The Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft ("Württemberg Railway Company") or WEG is a transport company in southwest

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that operates railway lines and services. It is owned by Transdev Germany, itself a subsidiary of the Transdev group. Historically, WEG also operated

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services in the area of its rail services, and WEG branded buses still operate in these areas. However, since 2008 these services have been operated by Omnibus-Verkehr Ruoff GmbH, another subsidiary of Veolia Verkehr GmbH.

Lines

WEG provides passenger train services on the following railway lines: * : '' Schönbuchbahn'' between Dettenhausen and Böblingen * : '' Strohgäubahn'' between

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and Korntal * : '' Wieslauftalbahn'' between

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- Oberndorf and Schorndorf * : '' Tälesbahn'' between Neuffen and Nürtingen WEG owns and maintains the infrastructure of the ''Strohgäubahn'' and the ''Tälesbahn'', whilst on the ''Schönbuchbahn'' and ''Wieslauftalbahn'' it maintains the infrastructure and operates the trains on behalf of the Zweckverband Schönbuchbahn and the Zweckverbandes Verkehrsverband Wieslauftalbahn respectively. Additionally the WEG provides infrastructure maintenance services on the '' Roßbergbahn'' and the '' Schwäbische-Wald-Bahn'', although it neither owns nor operates trains on these lines.

Rolling stock

WEG uses a fleet of 26 single unit

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s. Of these, 14 are Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 units with a partial

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, whilst the remaining 12 units are high floor

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vehicles. The RS1 units are used on all of WEG's lines, with 6 allocated to the ''Schönbuchbahn'', 4 to the ''Tälesbahn'', 2 to the ''Strohgäubahn'' and 2 to the ''Wieslauftalbahn''. The NE 81 units are used on the ''Strohgäubahn'', with 8 units, and the ''Wieslauftalbahn'', with 4 units.

References

External links

*
Official website of the WEG
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wuerttembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft Railway companies of Germany