DÜWAG

thumb|right|DB Class VT 98|Railbus built under the Uerdingen brand name, operated by EVB thumb|right|Hanover Stadtbahn [[TW 6000]] thumb|right|A Hagen tram in [[Innsbruck for use on the Stubaitalbahn after the Hagen trams ceasing service in 1976]] thumb|right|CTrain [[Siemens-Duewag U2 in Calgary, Alberta]] Düwag or Duewag (stylised in all caps), formerly Waggonfabrik Uerdingen, was a German manufacturer of rail vehicles. It was sold in 1999 to Siemens with the brand later retired.

== History == Duewag was founded in March 1898 as Waggonfabrik Uerdingen in Uerdingen and produced rail vehicles under the Düwag brand. After merging with Düsseldorfer Waggonfabrik in 1935, railway vehicles were built in Uerdingen, while the Düsseldorf plant produced mainly local traffic vehicles, namely tramway and light rail vehicles. In 1981, the company changed its name from Waggonfabrik Uerdingen to Duewag.