Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft
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The Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft ("Southwest German Transport Company") or SWEG (from its former name, Südwestdeutsche Eisenbahn Gesellschaft) is a transport company in southwest Germany that operates railway lines and bus services. It is 100 % owned by the federal state of Baden-Württemberg
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SWEG's wholly owned Ortenau S-Bahn
subsidiary also operates services over lines owned by DB Netz AG
in the vicinity of Offenburg
. SWEG also has a 50% share-holding in the Breisgau S-Bahn
, which operates similar services in the vicinity of Freiburg im Breisgau.
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
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Railway services
SWEG directly owns and operates the following railway lines:- AchernAchernAchern is a city in Western Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located approximately 18 km southwest of Baden-Baden and 19 km northeast of Offenburg...
– OttenhöfenOttenhöfen im SchwarzwaldOttenhöfen im Schwarzwald is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany....
(the Achertalbahn) - Bad KrozingenBad KrozingenBad Krozingen is a spa town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 15 km southwest of Freiburg....
– Münstertal (the Münstertalbahn) - Biberach (Baden) – Oberharmersbach-RiersbachOberharmersbachOberharmersbach is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany...
(the Harmersbachtalbahn) - BühlBühl (Baden)The city of Bühl is part of the district of Rastatt in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It has a history reaching back to the twelfth century and was formerly an agricultural town, especially famous for its plums...
– Schwarzach – Stollhofen (goods only) - GottenheimGottenheimGottenheim is an independent village at the northern tip of the Tuniberg, 15 km west of Freiburg im Breisgau. It is located in the administrative region Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
– Riegel am KaiserstuhlRiegel am KaiserstuhlRiegel am Kaiserstuhl is a German municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg. It is accessed by the motorway A5 .-Education:...
– Breisach (the Kaiserstuhlbahn)
SWEG's wholly owned Ortenau S-Bahn
Ortenau S-Bahn
The Ortenau S-Bahn is a regional railway operator in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a subsidiary of the Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft , a transport company owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg....
subsidiary also operates services over lines owned by DB Netz AG
DB Netz
DB Netz AG is a 100%-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn is a railway infrastructure provider, which owns and operates a majority of the German railway system . The company was established in the course of the second stage of the German rail reform as a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn...
in the vicinity of Offenburg
Offenburg
Offenburg is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With about 60,000 inhabitants, it is the largest city and the capital of the Ortenaukreis.Offenburg also houses University of Applied Sciences Offenburg...
. SWEG also has a 50% share-holding in the Breisgau S-Bahn
Breisgau S-Bahn
The Breisgau S-Bahn is a regional railway operator in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a subsidiary of Freiburger Verkehrs AG , the municipal transport operator of the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, and the Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft , a transport company owned by the...
, which operates similar services in the vicinity of Freiburg im Breisgau.