DB Regio Rhein-Neckar

DB Regio Rhein-Neckar
Basic information
Company headquarters	Mannheim
owner	DB Regio
legal form	GmbH
founding	2002
resolution	April 19, 2006
Transport network	VRN , KVV
Lines
Gauge	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
railroad	34
number of vehicles
Locomotives	9
Railcar	176
Light rail car	4th
Operating facilities
Depots	2

The DB Regio RheinNeckar GmbH transport company was a subsidiary of DB Regio AG . It was founded in 2002 and operated the RheinNeckar S-Bahn with 7 lines and also local traffic in the Rhine-Neckar area with a total of 27 lines. It was a company with its own profit responsibility. The chairman was Andreas Schilling. The company was headquartered in Mannheim , with operating locations in Ludwigshafen and Karlsruhe . On April 19, 2006, the transport company DB Regio RheinNeckar was dissolved and the DB Region RheinNeckar was created . In spring 2015, this was combined with the Southwest Region division to form the new DB Regio Southwest , which in turn was merged with DB Regio Hessen to form the new DB Regio Mitte on January 1, 2017.

vehicles

The route network was operated with the following vehicles :

• Diesel locomotives
  • 3 Series 218

• Electric locomotives
  • 6 111 series

• Diesel multiple units
  • 63 Series 628
  • 15 Series 642
  • 11 Series 643

• Electric multiple units
  • 83 Class 425 including 40 425.2 for the Rhein-Neckar S-Bahn
  • 4 450 series

• Passenger coaches
  • 35 n cars

Maintenance of vehicles

The motor coaches of the series 425 were in an extra for the S-Bahn -built plant in Ludwigshafen maintained. It consists of four work stations. Replacement and booster vehicles also started their journey from here. In addition to the remaining n-cars, the 628 series was serviced in the passenger car hangar in Ludwigshafen, and part of the work on the 628 series was also carried out in the electric locomotive workshop. In the electric locomotive workshop, minor repairs were carried out on the class 111 locomotives, while larger repairs were carried out in Frankfurt-Griesheim . The maintenance of the class 218 took place in the depot Karlsruhe Hbf. The multiple units of the class 643 were also serviced in the depot Karlsruhe Hbf. For this purpose, a hall track of the locomotive shed was extended. Individual work on the 643 series was also carried out in Ludwigshafen. The class 642 diesel multiple units were serviced in Kaiserslautern , where they were also stationed.

Route network and stations

The route network covered 848 km. There were 289 train stations in the traffic area.

Transport services

• Number of lines: 28 (S-Bahn, RE, RB)
• Train kilometers per year: approx. 20,000,000 Zkm
• Passenger kilometers per year 1.27
• Number of travelers daily: approx. 135,000 p
• Number of travelers per year: approx. 50,000,000 p

Employee

around 977 employees, including

• 587 Locomotive and Engine Drivers
• 131 Customer and test personnel
• 158 employees in administration, scheduling and logistics
• 101 workshop personnel

Individual evidence

1. ^ Deutsche Bahn AG, Passenger Transport Division, Marketing eCommerce: DB Regio Mitte. Retrieved May 13, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Our workshop. DB Regio RheinNeckar, accessed on August 21, 2013 .