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Hamburg-Köln-Express GmbH
Hamburg-Köln-Express GmbH (HKX) was a Cologne-based Open access operator, open-access train operating company providing long-distance railway passenger services in Germany. It was founded in October 2009 as a joint venture by Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) Deutschland GmbH, an affiliate of USA-based Railroad Development Corporation, Railroad Development Corp., Locomore rail GmbH & CO. KG, and British railway investor Michael Schabas. Since 23 July 2012, HKX has operated regular services between Hamburg-Altona station, Hamburg-Altona and Köln Hbf, Cologne. The journey takes about 4h 20min, similar to that of services operated by Deutsche Bundesbahn, DB but with lower fares."Wir sind billiger". ''WirtschaftsWoche'' Nr. 15. 12 April 2010. On 24 March 2018, Flixmobility, the parent company of Flixbus, took over the operations of HKX, whose route was subsequently rebranded under the Flixtrain branding, complementing the former Locomore train service operated by Leo Express on b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hamburg-Köln-Express GmbH (HKX) was a Cologne-based open-access train operating company providing long-distance railway passenger services in Germany. It was founded in October 2009 as a joint venture by Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) Deutschland GmbH, an affiliate of USA-based Railroad Development Corp., Locomore rail GmbH & CO. KG, and British railway investor Michael Schabas. Since 23 July 2012, HKX has operated regular services between Hamburg-Altona and Cologne. The journey takes about 4h 20min, similar to that of services operated by DB but with lower fares."Wir sind billiger". ''WirtschaftsWoche'' Nr. 15. 12 April 2010. On 24 March 2018, Flixmobility, the parent company of Flixbus, took over the operations of HKX, whose route was subsequently rebranded under the Flixtrain branding, complementing the former Locomore train service operated by Leo Express on behalf of Flixmobility since 2017. Start Services were initially planned to start in August 2010 but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
