Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe Explained

The Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe GmbH (RLG)[1] is a publicly owned company in Westphalia that operates several railway lines as an rail infrastructure company, conducts freight transport as rail transport company, and is active in bus transport.[2] [3]

History

Founded on January 24, 1979, in Soest, RLG is the successor to the AG Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahnen (RLE).[4] [5]

The shareholders of this transport company are the Westfälische Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, which also manages the business, as well as the districts of Hochsauerlandkreis and Kreis Soest.[6] Also involved are the cities of Arnsberg, Brilon, Erwitte, Hallenberg, Hamm, Marsberg, Medebach, Olsberg, Rüthen, Soest, Sundern, Warstein, Werl, and Winterberg, as well as the municipalities of Anröchte, Ense, Lippetal, Möhnesee, and Welver.

The following were consolidated in the company:

Operations management for rail freight traffic is located in Hamm and Hüsten Ost; for bus transport, the depots in Arnsberg, Brilon, Lippstadt, and Soest are responsible.

The operation of the remaining freight traffic of the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn in the urban area of Soest (taken over by the RLE from 1973) was relatively short-lived. It was carried out by Deutsche Bundesbahn from May 1987 and completely discontinued on December 31, 2001.

The rail network, serving only freight traffic, was 41.732 km long in 2012.

RLG operates two diesel locomotives, No. 54 (MaK G 1206, built in 2008) and No. 68 (KHD DG 1200 BBM, built in 1962).[7]

In bus transport, a total of 217 vehicles (including 107 own buses) were used in 2012 on a route network of 3,993 km in length, which annually transported around 12.7 million passengers in the district of Soest and in the Hochsauerlandkreis.

Since 2012, RLG, together with Hochsauerlandkreis, Kreis Soest, and BRS Busverkehr Ruhr-Sieg GmbH, has been implementing the mobil4you project. Planned was, among other things, an electric bus as a neighborhood bus in Winterberg and Medebach, which was partially operated between 2013 and 2016 (now replaced in Winterberg by a community bus).

In 2022, RLG had 12.8 million passengers.[8]

Route

Express bus lines

Line Route RemarksFrequency
Neheim – ArnsbergOperates via A46Every 60 min
Neheim – Neheim-Hüsten – Hachen – Stemel – SundernRuns parallel to Every 60 min
Brilon – Altenbüren – Olsberg – Bigge – Küstelberg – MedebachConnection guarantee to in NiedersfeldEvery 60 min
Brilon – Altenbüren – Olsberg – Bigge – Küstelberg – MedebachRuns parallel to in peak hoursOccasionally during peak hours
Schmallenberg – Nordenau – Winterberg – NiedersfeldConnection guarantee to in NiedersfeldEvery 60 min
Lippstadt – Erwitte – Anröchte – Belecke – WarsteinRuns parallel to until ErwitteEvery 60 min, Every 30 min during peak hours until Erwitte

Regional bus lines Soest

Line Route RemarksFrequency Monday–Friday + Saturday morning Frequency Saturday afternoon + Sunday
Soest – Hovestadt – HerzfeldEvery 60 minIrregular
Hamm-Rhynern – WerlConnection guarantee to / Every 60 minEvery 120 min
Werl – Westönnen – OstönnenContinues as Every 60 minEvery 120 min
Soest – Echtrop (- Körbecke) – Belecke – WarsteinNot all trips operate via KörbeckeEvery 60 minEvery 120 min
Neheim – Niederense – OstönnenConnection in Ostönnen to / Every 60 minEvery 120 min

Citybus Arnsberg

Line Route Frequency
Neheim, Bus Station – Hüsten – Niedereimer – Arnsberg, Neumarkt Continues as Gierskämpen / WaldfriedhofEvery 30 min
Neheim, Bus Station – MoosfeldeEvery 30 min
Arnsberg Gierskämpen / Waldfriedhof – Neumarkt Continues as NeheimEvery 30 min
Neheim, Johanneskirche – Bus Station – RuschEvery 30 min
Neheim, Bus Station – Bergheim – Bachum – VoßwinkelEvery 60 min
Neheim, Bus Station – Hüsten – Herdringen – Hüstener MarktEvery 60 min
Neheim, Bus Station – Rumbecker Holz – Neheim-Hüsten, Train StationIrregular
Neheim-Hüsten, Train Station – Holzen – Oelinghauser HeideEvery 60 min
Hüstener Markt – FlammbergEvery 60 min
Arnsberg, Train Station – Von-Bernuth-Str. – Neumarkt – ObereiemerIrregular

Citybus Soest

Line Route Frequency Monday–Friday and Saturday morningFrequency Saturday afternoon and Sunday
Bus Station Hansaplatz – SüdostsiedlungEvery 30 minEvery 60 min
Bus Station Hansaplatz – GotlandwegEvery 30 minNo service – served by Line
Bus Station Hansaplatz – Deiringser WegEvery 60 minNo service
Bus Station Hansaplatz – KlinikumStadtSoest – Günne(Saturday afternoon and Sunday to Neheim – Sundern)Every 60 minEvery 120 min
Bus Station Hansaplatz – KlinikumStadtSoest – OstönnenEvery 60 minEvery 120 min
Bus Station Hansaplatz – Train Station – HermannstraßeEvery 60 minNo service
Bus Station Hansaplatz – Train Station – DortmundwegEvery 60 minNo service
Bus Station Hansaplatz – Train Station – Endloser WegEvery 60 minNo service

Other lines (Neheim/Arnsberg)

Neheim-Hüsten, Train Station – Hövel – Holzen (school service)

Neheim-Hüsten, Train Station – Neheim, Bus Station – Wimbern (school service)

Arnsberg – Schreppenberg – Wennigloh (school service)

Schreppenberg – Breitenbruch (school service)

Arnsberg, Neumarkt – Uentrop (school service)

Arnsberg, Neumarkt – Niedereimer – Bruchhausen – Hüsten – Neheim, Bus Station – Bergheim – Bachum – Voßwinkel

Sundern, Town Hall – Müschede – Herdringen – Neheim-Hüsten, Train Station – Neheim, Bus Station – Niederense – Bremen

References

  1. Book: Railway Directory . 2005 . Reed Business Publishing Limited . 978-0-617-01025-8 . en.
  2. Web site: 2024-01-24 . RLG präsentiert passgenaues ÖPNV-Konzept für Lippetal . 2024-04-26 . www.soester-anzeiger.de . de.
  3. Book: Klee, Wolfgang . Eisenbahnen in Westfalen: von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart . 2001 . Aschendorff . 978-3-402-05260-0 . de.
  4. Web site: RLE - Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahnen AG, Soest . 2024-04-26 . www.rangierdiesel.de.
  5. Book: In der Heimat fest verwurzelt: Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahnen: Geschichte und Geschichten; 1898 - 1939: Ruhr-Lippe-Kleinbahnen; 1939 - 1980: Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahnen; (1900 - 1978 Kleinbahn Neheim - Hüsten - Sundern); (1902 - 1979 Verkehrsbetriebe Kreis Brilon); seit 1. Januar 1980 vereint in der Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe GmbH . 1983 . Westf. Verkehrsges. . de.
  6. Web site: Kopmann . Von Beate . Zerrüttetes Verhältnis: Wechsel in der Geschäftsführung der WVG . 2024-04-26 . www.wn.de . de.
  7. Web site: Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe GmbH (RLG) . 2024-04-26 . www.privat-bahn.de.
  8. Web site: 21 July 2023 . Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe GmbH zieht Bilanz . 2024-04-26 . Radio Sauerland . de.

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