Regiojet

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RegioJet as (CZ)

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legal form Joint stock company
(akciová společnost)
founding 2009
Seat Brno , Czech RepublicCzech RepublicCzech Republic 
management Radim Jančura
Number of employees 359 (2015)
sales 719 million CZK (2015)
Branch Railway companies
Website www.regiojet.cz

Regiojet ( proper spelling RegioJet , RJ or RGJ for short ) is a private railway company in the Czech Republic based in Brno . It is a subsidiary of Student Agency in cooperation with Keolis . The company also offers long- distance bus travel and is also represented in Germany on the Berlin - Dresden - Prague route . On December 10, 2017, long-distance traffic was expanded to include the Vienna – Brno – Prague route, with Regiojet now also offering connections in Austria.

history

Regiojet CEO Radim Jančura in front of a train on the Havířov - Prague route

Regiojet was founded in 2009 as a subsidiary of Student Agency in Brno.

According to information from its competitor Leo Express , Regiojet's market share on the Prague - Ostrava long-distance railway was 45% in 2013. (Leo Express: 30%, České dráhy : 25%).

In 2013, Regiojet was able to increase its passenger numbers by 40% compared to the previous year, but at the same time increased its pre-tax loss from CZK 76.3 million (around EUR 2.7 million) to CZK 93.4 million (around EUR 3.4 million). Euro).

In the regional traffic Bratislava - Komárno (Slovakia) the number of journeys more than doubled to 1.97 million passengers in three years up to 2014.

In 2014 Regiojet closed with a pre-tax loss of CZK 42.1 million (around EUR 1.5 million).

In 2015, a profit was reported for the first time: it amounted to CZK 41.0 million before taxes (around EUR 1.5 million). This year the number of passengers had increased by 26%.

Lines

Routes and stops of the regiojet long- distance trains (golden yellow and golden yellow dashed)
A RegioJet near Strečno on the route to Kosice in Slovakia (2015).

The following rail routes are currently served by Regiojet:

Regional transport Bratislava - Komárno

In January 2011 Regiojet won the tender to operate regional trains in Slovakia on the Bratislava – Dunajská Streda – Komárno route from March 2012. This broke the railway monopoly of the ZSSK state railway . It is planned to participate in further tenders in Slovakia.

Long-distance transport Prague - Ostrava - Havířov

Regiojet has been operating trains between Prague and Havířov via Ostrava since September 2011 in long-distance passenger rail transport . Currently (2015) the route is served about every two hours. Three pairs of trains are connected to / from Návsí (Jablunkov) and one pair each to / from Martin ( Slovakia ) or Košice (Slovakia).

On the Prague - Ostrava section, Regiojet is engaged in a " ruinous price war " with the state railway České dráhy (ČD) and the private railway company Leo Express, according to the specialist magazine Eisenbahn-Revue International .

Long-distance transport Bratislava - Žilina - Košice

From December 2014, three Regiojet train pairs operated on this route, which is located entirely in Slovakia. Operation of this route was discontinued on January 31, 2017.

Long-distance transport Prague - Brno - Bratislava / Staré Město

Since the timetable change on December 11, 2016, the Regiojet has been running a new line on the aforementioned route (via Břeclav ). The line is served by a total of 3 trains.

From Prague at 7:19 am, train 1035 to Bratislava, at 3:19 pm train 1031 to Bratislava and at 5:19 pm a train 1033 to Staré Město u Uherského Hradiště . Return from Staré Město at 4:44 train 1030, from Bratislava at 5:31 and 14:56 trains 1032 and 1038 to Prague.

It was not clear from the start that Regiojet would operate the line. České dráhy had previously used their routes for its own journeys. The former has planned to use express trains on the Bratislava – Břeclav – Prague route. This has resulted in a lawsuit that was decided in favor of Regiojet.

Long-distance traffic Prague - Brno - Vienna

Since December 2017 RegioJet has also been operating from Vienna Central Station .

Since the timetable change on December 10, 2017, Regiojet has been offering four daily connections on the route Prague - Brno - Vienna together with the Austrian railway company Graz-Köflacher-Bahn (which brings in the operating licenses for the Austrian side) . Further intermediate stops are only planned in the border town of Břeclav and in the East Bohemian town of Pardubice .

Long-distance bus transport

Student Agency bus in Prague Florenc

The parent company Student Agency is active in the travel market and long-distance bus services . Bus tours are now also run under the RegioJet brand; the vehicles are Irizar i8 buses painted yellow . With interactive screens at every seat, free WiFi , as well as free hot drinks and newspapers, which are presented by the travel companion, RegioJet offers an unusually comprehensive service in long-distance bus transport.

vehicles

Long-distance transport

Left RJ IC 1007 Prague - Havířov with Siemens Vectron electric locomotive
Siemens Vectron in its own color scheme

Regiojet acquired nine class 162 electric locomotives from Ferrovie Nord Milano in 2010 for long-distance transport . The machines were built in 1995 by Škoda for the Czechoslovak State Railways (ČSD) , but were not accepted. A conversion increased their top speed from 120 km / h to 140 km / h. They have the company numbers 162.112–120.

In 2011 Regiojet took over 28 decommissioned Eurofima wagons from the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) , and a year later from the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) another twelve. In September 2014 it was reported that the Romanian wagon builder Astra Vagoane will deliver ten new wagons to Regiojet in 2015, which are to be used in both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Regiojet has also rented three Vectron locomotives from ELL Austria , mainly for the Bratislava - Žilina - Košice connection, which has been in service since December 2014 . In addition, another 18 cars were bought by ÖBB, so that a total of 84 former Austrian cars are in stock. In 2019, Regiojet acquired air-conditioned couchette cars and open- plan cars ( Apmz 125 and Bpmz 857 ) from DB Fernverkehr , some of which were fitted with new seats.

The long-distance trains have four car classes : Low-Cost (2nd class), Standard (2nd class), Relax (1st class) and Business (luxury class).

Regional traffic

Regiojet used nine three-part multiple units of the Bombardier Talent type for the Bratislava - Komárno route . They were rented from Alpha Trains , used to run on the Prignitzer Eisenbahn and carry the series designation 643. In 2013, five Talent were returned and six Desiros were rented for them. Regiojet also uses railcars of the DB class 628.2 , which previously operated in Germany.

For the operation of the regional routes in Ústecký kraj vehicles of the DB class 628.2 were taken over from DB Regio. According to the contract, the vehicles are to be replaced by new electric multiple units of the Pesa Elf type by 2021 .

literature

  • Martin Fort: RegioJet takes off . In: railway magazine . No. 5 , 2015, ISSN  0342-1902 , p. 52 f .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Annual Report RegioJet, as (CZ) 2013, Auditor BDO CA sro
  2. ↑ a b Annual Report RegioJet, as (CZ) 2015.
  3. ↑ regiojet.de: Our story (accessed on November 23, 2017)
  4. ↑ LEO Express: Annual Report 2013 le.cz ( Memento of the original from February 17, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.le.cz
  5. ↑ Regio-Jet also lost. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International . 8/2014, p. 414.
  6. ↑ a b RegioJet: Annual Report 2015 studentagency.cz
  7. ^ Railway Gazette: Slovak passenger market starts to open. Retrieved February 13, 2011 .
  8. ^ Czech Republic, Slovakia: RegioJet to operate more routes in Slovakia? ( Memento from March 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ Timetable on the Regiojet / Student Agency website jizdenky.studentagency.cz ( Memento from March 8, 2015 in the web archive archive.today )
  10. ^ Price war in the Czech Republic. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. 4/2013, p. 186.
  11. ^ Vectron in Slovakia. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. 2/2015, p. 84.
  12. ^ Petit Press: RegioJet to leave the Bratislava-Košice route . In: spectator.sme.sk . ( sme.sk [accessed March 22, 2017]).
  13. ↑ Vlaková linka: Praha - Brno - Bratislava platný from 10.12.16 to 9.12.17. Retrieved December 5, 2016 .
  14. ^ Regiojet poised to launch Prague - Bratislava services. Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
  15. ^ RegioJet partners with GKB to enter the Austrian market. In: Railway Gazette. April 27, 2017.
  16. ^ Locomotives for Student Agency. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. 7/2010, p. 358.
  17. ↑ ÖBB is decommissioning modern passenger coaches on a large scale. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. 10/2011, p. 483.
  18. ↑ SBB car for Regio-Jet. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. 6/2012, p. 298.
  19. ^ First Astra car for Regio-Jet. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. 10/2014, p. 523.
  20. ^ Vectron locomotives for Regio-Jet. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. 1/2015, p. 28.
  21. ↑ RegioJet na R8 vyjel na čas. Žlutý dopravce se připravil dobře , i-doprava.com, December 15, 2019
  22. ↑ RegioJet Nasadil ojeté IC vozy first třídy od DB. Prodává je jako Low-cost , i-doprava.com, December 17, 2019
  23. ↑ Regiojet / Student Agency website, accessed December 27, 2018.
  24. ↑ Regio-Jet operates regional trains. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. 4/2012, p. 201.
  25. ↑ Místo žlutých vlaku zelene. RegioJet ukázal podobu souprav pro Ústecký kraj in Czech