Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland

Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH is a German railway company that operates local rail passenger transport in Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The company is owned by Deutsche Bahn through DB Regio.

Train in Hauptbahnhof Hamburg
Start logo above the former Metronom logo on a locomotive in Cuxhaven

According to its own statements, the company would like to act “lean and dynamic” like a start-up company[1] and thus meet the increasing cost and performance pressure in German local rail passenger transport. This came about, among other things, as a result of the liberalisation of local transport in Germany and the associated tenders in German states. The DB Regio company has lost many routes under this pressure in recent years.[2]

Operations

Line network

Line Route Network and contract period Client Rolling stock Previous operator
RE 5 Hamburg HbfHamburg-HarburgBuxtehudeStadeCuxhaven Unterelbe-Netz
(12.2018–12.2027)
LNVG, HVV Traxx P160 DE (246) + 5 double-deck coaches (LNVG rolling stock pool) Metronom
RB 37 Bremen HbfSoltauUelzen Dieselnetz Niedersachsen-Mitte
(12.2021–12.2029)
LNVG, Region Hannover, NWL, SKUMS, HVV Alstom Coradia LINT (LNVG rolling stock pool) erixx
RB 38 Hamburg-Harburg – Buchholz – Soltau – Hannover Hbf
RB 77 Hildesheim HbfHamelnLöhneBünde/Herford NordWestBahn
RB 79 Hildesheim Hbf – Bodenburg
RB 11 Bad SodenFrankfurt-Höchst
(from 01.04.2023)
Taunus-Netz
(12.2022–12.2034)
RMV Alstom Coradia iLINT Hessische Landesbahn
RB 12 Königstein – Kelkheim – Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf
RB 15 Brandoberndorf – FriedrichsdorfBad Homburg (– Frankfurt Hbf)
RB 16 Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf (– Bad Homburg)
(from 01.04.2023)

References

  1. "Über die Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH" (PDF) (in German). Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. Hartmann, Guido M. (8 June 2016). "DB Regio: Wenn der Platzhirsch nur noch schwächelt". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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