DB Regio Rhineland

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DB Regio Rheinland GmbH
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Basic information
Company headquarters Cologne
owner DB Regio AG
Managing directors Peter Alsbach and Dirk Helfert
Transport network AVV , VGWS , VRM , VRS
Lines
Gauge 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
railroad 1
number of vehicles
Locomotives 3 series 120.2
Length of line network
Railway lines 171 kmdep1

The DB Regio Rheinland GmbH was a 2003 under the name DB Heidekrautbahn GmbH was founded in Potsdam subsidiary of DB Regio . The company was merged with DB Regio NRW in August 2011 .

Company history

The DB Heidekrautbahn was originally founded with the aim of winning the tender for the so-called Heidekrautbahn in Brandenburg . After the tender could not be won, the company was suspended for three years.

The DB Heidekrautbahn was reactivated in 2007 in order to participate in the tender for the Rhein-Sieg-Express in North Rhine-Westphalia . On April 21, 2008 it was announced that the DB Heidekrautbahn had been awarded the contract. The company was able to prevail against two competitors: Westigo , a subsidiary of the Kölner Verkehrsbetriebe, founded specifically for this purpose in 2006 , and Trans Regio , a company of the Düsseldorf Rheinbahn and the French Eurailco , which is already active in Rhineland-Palatinate . The rail subsidiary DB Regio NRW , which is actually responsible for the operation of local trains in NRW, decided not to participate in favor of its sister company. The route was to be operated by Bombardier Talent 2 multiple units . A total of 15 Talent 2 multiple units were ordered from the manufacturer Bombardier . In addition, 8 double-deck cars were ordered and 3 class 120 locomotives were taken over by DB Fernverkehr .

The company had also applied for the tender for the Frankfurt (Main) - Wiesbaden - Koblenz line on the right bank of the Rhine , but was defeated by VIAS , a company of the Frankfurt municipal utilities and the Rurtalbahn .

In the tender for the Regio-S-Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony , DB filed an objection to the award decision in favor of the tariff-bound NordWestBahn , since the NWB could not be expected to comply with tariff compliance, and announced that the network would be operated by DB Heidekrautbahn want. The procurement chamber in Lüneburg decided in May 2008 that the award decision should be annulled due to a ruling by the European Court of Justice on the procurement law of Lower Saxony. Against this decision of the public procurement tribunal, the LNVG lodged an appeal with the Higher Regional Court of Celle. After negotiations before the Senate of the Higher Regional Court on July 15, 2008, the latter advised DB Regio AG to withdraw its application. On July 25, 2008, Deutsche Bahn AG announced that it would withdraw its request for review. The contract for the expansion and operation of the regional S-Bahn network from 2010 went to Nordwestbahn and definitely not to DB Heidekrautbahn.

In December 2008, the DB Heidekrautbahn was renamed DB Regio Rheinland and the company's headquarters were relocated from Potsdam to Cologne in order to emphasize the relationship to the Rhineland, in which the company is active.

On March 23, 2011, DB Regio Rheinland was awarded the contract in the second tender for the Cologne diesel network with a total of seven routes. DB Regio Rheinland should have taken over operations for 20 years in December 2013.

In August 2011, the company was then incorporated into the DB Regio NRW. The operation of the Rhein-Sieg-Express was therefore taken over again by the DB Regio NRW, the contract for the operation of the Cologne diesel network also goes to DB Regio NRW. Therefore, it has been operating since December 2013.

stretch

Contract period from 12/2010 to originally 12/2025:

line
Line name / subnet of the line 		Line route KBS Vehicles in regular operation
RE 9 Rhein-Sieg-Express
line awarded individually 		Aachen - Düren - Cologne - Siegburg / Bonn - Siegen 460, 480 2 × 111 + 5 dostos ( sandwich )
120 + 6 dostos (one cycle)
original planning:

442
120 + 6 dostos (one cycle)

Due to the delays in the delivery of the new Talent 2 multiple units that had been ordered, double-deck coaches with a class 111 locomotive continued to be used instead . For better acceleration, the trains were mostly run as a sandwich with 2 locomotives (each front and rear). The start date of the new multiple units was open until the end, so that they were never used under DB Regio Rheinland.

Awards

Awarded contract period 12/2013 - 12/2033:

Even before the planned start of operations in December 2013, DB Regio Rheinland was merged with DB Regio NRW in August 2011.

line
Line name / subnet of the line 		Line route KBS Vehicles in regular operation
RE 12 Eifel-Mosel-Express
diesel network Cologne 		Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein - Trier 474 LINT 54 / LINT 81
RE 22 Eifel-Express
diesel network Cologne 		Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein 474 LINT 54 / LINT 81
RB 23 Voreifel-Bahn
diesel network Cologne 		Bonn - Euskirchen - Bad Münstereifel 475 LINT 54 / LINT 81
RB 24 Eifel-Bahn
diesel network Cologne 		Cologne - Euskirchen - Kall - Gerolstein 474 LINT 54 / LINT 81
RB 25 Oberbergische Bahn
diesel network Cologne 		Cologne - Overath - Gummersbach - Meinerzhagen - Lüdenscheid 459 LINT 54 / LINT 81
RB 30 Rhein-Ahr-Bahn
diesel network Cologne 		Ahrbrück - Remagen - Bonn 477, 470 LINT 54 / LINT 81
RB 83 Eifelbahn
diesel network Cologne 		Jünkerath - Gerolstein - Trier 474 LINT 54 / LINT 81

criticism

Critics (including the union of German locomotive drivers ) saw DB Regio Rheinland mainly as an attempt by DB to circumvent existing collective agreements and to operate wage dumping. At a works meeting, around 180 employees of DB Regio NRW were asked to switch to what was then DB Heidekrautbahn, although the company did not yet have a collective agreement. The unions accuse Deutsche Bahn of wanting to pay around 20% lower wages than is usual in the group.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ After the success of the competition: "DB Heidekrautbahn GmbH" becomes "DB Regio Rheinland GmbH". In: The DB company. DB Mobility Logistics AG, December 23, 2008, accessed on February 13, 2008 .
  2. ↑ Cologne District Court, file number: HRB 64567; Posted on August 8, 2011 at 10:00 p.m.
  3. ↑ a b A benefit for the passengers. Deutsche Bahn AG, 2011, archived from the original on October 30, 2012 ; accessed on October 7, 2015 .
  4. ^ Brandenburg: DB founded a new regional subsidiary. (No longer available online.) In: eurailpress.com. November 20, 2003, archived from the original on January 10, 2016 ; accessed on January 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.eurailpress.de
  5. ↑ NRW: DB Regio subsidiary wins tender. In: eurailpress.com. April 22, 2008, accessed January 10, 2016 .
  6. ↑ a b Steffen Schwab: Rhein-Sieg-Express with “Heidekrautbahn”? In: derwesten.de. April 9, 2008, accessed October 7, 2015 .
  7. ↑ Deutsche Bahn AG calls up another 15 Talent 2 trains. In: eurailpress.de. October 2, 2008, archived from the original on October 17, 2008 ; Retrieved August 17, 2012 .
  8. ↑ Securing the future of a modern, integrated railway - excluding partial privatization (PDF) Retrieved on November 6, 2009.
  9. ↑ Decision made in the “Rheingau” award procedure: VIAS will in future run trains between Koblenz, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt (PDF) April 25, 2008. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 6, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.spnv-nord.de
  10. ↑ Regio S-Bahn Bremen: DB plans to use subcontractors. April 28, 2008, accessed April 28, 2008 (press release on eurailpress.com).
  11. ↑ Regio-S-Bahn Bremen / Lower Saxony: Procurement Chamber decides to cancel the procurement procedure - Lower Saxony and Bremen lodge a complaint. (PDF) LNVG, May 15, 2008, archived from the original on July 4, 2009 ; Retrieved October 7, 2015 (press release).
  12. ↑ S-Bahn Bremen: OLG seems to agree with NordWestBahn. (No longer available online.) In: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. July 16, 2008, archived from the original on March 10, 2016 ; accessed on October 7, 2015 (at mofair.de). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mofair.de
  13. ^ Deutsche Bahn withdraws application for review. (PDF) LNVG, July 25, 2008, archived from the original on July 4, 2009 ; Retrieved October 7, 2015 (press release).
  14. ^ After the success of the competition: "DB Heidekrautbahn GmbH" becomes "DB Regio Rheinland GmbH". December 23, 2008, accessed on October 7, 2015 (press release on pressrelations.de).
  15. ↑ Cologne diesel network will go to DB Regio Rheinland at the end of 2013. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 28, 2016 ; accessed on January 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / railomotive.com
  16. ↑ NRW: DB Regio subsidiary wins tender. GDL Cologne, April 25, 2008, accessed on October 7, 2015 (press release).
  17. ^ WDR regional news from April 25, 2008