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BahnTouristikExpress GmbH

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legal form GmbH
founding April 4, 2004
Seat Nuremberg
management Matthias Wolf (Sales)

Matthias Hunkel (production, technology)

Number of employees 121
sales 12 million euros
Branch Rail transport
Website www.bahntouristikexpress.de
Status: January 2016

BahnTouristikExpress GmbH (BTE) is a German rail transport company based in Nuremberg and has its own rail vehicles, buildings and track systems at Nuremberg Central Station .

The main business is the offer and implementation of special train and car train journeys in Germany and neighboring countries as well as the independent operation of 2 Flixtrain lines. BTE rents locomotives and wagons and is active in long-distance passenger rail transport (SPFV).

Long-distance transport

Routes and stops of HKX (deep blue) and BTE AutoReiseZug (deep green dashed)

In addition to the implementation of special trips, BTE is also actively involved in regular regional rail transport and is one of the few private providers in Germany.

Operation of the HKX and its successor Flixtrain

Since September 2015, BTE has rented ten passenger coaches, one half-baggage coach and other coaches as a reserve to Hamburg-Köln-Express GmbH (HKX). With the 2015/2016 timetable change, the company also took on the role of rail transport company (EVU) for HKX. The HKX successor train Flixtrain was also operated by BTE. In April 2020, however, there were disagreements over new contract negotiations between Flixtrain and BTE, so the partnership was ended.

BTE AutoTravelTrain

In mid-April 2016, the company announced that it would start a night-time car train connection between Hamburg-Altona and Lörrach (in both directions) from December 16, 2016 . This connection, which replaces the former DB Autozug Hamburg-Lörrach, runs one to four times a week and is marketed as the “BTE AutoReiseZug”. The train consists of the sleeping car , couchette , car passenger cars , a dining car , and a company car . The train paths for this have been registered with DB Netz . Depending on the season, the connection is offered one to four times a week. For the first trip on December 16, 2016 from Hamburg to Lörrach, the “BTE AutoReiseZug” transported around 40 vehicles with 80 people.

A motorail train should reduce the cost of petrol for the car and enable a relaxed journey or open up a vacation. To take this into account, the train has both a train restaurant (dining car) and a bistro (in the party car).

ALPEN-SYLT night express

Since July 4, 2020, BTE has been operating the "ALPEN-SYLT Night Express" together with RDC. It runs directly between Sylt and Salzburg on Thursdays and Saturdays , and in the opposite direction on Fridays and Sundays. The connection was initially planned until September 7, 2020, but due to the high demand, the offer was extended until November 2, 2020.

Vehicle fleet

363 180
217 002
110 491
A passenger coach from Eisenbahnouristikexpress

Eisenbahnouristikexpress has two diesel locomotives , an electric locomotive and over 25 passenger coaches . Additional vehicles can be rented if necessary.

Locomotives

In 2010, Eisenbahnouristikexpress acquired the V60 class 363 180 locomotive . It is used for shunting work. The full vehicle number is 98 80 3 363 180-1 D-BTEX.

In 2012, Bahnouristikexpress acquired 217 002 from DB Schenker Rail (now DB Cargo ). The class 217 locomotive was fully inspected at the Mühldorf depot and has had a red / beige paintwork since 2003. It is used from Nuremberg in front of its own passenger trains as well as freight trains from other RUs. The full vehicle number is 92 80 1 217 002-5 D-BTEX.

In October 2014, BTE acquired the 110 491 electric locomotive from DB Regio AG. It received a general inspection at the Dessau plant . The full vehicle number is 91 80 6 110 491-8 D-BTEX. This locomotive is mainly used for the "BTE AutoReiseZug".

BTE rents locomotives of the ES 64 U2 , 120 and occasionally 111 series to cover the HKX and the “BTE AutoReiseZug” that has been in service since 2016 .

Fleet

Bahnouristikexpress has about 25 of its own passenger train , couchette , sleeping and social cars as well as one dining and logistics car each . They are painted in the distinctive blue-red color scheme and can be used throughout Europe; Handicapped-accessible couchette compartments and seating compartments are available. The wagons are used both for their own purposes and are also rented to other RUs (e.g. the Hamburg-Köln-Express ). There are also (as of December 2016) or for the "BTE car train" of the ÖBB rented car coaches .

history

The company was created on April 4, 2004 from the merger of BahnTouristikBamberg GbR and Bahnouristik Schiedermeier, Regensburg. The company is registered under HRB 22504 at the Nuremberg District Court. At the time of the merger, the managing partners were Christian Gloël, Matthias Wolf and Tobias Schiedermeier. On March 30, 2006 Christian Gloël resigned as managing director. Eight passenger cars were purchased in the year it was founded. In 2010 a turnover of 3.2 million euros was achieved.

In 2016, when the BTE AutoReiseZug went into operation, the Railroad Development Corporation (RDC), which is also the majority shareholder of HKX in Germany, took an indirect stake in the company through BTE Beteiligungs GmbH.

On January 19, 2019, the founder Tobias Schiedermeier resigned as managing director.

Web links

Commons : Bahnouristikexpress  - collection of pictures

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c BahnTouristikExpress railway companies from Nuremberg in the company database wirdzu-wem.de. In: Werzu-wem.de. Accessed June 29, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ a b c Karl Arne Richter: European Railways '12 / '13 . DVV Media Group , Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7771-0437-9 , p. 75 .
  3. ↑ Stefan Hennigfeld: HKX presents new carrier. Zughalt.de, November 19, 2015, accessed on November 19, 2015 .
  4. ↑ https://www.wiwo.de/unternehmen/dienstleistungs/flixtrain-jetzt-gracht-flixbus-auf-der-schiene-an/21036968.html
  5. ↑ FlixTrain: Is the end of the green long-distance trains threatened? - drivest.de. Retrieved April 24, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Willi Adam: Privatbahn wants to continue the car train from Lörrach. Badische Zeitung , April 19, 2016, accessed on December 18, 2016 .
  7. ↑ BahnTouristikExpress runs the Hamburg - Lörrach car train from the 2017 timetable (entry on the BTE Facebook page). facebook.com, April 22, 2016, accessed April 23, 2016 .
  8. ↑ BTE AutoReiseZug Hamburg – Lörrach. BahnTouristikExpress, accessed on July 31, 2016 .
  9. ^ Südkurier / dpa: The first private motorail train travels from Hamburg to Lörrach ( memento from December 20, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 16, 2016
  10. ↑ BTE route knowledge trips with the "BTE car train" , online turntable, accessed on December 16, 2016
  11. ↑ Timetable Alps - Sylt 2020 | ALPEN-SYLT night express. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  12. ↑ RDC / BTE: Alpen-Sylt-Nachtexpress started successfully. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  13. ↑ BTE locomotives. 2014, accessed November 19, 2015 .
  14. ↑ Former DB 110-491 , E 10
  15. ^ Karl Arne Richter: European Railways '12 / '13 (CD) . DVV Media Group , Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7771-0437-9 , p. 38 .
  16. ↑ BTE vehicle fleet. BahnTouristikExpress GmbH, 2013, accessed on September 7, 2013 .
  17. ↑ BTE BahnTouristikExpress GmbH in Nuremberg, HRB 22504. Retrieved on July 4, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Publication in the register portal of the federal states, HRB 87061. Cologne District Court, March 15, 2016, accessed on December 18, 2016 .
  19. ^ BTE BahnTouristikExpress GmbH, Nuremberg. Retrieved June 28, 2020 .