Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn

Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn (DRE-Gruppe) is a German railway group whose railway infrastructure companies operate more than 500 kilometres of regional rail lines in Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg and Lower Saxony. According to its official website, the DRE-Gruppe network is the second-largest non-federally owned railway network in Germany, and a further 200 km of track could be reactivated if needed.

The DRE-Gruppe's railway infrastructure companies operate more than 500 kilometres of regional rail lines in Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg and Lower Saxony. The group states that its routes form the second-largest non-federally owned railway network in Germany, and that a further 200 km of track could be reactivated if needed. In February 2026, construction began to reactivate the railway line from Köthen to Aken, with the line operator Bayerische Regionaleisenbahn involved.

Second-largest non-federally owned railway network in Germany.

• Regional rail infrastructure

  Railway infrastructure for SPNV, seasonal tourist traffic and heavy freight traffic.

1. 1Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn Gruppe | Wir vernetzen Sie effizient.regionaleisenbahn.de
2. 2Deutsche Regionaleisenbahnwikidata.org