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.
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.[1][2] In December 2008, both sold their shares to NedRailways.[3][4] The Abellio brand was later rolled out to replace the NedRailways brand internationally.[5][6]
Operations
Rail
As of December 2016, Abellio Deutschland operated 18 lines over 978 kilometres with a fleet of 86 trains.[7]
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.[8][9]
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.[17] In December 2018, Abellio Deutschland commenced operating 12 routes in Saxony-Anhalt.[18][19][20] These are being operated by 52 Alstom Coradia Lints.[21][22][23]
From June 2019 Abellio took over some regional train lines in Baden Württemberg under a 13-year contract.[7][24][25] Initially a fleet of 43 Bombardier Talent 2s were ordered.[26][27] This was later increased by five.[28][29]
Abellio operated the following regional routes in Baden-Württemberg:
RB 17a Stuttgart - Mühlacker - Pforzheim (- Bad Wildbad*/Wilferdingen-Singen)
Abellio Deutschland owned a 25% share in WestfalenBahn that was founded in 2005.[7][32] In July 2017 this was increased to 100%.[33]
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.[34][35] The remaining KVG business was sold to Rhenus Veniro and the District of Bautzen in October 2014 with 84 buses.[36]
References
^Abellio wins contracts and is part privatized Today's Railways Europe issue 116 August 2005 page 52
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