The Städtebahn Sachsen was a

railway company A railway company is a company within the rail industry. It can be a manufacturing firm or an operator. Some railway companies operate both the trains and the track, while, particularly in the European Union, operation of the track is undertake ...

that operated regional train services in

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

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by order of Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe. Städtebahn was a subsidiary of ''Nordbayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft'' (NBE) and started its operations in 2010. On 25 July 2019, Städtebahn ceased all its services due to financial difficulties, resulting in the leasing contract of the rolling stock being terminated by the rolling stock owner. After 72 hours of no trains, Verkehrsverbund Oberelbe terminated the contract with Städtebahn to operate regional trains (due to run until 2024), and Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn took over.

Services

About us at Städtebahn Sachsen website
/ref> * RE19 (Wintersport Express) ''Dresden Hbf – Heidenau – Glashütte (Sachs) – Kurort Altenberg (Erzgebirge)'' ** partly along Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway ** along

Heidenau–Kurort Altenberg railway The Heidenau–Kurort Altenberg railway, also known in German as the ''Müglitztalbahn'' ("Müglitz Valley Railway") is a German railway in Saxony. Branching off the Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway, Elbe Valley Railway, it connects the town of ...

** service only during winter season * RB33 ''Dresden-Neustadt – Königsbrück'' ** partly along Görlitz–Dresden railway ** partly along Dresden-Klotzsche–Straßgräbchen-Bernsdorf railway ** daily service * RB34 ''Dresden Hbf – Kamenz'' ** partly along Děčín–Dresden-Neustadt railway ** partly along Görlitz–Dresden railway ** partly along Kamenz–Pirna railway ** daily service * RB71 ''Pirna – Neustadt (Sachs) – Sebnitz'' ** partly along Kamenz–Pirna railway (Dürröhrsdorf–Pirna section) ** along Neustadt–Dürrröhrsdorf railway ** partly along

Bautzen–Bad Schandau railway The Bautzen–Bad Schandau railway is a 64-kilometre long railway line in the state of Saxony, Germany, which connects Bautzen to Bad Schandau via Neukirch/Lausitz, Neustadt in Sachsen and Sebnitz. The railway was opened fully in 1898. The part ...

(Neustadt–Sebnitz section) ** daily service * RB72 ''Heidenau – Mühlbach bei Pirna – Glashütte (Sachs) – Geising – Kurort Altenberg (Erzgebirge)'' ** along

** daily service

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* Defunct railway companies of Germany Transport in Saxony Companies based in Dresden {{Germany-rail-transport-stub