SWEG Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs

{{Short description|German transport company}}{{outdated|date=May 2022}} {{Infobox company | logo = SWEG Logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | caption = | image = SWEG-NE81.jpg | image_size = 285px | image_caption = Historic train of the SWEG | name = Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH | industry = Transportation | founded = 1963 | hq_location = Rheinstraße 8| | hq_location_city = Lahr | hq_location_country = Germany | homepage = [http://www.sweg.de www.sweg.de] | owner = State of Baden-Württemberg | area_served = Baden-Württemberg | key_people = Tobias Harms (CEO), Thilo Grabo | services = Rail and bus services | num_employees = 1800 }} [[File:Citaro Mercedes SWEG Kehl Bahnhof.JPG|thumb|right|Mercedes-Benz Citaro in Kehl in May 2009]] 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.<ref name=edsp179>{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland | year = 2009 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-139-0 | pages = 179}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/merger-of-hohenzollerische-landesbahn-and-sweg-approved.html |title=Merger of Hohenzollerische Landesbahn and SWEG approved |work=Railway Gazette |date=25 July 2017 |accessdate=26 July 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726104402/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/merger-of-hohenzollerische-landesbahn-and-sweg-approved.html |archivedate=26 July 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Railway services == SWEG directly owns and operates the following railway lines:

* Achern – Ottenhöfen (the ''Achertalbahn'')<ref name=edsp102>{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland | year = 2009 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-139-0 | pages = 102}}</ref> * Bad Krozingen – Münstertal (the ''Münstertalbahn'')<ref name=edsp110>{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland | year = 2009 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-139-0 | pages = 110}}</ref> * Biberach (Baden) – Oberharmersbach-Riersbach (the ''Harmersbachtalbahn'')<ref name=edsp102/> * Bühl – Schwarzach – Stollhofen (goods only)<ref name=edsp93>{{cite book | title = Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland | year = 2009 | publisher = Verlag Schweers + Wall GmbH | isbn=978-3-89494-139-0 | pages = 93}}</ref> *Gottenheim – Riegel am Kaiserstuhl – Breisach (the ''Kaiserstuhlbahn'')<ref name="edsp102" />[[File:SWEG Bombardier Talent 3 train at Breisach railway station.jpg|none|thumb|200x200px|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.<ref name=edsp179/>

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== External links == * {{commonscat-inline|SWEG Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH}} * [http://www.sweg.de/ Official website of the SWEG]

Category:Railway companies of Germany Category:Ortenaukreis Category:Public bus companies of Germany Category:Transport in Baden-Württemberg Category:Government-owned companies of Germany