Ortenau-S-Bahn (''OSB'') is a brand name of the
Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (SWEG), a transport company owned by the state of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a 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 inhabitants across a ...
. It is employed for 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 Fo ...
area, centering on . Between 1998 and 2014, these 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:
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Acher Valley Railway
The Acher Valley Railway (german: Achertalbahn) is a 10.4 km long branch line from Achern to Ottenhöfen im Schwarzwald in the Black Forest in Germany that branches off the Rhine Valley Railway.
External links
Acher Valley Railway Societ ...
)
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Rench Valley Railway
The Rench Valley Railway (German: ''Renchtalbahn'') is a 29.1 kilometre long branch line from Appenweier to Bad Griesbach (Schwarzwald), that mainly follows the valley of the River Rench in the Black Forest with maximum inclines of 1:99.
The firs ...
)
* 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 stati ...
)
* Offenburg–– (
Black Forest Railway)
* Offenburg–Hausach–– (
Kinzig Valley Railway)
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Harmersbach Valley Railway
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-Riersbach.
The Harmersbach Valley Rai ...
)
References
External links
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Official web site of the Ortenau S-Bahn
Freudenstadt (district)
Ortenaukreis
Railway companies of Germany
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 Fo ...
Rapid transit in Germany
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