East German Railway

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East German Railway GmbH
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Basic information
Company headquarters Parchim
Web presence https://odeg.de
owner 50% Prignitzer Eisenbahn
50% BeNEX
Board Bernd Schniering
Stefan Neubert
Operations management Ulf Schröder
Transport network NASA , VBB , VMV , ZVON , VVW
Employee 475
sales EUR 177 milliondep1
Lines
Gauge 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
railroad 13
number of vehicles
Railcar 14 Regio-Shuttle RS1
6 Desiro
6 GTW
16 KISS
1 Stadler Flirt
7 Siemens Desiro ML
statistics
Passengers 21.8 million / year
Mileage 13.2 million km / year
Stops 157
Length of line network
Railway lines 1 320  km
Operating facilities
Depots Eberswalde
Parchim
Goerlitz
Maintenance hall of the ODEG in Eberswalde Kupferhammer

The East German railway GmbH (ODEG) is a company founded in June 2002 joint venture to 50% of the Prignitz Railroad (part of Netinera group) and the BeNEX . It operates passenger traffic on thirteen railway lines in Berlin / Brandenburg , Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony , including four regional express lines.

The ODEG is a member of the tariff association of federal and non-federal railways in Germany (TBNE).

The enterprise

ODEG employs 475 people and operates more than 13 million train kilometers per year. Some of the employees have been working in the newly built depot in Eberswalde since 2005 , where repairs and cleaning work on the railcars are carried out.

Regional traffic

ODEG network plan

The first lines operated by the ODEG were two lines in southern Mecklenburg, from Hagenow via Ludwigslust , Parchim , Waren (Müritz) to Neustrelitz, and from Neustrelitz to Mirow . In 2004, ODEG took part in a tender for RE services in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , which, however, was won by competitor DB Regio . In the same year the ODEG took over some lines in the east of Brandenburg.

In 2006/07 the ODEG provided 4.85% of the transport services in the state of Brandenburg.

The ODEG emerged from a joint award procedure of the Verkehrsverbund Oberlausitz-Niederschlesien and the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg as the winner for transport services from December 2008 in the Spree-Neisse network.

In 2009, ODEG emerged as the winner of lots 2 and 4 from the VBB's 2008 tender for “Netz Stadtbahn” . These include the RE 2 Cottbus - Berlin - Wittenberge / Wismar, and the RE 4 Rathenow - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde / Jüterbog, two main lines that were previously operated by DB Regio. The network also includes the RB 33, RB 35 and RB 51, where the ODEG started operations at the end of 2011. On December 9, 2012, traffic on the R 6 route from Neustrelitz to Mirow was canceled by the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The Hanseatische Eisenbahn GmbH now runs on this route on behalf of the district.

Since December 15, 2013, ODEG has been operating on the Rehna - Schwerin - Parchim route previously operated by its competitor Ostseeland Verkehr GmbH. The previously known vehicles of the Regioshuttle type as well as some Talent railcars not previously in the ODEG pool are used here.

With the timetable change in December 2014, the RB 25, RB 36, RB 60, RB 63 from the former East Brandenburg network and the RB 35 and RB 63V were taken over by the Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn . The previously existing line RB 60 from Berlin-Lichtenberg to Frankfurt (Oder) is operated between Berlin and Eberswalde as the newly established RB 24 by DB Regio , and between Eberswalde and Frankfurt (Oder) as the RB 60.

In July 2014 it was announced that ODEG would take over operations on the RB 34 line from Rathenow to Stendal for three years from December 2015. Were used Stadler GTW and the Regio-Shuttle , the hitherto driving on the way to Bad Saarow (650,739).

On November 19, 2015, the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg announced that the ODEG would be awarded the contract for the new tender for the “Spree-Neisse” network. It will thus operate the RB 46 and OE 65 lines in Lusatia beyond 2018 until December 2030. The services on the OE 64 and OE 60V were not awarded in the new contract. A future of the OE 64 is thus open, the OE 60V is to be integrated into the network "East Saxony". On March 31, 2017, ZVON announced that it would continue to order the services of OE 64. The services are optional in the Spree-Neisse network, so that ODEG will take over these services from then on.

The Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania transport company awarded the Ostseeküste-Ost sub-network to the ODEG for a period of two years from December 2019 as part of an emergency measure. This includes RE lines 9 and 10 from Rostock via Stralsund to Sassnitz, Binz and Züssow. The previous operator, DB Regio, submitted a review request to the responsible procurement chamber against the award, but the Rostock Higher Regional Court judged the award to be lawful.

Current operation

line KBS Train run Contract term
RE 2 202 Wismar - Schwerin - Wittenberge - Berlin - Cottbus December 2012 - December 2022
RE 4 204 Stendal - Rathenow - Berlin - Ludwigsfelde - Jüterbog December 2012 - December 2022
RE 9 190 Rostock - Ribnitz-Damgarten - Velgast - Stralsund - Bergen - Lietzow - Sassnitz / Ostseebad Binz December 2019 - December 2021
RE 10 190, 203 (Rostock - Ribnitz-Damgarten - Velgast -) Stralsund - Greifswald - Züssow December 2019 - December 2021
RB 13 152 Rehna - Gadebusch - Schwerin - Crivitz - Parchim December 2019 - December 2025
RB 14 172 Hagenow city - Ludwigslust - Parchim December 2019 - December 2025
RB 19 Parchim - Karow (Meckl) - Plau am See since May 2020
RB 33 209.33 Berlin-Wannsee - Beelitz City - Jüterbog December 2011 - December 2022
RB 41 202 Lübben - Lübbenau - Cottbus December 2018 - December 2019
RB 46 209.46 Cottbus - Forest December 2018 - December 2030
RB 51 209.51 Rathenow - Pritzerbe - Brandenburg December 2011 - December 2022
RB 64 229 Görlitz - Niesky - Hoyerswerda December 2018 - December 2030
RB 65 220 Cottbus - Görlitz - Zittau December 2018 - December 2030

future

As the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg announced on January 25, 2019, the East German Railway will take over operations on routes from lots 1 and 4 of the Elbe-Spree network previously tendered from December 2022.

From December 2022 she will be responsible for the following lines:

line KBS Train run Contract term Vehicles (planned)
RE 1 201 Magdeburg - Brandenburg - Berlin - Frankfurt (Oder) - Eisenhüttenstadt (- Cottbus) December 2022 - December 2034 Desiro HC (six parts)
RE 8a Wismar - Schwerin - Ludwigslust - Wittenberge - Berlin - BER airport December 2022 - December 2025 Desiro HC (four parts) / Stadler KISS
RE 8b Berlin Hbf (deep) - Baruth - Elsterwerda / Finsterwalde December 2022 - December 2025 Stadler KISS
RE 8 Wismar - Schwerin - Ludwigslust - Wittenberge - Berlin Hbf (deep) - Baruth - Elsterwerda / Finsterwalde December 2025 - December 2034 Desiro HC (four parts) / Stadler KISS
RE 8V Nauen - Berlin Hbf (deep) - Berlin Südkreuz - Wünsdorf-Waldstadt December 2025 - December 2034 Desiro HC (four parts) / Stadler KISS
RB 17 Wismar - Schwerin - Ludwigslust (- Wittenberge) December 2024 - December 2034 Desiro HC (four parts) / Stadler KISS
RB 33 209.33 Potsdam - Beelitz city - Jüterbog December 2022 - December 2034 Lint 54
RB 37 Berlin-Wannsee - Michendorf - Beelitz city December 2022 - December 2034 Lint 54
RB 51 209.51 Rathenow - Pritzerbe - Brandenburg December 2022 - December 2034 Lint 54

Former lines

line KBS Route section Service period Remarks
R 3 172 Parchim - Karow (Meckl) - island town of Malchow December 2002 - December 2014 Cancellation by the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or takeover by HANS
R 3 172 Island town Malchow - Waren (Müritz) December 2002 - December 2014 Change of operator ( DB Regio )
R 3 205 Waren (Müritz) - Neustrelitz Hbf December 2002 - December 2014 Cancellation by the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
R 6 173 Neustrelitz Hbf - Mirow December 2002 - December 2012 Cancellation by the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania or takeover by HANS
RB 25 209.25 Berlin-Lichtenberg - Ahrensfelde - Werneuchen December 2004 - December 2014 Change of operator ( NEB )
RB 25 209.25 Werneuchen - Tiefensee December 2004 - December 2006 Cancellation by the state of Brandenburg
RB 35 209.35 Fürstenwalde (Spree) - Bad Saarow Clinic December 2007 - December 2014 Change of operator ( NEB )
RB 36 209.36 Berlin-Lichtenberg - Beeskow - Frankfurt (Oder) December 2004 - December 2014 Change of operator ( NEB )
RB 60 209.60 Berlin-Lichtenberg - Eberswalde Hbf - Frankfurt (Oder) December 2004 - December 2014 Change of operator (DB: Berlin-Lichtenberg - Eberswalde) and ( NEB : Eberswalde - Frankfurt (Oder))
RB 63 209.60 Eberswalde - Joachimsthal December 2004 - December 2014 Change of operator ( NEB )
RB 63 209.60 Joachimsthal - Templin December 2004 - December 2006 Cancellation by the state of Brandenburg
RB 63V 203 Eberswalde - Prenzlau January 2011 - December 2014 Change of operator ( NEB )
RB 34 304 Stendal - Schönhausen - Rathenow December 2015 - December 2018 Change of operator ( HANS )
RB 60V 230 Görlitz - Bautzen - Bischofswerda December 2008 - December 2019 Change of operator ( Trilex )

vehicles

Stadler GTW on the RB 51 line
Stadler KISS at Berlin Central Station
Video of a Stadler KISS driving past at Berlin Westhafen train station

Current vehicles

The ODEG has been using Regio-Shuttle (RS1) vehicles since it was founded . There are currently seven railcars (VT 650.86 to VT 650.92) on the Mecklenburg routes. A further 25 vehicles (VT 650.58 to VT 650.82) were ordered for the expansion of the company in Brandenburg. All vehicles were built by Stadler in Berlin-Wilhelmsruh and are made available by the parent companies Netinera and Hamburger Hochbahn AG . The Brandenburg vehicles are stationed in Berlin-Lichtenberg, Beeskow and Eberswalde.

Two vehicles (VT 650.71 and VT 650.72) were transferred to Lichtenfels (Bay) after the cancellation of routes by the Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg in December 2006, where they performed some services for the (half) sister Vogtlandbahn . In the meantime, one vehicle has been returned because it is needed for the traffic between Fürstenwalde / Spree and Bad Saarow-Pieskow that began at the end of 2007.

In 2007, ODEG ordered three new Regio-Shuttle vehicles (VT 650.83 to VT 650.85) from Stadler to operate the Lausitz network. The delivery took place at the beginning of May 2009. The parent company BeNEX has ordered six new Desiro vehicles from Siemens Transportation Systems for 16 million euros . In addition, two Brandenburger RS1s were relocated to Görlitz.

For the route network in Berlin-Brandenburg to be operated from the end of 2011 or 2012, ODEG placed a major order at Stadler Pankow for the delivery of 16 four-part double-decker railcars of the Stadler KISS type , a regional shuttle and six two-part articulated railcars at the end of December 2009 . However, there were approval problems with the delivery of the Stadler KISS trains, so that they could not be used on the Regional Express lines as planned at the end of 2012. However, the first four KISS multiple units were not used on the RE 4 line until January 2013, and in May 2013 the ODEG was able to handle the traffic with its own vehicles. DB AG double-decker coaches initially operated on RE 2, while City-Shuttle and Bm coaches from EuroExpress were used on RE 4 in the first few weeks after the takeover of operations. In order to keep the travel times, the traffic stops at the RE 2 stations Breddin (every two hours) and Brand (morning and evening hours) were restricted for several months. The 16th and last KISS (0445 115) was delivered on July 16th and named Eberswalde on August 17th on the “Open Day”.

The currently used FLIRT vehicle was still in use on the NordWestBahn

A Stadler Flirt type vehicle borrowed from Transdev is currently in use on the RE2 amplifier train pairs Cottbus-Berlin . The vehicle was previously on the road for the NordWestBahn in the Bremen / Oldenburg area. Before that, a Lint 81 from vlexx was used there.

In 2020, ODEG will receive seven class 4746 multiple units (type Desiro ML ) from Siemens Mobility . These come from a joint procurement with the Austrian Federal Railways . In order to be able to operate RE lines 9 and 10 east of Rostock as early as December 2019, ODEG rented six ÖBB 4746 multiple units until the end of March 2020.

Future vehicles

For operation from 2022 on lots 1 and 4 of the Elbe-Spree network, a total of 31 new vehicles will be ordered from the manufacturers Siemens and Alstom .

These vehicles will be 21 six-car and two four-car Siemens Desiro HC . Eight new Alstom Coradia Lint 54s will be used on the non-electrified routes . At the request of the states of Berlin, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, the six-part Desiro HC can be expanded to two four-part Desiro HC.

Furthermore, the 16 four-part existing vehicles of the Stadler KISS type are to be modernized.

East German maintenance company

The Ostdeutsche maintenance company (ODIG), founded in 2005, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH. It has operating locations in Eberswalde (since 2005), Parchim (since 2002) and Görlitz (since 2008 in the former depot). In these the vehicles of the ODEG are cleaned, refueled and serviced. In 2011 the maintenance hangar in Eberswalde was extended from 42 to 151 meters in order to be able to service the four-part KISS double-decker multiple units. The Trilex vehicles are also serviced in Görlitz .

Web links

Commons : East German Railway  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c data and facts. ODEG GmbH, accessed on January 25, 2019 .
  2. ↑ BeNEX website. BeNEX GmbH, accessed on July 9, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Group report 2006/2007. (PDF; approx. 4 MB) (No longer available online.) Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, p. 28 , archived from the original on April 2, 2013 ; Retrieved July 9, 2013 .
  4. ↑ ODEG was awarded the contract for the Spree-Neisse network. (No longer available online.) In: Eurailpress. March 29, 2007, archived from the original on August 8, 2014 ; Retrieved July 9, 2013 .
  5. ↑ VBB press release, July 27, 2009
  6. ↑ ODEG O-ton 3 / 2013. (PDF; 5.0 MB) (No longer available online.) ODEG, October 1, 2013, archived from the original on October 4, 2013 ; Retrieved October 1, 2013 .
  7. ^ Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH is to be awarded the contract for the Stendal-Rathenow route. (No longer available online.) VBB, July 2014, archived from the original on February 16, 2015 ; accessed on August 1, 2014 .
  8. ↑ The East German Railways are awarded the contract for the Spree-Neisse network. (No longer available online.) VBB, November 19, 2015, archived from the original on November 20, 2015 ; Retrieved November 19, 2015 .
  9. ↑ ZVON: From 2018 passenger trains will be running between Hoyerswerda and Görlitz again. (PDF) ZVON, March 30, 2017, accessed on October 31, 2017 .
  10. ^ Voluntary ex-ante transparency notice. In: Tenders Electronic Daily . Verkehrsgesellschaft Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , April 15, 2019, accessed on April 15, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Maik Trettin: Land awards regional lines to railway competition. In: Ostsee-Zeitung.de. May 9, 2019, accessed August 9, 2019 .
  12. ↑ ODEG will run between Rostock-Stralsund / Züssow until 2021, DB Regio will operate the Rostock-Hamburg route. In: regierung-mv.de. October 30, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 .
  13. ↑ a b Completed awards in 2019 (local rail transport services and others). Retrieved May 27, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Elbe-Spree network awarded in competition. Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, accessed on January 25, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Press release "Benex opts for regional multiple units from Siemens". Siemens Transportation, September 11, 2007, accessed July 9, 2013 .
  16. ↑ Press release "Biggest order in the history of Stadler Pankow GmbH" Stadler delivers double-decker multiple units for Germany for the first time. (No longer available online.) Stadler Rail AG, January 11, 2010, archived from the original on August 31, 2011 ; Retrieved July 9, 2013 .
  17. ↑ ODEG: First Stadler KISS in passenger service. On: www.zughalt.de, January 10, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Odeg uses the first Kiss train". Märkische Allgemeine from January 8, 2013, accessed on December 21, 2015
  19. ↑ passenger consultation day regional transport 2013. In www.bahninfo.de, September 14, 2013.
  20. ↑ Revision data ET 445.115. August 19, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013 .
  21. ↑ ODEG KISS "Train baptism in Eberswalde". August 19, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2013 .
  22. ↑ The FLIRT ET 022 (94 80 1429 022-5 D-ODEG) rented from Transdev Regio GmbH with the new ODEG design since December 2018 is on a business trip ... - Bahnbilder.de. Retrieved April 29, 2019 .
  23. ^ ÖBB: Renting the Cityjet leads to discussions , eurailpress.de, November 20, 2019
  24. ↑ Vehicle information ODEG Elbe-Spree. Retrieved May 5, 2020 .
  25. ↑ ODEG press department: ODEG WINS THE ELBE-SPREE NETWORK. ODEG, January 25, 2019, accessed January 26, 2019 .
  26. ↑ ODIG East German maintenance company. (No longer available online.) 2012, archived from the original on November 26, 2013 ; Retrieved November 23, 2013 .