National Express Holding
| National Express Holding GmbH
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| legal form | GmbH |
| founding | 2014 |
| Seat | Dusseldorf , Germany |
| management | Thomas Findlay Stables |
| Branch | passenger traffic |
| Website | www.nationalexpress.de |
| Status: 2017 | |
The National Express Holding GmbH is a company founded in 2014, German passenger operator of the UK National Express Group , based in Dusseldorf .
Subsidiaries
The operative business is currently carried out by the two subsidiaries:
- National Express Rail GmbH (NX Rail), Cologne
- National Express Südwest GmbH (NX Südwest), Frankfurt am Main
Rail transport
National Express has participated in various tenders for regional rail transport nationwide and has won several tenders in North Rhine-Westphalia. In another invitation to tender in Bavaria, the company was selected as the preferred bidder.
North Rhine-Westphalia: RE 7 and RB 48
In February 2013, National Express and IntEgro Verkehr were awarded the contract to operate the North Rhine-Westphalian local transport lines RE 7 “ Rhein-Münsterland-Express ” and RB 48 “ Rhein-Wupper-Bahn ” from December 13, 2015 as part of a Europe-wide tender . Ten three- and 25 five-car electric multiple units of the type Bombardier Talent 2 are used in double traction. A total of 510 seats are planned on the RE 7 line and 415 seats on the RB 48 line as planned. The order for the vehicles had an order volume of 170 million euros. Deutsche Bahn, as the loser, made use of an opportunity to appeal, but the public procurement tribunal at the Münster district government found no violation of procurement law. The Talent-2 trains will be serviced in the DB works in Düsseldorf and Münster, the heavy maintenance will take place in the DB works in Krefeld.
RRX (Rhine-Ruhr Express)
In June 2015, the responsible transport authorities announced that National Express would operate partial lots 2 and 3 of the new Rhein-Ruhr-Express .
These include the RE 4 ( Wupper-Express ), RE 5 ( Rhein-Express ) and RE 6 ( Rhein-Weser-Express ) lines. The RRX is the largest project to improve local rail passenger transport in North Rhine-Westphalia. As operation and maintenance were tendered separately, Siemens was awarded the contract for the construction and maintenance of the new Desiro HC electric multiple units. Part 1, which is also tendered, is operated by the German subsidiary of the Dutch provider Abellio Rail NRW .
| line | Surname | Train run | Contract term | vehicle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RE 4 (RRX) | Wupper Express | Dec. 2020 - Dec. 2033 | Siemens Desiro HC | |
| RE 5 (RRX) | Rhine Express | Jun. 2019 - Dec. 2033 | Siemens Desiro HC | |
| RE 6 (RRX) | Rhine-Weser Express | Dec 2019 - Dec 2033 | Siemens Desiro HC |
Tenders
S-Bahn Berlin
National Express took part in the tender for the sub-network Ring of the S-Bahn Berlin . In October 2014, the company withdrew from the tender.
Nuremberg S-Bahn
On February 2, 2015, the Bavarian Railway Company (BEG) announced that National Express had won both lots in the Nuremberg S-Bahn tender and should take over operations from 2018. National Express wanted to purchase 39 five-part Škoda 7Ev “RegioPanters” from the Czech manufacturer Škoda Vagonka for around € 360 million .
On April 28, 2015, the responsible public procurement tribunal prohibited the award to National Express. On April 29, 2015, the Bavarian Railway Company announced that it had appealed against the decision of the public procurement tribunal to the Munich Higher Regional Court. The procurement chamber's decision is based on the fact that National Express "in the opinion of the procurement chamber of Southern Bavaria only failed to prove its financial capacity to the extent necessary in relation to the declarations to be formally submitted". The public procurement tribunal did not object to the appropriateness of the offer price, the quality of the offer from National Express and the selection of National Express as the most economical provider. Nor were any fundamental doubts expressed about National Express's financial performance.
On September 17, 2015, the Munich Higher Regional Court overturned the decision of the Southern Bavaria Public Procurement Chamber and decided that the BEG had to re-examine the financial performance of NX. On December 15, 2015, the BEG announced that, after an examination, taking into account the legal opinion of the Munich Higher Regional Court, National Express was financially strong enough to take over the S-Bahn services in the Nuremberg area.
On October 25, 2016, National Express announced that it no longer wanted to fight for the Nuremberg S-Bahn and withdrew. This was justified with the impossibility of building new vehicles and putting them into operation in the short time until the start of the contract.
vehicles
National Express relies on different vehicles and vehicle concepts for the tenders. Bombardier Talent 2 were ordered in different lengths for use in North Rhine-Westphalia, some of which operate in double traction. For the Nuremberg S-Bahn, on the other hand, five-part Škoda 7Ev RegioPanter should be ordered, which should run as individual long trains.
Bombardier Talent 2
On June 4, 2013, Bombardier announced that National Express had ordered a total of 35 three- and five-part Talent 2 for around EUR 170 million. The delivery took place from 2015 to the beginning of 2016. The trains will be used in North Rhine-Westphalia on the RE 7 and RB 48 lines. Talent 2 vehicles have already been used by Deutsche Bahn and SWEG and had already been ordered by Abellio Rail NRW . On November 28, 2014, the first Talent 2 for National Express was presented at Bombardier's Hennigsdorf plant.
Škoda RegioPanter
Škoda Regiopanter vehicles have not yet been used in Germany and National Express would have been the first operator in this country. While the Talent 2 has Jakobs bogies , the RegioPanter has two bogies, like classic passenger coaches.
403 series
On behalf of National Express is currently [obsolete] trainset of class 403 repaired at Netinera in Neustrelitz. The multiple unit consists of the 403 001 and 403 002 head cars and the 404 001 and 404 003 intermediate cars. The multiple unit is to be leased by National Express for 15 years from 2015 and used for advertising purposes.
Series 110
The electric locomotive 110 043-6 of the Pressnitz Valley Railway (9180 6 110 511-3 D-PRESS) was painted in 2013 with an advertisement for National Express. Its serial number at Deutsche Bahn was 110 511.
In addition, National Express bought 110 469-4 from DB AG in 2015, it has been painted in blue since March 1, 2016 (IS703, Dessau (LDX)) and is to be used on the RB 48 line in push-pull train operations.
Overview
| model series | number of pieces | configuration | length | Seats | Operational routes | comment |
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| 9442 | 10 | three-part | 56,200 mm | 160 | NRW RB 48 | |
| 9442 | 25th | five-part | 88,400 mm | 255 | NRW RE 7, RB 48 |
Bus transport
National Express was active in bus transport through its subsidiary National Express Germany GmbH. In 2013, the company entered the German national long-distance bus service under the city2city brand with several routes , accompanied by massive advertising measures. Germany boss Donker van Heel announced before joining in early 2013 that they wanted to become the market leader in the German long-distance bus line market. Previously, National Express only had a minimal share of the German market through Deutsche Touring , in whose majority owner Ibero Eurosur the National Express subsidiary Alsa holds a stake. On October 13, 2014 city2city ceased operations. The first major provider of long-distance bus routes in Germany thus gave up.
Web links
- nationalexpress.de - Website of National Express Germany
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sabine Tkatzik: New face for the local transport operators in NRW. (No longer available online.) Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr AöR, press office, February 6, 2013, archived from the original on October 23, 2013 ; Retrieved October 29, 2014 .
- ↑ "Many years of experience" ( Memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) Report in: Regionalverkehr , 1/2015, about National Express
- ↑ Rail vehicles: National Express signs a delivery contract. (No longer available online.) National Express Group, February 9, 2014, archived from the original on February 24, 2014 ; Retrieved February 9, 2014 . 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.
- ↑ Vergabekammer Münster: Local rail passenger transport on lines RE 7 and RB 48 - the award did not violate public procurement law. (No longer available online.) Münster District Government, March 22, 2013, archived from the original on February 24, 2014 ; Retrieved March 22, 2013 . 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.
- ↑ Der Eisenbahningenieur , 8/14, p. 74
- ↑ Cooperation among competitors: National Express and DB Regio NRW seal workshop partnership . ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Deutsche Bahn press release, June 24, 2014
- ↑ Abellio and National Express are to take over the operation of the RRX lines. (No longer available online.) In: vrr.de. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr , June 16, 2015, archived from the original on June 20, 2015 ; accessed on June 16, 2015 . 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.
- ↑ Deutsche Bahn will probably be Berlin S-Bahn again . Der Tagesspiegel, April 25, 2014
- ↑ Deutsche Bahn will continue to operate the Ringbahn in the future . Der Tagesspiegel, October 28, 2014
- ^ DB loose Nuremberg S-Bahn to National Express . International Railway Journal, February 3, 2015; Retrieved February 3, 2015
- ↑ infranken.de regional portal
- ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk ( Memento from May 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ welt.de
- ↑ sueddeutsche.de Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ^ Nuremberg S-Bahn: Bavarian Railway Company is appealing to the Munich Higher Regional Court . Press release Bavarian Railway Company, April 29, 2015
- ↑ National Express Rail is to be awarded the contract for S-Bahn traffic in Nuremberg, DB Regio is to remain the operator of the Nuremberg diesel network. (PDF) press release. Bavarian Railway Company , December 15, 2015, accessed on December 24, 2015 .
- ^ National Express withdraws from Nuremburg S-Bahn contract. www.globalrailnews.com, October 25, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016 .
- ↑ 2016, Q3 Trading Update. National Express, October 25, 2016, accessed October 26, 2016 .
- ↑ Bombardier receives order to supply TALENT 2 multiple units for National Express. Bombardier, June 4, 2013, accessed June 4, 2013 .
- ↑ National Express Talent 2 EMU rolled out
- ↑ report. ( Memento from February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ; PDF) In: Modelleisenbahner , December 2014
- ↑ News
- ↑ Current ( Memento from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ PRESS Christmas surprise: 110 043 designed by National Express. Turntable online
- ^ National Express. Bahnbilder.de
- ↑ "city2city" heads for Münster. Westfälische Nachrichten , August 8, 2013, accessed on October 29, 2014 .
- Jump up on the bus market . Companies & Markets. In: Handelsblatt . March 12, 2013, ISSN 0017-7296 .
- ↑ National Express wants to conquer the German long-distance bus market. Reuters, March 6, 2013, accessed October 29, 2014 .
- ↑ Jonas Jansen: City2City: First large long-distance bus provider gives up. In: FAZ. September 16, 2014, accessed October 29, 2014 .
