The 'Stadtwerke Oberhausen AG' (STOAG) is the local transport organization for the city of Oberhausen,

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. It is a member of the regional transport organization

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(VRR). The STOAG operates 6 express bus lines, as well as 10 citybus lines which are operated jointly with Urban-Reisen, and 6 Regional-lines which are partially operated by the STOAG. The city also has 7 Regional-lines which aren't operated by STOAG. The STOAG has more than 120 buses and 6 trams for the line 112 which drives out of the neighbour-town Mülheim to the Neumarkt in Sterkrade. Most buses drives each 20 or 30 minutes which is usual for the Ruhr-Area. Since the year 2015 the STOAG has, as the first organization of the Ruhr Area, two electric buses for the lines 962 and 966. The STOAG planned with the Vestische, the organization of the neighbour town, to change the line 979 also to the electric bus system during the year 2018.

Network

The STOAG network has changed a lot in the last years. This is the present network, state 04.10.2015. Lines that lead through Oberhausen but are not maintained by the STOAG are included in the table. The STOAG also operates a night network with the lines NE1 until NE7, NE10 until NE12 and NE21. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Line !Typ of line!! Route !! Frequencies in the rush-hour , - , 112 , ''tram line'', , ''Mülheim-Main Cemetery'' – ''Mülheim-Centre'' – Landwehr – City – CentrO – Sterkrade Neumarkt , , 15 , - , SB90 , ''express bus line'', , Ruhrpark – Alstaden – City – CentrO – Sterkrade – Schmachtendorf – Holten Market , , 20 , - , SB91 , ''express bus line'', , Bero-Centre – City – CentrO – Osterfeld – ''Bottrop Centre'' – ''Gladbeck'' – ''Gelsenkirchen-Buer Townhall'' , , 10 until Bottrop; 20 until Gelsenkirchen , - , SB92 , ''express bus line'', , Alstaden – City – CentrO – Osterfeld – Königshardt , , 20 , - , SB93 , ''express bus line'', , Alstaden – ''Duisburg-Obermeiderich Station'' – City – CentrO – Osterfeld – Tackenberg – Taunusstreet , , 20 , - , SB94 , ''express bus line'', , ''Essen-Unterstreet'' – Bermensfeld – City – Buschhausen – Sterkrade , , 20 , - , SB97 , ''express bus line'' , Anne Frank Middle School – City – Buschhausen – Sterkrade , , 20 , - , SB98 , ''express bus line'' , Alstaden – City – CentrO – Sterkrade – Schmachtendorf – Königshardt , , 20 , - , 122 , , ''Mülheim-City – Speldorf – Styrum'' – Styrum – City , 20 , - , 143 , , , ''Borbeck'' – ''Frintrop'' – City – Alstaden , , 20 , - , 185 , , , ''Borbeck'' – Dellwig – Frintrop – CentrO , , 20 , - , 935 , , , Sterkrade – ''Hamborn'' – ''Neumühl'' – City – Anne Frank Middle School , , 60 , - , 939 , , , Anne Frank Middle School – City – Obermeiderich Station – ''Duisburg City'' – ''Duisburg Hospital'' , , 60 , - , 953 , , , Wehrstreet – Dümpten – Knappen Market – CentrO – Tackenberg – ''Bottrop-Spechtstreet'' , , 60 , - , 954 , , , Marina/SeaLife – Osterfeld – Sterkrade – Holten – Schmachtendorf – Brink Hirschkamp , , 30 , - , 955 , , , Anne Frank Middle School – City – Buschhausen – Sterkrade – Alsfeld – Heinrich Böll Integrated School , , 60 , - , 956 , , , Wehrstreet – City – Oberhausen Castle – Osterfeld – Sterkrade – Biefang , , 30 , - , 957 , , , Lirich – City – Borbeck – Osterfeld – Sterkrade – Weierheide ( – Barmingholten) , , 20 , - , 960 , , , Dümpten – Wehrstreet – City – CentrO – Sterkrade – Königshardt – Holten , , 20 , - , 961 , , , Wehrstreet – City – CentrO – Osterfeld – ''Bottrop-Spechtstreet'' , , 60 , - , 962 , ''electric bus line'' , Sterkrade – Alsfeld – Königshardt – Kleekamp , , 60 , - , 966 , ''electric bus line'' , City – St. Mary's Church – Oberhausen Castle – Sterkrade , , 60 , - , 976 , , , Dümpten – Wehrstreet – City – Buschhausen – Sterkrade – Königshardt , , 20 , - , 979 , , , Sterkrade – Klosterhardt – Bottrop-''Fuhlenbrock'' – ''Bottrop Centre'' , , 20 , - , 995 , , , Anne Frank Middle School – City – Lirich – ''Neumühl'' – ''Marxloh'' , , 60 All ''italic'' written stops are out of Oberhausen.

External links

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