Abellio Deutschland is a public transit operator in Germany operating bus and rail networks. Headquartered in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

, it is a subsidiary of the Dutch state-owned Abellio.

History

Abellio Talent 2 - Leipzig Hauptbahnhof 131

Sonderzug der WestfalenBahn im Bahnhof Löhne(Westf)

Abellio Deutschland was formed by the Essen public transit company ( EVAG, today part of Ruhrbahn) in 2004. In 2005, British investment company Star Capital Partners purchased a 75% share in Abellio from the City of Essen. In December 2008, both sold their shares to NedRailways. The Abellio brand was later rolled out to replace the NedRailways brand internationally.

Operations

Rail

As of December 2016, Abellio Deutschland operated 18 lines over 978 kilometres with a fleet of 86 trains.Welcome to Abellio
Abellio February 2017

Abellio Rail NRW

Abellio Rail NRW was founded in September 2005. It operated several regional railway lines in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

. The NRW network stretched from Gelsenkirchen to Bochum, from Essen to

Siegen Siegen () is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region. The university town (nearly 20,000 students in the 2018–2019 winter semest ...

and

Iserlohn Iserlohn (; Westphalian: ''Iserlaun'') is a city in the Märkischer Kreis district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city by population and area within the district and the Sauerland region. Geography Iserlohn is locat ...

via Hagen as well as from

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and tow ...

Solingen Solingen (; li, Solich) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located some 25 km east of Düsseldorf along the northern edge of the region called Bergisches Land, south of the Ruhr area, and, with a 2009 population of 161,366 ...

via

Remscheid Remscheid () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is, after Wuppertal and Solingen, the third-largest municipality in Bergisches Land, being located on the northern edge of the region, on the south side of the Ruhr area. Remscheid h ...

(line S7). In December 2016, it commenced operating along the

Lower Rhine The Lower Rhine (german: Niederrhein; kilometres 660 to 1,033 of the river Rhine) flows from Bonn, Germany, to the North Sea at Hook of Holland, Netherlands (including the Nederrijn or "Nether Rhine" within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta); al ...

network between

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...

in the Netherlands and

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...

Mönchengladbach Mönchengladbach (, li, Jlabbach ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border. Geography Municipal subdivisions Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbac ...

and Bocholt. From December 2018, it has operated the Rhine-Ruhr-Express with the

Rhein-Hellweg-Express The Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE 11) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Hamm via Dortmund, Bochum, Essen, Duisburg and Düsseldorf Airport to Düsseldorf Hbf. It is named after the Rhine a ...

(RE11) and since June 2020, it has operated the NRW-Express (RE1). Both were supposed to run until December 2033. In December 2016, Abellio NRW commenced operating a 12-year concession to operate Niederrhein-Netz services using the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway covering the

Rhein-IJssel-Express The Rhein-IJssel-Express is a Regional-Express service in German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Dutch province of Gelderland. It runs from Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, Düsseldorf to Arnhem Centraal railway station, Arnhem, with a section s ...

(RE19),

– Zevenaar – Emmerich –

Wesel Wesel () is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the Wesel district. Geography Wesel is situated at the confluence of the Lippe River and the Rhine. Division of the city Suburbs of Wesel include Lackhausen, Obrighove ...

– Oberhausen –

Duisburg Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...

–

Düsseldorf Airport Düsseldorf Airport (german: link=no, Flughafen Düsseldorf, ; until March 2013 ''Düsseldorf International Airport''; ) is the international airport of Düsseldorf, the capital of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is about north ...

– Düsseldorf and the Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn (RB35),

–

Krefeld Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, i ...

–

. In April 2017 the former was extended into the Netherlands to

. In December 2019, it commenced operating lines S2, S3 and S9 of the

Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr) is a polycentric and electrically driven S-train network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and ...

network with 29 Stadler Flirts. On 31 January 2022, Abellio Rail NRW ended its operations. The different contracts were awarded in emergency tenders to other rail companies: * ''Rhein-Ruhr-Express'' (RE1, RE11):

National Express National Express Group is a British multinational public transport company headquartered in Birmingham, England. It operates bus, coach, train and tram services in the United Kingdom, Ireland (National Express operates Eurolines in conjunction ...

* ''Ruhr-Sieg-Netz'' (RE16, RB46, RB91):

DB Regio NRW DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates regional and commuter train services in Germany. DB Regio AG, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. It is a 100% subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn Group and there part of the DB Regio ...

* ''S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr'' (S2, S3, S9, RB32, RB40, RE49):

* ''Der Müngstener'' (S7): VIAS Rail * ''Niederrhein-Netz'' (RE19, RB35): VIAS Rail

Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland

Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland commenced operating the Saale-Thuringia-Südharz (STS) electric network since December 2015 on a 15-year contract, over ten lines with a route length of 575 kilometres. The network extends from Halle to

Erfurt Erfurt () is the capital and largest city in the Central German state of Thuringia. It is located in the wide valley of the Gera river (progression: ), in the southern part of the Thuringian Basin, north of the Thuringian Forest. It sits i ...

Eisenach Eisenach () is a town in Thuringia, Germany with 42,000 inhabitants, located west of Erfurt, southeast of Kassel and northeast of Frankfurt. It is the main urban centre of western Thuringia and bordering northeastern Hessian regions, situat ...

and Kassel as well as from

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

to Erfurt and

Saalfeld Saalfeld (german: Saalfeld/Saale) is a town in Germany, capital of the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district of Thuringia. It is best known internationally as the ancestral seat of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha branch of the Saxon House of Wettin. Geography ...

. In December 2018, Abellio Deutschland commenced operating 12 routes in

Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt (german: Sachsen-Anhalt ; nds, Sassen-Anholt) is a state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.18 million inhabitants, making it th ...

. These are being operated by 52

Alstom Coradia Lint The Alstom Coradia LINT is an articulated railcar manufactured by Alstom since 1999, offered in diesel and hydrogen fuel models. The acronym ''LINT'' is short for the German ''"leichter innovativer Nahverkehrstriebwagen"'' (light innovative local ...

Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg

From June 2019 Abellio took over some regional train lines in Baden Württemberg under a 13-year contract. Initially a fleet of 43 Bombardier Talent 2s were ordered. This was later increased by five. Abellio operated the following regional routes in Baden-Württemberg: * RB 17a Stuttgart - Mühlacker - Pforzheim (- Bad Wildbad*/Wilferdingen-Singen) * RE/RB 17b Stuttgart - Mühlacker- Bretten - Bruchsal - Heidelberg * RB 17c Stuttgart - Mühlacker - Bretten - Bruchsal * RE 10a Mannheim - Mosbach-Neckarelz - Heilbronn - Stuttgart - Tübingen * RE 10b Mannheim - Sinsheim (Elsenz) - Heilbronn - Stuttgart - Tübingen * RB 18 Osterburken - Heilbronn - Stuttgart - Tübingen * IRE 6 Stuttgart - Tübingen On 1 January 2022, Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg was taken over by the state-owned Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-AG (SWEG).

WestfalenBahn

Abellio Deutschland owned a 25% share in

WestfalenBahn WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany. It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsbe ...

that was founded in 2005. In July 2017 this was increased to 100%.

Bus

In April 2013, Abellio Deutschland announced it would focus on rail transport and sell its three bus companies. In November 2013 VM and Werner were sold to Transport Capital with 220 buses. The remaining KVG business was sold to Rhenus Veniro and the District of Bautzen in October 2014 with 84 buses.Abellio sells the Dreiländereck to Oberlausitz
Abellio 29 October 2014 (German)

References

External links

Abellio Deutschland company website
{{Abellio, state=collapsed Abellio (transport company) Public transport operators of Germany Railway companies of Germany Transport companies established in 2004 2004 establishments in Germany