Vias (rail company)

a Canadian rail service provider The VIAS GmbH (own spelling VIAS) is a rail service company based in Frankfurt (Germany). The name of the company, VIAS, was taken from the Latin word via for way and the letter S for service.

Owners

The company was founded in 2005 from the Stadtwerke Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main mbH (VGF) (community traffic company of Frankfurt) and the Rurtalbahn GmbH (RTB) with equal shares.

In March 2010 the Danish national rail service announced to have taken over the shares of the VGF.[1]

Rail services

Services in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate

Since December 11, 2005 VIAS operates the about 210 km long service of the Odenwald railway, since December 12, 2010 the service along the right side of the river Rhine and since December 10, 2011 the Pfundstadt railway.

Line Railway line Route Duration of contract Vehicles
RB 10 Taunus-Eisenbahn, Rechte Rheinstrecke, Neuwied–Koblenz Frankfurt Hbf – Frankfurt-Höchst – Mainz-Kastel – Wiesbaden Hbf – Eltville – Rüdesheim (Rhein) – Lorch (Rhein) – Lorchhausen – St. Goarshausen – Koblenz Hbf – Neuwied 12.12.2010 – 09.12.2023 FLIRT
RB 86 Odenwaldbahn Hanau Hbf – Seligenstadt (Hess) – Babenhausen (Hess) – Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach 11.12.2005 – 11.12.2027 Itino / Alstom Coradia LINT 54
RE 85 Frankfurt Hbf – Offenbach Hbf – Hanau Hbf – Seligenstadt (Hess) – Babenhausen (Hess) – Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach (– Höchst (Odenw) – Erbach (Odenw))
RB 82 Frankfurt Hbf – Darmstadt Nord – Reinheim (Odenw) – Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach – Höchst (Odenw) – Erbach (Odenw) Itino
RE 80 Darmstadt Hbf – Darmstadt Nord – Reinheim (Odenw) – Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach – Höchst (Odenw) – Erbach (Odenw)
RB 81 Darmstadt Hbf – Darmstadt Nord – Reinheim (Odenw) – Groß-Umstadt Wiebelsbach – Höchst (Odenw) – Erbach (Odenw) – Eberbach
RB 66 Pfungstadtbahn Darmstadt Hbf – Darmstadt-Eberstadt – Pfungstadt 10.12.2011 – 11.12.2027

Since the start of operating the Odenwald service, 22 vehicles of the Bombardier Itino have been used.[2] Four additional vehicles of the same type were introduced in May 2010, due to the large number of passengers.[3]

Starting with the timetable change of 2010/2011 in December 2010, VIAS began operating the RheingauLinie (Rhinegau line) on the right riverbanks of the Rhine. This route runs between Neuwied, Koblenz, Wiesbaden and Frankfurt (RMV line 10). For this, 19 vehicles of Stadler FLIRT were ordered.[4]

In December 2013 VIAS was awarded the contract for running the Odenwald and Pfungstadt services from 2015 onwards for twelve years. Here the ordered Itino vehicles are to be used.[5] On all trains there is a train attendant present. In December 2017 four sets of Alstom Coradia Lint 54 were introduced additionally to provide more passenger capaties. These will be deployed mainly on the Odenwald service, while the replaced Itinos will run on the Pfungstadt line.[6]

Services in Northrhine-Westphalia

On March 26, 2015 the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr and Nahverkehr Rheinland (local public service Rhineland) announced that VIAS would be operating the regional line RB 34 (Schwalm-Nette-Bahn from Mönchengladbach to Dalheim) and regional line 38-North (Erft-Bahn from Düsseldorf via Grevenbroich to Bedburg). Both services are to be operated with twelve vehicles of the type Alstom Coradia LINT (nine LINT LINT 54H and three LINT 41H). On April 16, 2015 the contract was signed for VIAS to be the operating company for 2017-29.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "DSB acquires fifty per cent of German train operator". 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  2. ↑ "Bombardier Will Deliver ITINO Diesel Trains In Germany". 2003-12-17. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  3. ↑ "Neue Itinos ab Montag auf der Odenwaldbahn im Einsatz" (in German). 2010-04-30. Retrieved 2018-03-08
  4. ↑ "A good business year for Stadler once again, despite the difficult economic environment" (PDF). 2009-06-04. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  5. ↑ "Vias retains Odenwald concession". 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  6. ↑ "Odenwaldbahn; so many customers, more trains delivered". 2017-10-14. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
  7. ↑ "Vias takes over German concession from DB Regio". 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2018-03-08.
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