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]
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]
| Line | Route | Remarks | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Line | Route | Remarks | Frequency Monday–Friday + Saturday morning | Frequency Saturday afternoon + Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soest – Hovestadt – Herzfeld | Every 60 min | Irregular | |||
| Hamm-Rhynern – Werl | Connection guarantee to / | Every 60 min | Every 120 min | ||
| Werl – Westönnen – Ostönnen | Continues as | Every 60 min | Every 120 min | ||
| Soest – Echtrop (- Körbecke) – Belecke – Warstein | Not all trips operate via Körbecke | Every 60 min | Every 120 min | ||
| Neheim – Niederense – Ostönnen | Connection in Ostönnen to / | Every 60 min | Every 120 min |
| Line | Route | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neheim, Bus Station – Hüsten – Niedereimer – Arnsberg, Neumarkt Continues as Gierskämpen / Waldfriedhof | Every 30 min | ||
| Neheim, Bus Station – Moosfelde | Every 30 min | ||
| Arnsberg Gierskämpen / Waldfriedhof – Neumarkt Continues as Neheim | Every 30 min | ||
| Neheim, Johanneskirche – Bus Station – Rusch | Every 30 min | ||
| Neheim, Bus Station – Bergheim – Bachum – Voßwinkel | Every 60 min | ||
| Neheim, Bus Station – Hüsten – Herdringen – Hüstener Markt | Every 60 min | ||
| Neheim, Bus Station – Rumbecker Holz – Neheim-Hüsten, Train Station | Irregular | ||
| Neheim-Hüsten, Train Station – Holzen – Oelinghauser Heide | Every 60 min | ||
| Hüstener Markt – Flammberg | Every 60 min | ||
| Arnsberg, Train Station – Von-Bernuth-Str. – Neumarkt – Obereiemer | Irregular |
| Line | Route | Frequency Monday–Friday and Saturday morning | Frequency Saturday afternoon and Sunday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus Station Hansaplatz – Südostsiedlung | Every 30 min | Every 60 min | ||
| Bus Station Hansaplatz – Gotlandweg | Every 30 min | No service – served by Line | ||
| Bus Station Hansaplatz – Deiringser Weg | Every 60 min | No service | ||
| Bus Station Hansaplatz – KlinikumStadtSoest – Günne(Saturday afternoon and Sunday to Neheim – Sundern) | Every 60 min | Every 120 min | ||
| Bus Station Hansaplatz – KlinikumStadtSoest – Ostönnen | Every 60 min | Every 120 min | ||
| Bus Station Hansaplatz – Train Station – Hermannstraße | Every 60 min | No service | ||
| Bus Station Hansaplatz – Train Station – Dortmundweg | Every 60 min | No service | ||
| Bus Station Hansaplatz – Train Station – Endloser Weg | Every 60 min | No service |
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