Netinera

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Netinera Deutschland GmbH
TypeGmbH
IndustryTransport and logistics
Founded2003 (2003)
Headquarters
Viechtach
,
Germany
Key people
  • Jost Knebel (CEO)
  • Markus Resch (CFO)
  • Alexander Sterr (Labour Director)
Number of employees
3,777 (2014)
ParentFerrovie dello Stato Italiane
Websitewww.netinera.de

Netinera (formerly Arriva Deutschland) is a railway company operating in Germany.

With Deutsche Bahn's purchase of Arriva in 2010, the European Commission ruled that Deutsche Bahn would have to shed Arriva's German operations in order to comply with competition rules.[1] Keolis, Veolia and Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane expressed interest in buying the business.[2]

It was sold to a Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (51%) and French-Luxembourg investment fund Cube (49%) consortium.[3] It was renamed Netinera in March 2011.[4] In December 2020, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane purchased Cube's shareholding.[5]

Bus[]

In 2005 Arriva bought Sippel which operates buses in Frankfurt, Mainz, Wiesbaden[6] and Erlangen.[7] It went to buy Verkehrsbetriebe Bils in 2006, which operates buses in Münster, Warendorf and Hamm and later in the year it acquired Neißeverkehr which operates buses in the Neiße region.

Rail[]

In 2004 Arriva acquired Prignitzer Eisenbahn, which operates several lines in Germany around Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, North-Rhine Westphalia and Pomerania.[8][9][10]

In October 2004 it purchased a 77% shareholding in Regentalbahn with its subsidiary Vogtlandbahn, which operates regional rail services in southern Saxony, northern and southern Bavaria and eastern Thuringia, and a long-distance service to Berlin.[11] In 2006 its shareholding was increased to 97%.[12]

In April 2007 Arriva acquired an 86% stake in the OHE with the remaining 14% held by Verkehrsbetriebe Bachstein, a regional transport company in Celle.[13][14] a majority shareholder in the Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft which operates regional train services on the Hamburg to Bremen, Hamburg to Hanover, Hamburg to Cuxhaven and Hanover to Göttingen lines.

In September 2012, Netinera ordered 63 Alstom Coradia Lints which would be used on services in Rheinland-Pfalz.[15]

References[]

  1. ^ "Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of Arriva by Deutsche Bahn, subject to conditions". 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  2. ^ Four compete for German Arriva International Railway Journal December 2010 page 15
  3. ^ FS expands into German regional market with Arriva acquisition International Railway Journal January 2011 page 6
  4. ^ New name for Arriva Deutschland Today's Railways Europe issue 185 May 2011 page 8
  5. ^ Trenitalia’s Netinera takeover approved International Railway Journal 4 December 2020
  6. ^ "Arriva Germany". Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  7. ^ Netinera also operates bus line #208 between Erlangen and Effeltrich: Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg - Fahrplan der Linie 208[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ Arriva Buys German Operator International Railway Journal May 2004 page 3
  9. ^ Arriva Enters Germany Railway Gazette International May 2004 page 250
  10. ^ Arriva buys PEG Today's Railways UK issue 102 June 2004 page 12
  11. ^ Arriva to buy Regentalbahn Today's Railways UK issue 106 October 2004 page 12
  12. ^ Arriva wins German franchise Today's Railways Europe issue 121 January 2006 page 11
  13. ^ Arriva to acquire German transport company Arriva 17 January 2007
  14. ^ OHE sold to Arriva and Bachsteain Today's Railways Europe issue 135 May 2007 page 44
  15. ^ "Netinera orders 63 regional trains from Alstom". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 24 September 2012.

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