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.

Since the year 2015 the STOAG has, as the first organization of the Ruhr Area, two electric buses for the lines 962 and 966.

The STOAG planned with the Vestische, the organization of the neighbour town, to change the line 979 also to the electric bus system during the year 2018.

Network

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The STOAG network has changed a lot in the last years. This is the present network, state 04.10.2015. Lines that lead through Oberhausen but are not maintained by the STOAG are included in the table.

The STOAG also operates a night network with the lines NE1 until NE7, NE10 until NE12 and NE21.

Line Typ of line Route Frequencies in the rush-hour
112 tram line Mülheim-Main CemeteryMülheim-Centre – Landwehr – City – CentrO – Sterkrade Neumarkt 15
SB90 express bus line Ruhrpark – Alstaden – City – CentrO – Sterkrade – Schmachtendorf – Holten Market 20
SB91 express bus line Bero-Centre – City – CentrO – Osterfeld – Bottrop CentreGladbeckGelsenkirchen-Buer Townhall 10 until Bottrop; 20 until Gelsenkirchen
SB92 express bus line Alstaden – City – CentrO – Osterfeld – Königshardt 20
SB93 express bus line Alstaden – Duisburg-Obermeiderich Station – City – CentrO – Osterfeld – Tackenberg – Taunusstreet 20
SB94 express bus line Essen-Unterstreet – Bermensfeld – City – Buschhausen – Sterkrade 20
SB97 express bus line Anne Frank Middle School – City – Buschhausen – Sterkrade 20
SB98 express bus line Alstaden – City – CentrO – Sterkrade – Schmachtendorf – Königshardt 20
122 Mülheim-City – Speldorf – Styrum – Styrum – City 20
143 BorbeckFrintrop – City – Alstaden 20
185 Borbeck – Dellwig – Frintrop – CentrO 20
935 Sterkrade – HambornNeumühl – City – Anne Frank Middle School 60
939 Anne Frank Middle School – City – Obermeiderich Station – Duisburg CityDuisburg Hospital 60
953 Wehrstreet – Dümpten – Knappen Market – CentrO – Tackenberg – Bottrop-Spechtstreet 60
954 Marina/SeaLife – Osterfeld – Sterkrade – Holten – Schmachtendorf – Brink Hirschkamp 30
955 Anne Frank Middle School – City – Buschhausen – Sterkrade – Alsfeld – Heinrich Böll Integrated School 60
956 Wehrstreet – City – Oberhausen Castle – Osterfeld – Sterkrade – Biefang 30
957 Lirich – City – Borbeck – Osterfeld – Sterkrade – Weierheide ( – Barmingholten) 20
960 Dümpten – Wehrstreet – City – CentrO – Sterkrade – Königshardt – Holten 20
961 Wehrstreet – City – CentrO – Osterfeld – Bottrop-Spechtstreet 60
962 electric bus line Sterkrade – Alsfeld – Königshardt – Kleekamp 60
966 electric bus line City – St. Mary's Church – Oberhausen Castle – Sterkrade 60
976 Dümpten – Wehrstreet – City – Buschhausen – Sterkrade – Königshardt 20
979 Sterkrade – Klosterhardt – Bottrop-FuhlenbrockBottrop Centre 20
995 Anne Frank Middle School – City – Lirich – NeumühlMarxloh 60

All italic written stops are out of Oberhausen.

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