Netinera

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

Netinera Deutschland GmbH
TypeGmbH
IndustryTransport and logistics
Founded2003 (2003)
Headquarters
Berlin
,
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

It was founded as a subsidiary of British Arriva plc in 2003 and initially headquartered in Hamburg. After the acquisition of Regentalbahn in 2004, the company's seat was located to Regentalbahn's head office at Viechtach in Bavaria. In the following years, many administrative and management positions were seated in Berlin, where the company headquarters were officially moved to in early 2023.[1]

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.[2] Keolis, Veolia and Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane expressed interest in buying the business.[3]

It was sold to a Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (51%) and French-Luxembourg investment fund Cube (49%) consortium.[4] It was renamed Netinera in March 2011.[5] In December 2020, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane purchased Cube's shareholding.[6]

Bus

In 2005 Arriva bought Sippel which operates buses in Frankfurt, Mainz, Wiesbaden[7] and Erlangen.[8] After losing several public contracts, Sippel closed at the end of 2021.[9]

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.

With the purchase of a majority stake in Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen (OHE) in April 2007, OHE's bus subsidiaries Cebus in Celle and KVG Bus in Stade also became part of Arriva.

Rail

In 2004 Arriva acquired Prignitzer Eisenbahn (PEG), which operated several lines in Germany around Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia and Pomerania.[10][11][12] Since 2012, PEG is mainly a holding company. Among it's assets is a 50 % stake in Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn (ODEG), which operates regional passenger services on various lines in the Northeast of Germany.

In October 2004 it purchased a 77% shareholding in Regentalbahn with its subsidiary Vogtlandbahn, which operates regional rail services in southern and eastern Saxony, northern and southern Bavaria, eastern Thuringia as well as parts of the Czech Republic.[13] In 2006 its shareholding was increased to 97%.[14]

In April 2007, a company held by Arriva (95,34 %) and Verkehrsbetriebe Bachstein (4,66 %) acquired an 86% stake in the Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen (OHE) with the remaining 14% held by local municipalities.[15][16] OHE is a majority shareholder in the Metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft which operates regional train services on the Hamburg to Bremen, Hamburg to Hanover, Hanover to Göttingen and Hanover to Wolfsburg lines. Erixx is fully owned by OHE and likewise operating regional passenger train services, albeit on more local lines.

In September 2012, Netinera ordered 63 Alstom Coradia Lints which would be used on regional passenger train services in Rheinland-Pfalz under the umbrella of a new subsidiary called Vlexx.[17] Operations started in December 2014 and were extended in December 2020.

References
  1. "Wir sind umgezogen – Netinera 2023 mit neuer Adresse". netinera.de (in German). 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  2. "Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of Arriva by Deutsche Bahn, subject to conditions". 2010-12-13. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  3. Four compete for German Arriva International Railway Journal December 2010 page 15
  4. FS expands into German regional market with Arriva acquisition International Railway Journal January 2011 page 6
  5. New name for Arriva Deutschland Today's Railways Europe issue 185 May 2011 page 8
  6. Trenitalia’s Netinera takeover approved International Railway Journal 4 December 2020
  7. "Arriva Germany". Archived from the original on 2010-03-23. Retrieved 2011-12-21.
  8. Netinera also operates bus line #208 between Erlangen and Effeltrich: Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg - Fahrplan der Linie 208
  9. "Autobus Sippel | Busunternehmen Sippel stellt den Geschäftsbetrieb bis Ende 2021 ein". netinera.de (in German). 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
  10. Arriva Buys German Operator International Railway Journal May 2004 page 3
  11. Arriva Enters Germany Railway Gazette International May 2004 page 250
  12. Arriva buys PEG Today's Railways UK issue 102 June 2004 page 12
  13. Arriva to buy Regentalbahn Today's Railways UK issue 106 October 2004 page 12
  14. Arriva wins German franchise Today's Railways Europe issue 121 January 2006 page 11
  15. Arriva to acquire German transport company Arriva 17 January 2007
  16. OHE sold to Arriva and Bachsteain Today's Railways Europe issue 135 May 2007 page 44
  17. "Netinera orders 63 regional trains from Alstom". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
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