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The company was founded in 1955 as a holding company of several non-government-owned railways in Hesse, which operated as an integrated railway company with its own rail infrastructure, stations, etc., as well as operations on this infrastructure.
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The management of
Hessische Landesbahn is supervised by Veit Salzmann. The districts and the State of Hesse are represented by four people on the Supervisory Board and the employees also have four seats on the Board.
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The subsidiaries of the
Hessische Landesbahn operate 3.8 million train kilometres each year over 237.5 kilometres of line and 10.34 million vehicle kilometres each year over 1,013 km of bus route.
125:. It provides bus and rail passenger transport services and, to a lesser extent, rail freight services in Hesse and across the state’s borders through its subsidiaries and affiliates.
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HLB Hessenbus and HLB Hessenbahn are 100 per cent owned subsidiary, HLB Basis is almost 85% owned by HLB, while the remaining shares are mostly owned by local authorities.
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provides the resources for the transport operators; it is a railway infrastructure company, it owns most of the vehicles operated and it operates vehicle workshops.
466:(Fare association of federally and non-federally owned railways in Germany). Tickets for travel on Deutsche Bahn trains can therefore also be used on HLB trains.
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Through other subsidiaries the HLB operates passenger transport services beyond the
Hessian borders in four of the six neighbouring states:
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In the course of the separation of infrastructure and operations in 2005, three of the four subsidiaries of HLB: the
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In the 1990s, the HLB subsidiaries operated a number of local lines acquired from
Deutsche Bahn in north and
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and
Rhineland-Palatinate, together with Westerwaldbahn GmbH and Kreisbahn Siegen-Wittgenstein, in
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117:(Hessian State Railway, HLB) is a regional transport company owned by the German state of
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Tarifverband der
Bundeseigenen und Nichtbundeseigenen Eisenbahnen in Deutschland
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373:, which combines rail freight and tram traffic. The RBK, in turn, holds 49% of
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986:– Maintal – Hanau Hbf – Großkrotzenburg – Kahl am Main – Aschaffenburg Hbf
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Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Friedberg – Gießen – Marburg – Schwalmstadt-Treysa
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848:
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Operating since 2010 on
Frankfurt–Marburg(–Stadtallendorf) section
294:. Since 11 December 2005, HLB multiple units have operated on the
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Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Friedberg – Gießen – Herborn – Dillenburg
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VT 301 of the HLB running towards the
Kahlgrund Railway in Hanau
976:, Main Railway, Frankfurt–Hanau railway, Main-Spessart railway
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Frankfurt (Main) – Friedberg – Gießen (– Marburg – Kirchhain)
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843:(Frankfurt (Main) Hbf –) Friedberg (Hess) – Beienheim –
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Since
December 2010, HLB has also run on the main line
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operates as the holding company of three subsidiaries:
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310:. Besides railways it operates buses and tram lines.
1489:"LOK Report - Hessen: RMV schreibt Ländchesbahn aus"
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88:
72:
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1554:(Press release) (in German). RMV. 12 October 2015.
1552:"Bahnlinien in SĂĽdhessen bekommen neuen Betreiber"
1525:(in German). RMV. 11 December 2016. Archived from
279:(Frankfurt-Königstein Railway, FKE), known as the
1139:Bad Berleburg – Erndtebrück – Siegen – Betzdorf)
215:railcar underneath Königstein Castle heading for
192:were united under the holding company of the
8:
1281:HLB will operate these lines in the future:
333:) and, since December 2011, it has operated
263:The main line of the HLB originally was the
19:
476:numbering of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
434:, together with BeNEX, a subsidiary of the
337:services on the RMV lines 45 and 52 on the
1477:(in German). Landkreis Kassel. p. 66.
1260:Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Gießen – Wetzlar –
478:are operated by the Hessische Landesbahn:
25:
18:
1475:Beteiligungsbericht 2005 Landkreis Kassel
1177:Betzdorf – Herdorf – Haiger – Dillenburg
200:, as the common infrastructure operator.
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462:Hessische Landesbahn is a member of the
287:(Frankfurt Transport Association, FVV).
1572:(in German). Hessischen Landesbahn GmbH
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1329:
482:
1325:These lines were operated by the HLB:
877:Hanau – Nidderau – Friedberg – Gießen
1396:(main line, already operated by 1995)
7:
1604:Private railway companies of Germany
361:HLB Basis AG has a 50% interest in
980:Frankfurt Airport regional station
365:(RBK), with the remainder held by
14:
621:Limburg-Staffel–Siershahn railway
375:Regionaltram Betriebsgesellschaft
16:German regional transport company
1444:Friedrichsdorf–Friedberg railway
1204:Frankfurt (Main) Hbf – Gießen –
277:Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn
194:Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn
182:Frankfurt-Königsteiner Eisenbahn
474:The following lines, using the
1047:Limburg (Lahn) – Westerburg –
367:Kasseler Verkehrs-Gesellschaft
1:
1158:Dillenburg – Haiger – Siegen
856:(from Frankfurt only Mon–Fri)
329:routes (RMV lines 98/99, the
445:in Thuringia, together with
369:(KVG). The KVG operates the
440:Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft
410:vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft
285:Frankfurter Verkehrsverbund
190:Kassel-Naumburger Eisenbahn
60:; 69 years ago
1630:
837:Beienheim–Schotten railway
544:Alstom Coradia Continental
94:Veit Salzmann (Supervisor)
1584:Rollingstock list of HLB
1232:
1075:
1072:
988:
958:
821:
795:
663:
660:
583:
371:Kassel–Waldkappel railway
186:Butzbach-Licher Eisenbahn
143:Hessische Landesbahn GmbH
24:
20:Hessische Landesbahn GmbH
1609:Companies based in Hesse
1454:24.05.1998 – 14.12.2019
1438:
1402:
1370:
1345:
1301:
603:GieĂźen-Wetzlar-Weilburg
1425:01.01.2003 – 14.12.2019
1393:01.01.2003 – 14.12.2019
1361:01.01.2003 – 14.12.2019
956:Dec. 2018 – Dec. 2033
934:Frankfurt (Main) Hbf –
926:Frankfurt-Hanau Railway
872:Friedberg–Hanau railway
811:Friedberg–Mücke railway
377:, a joint venture with
152:operates rail services;
1520:"Vergabekalender SPNV"
1270:Dec. 2010 – Dec. 2038
1180:Dec. 2015 – Dec. 2030
1135:Kreuztal–Cölbe railway
1073:Dec. 2014 – Dec. 2030
989:Dec. 2018 – Dec. 2033
974:Frankfurt Airport loop
908:Dec. 2011 – Dec. 2023
898:Fulda–Gersfeld Railway
880:Dec. 2023 – Dec. 2038
793:Jan. 2001 – Dec. 2032
757:Dec. 2011 – Dec. 2038
661:Dec. 2023 – Dec. 2038
632:Dec. 2014 – Dec. 2030
606:Dec. 2021 – Dec. 2038
581:Dec. 2014 – Dec. 2022
540:Dec. 2019 – Dec. 2025
417:North Rhine-Westphalia
256:
251:429 045 of the HLB in
241:
227:
219:
158:operates bus services;
37:Owned by the State of
1226:Dec. 2015 – Dec. 2038
1173:Heller Valley Railway
930:Main-Spessart railway
874:, Main–Weser Railway
822:May 1999 – Dec. 2032
496:Normal rolling stock
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233:
225:
211:
1389:Königstein im Taunus
1381:Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
1307:Gießen–Fulda railway
1249:Main-Weser Railway,
1028:– Aschaffenburg Hbf
959:Coradia Continental
883:Coradia Continental
678:Main–Weser Railway,
664:Coradia Continental
402:Rhineland-Palatinate
115:Hessische Landesbahn
1357:Bad Soden am Taunus
1355:Frankfurt-Höchst –
1214:Schwalmstadt-Treysa
1043:Oberwesterwald-Bahn
840:Main-Weser Railway
775:Lahn-Kinzig Railway
698:Main–Weser Railway
600:Feeder to the IC34
363:Regionalbahn Kassel
196:, since trading as
150:HLB Hessenbahn GmbH
21:
1614:Transport in Hesse
1532:on 7 November 2017
1376:Königstein Railway
1340:Concession period
1311:Giessen – Alsfeld
1296:Concession period
1195:Main-Weser Railway
1120:Finnentrop – Olpe
1065:one train pair to
1004:Rhine-Main Railway
785:Glauburg-Stockheim
720:Vogelsberg Railway
654:Main–Weser Railway
532:Wiesbaden-Biebrich
511:East Rhine Railway
493:Concession period
451:SĂĽd-ThĂĽringen-Bahn
436:Hamburger Hochbahn
265:Königstein Railway
257:
242:
239:Hanau Nord station
228:
220:
156:HLB Hessenbus GmbH
1590:at privat-bahn.de
1458:
1457:
1448:Friedrichsdorf –
1433:
1397:
1365:
1318:
1317:
1274:
1273:
1255:Main-Sieg-Express
1230:
1199:Main-Sieg-Express
1101:
1069:
952:Aschaffenburg Hbf
857:
625:Limburg (Lahn) –
560:Main-Lahn Railway
331:Main-Sieg-Express
296:Kahlgrund Railway
123:Frankfurt am Main
112:
111:
78:Frankfurt am Main
1621:
1581:
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1542:
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1537:
1531:
1524:
1516:
1501:
1500:
1498:
1496:
1485:
1479:
1478:
1471:
1440:
1427:
1404:
1395:
1385:Frankfurt-Höchst
1372:
1363:
1347:
1328:
1303:
1284:
1246:
1244:
1228:
1191:
1189:
1169:
1167:
1150:
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1131:
1129:
1116:Biggesee-Express
1112:
1110:
1100:(one train pair)
1099:
1087:
1085:
1064:
1039:
1037:
1008:Wiesbaden Hbf –
1000:
998:
970:
968:
922:
920:
894:
892:
868:
866:
855:
833:
831:
807:
805:
771:
769:
712:
710:
695:
693:
675:
673:
650:
648:
617:
615:
597:
595:
564:Ländches Railway
556:
554:
524:Frankfurt-Höchst
507:
505:
481:
412:mbH (HLB 74.9%),
404:, together with
383:RegioTram Kassel
306:in the Bavarian
283:and part of the
273:Frankfurt-Höchst
108:
105:
68:
66:
61:
29:
22:
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1487:
1486:
1482:
1473:
1472:
1468:
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1323:
1314:Not determined
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1165:
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1081:
1035:
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996:
994:
984:Frankfurt South
966:
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944:GroĂźkrotzenburg
928:
918:
916:
911:LINT 41 and 54
890:
888:
864:
862:
839:
829:
827:
803:
801:
767:
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760:LINT 41 and 54
749:Lauterbach Nord
718:
716:Lahntal railway
708:
706:
691:
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671:
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611:
593:
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562:
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472:
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453:GmbH (HLB 50%).
423:GmbH (HLB 33%),
359:
206:
174:
140:
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102:
91:
84:
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17:
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508:
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459:
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413:
406:Westerwaldbahn
358:
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349:and the Fulda–
275:of the former
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204:Train services
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570:
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448:
447:Erfurter Bahn
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387:tram-trains
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789:Gelnhausen
783:– Nidda –
487:Line name
442:(HLB 50%),
269:Königstein
104:hlb-online
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940:Hanau Hbf
779:Gießen –
627:Montabaur
432:Thuringia
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198:HLB Basis
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172:History
129:Company
99:Website
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1061:Siegen
781:Hungen
733:GieĂźen
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319:GieĂźen
281:K-Bahn
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