( regional rail, and commuter rail ) transport services, rail transport enterprise in the public transport (PT ) are referred to in Germany. The term includes the types of trains InterRegio Express, Regional-Express, Regional Bahn ( commuter train earlier ) and S -Bahn. These trains are also known as features of transport.

In Austria and Switzerland, there is no exact equivalent to the concept of passenger transport. The Swiss train types Regio Regio Express and S -Bahn are there to the regional traffic.

Legal foundations

Since the regionalization of 1996 no longer the federal government but some of the countries and partly municipal special-purpose associations are responsible for the organization of regional transport in Germany. These have come together under the umbrella organization Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft rail transport ( BAG- SPNV ). The task order support and fund the local transport services in collaboration with the local planning authorities (see list of regional planning authorities).

The General Railway Act ( AEG) " is used to ensure safe operation of the railway and an attractive transport services by rail and ensure the provision of an effective and undistorted competition on the rail in the provision of transport services and the operation of railroad infrastructure. " Rail transport is according to § 2 Abs. 5 of AEG, the "Public transport of passengers in trains, which are mainly intended to meet the transport demand in urban, suburban or regional services. This is in doubt is the case, if in the majority of cases carriage of a train the entire distance traveled 50 kilometers or the total travel time does not exceed one hour. "

Supreme Authority both for railway undertakings (RU ) as well as for railway infrastructure company (EIU ) is either the Federal Railway Authority (EBA ) in Bonn or authorities of each country.

Rail transport by country

For each state the relevant competent planning and approval authority and the task or the drives listed.

Germany -wide overviews:

• List of German railway companies
• List of German tariff and traffic groups

Baden-Wurttemberg

The transport company in Baden -Württemberg ( NVBW ) was established by the State of Baden- Württemberg in 1996. She advises and supports the Home Office on all aspects of SPNVs. Under the brand "3- Löwen-Takt " public transit is nationally coordinated with the regional public transport companies and ally. For the S -Bahn Stuttgart, the Stuttgart Region is the PTA. In the regions of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Main- Tauber-Kreis, Neckar -Odenwald -Kreis and Rhein- Neckar-Kreis this task to the transport association Rhein- Neckar takes ( VRN) true. The supreme Land Planning Authority is located in the Ministry of Economy.

As RUs are active:

• DB Regio Baden- Württemberg, with the divisions Regional traffic Württemberg, Baden and regional transportation S -Bahn Stuttgart,
• DB Regio Rhein Neckar,
• DB ZugBus Regional Alb -Bodensee ( RAB),
• Westfrankenbahn ( WFB )

And nine other branch railways:

• Albtal traffic -Gesellschaft ( AVG)
• Upper Swabia -Bahn (BOB )
• Breisgau- S-Bahn ( BSB)
• Hohenzollerische Landesbahn ( HzL )
• Upper Rhine Railway (OEG )
• Ortenau S-Bahn (OSB)
• SBB GmbH (SBB )
• West German transport company ( SWEG )
• Württemberg Railway Company (WEG )

See also:

• List of passenger stations in Baden -Württemberg
• List of regional rail connections in Baden- Württemberg

Bavaria

The Bavarian Railway Company (BEG ) was founded in 1995 by the Free State of Bavaria. She plans and ordered for the State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology ( BStMWIVT ) the entire regional rail. The BStMWIVT is also supreme planning authority. Train service in transport are referred to as Bayern beat.

See also:

• The tenders of the BEG
• List of passenger stations in Bavaria
• List of regional railway lines in Bavaria

Berlin and Brandenburg

The transport association Berlin -Brandenburg ( VBB) is the union of all the PTAs of public transport in Berlin and Brandenburg. It was founded in 1996 and has since 1999 a common fare for all member regions and cities. Partial find invitations to tender being together with other transport associations. The highest regional planning takes place jointly by the Berlin Senate Department for Urban Development and the Brandenburg Ministry of Infrastructure and Planning.

See also:

• List of railway stations in the Berlin area
• List of the Berlin subway stations
• List of railway lines in Brandenburg and Berlin
• List of passenger stations in Brandenburg

Bremen

In the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the authority of the Senator for Environment, Construction and Transport performs the task of regional rail task ownership. It is simultaneously the highest regional planning authority.

The cities of Bremen and Bremerhaven formed in 1996 together with the towns in Lower Saxony Delmenhorst and Oldenburg and the districts of bunting country Diepholz, Oldenburg, Easter wood, Weser and Verden march the integrated transport system Bremen / Niedersachsen ( VBN ). Associate members in ZVBN 14 kreisangehorige communities in the districts of Cuxhaven, Rotenburg and Nienburg. So the task of sponsorship beyond the boundaries of individual local authorities has been merged away. The cooperation with the tourist group Bremen / Niedersachsen ( VBN ) is regulated by a contract.

See also:

• Railway lines in Bremen
• Line network Regio -S -Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony
• Line numbers of the transport association Bremen / Lower Saxony
• Metropolitan Region Bremen / Oldenburg

Hamburg

The Hamburg Transport Association, founded in 1965 ( HVV) was restructured in 1996 to a network of public transport PTAs. Shareholders are now the states of Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig -Holstein and the seven adjoining Hamburg (land ) districts of Harburg, Lüneburg, Stade, Lauenburg, Segeberg, Stormarn and Pinneberg. State Supreme Planning Authority is the Ministry of Urban Development and Environment. Currently no tenders will take place.

See also:

• List of AKN railway stations
• List of Hamburg regional stations
• List of Hamburg S-Bahn stations
• List of Hamburg Metro Stations
• Transport lines in Hamburg Transport Association

Hesse

In Hesse is in the district of Kassel North Hesse Transport Association ( NPT), the authority for the regional rail. The set by the country and the authorities Fulda, Göttingen, Kassel, Hersfeld -Rotenburg, Waldeck -Frankenberg and Werra- Meißner-Kreis conditions are implemented by the NPT. The EVU see Nordhessischer Transport Association # tenders in regional rail transport.

For the Government Districts casting and (mostly) Darmstadt, the Rhine - Main Transport Association 's ( RMV) of the railway passenger transport authorities. The RMV was founded in 1995 as the successor to the Frankfurt Transport Association ( FVV ). The state of Hesse, together with 15 counties and 11 cities shareholder of the RMV. At the tender various utilities came to the train.

For the circuit of the mountain road transport association Rhein- Neckar is responsible.

The supreme planning authority for Hesse is the Ministry of Economics, Transport and Regional Development.

See also:

• List of railway lines in the transport association Rhein- Neckar
• List of lines in the Rhine- Main Transport Association
• List of passenger stations in Hesse

Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania

The authority for the regional rail transport is the state of Mecklenburg -Vorpommern. The highest regional planning authority is the Ministry of Energy, Transport and Regional Development. The transport company Mecklenburg- Vorpommern ( VMV ) takes over the planning, organization and financing of the railway passenger. You ordered the local rail services in the following trains:

• DB Regio East
• UBB train (UBB )
• Ostseelandverkehr ( OLA )
• East German Railways ( ODEG )
• Railway company Potsdam ( EGP)
• Mecklenburg baths Molli (MBB ) ( narrow-gauge railway, 900 mm)
• Railway construction and operating company Pressnitztalbahn ( PRESS) (some narrow gauge 750 mm)

The Integral clock schedule linked nodes (Rostock, Güstrow, Neustrelitz, Neubrandenburg, Stralsund ) as possible every hour. The only traffic network with regional rail integration is the transport association Warnow ( VVW ), which extends over the Hanseatic city of Rostock and the neighboring districts of Bad Doberan and Güstrow.

See also:

• List of railway lines in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern
• List of passenger stations in Mecklenburg -Vorpommern

Lower Saxony

The state transport corporation Niedersachsen ( LNVG ) is regional rail authority for the state of Lower Saxony, unless the Hannover region and on the Association Greater Brunswick ( ZBG ) are responsible for their respective area. The Ministry of Economy, Labour and Transport is the supreme authority.

Transport networks with integration of regional rail transport:

• Greater Hannover Transport ( GVH ) for the region of Hannover
• Verbundtarif Region Braunschweig ( VRB) for Brunswick and the surrounding area
• Hamburg Transport Association (HVV ) for the Hamburg area
• Transport Association Bremen / Niedersachsen ( VBN ) for the Bremen area
• Southern Lower Saxony Transport Association ( VSN ) for Goettingen and southern Lower Saxony

See also:

• List of regional railway lines in Lower Saxony
• List of passenger stations in Lower Saxony

North Rhine -Westphalia

As of January 2008, the regional rail transport was reorganized in North Rhine -Westphalia and grouped into three umbrella organizations as the relevant PTAs.

The purpose of association transport Rhineland (ZV NVR) is the common umbrella organization for the Aachen Transport Association (GCU) and the transport association Rhein-Sieg (VRS ).

The purpose transport association Westfalen -Lippe ( NWL ) accepts the appointment and funding of the railway passenger for:

• Nahverkehrsverbund Paderborn- Hoexter ( NPH)
• Transport Federation (OWL VVOWL )
• Purpose Association transport Westphalia South ( CFB)
• Purpose Association SPNV Munsterland ( CVM )
• Purpose Association SPNV Ruhr -Lippe ( ZRL )

Since 2008, the regional rail transport association Rhein -Ruhr (VRR ) also coordinates the transport - purpose Verband Niederrhein.

See also:

• List of passenger stations in North Rhine -Westphalia
• List of regional railway lines in North Rhine -Westphalia

Rhineland -Palatinate

• Rhineland -Palatinate clock with purpose association rail transport Rhineland- Palatinate North ( SPNV North) and special purpose association rail transport Rhineland- Palatinate South ( SPNV South)
• List of passenger stations in Rhineland -Palatinate
• List of regional railway lines in Rhineland -Palatinate

Saarland

• Transport Association Society Saar ( VGS )
• List of passenger stations in the Saarland
• List of regional railway lines in Saarland

Saxony

• Traffic Oberelbe (VVO )
• Purpose association for local transport Leipzig ( ZVNL )
• Transport Federation Central Saxony (VMS )
• Transport Federation Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia ( ZVON )
• Purpose of public transport association Vogtland ( CRVO )
• List of passenger stations in Saxony
• List of regional railway lines in Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt

• Saxony-Anhalt local traffic service (NASA)
• Railway lines in Saxony -Anhalt
• List of passenger stations in Saxony -Anhalt
• SPNV tenders

Schleswig-Holstein

The Ministry of Science, Economic Affairs and Transport Schleswig -Holstein is also responsible for traffic law and traffic safety on the track. The public and public authority functions in rail transport are perceived by the State Road Construction and Transport Schleswig -Holstein ( LBV -SH ). The local railway department was created on 1 October 2001.

• List of passenger stations in Schleswig -Holstein
• List of regional railway lines in Schleswig -Holstein

Thuringia

• Transport service company Thuringia ( NVS)
• List of passenger stations in Thuringia
• List of regional railway lines in Thuringia