Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH is a German railway company that operates local rail passenger transport in Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The company is owned by Deutsche Bahn through DB Regio.
According to its own statements, the company would like to act “lean and dynamic” like a start-up company[1] and thus meet the increasing cost and performance pressure in German local rail passenger transport. This came about, among other things, as a result of the liberalisation of local transport in Germany and the associated tenders in German states. The DB Regio company has lost many routes under this pressure in recent years.[2]
Operations
editLine network
edit| Line | Route | Network and contract period | Client | Rolling stock | Previous operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RE 5 | Hamburg Hbf – Hamburg-Harburg – Buxtehude – Stade – Cuxhaven | Unterelbe-Netz (12.2018–12.2027) |
LNVG, HVV | Traxx P160 DE (246) + 5 double-deck coaches (LNVG rolling stock pool) | Metronom |
| RB 37 | Bremen Hbf – Soltau – Uelzen | Dieselnetz Niedersachsen-Mitte (12.2021–12.2029) |
LNVG, Region Hannover, NWL, SKUMS, HVV | Alstom Coradia LINT (LNVG rolling stock pool) | erixx |
| RB 38 | Hamburg-Harburg – Buchholz – Soltau – Hannover Hbf | ||||
| RB 77 | Hildesheim Hbf – Hameln – Löhne – Bünde/Herford | NordWestBahn | |||
| RB 79 | Hildesheim Hbf – Bodenburg | ||||
| RB 11 | Bad Soden – Frankfurt-Höchst (from 01.04.2023) |
Taunus-Netz (12.2022–12.2034) |
RMV | Alstom Coradia iLINT | Hessische Landesbahn |
| RB 12 | Königstein – Kelkheim – Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf | ||||
| RB 15 | Brandoberndorf – Friedrichsdorf – Bad Homburg (– Frankfurt Hbf) | ||||
| RB 16 | Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf (– Bad Homburg) (from 01.04.2023) |
References
edit- ^ "Über die Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH" (PDF) (in German). Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- ^ Hartmann, Guido M. (8 June 2016). "DB Regio: Wenn der Platzhirsch nur noch schwächelt". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2023.