Ortenau S-Bahn

The Ortenau S-Bahn (OSB) is a regional railway operator in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a brand of the Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-Aktiengesellschaft (SWEG), a transport company owned by the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Ortenau S-Bahn in Strasbourg
Network map for the Ortenau S-Bahn

The usual features of a German S-Bahn system (such as line numbers with an 'S' and the white/green S-Bahn logo) are not applied by the OSB, because it is more a regional railway system than an actual S-Bahn.

Since May 1998, the Ortenau S-Bahn operates services over DB Netz AG and SWEG owned tracks in the area around Offenburg. Services connect Offenburg to:[1]

On all lines, there is roughly an hourly service provided by the OSB, except the line Offenburg-Strasbourg, which has a train nearly every half an hour.

The OSB has 45 employees and operates its services with 26 RegioShuttle trains.

References

  1. "Ortenau-S-Bahn". www.ortenau-s-bahn.de. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
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