SWEG Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs

Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH
	Historic train of the SWEG
Industry	Transportation
Founded	1963
Headquarters	Rheinstraße 8, Lahr, Germany
Area served	Baden-Württemberg
Key people	Tobias Harms (CEO), Thilo Grabo
Services	Rail and bus services
Owner	State of Baden-Württemberg
Number of employees	1800
Website	www.sweg.de

The Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH (SWEG), in English language Southwest German Transport Company, from its former name, Südwestdeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (SEG), is a transport company in southwest Germany that operates railway lines and bus services. It is 100% owned by the federal state of Baden-Württemberg.^[1]

On 24 July 2017, a merger between SWEG and the Hohenzollerische Landesbahn (HzL) was approved by the Sigmaringen and Zollernalbkreis district authorities which each hold 14% stakes in HzL. The merger has already been approved by the state of Baden-Württemberg, which besides its ownership of SWEG also owns 72% of HzL. The merger is intended to take effect from the beginning of 2018.^[2]

Railway services

SWEG directly owns and operates the following railway lines:

Achern – Ottenhöfen (the Achertalbahn)^[3]
Bad Krozingen – Münstertal (the Münstertalbahn)^[4]
Biberach (Baden) – Oberharmersbach-Riersbach (the Harmersbachtalbahn)^[3]
Bühl – Schwarzach – Stollhofen (goods only)^[5]
Gottenheim – Riegel am Kaiserstuhl – Breisach (the Kaiserstuhlbahn)^[3]

SWEG Bombardier Talent 3 train at Breisach railway station (March, 2023)
Freiburg (Breisgau) Hbf – Denzlingen – Elzach (the Elztalbahn)

SWEG's wholly owned Ortenau S-Bahn subsidiary also operates services over lines owned by DB Netz AG in the vicinity of Offenburg. SWEG also has a 50% share-holding in the Breisgau S-Bahn, which operates similar services in the vicinity of Freiburg im Breisgau.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 179. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ "Merger of Hohenzollerische Landesbahn and SWEG approved". Railway Gazette. 25 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 102. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 110. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland. Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH. 2009. p. 93. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.