The Regionalverkehr Ruhr-Lippe GmbH (RLG) is a publicly owned company in Westphalia that operates several railway lines as a rail infrastructure company, conducts freight transport as rail transport company, and is active in bus transport.
History
Founded on January 24, 1979, in Soest, RLG is the successor to the AG Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahnen (RLE).
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. 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:
The railway lines Hamm–Lippborg and Neheim-Hüsten–Arnsberg Süd of the RLE including the RLE bus operation The Neheim-Hüsten–Sundern railway line including bus operation The transport companies Kreis Brilon – Kleinbahn Steinhelle–Medebach – (bus operation only) and The partial operation Brilon–Warstein–Lippstadt of the bus service of the Westfälische Landes-Eisenbahn.
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).
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.
Route
Express bus lines Line Route RemarksFrequency Neheim – Arnsberg Operates via A46 Every 60 min Neheim – Neheim-Hüsten – Hachen – Stemel – Sundern Runs parallel to Every 60 min Brilon – Altenbüren – Olsberg – Bigge – Küstelberg – Medebach Connection guarantee to in Niedersfeld Every 60 min Brilon – Altenbüren – Olsberg – Bigge – Küstelberg – Medebach Runs parallel to in peak hours Occasionally during peak hours Schmallenberg – Nordenau – Winterberg – Niedersfeld Connection guarantee to in Niedersfeld Every 60 min Lippstadt – Erwitte – Anröchte – Belecke – Warstein Runs parallel to until Erwitte Every 60 min, Every 30 min during peak hours until Erwitte
Regional bus lines Soest Line Route RemarksFrequency Monday–Friday + Saturday morning Frequency Saturday afternoon + SundaySoest – Hovestadt – HerzfeldEvery 60 minIrregularHamm-Rhynern – WerlConnection guarantee to / Every 60 minEvery 120 minWerl – Westönnen – OstönnenContinues as Every 60 minEvery 120 minSoest – Echtrop (- Körbecke) – Belecke – WarsteinNot all trips operate via KörbeckeEvery 60 minEvery 120 minNeheim – Niederense – OstönnenConnection in Ostönnen to / Every 60 minEvery 120 min
Citybus Arnsberg Line Route FrequencyNeheim, Bus Station – Hüsten – Niedereimer – Arnsberg, Neumarkt Continues as Gierskämpen / WaldfriedhofEvery 30 minNeheim, Bus Station – MoosfeldeEvery 30 minArnsberg Gierskämpen / Waldfriedhof – Neumarkt Continues as NeheimEvery 30 minNeheim, Johanneskirche – Bus Station – RuschEvery 30 minNeheim, Bus Station – Bergheim – Bachum – VoßwinkelEvery 60 minNeheim, Bus Station – Hüsten – Herdringen – Hüstener MarktEvery 60 minNeheim, Bus Station – Rumbecker Holz – Neheim-Hüsten, Train StationIrregularNeheim-Hüsten, Train Station – Holzen – Oelinghauser HeideEvery 60 minHüstener Markt – FlammbergEvery 60 minArnsberg, 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 minBus Station Hansaplatz – GotlandwegEvery 30 minNo service – served by Line Bus Station Hansaplatz – Deiringser WegEvery 60 minNo serviceBus Station Hansaplatz – KlinikumStadtSoest – Günne (Saturday afternoon and Sunday to Neheim – Sundern)Every 60 minEvery 120 minBus Station Hansaplatz – KlinikumStadtSoest – OstönnenEvery 60 minEvery 120 minBus Station Hansaplatz – Train Station – HermannstraßeEvery 60 minNo serviceBus Station Hansaplatz – Train Station – DortmundwegEvery 60 minNo serviceBus 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
Gallery
References
Literature
Ketteler, Friedhelm, Paul Wambach (1980). In der Heimat fest verwurzelt. Die Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahnen: Geschichte und Geschichten. by Ketteler, Friedhelm u. Paul Wambach (in German) Richter, Karl-Arne, Georg Ringler (2002). Lexikon deutscher Privatbahnen. Strecken, Fahrzeuge und Betrieb zwischen Küste und Alpen. (in German). Wolff, Gerd (2000). Deutsche Klein- und Privatbahnen Band 6: Nordrhein-Westfalen, nordöstlicher Teil (in German). Burkert, Raimund (2011). Bahn und Bus zwischen Ruhr und Lippe (in German). Podszun.
External links
Official website