Eurobahn
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| Basic information | |
| Company headquarters | Dusseldorf |
| Web presence | www.eurobahn.de |
| Reference year | 2000 |
| owner | Keolis Germany GmbH & Co. KG |
| Managing directors | Magali Euverte Anne Mathieu Oliver Glaser |
| Railway operations management | Lukas Hagemann |
| Transport network |
Westphalian tariff VRR |
| Employee | 920 |
| Lines | |
| Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| railroad | 15th |
| number of vehicles | |
| Railcar | 21 Talent 43 Stadler Flirt (Electro) |
| statistics | |
| Mileage | 16.3 |
| Length of line network | |
| Railway lines | 703 km |
| Operating facilities | |
| Depots | 2 depots (Bw): Hamm-Heessen Bielefeld Sieker |
Keolis Deutschland operates local rail passenger transport in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony with cross-border trains to Venlo and Hengelo under the brand name Eurobahn ( proper spelling eurobahn ), making it the second largest provider of local rail passenger transport in North Rhine-Westphalia. The company has approx. 920 employees (as of 04/2020). These include more than 600 train drivers and customer advisors. The total traffic volume covers 16.3 million train kilometers (as of 2018).
For the maintenance of the trains, workshops are operated in Heessen (for electric multiple units ) and Bielefeld (for diesel multiple units). Keolis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, based in Düsseldorf, is a subsidiary of Keolis , which in turn is a subsidiary of the French state railway SNCF .
history
The Eurobahn was founded in 1998 as Eurobahn Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG , based in Wachenheim. The shareholders were VIA Générale de Transport et d'Industrie (VIA GTI) with 60% and Rhenus , which belongs to the Rethmann group, with 40%. The first railway line operated by the Eurobahn was the Donnersbergbahn , which was reactivated in 1999, from Alzey to Kirchheimbolanden, in Rhineland-Palatinate , where operations began on May 30, 1999. On May 28, 2000, operations between Bielefeld and Rahden or Lemgo were taken over ( Ravensberger Bahn and the Lipperländer ). On November 25, 2000, the subsidiary Freiberger Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH took over operations on the Freiberg – Holzhau railway in Saxony.
On September 20, 2001, the Eurobahn Verkehrsgesellschaft became Rhenus Keolis, based in Mainz. The shareholders are Rhenus with 51% and Keolis with 49%. In this company, the Alzey, Bielefeld and Freiberg railway companies and the bus companies in Bad Kreuznach and Zweibrücken are combined. When Rhenus Keolis started, the company had around 180 employees. The takeover of operations between Hildesheim - Löhne ( Weser-Bahn ) and Hildesheim - Bodenburg ( Lammetalbahn ) took place on December 14, 2003, this double line was handed over to NordWestBahn when the timetable changed in December 2011 .
The shareholders Keolis and Rhenus divided the company on December 1, 2007 into Keolis Deutschland, which from now on took over operations as the Eurobahn brand in Bielefeld, and Rhenus Veniro , which runs the other two railway companies in Alzey and Freiberg as well as the bus companies took over.
Current operation
The Eurobahn operates 15 lines in four different networks:
- Teutoburg Forest Network: RB 61, RB 65, RB 66, RB 72, RE 78
- Ostwestfalen-Lippe network: RB 67, RB 71, RB 73, RE 82
- Hellweg network: RB 50, RB 59, RB 69, RB 89
- Maas-Rhein-Lippe network: RE 3, RE 13
Since 2000, the Eurobahn has been running in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region with the two lines RB 71 (Ravensberger Bahn) and RB 73 (Der Lipperländer). Since 2013, the network has been expanded to include two more lines, RB 67 (Der Warendorfer) and RE 82 (Der Leineweber). Diesel railcars are in use (Talent).
In March 2006, the Eurobahn won the tenders for the Hellweg network in North Rhine-Westphalia. Operations began when the timetable changed on December 14, 2008. It is the largest electrically operated rail network that had previously been awarded to a private railway company. The Eurobahn runs on this network with Stadler FLIRT railcars. From December 2010 to December 2016, individual trains on the Eurobahn ran beyond Warburg to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe . The responsible transport associations compensated for the thinned-out long-distance traffic on the Central-Germany connection with these trips .
In March 2007, the Eurobahn won the tender for the Maas-Rhein-Lippe network . Since December 2009 it has taken over the RE 3 and RE 13 lines for 16 years . However, the takeover of the two lines could not take place as planned, as the responsible Federal Railway Authority initially refused the approval of the 14 five-part FLIRT railcars intended for use in the Maas-Rhein-Lippe network. The reason for this was the lack of evidence from the manufacturer Stadler Rail . That is why the Eurobahn only started operations with an emergency timetable, which provided for replacement DB trains on line RE 13. On February 19, 2010, the Federal Railway Authority granted approval for the five-part FLIRT multiple units. The four-part vehicles for the short Dutch section east of Venlo were approved on July 23, 2010, so that these vehicles have been allowed to drive as far as Venlo since July 25, 2010. For capacity reasons, a change in Mönchengladbach was necessary before the approval of the five-part vehicles.
On November 6, 2014, the Westphalia-Lippe local transport association , the Münsterland regional rail transport association and Regio Twente announced that the Eurobahn will take over the regional rail transport on the so-called Teutoburg Forest network from the Westfalenbahn and DB Regio for 15 years from December 2017 , if none Unsuccessful bidder objects. On February 25, 2015, an objection filed by the competitor Westfalenbahn was granted by the Münster Administrative Court. so that the procurement procedure had to be rolled out again. On June 30, 2015, Westfalenbahn announced that it would withdraw its application for review.
| line | Surname | KBS | Train run | Contract term |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RE 3 | Rhein-Emscher-Express | 415, 416 | Hamm - Dortmund - Herne - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf | Dec. 2009 to Dec. 2025 |
| RE 13 | Maas-Wupper-Express | 485, 455 | Hamm - Hagen - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Mönchengladbach - Viersen - Venlo | Dec. 2009 to Dec. 2025 |
| RB 50 | The Lüner | 411 | Münster - Werne - Dortmund | Dec. 2008 to Dec. 2030 |
| RB 59 | Hellweg Railway | 431 | Dortmund - Dortmund Airport - Unna - Lünern - Werl - Westönnen - Soest | Dec. 2008 to Dec. 2030 |
| RB 61 | Wiehengebirgsbahn | 370, 375, 386 | Bielefeld - Osnabrück - Rheine - Bad Bentheim - Hengelo | Dec. 2017 to Dec. 2032 |
| RB 65 | Ems railway | 410 | Munster - Rheine | Dec. 2017 to Dec. 2032 |
| RB 66 | Teuto-Bahn | 385 | Münster - Osnabrück | Dec. 2017 to Dec. 2032 |
| RB 67 | The Warendorfer | 406 | Münster - Warendorf - Beelen - Clarholz - Herzebrock - Rheda Wiedenbrück - Bielefeld (further as RB 71 to Rahden) | Dec. 2013 to Dec. 2025 |
| RB 69 | Ems-Börde Railway | 400 | Bielefeld - Gütersloh - Oelde - Hamm | Dec. 2008 to Dec. 2030 |
| RB 69 | Ems-Börde railway | 410 | Münster - MS-Hiltrup - Rinkerode - Mersch - Bockum-Hövel - Hamm (train division RB 69 on to Bielefeld, RB 89 on to Paderborn / Warburg) | Dec. 2008 to Dec. 2030 |
| RB 71 | Ravensberger Bahn | 386 | Rahden - Bünde - Bielefeld (further as RB 67 to Münster) | Dec. 2000 to Dec. 2025 |
| RB 72 | East Westphalia Railway | 405 | Herford - Detmold - Altenbeken - Paderborn | Dec. 2017 to Dec. 2032 |
| RB 73 | The Lipperländer | 404 | Bielefeld - Oerlinghausen - Location - Lemgo-Lüttfeld | Dec. 2000 to Dec. 2025 |
| RE 78 | Porta Express | 124, 400 | Nienburg - Minden - Bielefeld (- Rheda-Wiedenbrück ) | Dec. 2017 to Dec. 2032 |
| RE 82 | The linen weaver | 404, 405 | Bielefeld - Location - Detmold (- Altenbeken ) | Dec. 2013 to Dec. 2025 |
| RB 89 | Ems-Börde Railway | 430 | Hamm - Soest - Lippstadt - Dedinghausen - Paderborn (- Warburg ) | Dec. 2008 to Dec. 2030 |
Future operation
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
On July 7, 2016, the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr announced that Keolis had won part 1 of the tender for the S-Bahn network on the Rhine and Ruhr . From December 2019, lines S 1 and S 4 were to be operated by the Eurobahn with vehicles from the 422 series in a company-neutral VRR design.
| line | Surname | Train run | Contract term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S 1 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn | Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Mülheim - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Hilden - Solingen | Dec 2019 - Dec 2034 | |
| S 4 | Unna - Unna-Königsborn - Dortmund-Wickede - Dortmund-Brackel - Dortmund Stadthaus - Dortmund-Marten Süd - Dortmund-Germania - Dortmund-Somborn - Dortmund-Lütgendortmund | Dec 2019 - Dec 2034 | ||
| Mileage: 4.8 million train kilometers per year | ||||
However, on September 18, 2019, the VRR terminated the contract as it was foreseeable that there would not be enough drivers available for reliable operation at the start of the contract. On September 30, 2019, Deutsche Bahn announced that it would continue to operate until the end of 2021.
Former company
| line | Surname | KBS | Train run | Contract term | New operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RB 77 | Weser Railway | 372 | Bünde - wages - Hamelin - Hildesheim | December 2003 to December 2011 | NordWestBahn |
| RB 79 | Lammetalbahn | 373 | Hildesheim - Bodenburg | December 2003 to December 2011 | NordWestBahn |
| Long-distance transport | Long-distance transport | 400, 415 | Bielefeld -… - Cologne | Dec. 2000 to Jan. 2001 | none |
Long-distance traffic between Cologne and Bielefeld
From December 1, 2000 to January 28, 2001, the Eurobahn also operated a private long-distance train between Cologne Central Station and Bielefeld Central Station , using regular TALENT railcars from the local transport fleet. It was one of the first companies to operate alongside DB Reise & Touristik AG on the German long-distance passenger rail transport market after the rail reform that was introduced in 1994 . The journey time was two and a half hours, but the connection was only offered on Fridays and Sundays (one pair of trains each ). Intermediate stops were Gütersloh Hauptbahnhof , Dortmund Hauptbahnhof , Düsseldorf Airport and Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof .
A single trip over the entire route cost 40 DM including a seat reservation . This meant that the fare was a third lower than that of the DB, and a welcome drink was also served. However, due to a lack of awareness and the resulting poor capacity utilization, the company discontinued the offer again after only two months. There were only 20 to 30 passengers on the trains per trip.
vehicles
The Eurobahn is currently using 21 three-part Bombardier Talent diesel multiple units (VT 2.01 – VT 2.07 and VT 3.01-VT 3.14) on the OWL network (RB 67, RB 71, RB 73 and RE 82) . In the meantime, 3 rental railcars were in use until the 2016 timetable change (the three-part VT 2.12 and two two-part Bombardier Talent diesel railcars, VT 2.10 and VT 2.11). The third series of Bombardier Talent diesel multiple units was taken over by NordWestBahn , Bayerische Oberlandbahn and Prignitzer Eisenbahn GmbH due to the new lines that have been in operation since the end of 2013 . Initially, these vehicles were used in their original colors and had stickers like “I am a Eurobahn”. In the meantime, all trains have been pasted in the white and yellow Eurobahn design.
43 FLIRT electric multiple units are used on the routes of the Hellweg network and the Maas-Rhein-Lippe network . The electric railcars are divided into 25 four-car units (ET 5.01 – ET 5.25) from the year of construction 2008, four four-car units from a follow-up order from 2009 (ET 6.01-ET 6.04) and 14 five-unit units (ET 7.01-ET 7.14 ) also from 2009. The Federal Railway Authority , however, initially refused approval for the latter. This should be due to the lack of documents from the manufacturer Stadler Rail . The Eurobahn was therefore only able to start operating on the Maas-Rhein-Lippe network to a limited extent and published a replacement timetable. 15 locomotives of the 185 series , six diesel multiple units of the 642 and numerous passenger cars of various types were rented for replacement traffic on the RE 13 .
With the extension of the contract for the Hellweg network, five five-part Flirt 3 vehicles are used in addition to the existing four-part Flirt vehicles.
For the routes of the Teutoburger Wald network, eight five-part Flirt 3 were ordered from Stadler Pankow for cross-border use between Germany and the Netherlands. These are mainly used on the RB 61 Bielefeld - Bad Bentheim - Hengelo line (“Wiehengebirgsbahn”). The eight new Flirt 3 vehicles complement the fleet of 19 Flirt vehicles that were taken over by the WestfalenBahn at the timetable change on December 10, 2017 .
Use of the vehicles
(As of 2020)
| network | Vehicle type | Parts | number of pieces | Construction year | Vehicle numbers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ostwestfalen-Lippe network | Bombardier TALENT | 3 | 7th | 2000 | VT 2.01 - 2.07 |
| 14th | 2004 | VT 3.01 - 3.14 | |||
| Hellweg network | Stadler FLIRT | 4th | 25th | 2008 | ET 5.01 - 5.25 |
| Stadler FLIRT 3 | 5 | 5 | 2018 | ET 4.21 - 4.25 | |
| Maas-Rhein-Lippe network | Stadler FLIRT | 4th | 4th | 2009 | ET 6.01 - 6.04 |
| 5 | 14th | 2009 | ET 7.01 - 7.14 | ||
| Teutoburg Forest Network | Stadler FLIRT 3 (MS) | 5 | 8th | 2017 |
ET 4.01 - 4.08 |
| Stadler FLIRT | 3 | 14th | 2007 | ET 8.01 - 8.14 |
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| 5 | 5 | 2007 | ET 9.01 - 9.05 |
Depots
The Eurobahn maintains a depot in the Sieker district of Bielefeld for the maintenance of its diesel multiple units . Another depot in Hamm-Heessen was put into operation in 2008 for the maintenance of the electric multiple units of the Hellweg network and the Maas-Rhein-Lippe network . There are four maintenance tracks and a washing facility available at this location.
Customer Center
The Eurobahn has two customer centers as direct contact points for its passengers. The customer center in Hamm is located directly opposite the west exit of the Hamm train station at Unionstrasse 3. Another customer center is located at Düsseldorf Central Station in Immermannstrasse 65 b (station forecourt).
criticism
The Eurobahn has repeatedly attracted attention in recent years due to the failure of journeys in its local rail transport networks, which were justified by the personnel situation in train operations. In December 2016, due to the large number of unpredictable failures, the company decided to limit the transport offer to six of its ten local rail transport lines in order to be able to offer passengers a plannable offer. In particular, the frequency of the RB 59 and RE 13 lines in the Venlo - Mönchengladbach section was halved. At the same time, the company only qualified train drivers if state services could be used for the applicants. Eurobahn hired 21 new train drivers in 2016 and will start self-financed training in 2017. The company is now even offering school leavers the opportunity to train as a railroad worker in operations. In addition, the previous managing director Roland Zschunke was transferred to the Keolis parent company. Magali Euverte will take over his post, who will focus more on a more stable operating situation. Nevertheless, problems arose again after the takeover of the Teutoburg Forest Network on December 10, 2017. Cross-border operations on the Hengelo – Bad Bentheim route did not start until February 26, 2018, while other routes were severely restricted with train cancellations, lower capacity and poor passenger information. Because of these irregularities in the new network, the company was therefore warned by the client NWL in February 2018. A second warning was issued in December 2018 for all four networks.
See also
Web links
- Eurobahn - Keolis Germany
- Hellwegnetz before change of operator. Preparations for the Eurobahn on schedule. In: lokrundschau.de. August 20, 2008, archived from the original on February 3, 2014 ; accessed on December 31, 2017 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timetable 2012. (PDF; 767 KiB) (No longer available online.) In: eurobahn.de. Archived from the original on November 29, 2015 ; accessed on December 31, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ a b A lack of proof from the manufacturer prevents the approval of new vehicles of the "Flirt" type. (No longer available online.) In: eba.bund.de. EBA, archived from the original on September 18, 2016 ; accessed on December 31, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ a b Delayed vehicle registration moves the start of the eurobahn to RE 13. In: njuuz.de. December 10, 2009, accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Replacement concept of the Eurobahn for the RE 3 and RE 13 from December 14, 2009. In: maas-rhein-lippe.de. December 11, 2009, archived from the original on February 16, 2010 ; accessed on December 31, 2017 .
- ↑ vehicles of the eurobahn receive approval. In: eurobahn.de. February 19, 2010, archived from the original on February 26, 2010 ; accessed on December 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Eurobahn trains are approved to Venlo. In: wa.de. July 23, 2010, accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Eurobahn becomes the new operator of the Teutoburg Forest network. In: werkstattatlas.info. November 6, 2014, accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Teutoburg Forest Network - Procurement Chamber prohibits awarding. In: westfalenbahn.de. February 27, 2015, accessed June 16, 2015 .
- ↑ WestfalenBahn withdraws application for review. In: westfalenbahn.de. June 30, 2015, accessed July 17, 2015 .
- ↑ Keolis and Abellio will be using the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn from December 2019. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr , July 7, 2016, accessed on July 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Press release VRR, accessed on September 18, 2019.
- ↑ Deutsche Bahn steps in for Keolis on two S-Bahn lines. In: welt.de. September 30, 2019, accessed September 30, 2019 .
- ↑ Eurobahn runs for 40 marks from Bielefeld to Cologne. Competition for Deutsche Bahn in long-distance transport. In: Berliner Zeitung. December 2, 2000, accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ↑ WDR: Jungle - Can the train be saved? Part 1: Eurobahn & Co. (PDF; 44 KiB) (No longer available online.) In: gaspreistabelle.de. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014 ; accessed on December 31, 2017 . 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.
- ↑ Eurobahn active in long-distance traffic from December 1st. In: eurobahn.info. November 27, 2000, archived from the original on July 6, 2002 ; accessed on December 31, 2017 (press release).
- ↑ Insufficient utilization: long-distance trains to Cologne are discontinued. In: eurobahn.info. January 26, 2001, archived from the original on July 12, 2002 ; accessed on December 31, 2017 (press release).
- ↑ a b c Figures, data & facts. In: eurobahn.de. Retrieved July 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Replacement timetable for RE 13 not acceptable. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr , December 13, 2016, accessed on December 23, 2016 .
- ↑ Qualification as a train driver. (No longer available online.) In: eurobahn.de. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016 ; accessed on December 23, 2016 . 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.
- ↑ From January 2nd, the RE 13 will run as usual. Eurobahn boss Thomas Görtzen explains why there were so many problems with the Mönchengladbach-Venlo rail link. In: rp-online.de. December 28, 2016, accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ↑ Training as a railway worker in operations service (m / f), eurobahn.de, July 23, 2018
- ^ Stefan Hennigfeld: New managing director at Keolis. In: zughalt.de. May 2, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2017 .
- ↑ The Eurobahn actually runs from Bad Bentheim to Hengelo . In: GN-Online . ( gn-online.de [accessed December 9, 2018]).
- ↑ Elmar Ries: Eurobahn warned again. Retrieved December 6, 2018 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 ′ 54.4 " N , 8 ° 34 ′ 14.9" E