The Harmersbach Valley Railway (german: Harmersbachtalbahn) is a 10.6 km long branch line in southwestern Germany that branches off in
Biberach from the
Black Forest Railway and ends in
Oberharmersbach
Oberharmersbach ( gsw, label= Low Alemannic, Haamerschbach) is a town in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second ...
-Riersbach.
The Harmersbach Valley Railway was opened on 15 December 1904 by the
Vering & Waechter Vering is a German surname
Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname'').
The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually ...
construction and operating company in Berlin, from whom it was transferred on 1 April 1917 to the
German Railway Operating Company The German Railway Operating Company (German: ''Deutsche Eisenbahn-Betriebs-Gesellschaft'') or DEBG was a public limited company (''Aktiengesellschaft'') that was founded on 15 November 1898 in Berlin. It was founded by the Vering & Waechter railwa ...
. Since 1963 it has belonged to the state-owned
Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (SWEG). Its subsidiary, the
Ortenau S-Bahn
Ortenau-S-Bahn (''OSB'') is a brand name of the Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (SWEG), a transport company owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg. It is employed for regional railway services in the Ortenau area, centering on . Be ...
(OSB), runs the line today.
Since December 2005 single journeys via Biberach from and to
Offenburg
Offenburg ("open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemmanic: ''Offäburg'') is a city located in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the administrative capital ...
were connected. The rail traffic is enhanced by a parallel-running bus line owned by the SWEG, that is operated by a local sub-contractor.
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Railway lines in the Black Forest
Ortenaukreis