Eurobahn is a railway operator in Germany, established in 1998. It operates regional train services in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with cross-border services including Lower Saxony and the Netherlands.
Initially a joint venture between Keolis and Rhenus operating bus and rail services, it became a 100% Keolis subsidiary operating rail services only in 2007. Since 1 January 2022, it is owned by the law firm Noerr.
Eurobahn was founded in 1998 as a 60/40 joint venture between Keolis and Rhenus.[1]
In December 2007, the joint venture was dissolved; Rhenus taking ownership of the bus operations and two railway contracts, Keolis taking full ownership of Eurobahn.[2][3]
In October 2021, Keolis announced its intention to sell the business and exit the German market.[4][5] The business was sold to Team Treuhand, a subsidiary of Noerr law firm, effective 31 December 2021.[6]
Rail services
In May 2000, Eurobahn commenced operating two rail services in the East Westphalia-Lippe region (OWL) in North Rhine-Westphalia.[7][8] In 2013 the OWL contract was renewed until December 2025 with an additional two routes added.[9]
On 14 December 2008, Eurobahn commenced operating the Hellweg Net services.[7] In 2015, the contract was extended until 2030.[10][11]
In December 2009, Eurobahn commenced operating the Maas-Rhine-Lippe network.[12][13]
In December 2017, Eurobahn commenced operating the Teutoburger Wald network.[14][15][16][17]
Eurobahn was scheduled to commence operating Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn routes S1 and S4 under contract to Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR) in December 2019.[18][19][20] However with Eurobahn unable to recruit enough drivers before the contract commenced, VRR cancelled the contract with incumbent DB Regio awarded a short-term contract instead.[21]
Services
Eurobahn operate services on the following lines:[22][23][24]
