Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft
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Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft (BEG; German for Bavarian Railways Company) is the passenger transport company for regional railways in Bavaria
. Founded in 1995, it is organised as a GmbH wholly owned by the Bavarian Government. The company does not provide any services or own tracks or rolling stock. Instead, it purchases services from railway companies that actually operate the trains.
, the national rail company owned by the federal government, without public tender.
The first contract put out for public tendering in 1998 was the operation of the railway lines between Munich and the Bavarian Oberland and was eventually awarded to Bayerische Oberlandbahn, a newly-founded subsidiary of Connex
(now Veolia). However, improvements planned for the service were hampered by technical difficulties caused by the Integral trains, which were a completely new model that had not been used before.
Since 2003, more and more railway services have been converted to contracts awarded on the basis of competitive tendering, which contracts awarded to Regentalbahn
, DB Regio
, Veolia, BeNEX and others.
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. Founded in 1995, it is organised as a GmbH wholly owned by the Bavarian Government. The company does not provide any services or own tracks or rolling stock. Instead, it purchases services from railway companies that actually operate the trains.
History
In 1995, when the Act on the Regionalisation of Public Local Passenger Transport (Gesetz zur Regionalisierung des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs) transferred the responsibility for local passenger transport from the federal government to the Länder, the Bavarian Ministry of Economy, Infrastructure, Traffic and Technology founded the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft to organise the local passenger rail transport in Bavaria. Owing to the market situation at that time, in 1996 it awarded the contract for most of the network to Deutsche BahnDeutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn AG is the German national railway company, a private joint stock company . Headquartered in Berlin, it came into existence in 1994 as the successor to the former state railways of Germany, the Deutsche Bundesbahn of West Germany and the Deutsche Reichsbahn of East Germany...
, the national rail company owned by the federal government, without public tender.
The first contract put out for public tendering in 1998 was the operation of the railway lines between Munich and the Bavarian Oberland and was eventually awarded to Bayerische Oberlandbahn, a newly-founded subsidiary of Connex
Veolia Verkehr
Veolia Verkehr GmbH is a private operator of passenger buses and trains in Germany. On April 3, 2006, Connex Verkehr GmbH was renamed Veolia Verkehr GmbH, but the sister companies kept their current names....
(now Veolia). However, improvements planned for the service were hampered by technical difficulties caused by the Integral trains, which were a completely new model that had not been used before.
Since 2003, more and more railway services have been converted to contracts awarded on the basis of competitive tendering, which contracts awarded to Regentalbahn
Regentalbahn
The Regentalbahn is railway company based in Bavaria, and is a subsidiary of Arriva Deutschland. It runs railway infrastructure, as well as regional and long-distance passenger services in Bavaria and Saxony with links into the Czech Republic, and Germany-wide goods trains.- Emergence of the...
, DB Regio
DB Regio
DB Regio AG is a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn which operates short and medium distance passenger train services in Germany, and operates light and heavy rail infrastructure in the United Kingdom.-Germany:...
, Veolia, BeNEX and others.