page_title: Regentalbahn
section_title: Emergence of the Regentalbahn AG (RAG)
hierarchical_section_title: Regentalbahn / Emergence of the Regentalbahn AG (RAG)
caption_attribution_description: English: Share of the AG Localbahn Gotteszell-Viechtach, issued 1. January 1891 Deutsch: Aktie über 1000 Mark der AG Localbahn Gotteszell-Viechtach vom 1. Januar 1891
context_page_description: The Regentalbahn is railway company based in Bavaria, and is owned by Ferrovie dello Stato and the Luxembourg infrastructure fund Cube, through the German holding company of Netinera. It runs railway infrastructure, as well as regional and long-distance passenger services in Bavaria and Saxony with links into the Czech Republic, and Germany-wide goods trains.
  The subsidiary Regental Bahnbetriebs-GmbH operates goods trains though its subsidiary Regental Cargo, and passenger trains through Die Länderbahn, whilst Regental Fahrzeugwerkstätten operates railway workshops. A fourth subsidiary Regental Kraftverkehrs, a bus operator, ceased operations in 2004.
context_section_description: On 9 May 1889 the "AG Localbahn Gotteszell - Viechtach" railway company sprang to life as a result of a "concession for the construction and operation of a standard gauge railway from Gotteszell to Viechtach" dated 28 April 1889. Lokalbahn was the name for a local branch line in Bavaria.
  On 10 November 1890 goods trains were already running from Gotteszell to Teisnach and on 20 November 1890 full services to Viechtach began. The company acquired in 1903 the granite factory of Teisnach AG and the Prünst quarry, that still provides ballast for track construction today. On 1 January 1928 the Lokalbahn Deggendorf-Metten AG was also acquired and merged with the Gotteszell – Viechtach  Lokalbahn company which was now called the Regentalbahn AG. In 1924/25 construction of the line from Viechtach to Blaibach was begun. Goods services started here on 2 January 1928 and passenger trains on 1 February 1928. On 1 January 1973 the Regentalbahn AG also took over the eighty-year-old AG Lokalbahn Lam - Kötzting.
caption: Share of the AG Localbahn Gotteszell-Viechtach, issued 1. January 1891
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