cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft

Veit Salzmann, Andreas Ortz

The cantus traffic mbH (lat. cant (h ) us: "iron tires, rim" ), headquartered in Kassel is a railway transport companies. It is a joint subsidiary of the Hessian Bahn GmbH (HLB ) and BeNEX GmbH, a subsidiary of Hamburg High Bahn AG ( HHA ).

The company took over in December 2006 for ten years the transportation on the following routes:

• R1 Göttingen - Eichenberg - Hann. Munden - Kassel ( Halle- Kassel railway)
• R5 Kassel - Melsungen - Bebra - Bad Hersfeld - Fulda ( Friedrich- Wilhelms- North trains and railway Bebra - Fulda)
• R6 Bebra - Herleshausen - Eisenach ( Thuringia Railway )
• R7 Göttingen - Eichenberg - Eschwege - Bebra ( railway Bebra -Göttingen )

The lines R1 and R7 are guided winged between Göttingen and Eichenberg.

For the operation of 20 three - and four-part EMUs were ordered from Stadler FLIRT type that come on the four lines used. The three -car trains have 343 seats and standing places ( including 167 seats), the four -car trains 457 seats and standing places (of which 219 seats). They carry the designation 427 ( body length: 827 ) in the three -part design, 428 ( middle parts: 828) in the four-part. Since they were delivered earlier, the vehicle reversed in November 2006 to test drive on the railway line Friedberg- Hanau ( operated by HLB ) and the Route number 209.60 Berlin- Lichtenberg - Eberswalde - Frankfurt (Oder), which is operated by the ODEG to of the HHA is involved.

In summer 2012, a further four-piece railcar was purchased - so there are now a total of 21 vehicles.

In addition, the cantus transport company participated in the tender for the regional transport network in the Bavarian part of Würzburg, this is enough in a Linienast to Schlüchtern south of Fulda, but lost in the competitive process of DB Regio AG. Likewise, in vain applied for one for the network " Saale -Thuringia Suedharz ", which was awarded to Abellio Rail Central Germany.