Abellio Rail NRW

Abellio Rail NRW GmbH
Basic information
Company headquarters	Hagen
Web presence	Abellio Rail NRW GmbH
owner	Abellio GmbH
founding	2005
Managing directors	Rainer Blüm (Chairman) Elke Fischer Dirk Aschöwer
Transport network	Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr VRR Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg VRS Westfalentarif WT Aachener Verkehrsverbund AVV Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund NVV
Employee	around 800 (as of mid-2020)
Lines
railroad	15th
number of vehicles
Locomotives	1 Köf III
Railcar	12 CORADIA LINT 41 / H 8 Stadler FLIRT EMU 2 9 Stadler FLIRT EMU 3 21 Stadler FLIRT-3 5 pieces
statistics
Mileage	about 20 million train km / year
Operating facilities
Depots	Hagen Duisburg

A FLIRT3 as RE 19 to Arnhem Centraal in Mehrhoog

The Abellio Rail NRW GmbH ( ABRN ), headquartered in Hagen is a private railway company (PSC), the rail lines in regional transport in North Rhine-Westphalia operates. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Abellio GmbH, based in Berlin, which in turn is a subsidiary of Abellio Transport Holding BV, which is owned by the Dutch state railway, Nederlandse Spoorwegen . Abellio Rail NRW was founded on September 6, 2005.

Abellio Rail NRW transports over 20 million passengers annually on over 20 million train kilometers. The license as an EVU has existed since December 11, 2005.

old logo of Abellio Rail NRW

Line network

Emscher-Ruhrtal network

From December 2005 to December 2019, the Abellio Rail NRW operating on behalf of the transport association Rhein-Ruhr (VRR), the Emscher-Ruhr valley network in North Rhine-Westphalia, consisting of the lines RB 40 (Ruhr-Lenne-Bahn) of food over Wattenscheid by Hagen and RB 46 ( Glückauf-Bahn ) from Bochum via Wanne-Eickel to Gelsenkirchen . In December 2007, the RB 40 was integrated into the Ruhr-Sieg network, which was also newly acquired by Abellio Rail NRW, and the RB 46 line was assigned to the Ruhr-Sieg network in December 2019.

On the RB 46 line, three Alstom Coradia LINT 41 / H multiple units are used, which provide an annual performance of 0.4 million train kilometers and are owned by the company. Train sets consisting of a control car , an n-car and an express train car , which were pulled or pushed by a Siemens ES64U2 ("Taurus") locomotive , initially ran on the RB 40 line . The locomotives were rented from Dispolok . These trains were also known colloquially as "Abellio Classic", which the company has since taken over. Since it was integrated into the Ruhr-Sieg network on August 7, 2007, Stadler Flirt locomotives have been used. The company's decision to initially use used vehicles is explained by the course of the tendering process. In 2004 Abellio initially received an order for the route limited to the years 2005 to 2007, so that the purchase of new vehicles for the route was not economically justifiable. Only after the end of the further tender in summer 2005 it was certain that the contract would be extended from 2007 for a further twelve years until 2019, the new trains were commissioned.

Ruhr-Sieg network

After winning the tender for the Ruhr-Sieg network, Abellio Rail NRW also took over the local rail transport services in the Ruhr-Sieg network for the timetable change on December 9, 2007 . In addition to the RB 40 previously included in the Emscher-Ruhrtal network, the network includes the RE 16 line from Essen via Hagen to Siegen and Iserlohn , as well as the RB 91 from Hagen on the same route. The special feature of a train division in Iserlohn-Letmathe in the direction of Iserlohn (formerly RB 56/58) and Siegen have RE 16 and RB 91 in common. In the Ruhr-Sieg network, electric multiple units of the Stadler FLIRT type are used, which travel 3.6 million train kilometers per year.

On December 5, 2016, the NWL and the VRR announced in a press release that Abellio Rail NRW will operate the Ruhr-Sieg network beyond 2019 for another 15 years after winning the tender. The electric multiple units already in use and modernized in 2015 will continue to be used, and will also be equipped with an audiovisual passenger information system. The RB 40 line, which was previously part of the Ruhr-Sieg network, will be integrated into the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and will also be operated there by Abellio from 2019.

The owner of the Flirt railcars is the leasing company CB Rail .

line	Surname	Train run	Contract term	Vehicle use
RE 16	Ruhr-Sieg-Express	Essen - Bochum - Witten - Wetter (Ruhr) - Hagen - Iserlohn-Letmathe ( wing ) rear multiple unit, from Hagen front multiple unit: Siegen front multiple unit, from Hagen rear multiple unit: Iserlohn	Dec 2007 - Dec 2019 Dec 2019 - Dec 2034	Stadler flirt
RB 40	Ruhr-Lenne Railway	Essen - Bochum - Witten - Wetter (Ruhr) - Hagen	Dec. 2005 - Dec. 2007 Dec. 2007 - Dec. 2019 since 15.12.2019 within the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr	Stadler flirt
RB 46	Glückauf-Bahn	Gelsenkirchen - Wanne-Eickel Hbf - Bochum Hbf	Dec 2005 - Dec 2019 Dec 2019 - Dec 2034	Stadler Flirt Alstom Coradia LINT
RB 91	Ruhr-Sieg Railway	Hagen Hbf - Iserlohn-Letmathe (wing) front multiple unit: Siegen rear multiple unit: Iserlohn	Dec 2007 - Dec 2019 Dec 2019 - Dec 2034	Stadler flirt
Total length: 300 km, mileage: 4 million train kilometers per year

S 7 (Der Müngstener)

Abellio Rail NRW GmbH network

With the timetable change in December 2013, Abellio Rail NRW took over the S 7, its first S-Bahn line with 1.6 million train kilometers. The so-called Müngstener (formerly RB 47) drives from Solingen via Remscheid to Wuppertal and also crosses the Müngstener Brücke , Germany's highest railway bridge. In addition, the Rhine metropolis of Düsseldorf is approached during rush hour. Abellio Rail NRW uses the latest generation of Alstom Coradia LINT 41 / H diesel multiple units on the S 7.

line	Surname	Train run	Contract term	Vehicle use
S 7	The Müngstener	Wuppertal - Remscheid - Solingen (- Düsseldorf)	Dec 2013 - Dec 2028	Alstom Coradia Lint 41 / H
Total length: 41 km, mileage: 1.6 million train kilometers per year

Lower Rhine network

Since December 2016 Abellio Rail NRW has been running the RE19a lines (until December 2019 RB32) ( Der Bocholter ) from Wesel to Bocholt, the RB 35 ( Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn ) from Mönchengladbach via Krefeld and Duisburg to Wesel and the RE 19 ( Rhine- IJssel-Express ) from Düsseldorf via Wesel to Arnhem . The network has a capacity of 2.7 million train kilometers per year. Abellio Rail NRW has been offering cross-border transport to the Netherlands for the first time in its history since April 2017 . Abellio uses Stadler FLIRT 3 electric multiple units to operate the route . Coradia LINT 41 / H from Alstom operate on the (not yet) electrified section of the RE19a line between Wesel and Bocholt.

line	Surname	Train run	Contract term	vehicle
RE 19	Rhein-IJssel-Express	Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport - Duisburg - Oberhausen - Wesel - Emmerich - Zevenaar (NL) - Arnhem (NL) probably from 12/2022: Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport - Duisburg - Oberhausen - Wesel (wing) front multiple unit: Emmerich - Zevenaar (NL) - Arnhem (NL) rear multiple unit: - Hamminkeln - Bocholt	Dec. 2016 - Dec. 2028	Stadler Flirt 3
RE 19a	The Bocholter	Wesel - Bocholt	Dec. 2016 - Dec. 2021 to Dec. 2019 as RB 32	Alstom Coradia Lint
RB 35	Emscher-Niederrhein Railway	Gelsenkirchen - Essen-Altenessen - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Krefeld - Mönchengladbach until December 2019 from / to Wesel	Dec. 2016 - Dec. 2028	Stadler Flirt 3
Mileage: 2.7 million train kilometers per year

RRX (Rhine-Ruhr Express)

In June 2015, the responsible transport authorities announced that Abellio Rail NRW would operate partial lot 1 of the new Rhein-Ruhr-Express with 6.2 million train kilometers per year. These include the RE 1 ( NRW Express ) lines from Aachen via Cologne to Hamm (Westphalia) and RE 11 ( Rhein-Hellweg Express ) from Düsseldorf via Dortmund to Kassel . The RRX is the largest project to improve local rail passenger transport in NRW. As operation and maintenance were tendered separately, Siemens was awarded the contract for the construction and maintenance of the new Desiro HC electric multiple units. Partial lots 2 and 3, which are also advertised, will be operated by the British provider National Express .

line	Surname	Train run	Contract term	vehicle
RE 1 (RRX)	NRW Express	Hamm (Westf)  - Kamen  - Dortmund  - Bochum  - Essen  - Mülheim an der Ruhr  - Duisburg  - Düsseldorf Hbf  - Cologne  - Düren  - Aachen	Jun. 2020 - Dec. 2033	Siemens Desiro HC
RE 11 (RRX)	Rhein-Hellweg-Express	Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe  - Warburg (Westf)  - Altenbeken - Paderborn  - Soest  - Hamm (Westf) - Kamen - Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Mülheim (Ruhr) - Duisburg - Düsseldorf	Dec 2018 - Dec 2033	Siemens Desiro HC
Mileage: 6.2 million train kilometers per year

Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn

On July 7, 2016 the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr announced that Abellio had won part 2 of the tender for the S-Bahn network on the Rhine and Ruhr . Lines S 2, S 3, S 9, RB 32, RB 40 and RE 49 have been operated by Abellio with vehicles of the Stadler Flirt 3 type in a company-neutral VRR design since December 2019 .

line	Surname	Train run	Contract term	Vehicle use
S 2	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	Dortmund - Castrop-Rauxel  - Herne (- Recklinghausen ) and (- Gelsenkirchen  - Essen)	Dec 2019 - Dec 2034	Stadler Flirt 3 XL
S 3	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	Hattingen  - Bochum-Dahlhausen  - Essen - Mülheim an der Ruhr - Oberhausen	Dec 2019 - Dec 2034	Stadler Flirt 3 XL
S 9	Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	(Recklinghausen - Herten  -) and ( Haltern am See  - Marl Mitte -) Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord  - Gladbeck West  - Bottrop  - Essen - Velbert-Langenberg  - Wuppertal  (- Schwelm  - Gevelsberg  - Hagen )	Dec 2019 - Dec 2034	Stadler Flirt 3 XL
RB 32	Rhine-Emscher Railway	Dortmund - Castrop-Rauxel - Herne - Gelsenkirchen - Essen-Altenessen  - Oberhausen - Duisburg	Dec 2019 - Dec 2034	Stadler Flirt 3 XL
RB 40	Ruhr-Lenne Railway	Hagen  - Wetter (Ruhr)  - Witten  - Bochum  - Essen	Dec 2019 - Dec 2034	Stadler Flirt 3 XL
RE 49	Wupper-Lippe-Express	Wesel - Oberhausen - Mülheim an der Ruhr - Essen - Velbert - Wuppertal	Dec 2019 - Dec 2034	Stadler Flirt 3 XL
Mileage: 7.1 million train kilometers per year

Further information

In addition to the company headquarters and a workshop in Hagen for the trains of the Ruhr-Sieg network and the S7, Abellio Rail NRW also maintains a depot with an attached customer center at Remscheider Hbf . The depot for the Niederrhein network was opened on March 2, 2017 after a one-year construction period in Duisburg near the main train station there. It has an area of ​​5000 square meters and a double-track hall with a length of 106 m. The construction costs amounted to around 15 million euros. The Flirt multiple units for the Lower Rhine network are maintained in Duisburg .

Abellio Rail NRW GmbH operates local rail passenger transport on behalf of the transport authority Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) and Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL) as well as the Dutch province of Gelderland , Nahverkehr Rheinland (NVR) and Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (NVV).

Web links

Commons : Abellio Rail NRW  - Collection of Images

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Individual evidence

1. ^ Karl Arne Richter: European Railways '12 / '13 . DVV Media Group , Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7771-0437-9 , p. 54 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} handover on the RB 40 , press release from Abellio Rail NRW, August 9, 2007.
3. ↑ Bye-bye, Abellio Classic! In: press release. Abellio Rail NRW, August 7, 2007, accessed on June 16, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Three special-purpose associations award the Ruhr-Sieg network to ABELLIO. ( Memento from May 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Press release from Abellio Rail NRW from June 24, 2005
5. ↑ Award decisions for the RE8 and RB33 lines, the Ruhr-Sieg network and the Emscher-Münsterland network - NWL. In: www.nwl-info.de. Retrieved January 8, 2017 . 
6. ↑ The award is final: Abellio continues to operate the Ruhr-Sieg network | Abellio Germany. In: www.abellio.de. Retrieved January 8, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Abellio procures Stadler Flirt railcars for the Ruhr-Sieg network - rental agreement concluded with CB Rail GmbH. Press release from Abellio Rail NRW from October 10, 2005
8. ↑ Keolis and Abellio will be using the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn from December 2019. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr , July 7, 2016, accessed on July 7, 2016 . 
9. ↑ AWA: New depot opened . In: railway magazine . No. 5 , 2017, ISSN  0342-1902 , p. 32 .