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The Bayerische Regionaleisenbahn or BRE (literally: Bavarian Regional Railway) is a German railway company and a subsidiary of Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn (DRE). Its headquarters is in Weidenberg and, since 2004, it has mainly acted as a railway infrastructure company. [1] Its primary aim is to prevent the closure and associated disposal of railway routes in the state of Bavaria. This is achieved either by the signing of route protection agreements with the former owners, DB Netz, or by taking over the routes either by rental or purchase.

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The following routes in Bavaria are maintained or rented by the BRE: [2]

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References

  1. "See trade list entry at Bamberg County Court dated 30 January 2004" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2008-10-19.
  2. "See "Eisenbahninfrastruktur der DRE-Gruppe"" (PDF) (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-14. Retrieved 7 October 2008.
  3. "See Wiesentbote: "Wieder Güterverkehr auf der Strecke Schlüsselfeld - Strullendorf"" (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 8 May 2008.
  4. "See Der Eisenbahningenieur 1/2008: "BRE übernimmt Strecken der DB Netz"" (in German). Retrieved 2008-10-19.