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

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, itself a subsidiary of the

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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

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and

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* : '' Strohgäubahn'' between

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and Korntal * : '' Wieslauftalbahn'' between

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- Oberndorf and

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* : '' Tälesbahn'' between

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and

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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

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units with a partial

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, whilst the remaining 12 units are high floor NE 81 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