Stadtwerke Oberhausen
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The 'Stadtwerke Oberhausen AG' (STOAG) is the local transport organization for the city of Oberhausen
Oberhausen
Oberhausen is a city on the river Emscher in the Ruhr Area, Germany, located between Duisburg and Essen . The city hosts the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen and its Gasometer Oberhausen is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. It is also well known for the...

, Germany
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. It is a member of the regional transport organization Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
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(VRR). The STOAG operates 6 express bus lines, as well as 10 citybus lines which are operated jointly with Urban-Reisen, and 6 Regional-lines which are partially operated by the STOAG. The city also has 7 Regional-lines which aren't operated by STOAG.

The STOAG has more than 120 buses and 6 trams for the line 112 which drives out of the neighbour-town Mülheim to the Neumarkt in Sterkrade. Most buses drives each 20 or 30 minutes which is usual for the Ruhr-Area.

The exact frequencies are in the rush-hour:
Lines Frequencie
SB90, SB91, SB94, 112 all 10 minutes
SB92, SB93, SB96, 122, 124, 143, 185, 263, 952, 953, 957, 958, 976, 979, 987 all 20 minutes
129, 905, 908, 954 all 30 minutes
136, 918, 935, 939, 955, 995 all 60 Minutes


The line 959 drives circa 20 times a day between Sterkrade and Holten.

Timetable change in summer 2011

In future, from 12th june 2011 the STOAG creates a new network. Because the city council-order the STOAG should save circa 1,7 million Euro in 2011 and more than 2,1 million Euro in 2012. So the traffic planners of the STOAG decided for this new network:
Line New route New frequencies in the rush-hour
SB90 Ruhrpark-City-CentrO-Sterkrade-Schmachentendorf-Holten Market 20
SB91 City-CentrO-Osterfeld-Bottrop-Gladbeck-Gelsenkirchen 10 until Bottrop; 20 until Gelsenkirchen
SB92 Alstaden-City-CentrO-Osterfeld-Tackenberg-Königshardt-(Schmachtendorf) 20
SB93 Alstaden-City-Liebknechtstreet-CentrO-Osterfeld-Tackenberg 20
SB94 Borbeck-Liebknechtstreet-City-Buschhausen-Sterkrade-Königshardt-(Schmachtendorf) 20
SB97 City-Buschhausen-Sterkrade-Hamburger Street-Königshardt 20
SB98 Alstaden-City-CentrO-Sterkrade-Schmachtendorf-Königshardt 20
136 City-Dümpten-Mülheim (in Mülheim is planned a new route, the MHVG actual does not know this route)-Essen 60
143 Essen-Frintrop-Knappenmarket-Brücktorstreet-Liebknechtstreet-City-Alstaden 20
185 Essen-Dellwig-CentrO-City 20
935 City-Buschhausen-Duisburg-Sterkrade 60
939 CentrO-City-Alstaden-Duisburg 60
953 Dümpten-Wehrstreet-Dieningstreet-Brücktorstreet-CentrO-Osterfeld-Tackenberg 30
954 Sterkrade-Buschhausen-Holten-Barmingholten-Schmachtendorf 30
955 City-Buschhausen-Sterkrade-Alsfeld-Holten-(Vandalensteet)-Schmachtendorf 60
957 Alstaden-City-CentrO-Borbeck-Osterfeld-Sterkrade 20
958 Alstaden-City-Liebknechtstreet-Michaelchurch-CentrO-Osterfeld-Sterkrade 20
959 Kleekamp-Sterkrade-Weierstreet-Holten-Barmingholten 30
960 Dümpten-Seilerstreet-City-CentrO-Sterkrade-Königshardt-Schmachtendorf-Holten 20
961 Osterfeld-Fuhlenbrock 30
976 Dümpten/Mülheim-Wehrstreet-City-Buschhausen-Sterkrade-Alsfeld-Königshardt-Everslohstreet 20
979 Bottrop-Fuhlenbrock-Sterkrade 20
995 City-Buschhausen-Duisburg-Marxloh 60

All bold written things will change in june

All italic written things are out of Oberhausen

All things in brackets won't be approached any more

The lines which are dropped are: SB96, 952, 987
The lines SB97 and 958 are connected at the Central Station (Hauptbahnhof). That means, the buses from SB97 which ends there does not turn back to Königshardt. They continue as 958 to Sterkrade. The buses from Sterkrade on 958 continues as SB97 to Königshardt.
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