The 'Stadtwerke Oberhausen AG' (STOAG) is the local transport organization for the city of Oberhausen, Germany. It is a member of the regional transport organization Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (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.
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.