Abellio Deutschland is a public transit operator in Germany operating bus and rail networks. Headquartered in Berlin, it is a subsidiary of the Dutch state-owned Abellio.
History
Abellio Deutschland was formed by the Essen public transit company (EVAG, today part of Ruhrbahn) in 2004. In 2005, British investment company Star Capital Partners purchased a 75% share in Abellio from the City of Essen.Abellio wins contracts and is part privatized Today's Railways Europe issue 116 August 2005 page 52Star Capital Partners completes two new German investments Star Capital Partners 27 January 2006 In December 2008, both sold their shares to NedRailways.Contracts Railway Gazette International 13 December 2008Abellio Star Capital Partners The Abellio brand was later rolled out to replace the NedRailways brand internationally.Company History Abellio2010 brings company rebranding Today's Railways Europe issue 171 March 2010 page 7
Operations Rail As of December 2016, Abellio Deutschland operated 18 lines over 978 kilometres with a fleet of 86 trains.Welcome to Abellio Abellio February 2017
Abellio Rail NRW Abellio Rail NRW was founded in September 2005. It operated several regional railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia. The NRW network stretched from Gelsenkirchen to Bochum, from Essen to Siegen and Iserlohn via Hagen as well as from Wuppertal to Solingen via Remscheid (line S7).
In December 2016, it commenced operating along the Lower Rhine network between Arnhem in the Netherlands and Düsseldorf / Mönchengladbach and Bocholt. From December 2018, it has operated the Rhine-Ruhr-Express with the Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE11) and since June 2020, it has operated the NRW-Express (RE1). Both were supposed to run until December 2033.National Express and Abellio win Rhein-Ruhr-Express contracts Railway Gazette International 16 June 2015National Express wins RRX contracts Today's Railways Europe issue 236 August 2015 page 10
In December 2016, Abellio NRW commenced operating a 12-year concession to operate Niederrhein-Netz services using the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway covering the Rhein-IJssel-Express (RE19), Arnhem – Zevenaar – Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf and the Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn (RB35), Mönchengladbach – Krefeld – Wesel.Abellio Rail NRW wins cross border operating contract Railway Gazette International 27 March 2013Abellio wins German-Dutch concession International Railway Journal 26 March 2013 In April 2017 the former was extended into the Netherlands to Arnhem.Abellio receives first EMU for Dutch-Germanconcession International Railway Journal 10 June 2016Abellio commences direct train service Dusseldorf, Germany to Arnhem, Netherlands Abellio 6 April 2017
In December 2019, it commenced operating lines S2, S3 and S9 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network with 29 Stadler Flirts.Abellio Germany awarded biggest lot Rhine-Ruhr S-bahn network Abellio 7 July 2016Abellio to operate Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Railway News 7 July 2016
On 31 January 2022, Abellio Rail NRW ended its operations. The different contracts were awarded in emergency tenders to other rail companies:Abellio: Übergangsnachfolger gefunden Zughalt 13 December 2021
Rhein-Ruhr-Express (RE1, RE11): National Express Ruhr-Sieg-Netz (RE16, RB46, RB91): DB Regio NRW S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr (S2, S3, S9, RB32, RB40, RE49): DB Regio NRW Der Müngstener (S7): VIAS Rail Niederrhein-Netz (RE19, RB35): VIAS Rail
Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland commenced operating the Saale-Thuringia-Südharz (STS) electric network since December 2015 on a 15-year contract, over ten lines with a route length of 575 kilometres. The network extends from Halle to Erfurt, Eisenach and Kassel as well as from Leipzig to Erfurt and Saalfeld.Abellio Rail Win East Germany Regional Contract Railway News 19 October 2012 In December 2018, Abellio Deutschland commenced operating 12 routes in Saxony-Anhalt.Abellio Germany to be awarded Saxony-Anhalt diesel network contract AbellioAbellio to operate Saxony-Anhalt diesel network International Railway Journal 17 December 2015"NASA selects Abellio" Railway Gazette International January 2016 page 9 These are being operated by 52 Alstom Coradia Lints.Alstom to supply 52 Coradia Lint regional trains to Abellio Alstom 1 April 2016Abellio orders 52 Alstom DMUs for Saxony-Anhalt International Railway Journal 1 April 2016Abellio orders DMUs with electric bike charging sockets Railway Gazette International 1 April 2016
Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg
From June 2019 Abellio took over some regional train lines in Baden Württemberg under a 13-year contract.Abellio Deutschland wins contract for largest lot in Stuttgart Network AbellioAbellio management team for Stuttgart network now complete Abellio 6 September 2016 Initially a fleet of 43 Bombardier Talent 2s were ordered.Bombardier Wins Contract to Provide 43 Talent 2 Trains to Abellio Bombardier 7 June 2016Abellio orders Talent 2 EMUs Railway Gazette International 7 June 2016 This was later increased by five.Abellio orders more EMUs for Baden-Wurttemberg International Railway Journal 27 April 2017Abellio orders Talent EMUs Railway Gazette International 28 April 2017
Abellio operated the following regional routes in Baden-Württemberg:
RB 17a Stuttgart - Mühlacker - Pforzheim (- Bad Wildbad*/Wilferdingen-Singen) RE/RB 17b Stuttgart - Mühlacker- Bretten - Bruchsal - Heidelberg RB 17c Stuttgart - Mühlacker - Bretten - Bruchsal RE 10a Mannheim - Mosbach-Neckarelz - Heilbronn - Stuttgart - Tübingen RE 10b Mannheim - Sinsheim (Elsenz) - Heilbronn - Stuttgart - Tübingen RB 18 Osterburken - Heilbronn - Stuttgart - Tübingen IRE 6 Stuttgart - Tübingen Abellio Network Map Baden Württemberg
On 1 January 2022, Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg was taken over by the state-owned Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-AG (SWEG).Übernahme von Abellio sichert viele Arbeitsplätze Pressestelle des Landes Baden-Württemberg 30 December 2021]
WestfalenBahn Abellio Deutschland owned a 25% share in WestfalenBahn that was founded in 2005.The Company WestfalenBahn (German) In July 2017 this was increased to 100%.Abellio takes full ownership of WestfalenBahn as market gets more competitive Railway Gazette International 18 July 2017
Bus In April 2013, Abellio Deutschland announced it would focus on rail transport and sell its three bus companies. In November 2013 VM and Werner were sold to Transport Capital with 220 buses.Completion of sale of Hessen bus AbellioLuther advises Transport Capital AG on the acquisition of two bus companies from the Abellio Group Luther 11 November 2013 The remaining KVG business was sold to Rhenus Veniro and the District of Bautzen in October 2014 with 84 buses.Abellio sells the Dreiländereck to Oberlausitz Abellio 29 October 2014 (German)
References
External links
Abellio Deutschland company website