Bahnstrecke Kehl-Schwarzach, Lichtenau

Mittelbadische Eisenbahnen AG were legally a predecessor of SWEG-Südwestdeutsche Verkehrs-AG. They originally operated an extensive network of narrow-gauge railroads in the Upper Rhine lowlands at the foot of the Black Forest in what are now the districts of Rastatt and Ortenau. The company was formed in 1923 when the Lahrer Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft changed its name to Mittelbadische Eisenbahnen AG on June 30 and took over the lines on the right bank of the Rhine from the Strasbourg Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft on November 15. In 1953, the MEG was extended by two standard gauge lines and one narrow gauge line of the former Süddeutsche Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft. In 1955, MEG also briefly operated the Müllheim-Badenweiler Railway.