Flinkster

The DB Rent GmbH is a subsidiary of DB Services GmbH.

Business

The company was founded in 2001. It is part of the business unit DB fleet and has approximately 220 employees (2007). The company is based in Frankfurt am Main. Business purpose of the DB Rent GmbH is to offer tailor-made fleet concepts and mobility modules. Individual mobility and networking strategies of transport systems are essential components of the offer. With the networking of road and rail offered by DB Rent GmbH is rounded.

In the product range of the company, there are the following services:

  • Long term rental
  • Short -term rent
  • Full Service Leasing
  • Inputs, sale of vehicles
  • Carsharing ( Flinkster )
  • Chauffeur Service
  • Rental of bicycles (Call a Bike)
  • Pool vehicles

Flinkster

Flinkster is the car sharing the car. With a market share of 55 %, the company mid- 2012 was the market leader in car-sharing in Germany. 250,000 customers use approximately 3,100 owned vehicles ( including 100 electric vehicles) at 800 stations in Germany (October 2013). In addition, cars can be booked in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria.

Customers who want to use the car sharing have to register before and legitimize a Sales Agent of the web with license and identity card. Then they get a contactless smart card that opens directly the vehicle or a key safe. The car key can be found usually in the glove compartment.

In carsharing test of Stiftung Warentest in September 2012 Flinkster received the overall rating of " good" (2.1 ).

History

First, the offer under the name DB Carsharing was marketed. This DB Rent cooperated with BwFuhrparkService (BW carsharing ), which was also offered to the public, however, a different tariff model for the use of common vehicle pools offered. As of March 2009, the railway first 130 small cars offered in Cologne and Stuttgart as part of a pilot project under the name Flinkster. This offer was, in contrast to previous DB Carsharing, distributed over the whole city at small distances flashy tri-color painted Alfa Romeo MiTo provided. Meanwhile, all activities in the field carsharing are summarized under the name Flinkster.

In March 2012 it was announced that DB Rent has agreed with CCUniRent a system cooperation in carsharing. The two want to open their systems for the mutual use, to provide customers with more regional deals.

Electric vehicles

To Flinkster fleet also e - Flinkster are called electric cars from Smart, Toyota, Peugeot, Opel and Citroën. Since the summer of 2010, the e - Flinkster in the cities of Frankfurt, Berlin and Saarbrücken are traveling. In Berlin they are part of the project BeMobility for the integration of electric vehicles in public transport. In addition, in Berlin are 350 electric vehicles Multi City ( Citroën) available, which may be parked at any location within the city (in the area of Business District ) (not station tied ).

Locations

Flinkster operates 800 locations in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland. In Austria Flinkster is offered by DB Mobility Services Austria GmbH, a sister company of DB Rent.

Urban networks including station

  • Germany Freising
  • Germany Giessen
  • Germany Göttingen
  • Germany Halle ( Saale)
  • Jena Germany
  • Germany Kassel
  • Germany Cologne
  • Netherlands Leiden
  • Germany Leipzig
  • Germany Lindau
  • Germany Magdeburg
  • Germany Mainz
  • Germany Marburg
  • Germany Munich
  • Germany Regensburg
  • Germany Stuttgart
  • Netherlands Weert
  • Weimar Germany
  • Germany Wiesbaden

Airport locations

  • Germany Altenburg
  • Germany Augsburg
  • Germany Berlin- Tegel
  • Germany Braunschweig
  • Germany Dortmund
  • Germany Dresden
  • Germany Dusseldorf
  • Germany Erfurt
  • Germany Frankfurt am Main
  • Germany Frankfurt -Hahn
  • Germany Friedrichshafen
  • Germany Hamburg
  • Germany Hannover
  • Germany Cologne
  • Germany Lübeck
  • Germany Leipzig
  • Germany Memmingen
  • Germany Munich
  • Germany Nuremberg
  • Germany Paderborn
  • Germany Saarbrücken
  • Germany Stuttgart
  • Germany Weeze
  • Germany Zweibrücken

Call- a-Bike

Also, the rental bike offer Call-a- Bike is now operated by DB Rent. This phone -based system of bike rental was launched in 2001 in Munich by an eponymous company as a pilot; after the takeover by DB Rent is there and has been expanded in other cities.

There are three variants:

  • Call- a-Bike Fix
  • Call- a-Bike Flex
  • E-Call a Bike

The Hamburg Mietradsystem StadtRAD Hamburg is not a separate product from DB Rent: DB Rent was commissioned by the city of Hamburg with the operation, for example, while the pricing was carried through the city. CallBike customers can use StadtRAD Hamburg, also StadtRAD customers are automatically registered for CallBike.

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