Go-Ahead Verkehrsgesellschaft Deutschland

Go-Ahead Verkehrsgesellschaft Deutschland GmbH
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	9 June 2019
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany
Key people	Stefan Krispin (managing director)
Owner	Go-Ahead Group
Website	www.go-ahead-bahn.de

Go-Ahead Verkehrsgesellschaft Deutschland GmbH is a railway operator in Germany. A subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group, it commenced trading on 9 June 2019.^[1]

History

In November 2015, Go-Ahead Germany was awarded a contract to operate services by the Baden-Württemberg public transport authority Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg from June 2019.^[2]^[3]^[4] In June 2017, Go-Ahead was awarded a further contract from December 2019 by Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg and the Bavarian rail authority Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft (BEG).^[5]^[6]

Logo of Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg.

Services

Line	Network	Route	Contract commences	Contract finishes
RB 13	1B Rems-Fils	Stuttgart – Aalen – Crailsheim	June 2019	December 2032
RB 16	1B Rems-Fils	Stuttgart – Geislingen – Ulm	June 2019	December 2032
IRE 1	1C Franken-Enz	Stuttgart – Aalen	June 2019	December 2032
IRE 1	1C Franken-Enz	Stuttgart – Karlsruhe	June 2019	December 2032
RE 8	1C Franken-Enz	Stuttgart – Heilbronn – Lauda – Würzburg	June 2019	December 2032
RE 90	3A Murrbahn	Stuttgart – Schwäbisch-Hessental – Crailsheim – Nürnberg	December 2019	December 2032

Rolling stock

To commence operations, Go-Ahead purchased 45 Stadler Flirts.^[7]^[8]

References

^ "Launch of operations as timetable changes". 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
^ Go-Ahead enters the German rail market Go-Ahead 17 November 2015
^ Go-Ahead and Abellio win Stuttgart passenger operating contracts Railway Gazette International 17 November 2015
^ Abellio and Go-Ahead sign Baden-Wurttemberg contracts International Railway Journal 12 July 2016
^ Go-Ahead receives approval for Network 3A Murrbahn from Stuttgart to Nürnberg Go-Ahead Germany 9 June 2017
^ Go-Ahead selected for Stuttgart-Nuerenburg operating contract Railway Gazette International 9 June 2017
^ Go-Ahead orders Flirt EMU fleet Railway Gazette International 11 May 2016
^ Stadler wins Go-Ahead Stuttgart train contract International Railway Journal 11 May 2016

External links

Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg

[1] "Launch of operations as timetable changes". 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2019.

[2] Go-Ahead enters the German rail market Go-Ahead 17 November 2015

[3] Go-Ahead and Abellio win Stuttgart passenger operating contracts Railway Gazette International 17 November 2015

[4] Abellio and Go-Ahead sign Baden-Wurttemberg contracts International Railway Journal 12 July 2016

[5] Go-Ahead receives approval for Network 3A Murrbahn from Stuttgart to Nürnberg Go-Ahead Germany 9 June 2017

[6] Go-Ahead selected for Stuttgart-Nuerenburg operating contract Railway Gazette International 9 June 2017

[7] Go-Ahead orders Flirt EMU fleet Railway Gazette International 11 May 2016

[8] Stadler wins Go-Ahead Stuttgart train contract International Railway Journal 11 May 2016

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v t e Go-Ahead Group
Shareholders	Kinetic Group (51%) Globalvia (49%)
UK bus companies	Brighton & Hove Metrobus Carousel Buses East Yorkshire Go-Ahead London Blue Triangle Docklands Buses London Central London General Go East Anglia Hedingham & Chambers Chambers Hedingham Konectbus Go North East Go North West Go South Coast Bluestar Southern Vectis Swindon's Bus Company Unilink Wilts & Dorset Oxford Bus Company Go South West (Plymouth Citybus) Thames Travel
Overseas bus companies	Go-Ahead Ireland Go-Ahead Singapore
UK railway companies (through 65% share in Govia)	Govia Thameslink Railway Gatwick Express Southern
European railway companies	Go-Ahead Germany Go-Ahead Norge
Former operations	Anglian Bus Aviance UK Plane Handling East Thames Buses Go West Midlands London Midland (65% Govia) Meteor Parking Southeastern (65% Govia) Thames Trains Thameslink (65% Govia)