Danube Valley Railway
The whole line from Regensburg to Ulm is part of the "Regensburg Star" network ("Regensburger Stern") announced on April 2007, the franchise for which was won by the railway operator, BeNEX, on December 2007. The aim of the competition was an expansion and modernisation of local public transport services on the lines radiating from Regensburg to Landshut, Neumarkt and Plattling as well as the Danube Valley Railway itself. The trains are Alstom Coradia Continental trains run by Agilis. There are up to 20 percent more train journeys than before. Additional trains operate, especially during peak hour, in the evenings and on weekends. Since 11 December 2011 there have also been special Agilis express trains on the Danube Valley Railway that connect the three major cities of Regensburg, Ingolstadt and Ulm. Since these express trains no longer stop at every station, they only need about two and a half hours to travel from Regensburg to Ulm and are therefore around an hour faster than the normal trains with a total of 32 stops and a journey time of around three and a half hours.