page_title: Vlexx
section_title: The company
hierarchical_section_title: Vlexx / The company
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Zug der Firma Vlexx im Bahnhof Idar-Oberstein English: Train of the company Vlexx in the station Idar-Oberstein Nederlands: Trein van het bedrijf Vlexx in het station Idar-Oberstein
context_page_description: vlexx GmbH is a rail transport company based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany and a subsidiary of the Regentalbahn, which in turn has been part of the Italian state railway Ferrovie dello Stato since 2011 via its parent company Netinera. Vlexx operates local rail passenger transport exclusively with diesel railcars in Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland and Hesse as well as a connection to France on the Winden-Wissembourg railway line into the Alsace to the railway station of Wissembourg.
context_section_description: The company's name was DNSW when it was founded in 2012 and derived from the route network, the diesel network southwest, whose cornerstones are the Rhineland-Palatinate cities of Mainz, Koblenz, Worms, Kaiserslautern and Idar-Oberstein as well as Saarbrücken in the Saarland and Frankfurt am Main in Hesse. On weekends in the summer season there is also a train pair to Wissembourg in Alsace.
  From the outset, the DNSW name was intended only as a temporary solution. In a name competition in January 2014, the public was able to participate in the naming process. In order to underline a regional reference of the company, a suitable name was sought. The choice fell on vlexx, der Vier-Länder-Express (vlexx, the four-country express).
caption: Idar-Oberstein station with a vlexx-train
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