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Die L\u00e4nderbahn (literally “the states railway”) is a subsidiary of Regentalbahn AG, which is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato subsidiary Netinera (formerly Arriva Deutschland). The term vogtlandbahn remains in use as a trademark of Die L\u00e4nderbahn in Vogtland.Die L\u00e4nderbahn is a member of the Tarifverband der Bundeseigenen und Nichtbundeseigenen Eisenbahnen in Deutschland (Tariff association of federally-owned and non-federally-owned railways in Germany, TBNE).Table of ContentsOrigins[edit]“Zwickau Model”[edit]Expansion outside of Saxony[edit]Sale[edit]Re-tender[edit]Network[edit]Rolling stock[edit]Other brands[edit]Trilex[edit]alex[edit]Oberpfalzbahn[edit]Waldbahn[edit]Vogtland-Express[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Origins[edit]After German Reunification in 1990, there was a sharp drop in passenger numbers on the rail network in all the new Bundesl\u00e4nder. Saxony, and thus Vogtland, was no exception. The railways had old rolling stock and could not compete with rapidly improving roads. The Saxon government invested in an attempt to improve the attractiveness of the Zwickau\u2013Falkenstein\u2013Klingenthal line and the Herlasgr\u00fcn\u2013Falkenstein\u2013Adorf (timetable route\u00a0539). The track was relaid to an 80\u00a0km\/h standard, disabled access was facilitated at all stations and new stations opened. Maintenance and tracks were rationalised. Some platforms were removed, some stations such as Sch\u00f6neck were restyled as halts.  A Vogtlandbahn RegioSprinter near the Sch\u00f6neck Ferienpark halt.One component of the project model was the reallocation of the public transport services within the framework of a competitive environment. In addition to new vehicles, timetables and optimised transfer connections between the transport modes were required. In response to an invitation to tender published in September 1994, the contract was won by Regental-Bahnbetriebs-GmbH from Viechtach, Bavaria. After the completion of the redevelopment measures, operations started on 23\u00a0November 1997. On 1\u00a0January 1998, Vogtlandbahn was acquired by Regental-Bahnbetriebs-GmbH and operated as an independent company under the umbrella of the L\u00e4nderbahn group. In contrast to the trains formerly operated by Deutsche Bahn, services have been well used since Vogtlandbahn took over the company. Therefore, it began construction of its own locomotive depot in Neumark in the spring of 1998, which was opened after two years of construction on 4\u00a0July 2000. The locomotive depot in Reichenbach that had been used previously was no longer needed.“Zwickau Model”[edit]  VT 45 railcar with BO-Strab equipment at the end of the line in central ZwickauA further success is the extension of the network into Zwickau town centre. Following the example set by the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn, the lines extend from Zwickau Hauptbahnhof to the central markets. As most of the Vogtland network has not been electrified, the train-trams do not use current from the tramwires (as in Karlsruhe) but are driven by diesel engines. Between the Hauptbahnhof and Stadthall there was a link that could be reactivated. From there to Zentrum the train and the tram use the same tracks. To do this, dual-gauge track has been laid; there are three rails, the tram uses metre gauge 1,000\u00a0mm (3\u00a0ft\u00a03+3\u20448\u00a0in), and the Vogtlandbahn uses standard gauge, 1,435\u00a0mm (4\u00a0ft\u00a08+1\u20442\u00a0in). An extra rail was laid next to the tram line so that they share one rail and each use one of the others as appropriate. Since the tramway was only built at this time, a third track and a larger distance between the tracks could be planned from the start, making the retrofitting possible. The diesel sets run on the common route under BOStrab procedures, so they were equipped with indicators and brake lights. Because of their breadth, however, they do not operate with road traffic; \u00c4u\u00dfere Schneeberger Stra\u00dfe is largely closed to car traffic. However, the area used by the tracks can be used by rescue vehicles and rail replacement buses.Expansion outside of Saxony[edit]  RegioSprinter in Sokolov, since 2003 the southern end of the lineIn the years that followed Vogtlandbahn had many opportunities to bid for further routes to expand its network. From their core routes in the Vogtland they moved over into Bavaria and Thuringia, with lines to Hof, Schleiz and Gera. When the Czech Republic became a candidate for European Union membership a new market opened. In 2000, after a 55-year gap, the Zwickau\u2013Klingenthal line was reconnected to Kraslice (Graslitz). In 2003 it connected to Sokolov (Falkenau) on the  Czech Chomutov\u2013Cheb railway.On 14\u00a0December 2003, Vogtlandbahn secured an agreement with DB Regio AG to use the Gera\u2013Weida\u2013Zeulenroda\u2013Mehltheuer line and thus started a general traffic service on the Elstertalbahn between Gera, Greiz and Weischlitz, which previously had required a change. Following the extension of the Zwickau\u2013Plauen\u2013Bad Brambach line over the Czech border to Cheb (German: Eger) and thus Marktredwitz in Bavaria, the Plauen-Hof service was extended through Marktredwitz and Weiden (10 June 2001) to Regensburg (15 December 2002).At the timetable change on 8\u00a0December 2006, Vogtlandbahn had to give up the operation of a service for the first time. Traffic had not increased between Sch\u00f6nberg and Schleiz, so that the Thuringian local transport authority was not willing to extend the contract for the operation. There was no connection with the reduction in the support for regionalisation measures, which had been decided a few months earlier, since the end of the service was already anticipated. On the other hand, Vogtlandbahn would gain new services in the north-east of Bavaria. Vogtlandbahn operated Regionalbahn services on behalf of DB Regio Nordostbayern from  December 2006 until the takeover of the Dieselnetz Oberfranken (upper Fancononia diesel network) by agilis in June 2011 on the (Hof\u00a0\u2013) M\u00fcnchberg\u2013Helmbrechts and Lichtenfels\u2013Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg routes, partly together with Deutsche Bahn, but also by itself.Sale[edit]Finally, in autumn 2004 Bavaria sold its final stake in the L\u00e4nderbahn to the British-owned Arriva group, who already owned the Prignitz railway in Brandenburg. This made them the second largest railway company in Germany. After Arriva was bought by Deutsche Bahn in 2010, the business had to be resold to preserve competition. The new owners were the Italian state railways (Ferrovie dello Stato) together with Luxembourg infrastructure fund Cube. The German parent company has been called Netinera since March 2011.Re-tender[edit]The core network of Vogtlandbahn in the Vogtlandkreis, west Saxony and east Thuringia was re-tendered by the transport authority in the spring of 2010. The tendered Vogtland network includes the Hof\u2013Falkenstein\u2013Adorf, Mari\u00e1nsk\u00e9 L\u00e1zne\u2013Plauen ob Bf\u2013Zwickau Zentrum, Weischlitz\u2013Gera and Zwickau Zentrum\u2013Kraslice lines with an annual 3.16 million train-kilometres. Vogtlandbahn won the contract in September 2010, so the traffic in the Vogtland will continue to be operated by this company from December 2012 to December 2027. Regio-Shuttles, Desiros and RegioSprinters are used for these operations. The brand name in the core network is vogtlandbahn (in lower case), despite the renaming of the company as Die L\u00e4nderbahn.At the timetable change on 8\u00a0December 2012, scheduled services ended between Zwotental and Adorf, which had recently only operated on weekends.Network[edit]In the current timetable, many lines are operated by the L\u00e4nderbahn (under the brand names of vogtlandbahn, alex, waldbahn, oberpfalzbahn and trilex):LineRouteDistanceStationsStart dateRE 2 RE 25 (alex)Munich Hbf\u2013Landshut Hbf\u2013Regensburg Hbf\u2013Schwandorf\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u00a0\/ Weiden\u2013Marktredwitz\u2013Hof Hbf\u00a0\u00a0\/ Furth im Wald\u2013Plze\u0148\u2013Prague318\/443\u00a0km16\/169\u00a0December 2007RB 1Zwickau Zentrum\u2013Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf\u2013Lengenfeld\u2013Auerbach\u2013Falkenstein\u2013Zwotental\u2013Klingenthal\u2013Kraslice73\u00a0km23Zwickau\u00a0Hbf\u2013Klingenthal: 23\u00a0November 1997Zwickau\u00a0Zentrum\u2013Zwickau\u00a0Hbf: 28\u00a0May 1999Klingenthal\u2013Kraslice: 28\u00a0May 2000RB 2Zwickau Zentrum\u2013Zwickau (Sachs) Hbf (\u2013Werdau)\u2013Reichenbach ob Bf\u2013Plauen (Vogtl) ob Bf (\u2014 Hof Hbf)\u2013Bad Brambach\u2013Cheb96\u00a0km20Zwickau\u00a0Hbf\u2013Plauen (Vogtl) ob Bf: 13\u00a0October 1996Plauen (Vogtl) Mitte\u2013Hof Hbf: 28\u00a0May 2000RB 4Gera\u00a0Hbf\u2013Greiz\u2013Elsterberg\u2013Plauen (Vogtl) Mitte\u2013Weischlitz\u2013Plauen (Vogtl) ob Bf\u2013Adorf (Vogtl)Partial: 1\u00a0July 2002Complete: 14\u00a0December 2003RB 5Mehltheuer\u2013Plauen (Vogtl) ob Bf\u2013Herlasgr\u00fcn\u2013Auerbach\u2013Falkenstein\u2013Zwotental\u2013Klingenthal\u2013KraslicePlauen (Vogtl) ob Bf\u2013Falkenstein: 23\u00a0November 1997VB 3Marktredwitz\u2013Wiesau\u2013Altenstadt\u00a0(Waldnaab)\u2013Weiden\u2013Nabburg\u2013Schwandorf\u2013Regensburg Hbf138\u00a0km25Hof Hbf\u2013Weiden: 10\u00a0June 2001Weiden\u2013Regensburg Hbf: 15\u00a0December 2002Hof Hbf – Marktredwitz: until 9 December 2012Marktredwitz\u2013Regensburg Hbf: until 14 December 2014VB 8Marktredwitz\u2013Schirnding\u2013Cheb27\u00a0km528\u00a0May 2000 to 14\u00a0December 2014RE 1Dresden Hbf\u2013Bischofswerda\u2013Bautzen\u2013L\u00f6bau\u2013G\u00f6rlitz (\u2013Wroc\u0142aw G\u0142\u00f3wny)Individual trains continue to Wroc\u0142aw G\u0142\u00f3wny (Dresden-Wroc\u0142aw-Express)105\u00a0km1014\u00a0December 2014RE 2Dresden Hbf\u2013Bischofswerda\u2013Zittau (\u2013Liberec)105\/132\u00a0km13\/1914\u00a0December 2014RB 60Dresden Hbf\u2013Bischofswerda\u2013Bautzen\u2013L\u00f6bau\u2013G\u00f6rlitz105\u00a0km2314\u00a0December 2014RB 61Dresden Hbf\u2013Bischofswerda\u2013Zittau105\u00a0km2814\u00a0December 2014L 7Liberec\u2013Zittau\u2013Varnsdorf\u2013Rybni\u0161t\u011b\/ Seifhennersdorf (Mittelherwigsdorf\u2013Varnsdorf\u2013Eibau railway)56\/50\u00a0km17\/1612\u00a0December 2010WBA 1Bayerisch Eisenstein\u2013Zwiesel (Bay)\u2013Gotteszell\u2013Plattling72\u00a0km1115\u00a0December 2013WBA 2Bodenmais\u2013Zwiesel (Bay)15\u00a0km515\u00a0December 2013WBA 3Zwiesel (Bay)\u2013Grafenau32\u00a0km915\u00a0December 2013WBA 4Viechtach\u2013Gotteszell25\u00a0km812\u00a0September 2016[1]Between Zwickau, Falkenstein and Klingenthal, Kraslice, as well as between Falkenstein and Plauen, the trains usually operate hourly. On weekends, services on these sections of line, operate every  two hours.Since the timetable change on 14 December 2014, services of the L\u00e4nderbahn operate on the Dresden\u2013G\u00f6rlitz and Dresden\u2013Zittau (\u2013Liberec) lines.[2] These routes were previously operated by  DB Regio S\u00fcdost. In March 2014, ZVON announced that L\u00e4nderbahn would operate these services as part so-called Ostsachsennetz (East Saxon Network) under the brand name of Trilex. The Regional-Express lines have since been designated as TLX1 and 2 and the Regionalbahn lines have been designated as TL60 and 61. The previous Trilex line has since been called TL70.Lines VB 3 and VB 8 have been operated since the timetable change of 14 December 2014 by the associated company, Regentalbahn, which won the Regionalz\u00fcge Ostbayern contract of the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft in 2011.[3]The Trilex lines have been changed since the timetable change in December 2016 again with the original lines designated as RE1, RE2, RB60 and RB61. The former line designated as TL70 received at this time the line designation of L7.At the timetable change of 11 December 2016, Vogtlandbahn renamed the VL 1, VL 2, VL 4, VL 5 services as RB 1, RB 2, RB 4 and RB 5.Rolling stock[edit]  Siemens Desiro diesel multiple units VT\u00a012 and VT\u00a013 of the Vogtlandbahn in Schwandorf  Interior of a Vogtlandbahn Desiro  Coupled sets of RegioShuttles in Plauen stationThe company decided in the beginning to use RegioSprinter class of railcars from Duewag that had already been ordered by D\u00fcrener Kreisbahn. This was originally a series of 6 and then a further series of 10 were ordered. Between 1998 and 1999, the second series were rebuilt so they could be used on the Zwickau train-tram lines, for example: brakelights, indicators and warning bells were needed. They needed switch equipment to activate the traffic lights to ensure a safe uninterrupted passage. In January 2004 the rest were converted. RegioSprinters were only suitable for short journeys, they had thinly upholstered seats in a 2+3 formation and no toilets, their top speed was 100\u00a0km\/h, though later all the trains crossing the Czech border were refitted to a higher standard. RegioSprinters were used on VB\u00a01, VB\u00a05 and VB\u00a02 lines and until December 2006 on VB\u00a07, the line from Sch\u00f6nberg to Schleiz. Two of these trains were lent on a long term basis to the Prignitzer Eisenbahn for use around Oberhausen.As the network expanded and trains were needed for longer journeys, 9 trains of the Desiro Classic class were bought in 2000 from Siemens Transportation Systems. These are classified by Deutsche Bahn as class 642. These were comfortable trains with good upholstery with seat in a 2+2 formation, in the first class compartment the seats were in a 1+2 formation. Desiros were fitted with on-board ticket machines and ski racks. A second series of 15 were ordered in 2002. The first series were fitted with two 275\u00a0kW motors and the second series had two 315\u00a0kW motors and wheelchair friendly access. Desiros are scheduled to run on lines VB\u00a03, VB\u00a03, VB\u00a04, half of operations on VB\u00a02 and on the Trilex lines.New Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 diesel multiple units began to be delivered from February 2012 to renew the vehicle fleet. The locomotives met the requirements of the BOStrab regulations, in order to be able to serve the line to central Zwickau.[4] Eight new traction units were put into operation at the timetable change on 9 December 2012.[5] Four Regio-Shuttles were also acquired from Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn in 2015, which were used by Trilex on line TL70 at the time.Other brands[edit]Trilex[edit]    Trilex Regio-Shuttle at BischofswerdaL\u00e4nderbahn has operated the Liberec\u2013Zittau\u2013Varnsdorf\u2013Rybni\u0161t\u011b\/Seifhennersdorf lines in the Germany\/Poland\/Czech Republic corner since 12\u00a0December 2010. Siemens Desiro Classic and Regio-Shuttle rolling stock are used and some are staffed with bilingual conductors.Since the timetable change in December 2014, the L\u00e4nderbahn has also operated the Dresden\u2013Bischofswerda\u2013Bautzen\u2013G\u00f6rlitz and Dresden\u2013Bischofswerda\u2013Zittau\u2013Liberec lines of the so-called Ostsachsennetzes (East Saxon network) under the brand name of trilex. These are operated exclusively with Desiro sets. Individual services are operated to Wroc\u0142aw in cooperation with DB Regio.alex[edit]    Alex 183-004 in Landshut HbfAs  a result of a tender called in 2005 by the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft, a contract was awarded to L\u00e4nderbahn in October 2005 for the operation of the service branded as the Arriva-L\u00e4nderbahn-Express. The tender specification included a regionalen Schnellverkehr (regional fast train) at two-hour intervals from Munich via Regensburg to Schwandorf, from where trains continue every four hours alternatively to Hof or Furth im Wald. L\u00e4nderbahn was also able to tender for the continuation of services on the Munich\u2013Kempten\u2013Oberstdorf\/Lindau route, which they had already operated together with the Swiss SBB GmbH since December 2003 under the brand name of Allg\u00e4u-Express.For the new services, Vogtlandbahn purchased 90 used passenger coaches, 60 of which were modernised in Halberstadt and Neum\u00fcnster. Since the 2009 timetable change, seven double-deck coaches have been based in Bautzen. Eleven diesel locomotives of class 223 (EuroRunner), built by Siemens, are leased from the company Alpha Trains for the haulage of the trains between Oberstdorf\/Lindau and Munich and between Regensburg and Hof\/Plze\u0148. An additional four locomotives of Siemens class ES64U4 were leased for the electrified Munich\u2013Regensburg section and classified as class 183. These trains are all based in the new plant of the L\u00e4nderbahn in Schwandorf. Since the takeover by Netinera, the service is marketed simply as alex. L\u00e4nderbahn lost the concession for the Munich\u2013Kempten\u2013Oberstdorf\/Lindau route from December 2020.Oberpfalzbahn[edit]    Alstom Coradia LINT 41 1648-205 in SchwandorfL\u00e4nderbahn operates five services in eastern Bavaria between Hof, Schwandorf, Regensburg, Waldm\u00fcnchen, Furth im Wald and Lam under the brand name of Oberpfalzbahn. With Cheb and Doma\u017elice as well as some smaller halts, Czech stations are also connected to the main line network.The Oberpfalzbahn was launched with eleven Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 railcars in the summer of 2001. The fleet was supplemented in 2013 with two used railcars of the same type. Polish Pesa Link railcars were originally planned to operate the Regensburg\u2013Marktredwitz railway. Due to problems with gaining a licence to operate, this order was canceled. Instead, LINT 41 railcars have been used since 9 March 2013.Waldbahn[edit]    Stadler Regio-Shuttles RS1 in ZwieselL\u00e4nderbahn operates four services in the Zwiesel region in the Bavarian Forest (Bayerischer Wald) under the brand name of Waldbahn: Plattling\u2013Bayerisch Eisenstein, Zwiesel\u2013Grafenau and Zwiesel\u2013Bodenmais, as well as Gotteszell\u2013Viechtach, which was reactivated in September 2016. The service to Bayerisch Eisenstein\/\u017delezn\u00e1 Ruda-Al\u017eb\u011bt\u00edn station connects with Czech trains towards Prague and Pilsen.The Waldbahn is part of the Bavarian Forest National Park transport plan and one of four reference lines of the Bayerischen Eisenbahngesellschaft (BEG). These routes are particularly studied by BEG, in order to evaluate various innovative concepts for quality improvement.14 modernised Stadler Regio-Shuttle RS1 diesel railcars are currently under construction for the Waldbahn at the Viechtach locomotive depot.Vogtland-Express[edit]  In January 2009: The Vogtland-Express only ran to Zwickau temporarily.Vogtlandbahn provided one of a few long-distance passenger services operated by private railways in Germany between 12 June 2005[6] and 30 September 2012. It ran once a day from Plauen to Berlin Ostbahnhof and return. Vogtlandbahn filled a gap created by the end of the last Interregio services from the Vogtland to Berlin and therefore north-south long-distance services in the region. After several changes of the timetable, operations were temporarily discontinued for financial reasons from 16\u00a0February 2009 to 7\u00a0April 2009, but the Vogtland-Express made its last run on 8\u00a0April 2009.[7]From January 2011, the Vogtland-Express was operated as a replacement bus service, since the Vogtlandbahn did not have any appropriate rolling stock available. The bus served the stations of Reichenbach, Zwickau, Chemnitz, Berlin-Sch\u00f6nefeld Flughafen and Berlin Zoologischer Garten. The Vogtland-Express was partly restored with railcars at the timetable change on 12\u00a0June 2011.In the spring of 2012 the operating days of the service, which had initially been operated as a daily train pair, were reduced to Friday to Monday, with buses on the other days.  From 1\u00a0October 2012, services of the Vogtland-Express ran daily only as long-distance coach services from Reichenbach via Zwickau, Chemnitz, Berlin Sch\u00f6nefeld Airport, Berlin Zoologischer Garten to Berlin central bus station at Funkturm Berlin.[8] Finally Vogtlandbahn withdrew from the operation and from 1 October 2014, the participating bus companies operated the line, which from the summer of 2013 ran again from Plauen to Berlin,[9] under the brand name of Vogtland-Fernbus as an independent operation. This service was stopped by the end of 2015 because of a lack of profitability.References[edit]External links[edit]"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/die-landerbahn-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Die L\u00e4nderbahn – Wikipedia"}}]}]