Dessau transport and railway company

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Dessauer Verkehrs- und Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH
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Basic information
Company headquarters Dessau-Rosslau
Web presence www.dvv-dessau.de
Reference year 2018
owner 100% DVV
Managing directors Torsten Ceglarek
Employee 8th
sales € 0.402 million
Lines
Gauge 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
railroad 1
number of vehicles
Railcar 2 BR 670
3 DWA LVT / S
statistics
Passengers approx. 20,000
Stops 6th
Catchment area Dessau-Roßlau , Wittenberg districtdep1
Length of line network
Railway lines 18.7 kmdep1
Operating facilities
Depots 1

The Dessau Transport and Railway Company (DVE) is responsible for operations on the Dessau – Wörlitz railway line . The company was founded in 2001 to operate as a railway infrastructure company (EIU). It has also been a railway company (EVU) on the Dessau – Wörlitz route since 2011 , as the Anhaltische Bahn Gesellschaft ABG, as the previous operator, filed for bankruptcy in December 2010.

history

“Alfred” rail bus in DB colors at Dessau main station
The newly designed "Fürst Franz" rail bus

The first years

Between 1999 and 2001 the Dessau – Wörlitz railway line was completely renovated. The route fell into the possession of the city of Dessau. The EIU Dessauer Verkehrs- und Eisenbahngesellschaft was founded in the corporate group of Stadtwerke Dessau , which has since been a sister company to Dessau Transport Company . From then on, the Anhaltische Bahn Gesellschaft (ABG), a subsidiary of the Dessau-Wörlitzer Eisenbahn eV association , operated on behalf of the DVE. The two cars 670 005 (Elfriede) and 670 006 (Alfred) from DVE were rented for the ABG-owned double-decker rail bus of the 670 series with the number 670 002 (Alma). The ABG vehicle later served as a spare parts dispenser for the DVE vehicles.

In the following years, in addition to the maintenance and repair of the track and vehicles of the Wörlitz Railway, employees were also hired to work in the workshop and in the bus transport of the Dessau Transport Company. This also ensured rail replacement services in the event of failures on the railway line.

Current situation

After accidents and a smoldering fire in a double-decker rail bus, the 2010 season came to an end as a replacement rail service. As a result, the ABG filed for bankruptcy in December 2010. Thereupon the DVE also became active as an EVU . The first thing that was done was the 670 004 (ex 670 005) car with a new paint scheme and baptismal name "Fürst Franz", which has served the route every two hours since June 19, 2011 from Wednesday to Sunday. The car was used daily during the summer holidays. It was not until the 2012 season, which began on April 6, that the second car 670 003 (ex 670 006) was completed as "Princess Louise". The 670 004 car has been parked since May 2017 due to various defects and serves as a spare parts dispenser for 670 003. Since then, operations that went beyond the planned operation on the Wörlitz railway have not been possible (Ferropolis, two-train operation). The DVE therefore took over three vehicles of the 672 series from the former Burgenlandbahn in January 2020 and will be using two of these railcars from the start of the season in March 2020.

vehicles

vehicle Construction year UIC number Surname Remarks
670 003 1996 95 80 0670 003-2 D-DVE Princess Louise in use, ex 670 006
670 004 1996 95 80 0670 004-0 D-DVE Prince Franz ex 670 005
672 902 1998 95 80 0672 902-3 D-DVE parked, accident damage, spare parts donor, 2020 ex Burgenlandbahn
672 913 1999 95 80 0672 913-0 D-DVE ex Burgenland Railway
672 915 1999 95 80 0672 915-5 D-DVE ex Burgenland Railway

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Annual Report 2018, p. 41. (PDF; 3.2 MB) Dessauer Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH, accessed on January 20, 2020 .