erixx

erixx GmbH

Basic information
Company headquarters	Soltau
Web presence	www.erixx.de
Reference year	2018
owner	OHE AG (100%)
Managing directors	Lorenz Kasch, Torsten Frahm
Transport network	HVV , GVH , VBN , VRB
Employee	> 200
Lines
Gauge	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
railroad	7th
number of vehicles
Railcar	25 LINT 41 (VT 648) and 28 LINT 54 (VT 622)
statistics
Mileage	approx. 5.7 million km
Stops	67
Length of line network
Railway lines	approx. 600 kmdep1

The Erixx GmbH as part of Netinera group is a non-State-owned railway company (NE), headquartered in Soltau . The company operates various railway lines in the Lüneburg Heath , in the Braunschweig region and in the Harz Mountains .

history

From December 2011 until 2019 the company has been operating the so-called Heidekreuz , consisting of the two railway lines crossing in Soltau, Hanover - Buchholz ( Heidebahn ) and Bremen – Uelzen ( American line ).

After the East Hanoverian Railways received the contract to operate the Heidekreuz in 2011, a new subsidiary was founded on April 18, 2011 as the operator of these routes under the name Heidekreuzbahn GmbH , based in Celle . Subsequent proposals for names were called in a competition. It was finally won by Daniel Benke with the proposal erixx - The Heidesprinter and the company was renamed erixx GmbH . The new name is made up of Erika , the botanical name for the heather plants , and the X symbolizing the heather cross .

The seat was relocated to Soltau at the end of 2011. The current managing director since July 1, 2013 is Wolfgang Kloppenburg. As the responsible project manager, Johann Ubben took care of the preparations for the start of operations in December 2011, and Wolfgang Birlin was managing director until 2013. The parent company NETINERA Germany is part of a group of companies under the leadership of the Italian state railway FS ( Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane ), the third largest transport group in Europe with € 8.3 billion in sales (2011) and almost 74,000 employees (2011) worldwide.

For the two routes were initially from the LNVG total of 27 railcars of type LINT 41 purchased, which here after December 11, 2011 under the short name erx be used. With LINT 54 railcars , the erixx rail company will also take over passenger transport on the Hanover - Hildesheim - Bad Harzburg, Braunschweig - Uelzen, Braunschweig - Goslar / Bad Harzburg and Lüneburg - Dannenberg railway lines from 2014 to 2029.

The extension of the regional railways from the Heidebahn via the Buchholz – Maschen freight bypass to Hamburg-Harburg achieved a positive result in a study by the State of Lower Saxony, but was postponed indefinitely due to a lack of capacity on this route. After a detailed check, an extension should be possible over the weekend without an intermediate stop, which the Lower Saxony regional transport company has commissioned erixx GmbH to do for three years from December 2018.

erixx 648 472 (LINT 41) to Buchholz (Nordheide) in Hannover Hbf.
erixx 622 721 (LINT 54) to Bad Harzburg in Hannover Hbf.
erixx 648 475 (LINT 41) in Buchholz (Nordh.) to Hannover Hbf via Soltau.

Line network

line	Line name	Line route	vehicle	Contract term
RE 10	Harz-Heide Railway	Hanover - Hildesheim - Salzgitter-Ringelheim - Goslar - Bad Harzburg	LINT 54	Dec. 2014 - Dec. 2029
RB 32	Wendlandbahn	Lüneburg - Hitzacker - Dannenberg East	LINT 54	Dec. 2014 - Dec. 2029
RB 37	America line	Bremen - Soltau - Uelzen	LINT 41	Dec. 2011 - Dec. 2029
RB 38	Heidebahn	Hanover - Soltau - Buchholz (Nordheide) (- Hamburg-Harburg [only Sat / Sun and on public holidays])	LINT 41	Dec. 2011 - Dec. 2029
RB 42	Harz-Heide Railway	Braunschweig - Wolfenbüttel - Vienenburg - Bad Harzburg	LINT 54	Dec. 2014 - Dec. 2029
RB 43	Harz-Heide Railway	Braunschweig - Wolfenbüttel - Vienenburg - Goslar	LINT 54	Dec. 2014 - Dec. 2029
RB 47	Mill railway	Braunschweig - Gifhorn - Wittingen - Uelzen	LINT 54	Dec. 2014 - Dec. 2029

Web links

Commons : erixx - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: erixx - travel guide

Individual evidence

↑ Jürgen Eikelberg: Erixx, the Heidesprinter. In: Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de. September 19, 2011, accessed October 7, 2011 .
↑ Stefan Hennigfeld: OHE founds Heidekreuzbahn for Heidekreuz. In: Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de. September 19, 2011, accessed October 7, 2011 .
↑ Rolf Zamponi: Heidebahn "Erixx" should go through. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. February 15, 2017, accessed March 27, 2018 .
↑ Services - 35823-2018 - Local rail transport services Buchholz / N. - HH-Harburg on the weekend. In: TED Tenders Electronic Daily. January 25, 2018, accessed March 27, 2018 .

[1] Jürgen Eikelberg: Erixx, the Heidesprinter. In: Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de. September 19, 2011, accessed October 7, 2011 .

[2] Stefan Hennigfeld: OHE founds Heidekreuzbahn for Heidekreuz. In: Eisenbahnjournal Zughalt.de. September 19, 2011, accessed October 7, 2011 .

[3] Rolf Zamponi: Heidebahn "Erixx" should go through. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. February 15, 2017, accessed March 27, 2018 .

[4] Services - 35823-2018 - Local rail transport services Buchholz / N. - HH-Harburg on the weekend. In: TED Tenders Electronic Daily. January 25, 2018, accessed March 27, 2018 .