Private company
Waggonfabrik Rastatt
German manufacturer of tram and railway vehicles
Waggonfabrik Rastatt (English: Rastatt Coach Factory) is a German public-limited company based in Rastatt in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. Its chief products are tramway vehicles and railway coaches and wagons. The firm was founded in 1897 (1897) and built, for example, tramways for the Upper Rhine Railway Company (Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft or OEG), Karlsruhe Transport Company (Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH) and Stuttgart Tramways (Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- Industryvehicle construction1
- HeadquartersRastatt1
- Websitewww.bwr.de
- Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
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Waggonfabrik Rastatt (English: Rastatt Coach Factory) is a German public-limited company based in Rastatt in the state of Baden-Württemberg in southwestern Germany. Its chief products are tramway vehicles and railway coaches and wagons. The firm was founded in 1897 (1897) and built, for example, tramways for the Upper Rhine Railway Company (Oberrheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft or OEG), Karlsruhe Transport Company (Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH) and Stuttgart Tramways (Stuttgarter Straßenbahnen AG). In its early days it also built rolling stock for the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways.2
Products and brands
- rolling stock
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1897Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.bwr.de1
- WikipediaWaggonfabrik Rastatt
- WikidataQ797202
Sources
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- 1WikidataWaggonfabrik Rastatt on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWaggonfabrik Rastatt on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsWaggonfabrik Rastatt photo by LosHawlos, CC BY-SA 3.0