cantus transport company
| cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH | |
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | kassel |
| Web presence | www.cantus-bahn.de |
| Reference year | 2019 |
| owner | 50% Hessische Landesbahn GmbH 50% BeNEX GmbH |
| Managing directors | Eduard Bock, Susanne Wenzel |
| Transport network | LNVG , NVV , RMV , VSN |
| Employee | 130 |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| railroad | 4th |
| number of vehicles | |
| Railcar | 21st |
| statistics | |
| Mileage | 4.2 million km per year |
| Stops | 46 |
| Length of line network | |
| Railway lines | 287 km |
| Operating facilities | |
| Depots | Kassel Wilhelmshöhe |
The Cantus public transport company ltd ( lat. Cant (h) us : "iron wheel tire, rim"), headquartered in Kassel is a German railway company . It is a joint subsidiary of Hessische Landesbahn GmbH (HLB) and BeNEX GmbH .
history
Cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH was founded on December 2, 2005 , in which Hamburger Hochbahn AG and HLB each held 50 percent. After the Northeast Hesse network was awarded to HLB in April 2005, cantus started operations on December 10, 2006, initially for ten years. After HHA's local rail passenger transport activities were outsourced to BeNEX GmbH , this company took over the HHA stake in mid-2007.
After the new tender for the unchanged Northeast Hesse network from December 11, 2016 for 15 years on June 5, 2013, cantus was again awarded the contract on March 24, 2014. Since then, an annual traffic performance of 3.9 million train kilometers has been achieved with 21 electric multiple units of the Stadler FLIRT type .
stretch
Cantus took over local rail transport on the following routes in December 2006:
| line | Train run | Routes traveled |
|---|---|---|
| RB 5 | Kassel - Melsungen - Bebra - Bad Hersfeld - Fulda |
Bebra – Baunatal-Guntershausen railway line Bebra – Fulda railway line |
| RB 6 | Bebra - Gerstungen - Eisenach | Halle – Bebra railway line |
| RB 7 | Göttingen - Eichenberg - Eschwege - Bebra (- Bad Hersfeld - Fulda) | Bebra – Göttingen railway line |
| RB 8 | Göttingen - Eichenberg - Hann. Münden - Kassel |
Railway line Göttingen – Bebra Railway line Halle – Hann. Münden Hannöversche Südbahn |
The lines RB7 and RB8 are winged between Göttingen and Eichenberg .
The RB8 line was called R1 until December 2015 . Until December 2017, the regional train lines of the NVV also carried the product designation "R", since then the nationwide predominant designation "RB" has been used for them.
In addition, cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft took part in the tender for regional transport in the Bavarian sub-network Würzburg, which extends in one line to Schlüchtern south of Fulda , but was defeated by DB Regio AG in the competition procedure . The application for the “Saale-Thuringia-Südharz” network, which was awarded to Abellio Rail Central Germany , was equally unsuccessful .
vehicles
14 three- and 6 four-part electric multiple units of the Stadler FLIRT type were ordered for operation, which will be used on the four lines. The three-part vehicles have 343 seats and standing places (including 167 seats), the four-part vehicles 457 seats and standing places (including 219 seats). They have the designation 427 (middle part: 827) in the three-part version, 428 (middle part: 828) in the four-part version. Since they have already been delivered earlier, the vehicles reversed in November 2006 to test drive on the Friedberg-Hanau railway (operated by the HLB) and the timetable Route 209.60 Berlin-Lichtenberg - Eberswalde - Frankfurt (Oder) by the, ODEG is operated on which the HHA is involved.
Another four-part multiple unit was purchased in the summer of 2012. A total of 21 vehicles are now available. Half of the vehicles are owned by HLB and half by HHA.
Announcements
The announcements in the trains were spoken by Helga Bayertz .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overview Cantus. cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, accessed on December 14, 2018 .
- ^ Sebastian Bosch: The cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH . In: Bahn-Report . tape 35 , no. 205 , January 1, 2017, ISSN 0178-4528 , p. 26-27 .