Diesel railcars "Regio-Shuttle" (RS1) VT # 102 and # 115 in multiple traction of the Süd-Thüringen-Bahn are arriving in the Rennsteig station on 747 meter a.s.l., running as train 81199 from Erfurt via Illmenau. The Süd-Thüringen-Bahn (STB) is a joint venture (50/50 %) of the Erfurter Bahn Gmbh (EB) and the Hessische Landesbahn Gmbh (HLB), founded in 1999, for the regional traffic in the south of Thüringen. The STB is running 37 of this Regio-Shuttles, built by Adtranz/StadlerRail from 2000 to 2002.