History
BOB was founded on 31 March 1998 and began service the same year. The company was launched to create more competition on the rail systems of southern Bavaria.
In the early days of service BOB trains were often plagued by technical problems with the new/untested Integral train set. These initial problems have since been resolved and BOB is now considered very reliable.
Since the beginning of July 2004 BOB has added 3 Bombardier Talent Train-sets to cover rush hour service.
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