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HSL-Logistik
HSL Logistik GmbH. is a privately-owned German train-operating company based in Hamburg, Germany. History ''HSL Logistik'' was founded in 2003 as a private company offering trained staff to rail operators. In 2004 the company received a license to operate freight and passenger trains from the German Federal Railway Authority. In 2010 Haiko Boettcher took over management of the company, having become a shareholder in 2007. Also in 2010 the company was awarded a license to operate trains in the Netherlands, and acquired and merged with Hamburg-based rail operator ''Rent a Train GmbH''. In 2011 Haiko Boettcher became the 100% shareholder of the company. Operations and services HSL Logistik provides shunting services at terminals and ports in Bremen, Hamburg, Rostock and Seelze (Hanover), transportation by train, including path ordering, spot hire and one-off locomotive hire. HSL also operates traffic in neighboring European countries, namely the Netherlands, Austria, Poland and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Railway Authority
The German Federal Railway Authority (german: Eisenbahn-Bundesamt, ) has been the independent federal authority for the regulation of the railways in Germany since 1 January 1994. It is under the supervision and direction of the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and is headed by a president. Responsibilities The EBA is the inspectorate and authorising body for the majority of German domestic, railway infrastructure companies that are owned by the government, referred to as federal railways (''Eisenbahnen des Bundes'' or ''EdB''), and for German and foreign railway transport operators in Germany. Non federally owned public railways and privately operated railways are under the supervision of the German states ('' Bundesländer''), who can choose to transfer this responsibility to the EBA (§ 5 Abs. 2 AEG). To date 11 states, with the exception of Berlin, Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse and Lower Saxony have chosen to do so. In such cases the EBA works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
