Abellio (transport company)

The Abellio Transport Holding BV (originally NedRailways BV ) is a transport company based in Utrecht. The 100-percent subsidiary of the Dutch state railway, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, which holds stakes in the field of public transport in Germany and in England.

Abellio Germany

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• Bernard M. Kemper (CEO )
• Ronald Lünser (Rail )
• Alexander reindeer (Bus)

History

The company was formed in 2004 as a joint subsidiary of the urban Essenes supply and transport mbH ( EVV ), which also includes the Essen Transport AG ( EVAG ), and the Essenes Busunternehmers Mesenhohl. Predecessor was founded in 2001 EVAG mbH ( EVBG ), in which the EVAG driving and workshop operation was outsourced. The establishment of Abellio was to go into the nationwide competition for transport services can. Therefore, the EVAG operation was not part of the company Abellio, but organized in the EVV daughter meoline GmbH. Abellio won in a row in North Rhine- Westphalia several tenders for the railway and was on a number of purchased bus companies in several states in the bus operates.

2005 75.1 % of the company were sold to British investor group Star Capital Partners. 12.36% continued to hold the EVV. Other shares held the Abellio management.

NedRailways, competitive subsidiary of the Dutch Railways NS, reported on November 7, 2008, the acquisition of all shares in Abellio to the Bundeskartellamt. This granted on 24 November 2008, the release for the takeover. NedRailways renamed later into Abellio, so since then run all international activities of the Nazi group under this name.

Structure of the German business

2006, the two subsidiaries were Abellio Bus GmbH for the bus and coach transport and Abellio Rail GmbH founded for railway traffic to arrange the various investments by sector. Since then, the structure of the group in Germany is as follows:

• Abellio Rail GmbH Abellio Rail NRW GmbH, Essen ( ABRN )
• Westfalen Bahn GmbH ( WFB), Bielefeld (25 %)
• Abellio Rail Central Germany, Halle ( Saale)

• Haulage company triangle mbH ( KVG), Zittau
• Robert Haas GmbH & Co. KG, Bad Endbach - Günterod

Changes in Group structure

From 2010 Abellio began his holdings in the area to reduce bus. In 2010, the family Mesenhohl took over the 49% stake of Abellio at the Meobus, food. The remaining 51 % of this company were also held previously by her. In April 2011, the holding of 34 % in the omnibus OBS Saalkreis to the two other shareholders cousin and HAVAG yet. With effect from 1 January 2013, the CVAG took over all the shares of ETP Euro Traffic Partner, which were previously held 25% each of Abellio, the CVAG and two Saxon regional bus companies.

In April 2013 Abellio announced that it wants to realign strategic: Accordingly, Abellio would continue to focus exclusively on the rail passenger transport. The Group therefore sought a buyer for the remaining three bus companies own CCG, VM and Werner. On November 1, 2013, the Swiss financial investor Transport Capital has acquired the bus company VM and Werner. The CCG will remain until further notice at Abellio.

Internationally

• Abellio London
• Abellio Greater Anglia
• Northern Rail (together with the Serco Group )