Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland
# Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland

Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH is a German railway company that operates local rail passenger transport in Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The company is owned by Deutsche Bahn through DB Regio.

According to its own statements, the company would like to act “lean and dynamic” like a start-up company and thus meet the increasing cost and performance pressure in German local rail passenger transport. This came about, among other things, as a result of the liberalisation of local transport in Germany and the associated tenders in German states. The DB Regio company has lost many routes under this pressure in recent years.

## Operations

### Line network

| Line | Route | Network and contract period | Client | Rolling stock | Previous operator |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| RE 5 | Hamburg Hbf – Hamburg-Harburg – Buxtehude – Stade – Cuxhaven | Unterelbe-Netz (12.2018–12.2027) | LNVG, HVV | Traxx P160 DE (246) + 5 double-deck coaches (LNVG rolling stock pool) | Metronom |
| RB 37 | Bremen Hbf – Soltau – Uelzen | Dieselnetz Niedersachsen-Mitte (12.2021–12.2029) | LNVG, Region Hannover, NWL, SKUMS, HVV | Alstom Coradia LINT (LNVG rolling stock pool) | erixx |
| RB 38 | Hamburg-Harburg – Buchholz – Soltau – Hannover Hbf | Dieselnetz Niedersachsen-Mitte (12.2021–12.2029) | LNVG, Region Hannover, NWL, SKUMS, HVV | Alstom Coradia LINT (LNVG rolling stock pool) | erixx |
| RB 77 | Hildesheim Hbf – Hameln – Löhne – Bünde/Herford | Dieselnetz Niedersachsen-Mitte (12.2021–12.2029) | LNVG, Region Hannover, NWL, SKUMS, HVV | Alstom Coradia LINT (LNVG rolling stock pool) | NordWestBahn |
| RB 79 | Hildesheim Hbf – Bodenburg | Dieselnetz Niedersachsen-Mitte (12.2021–12.2029) | LNVG, Region Hannover, NWL, SKUMS, HVV | Alstom Coradia LINT (LNVG rolling stock pool) | NordWestBahn |
| RB 11 | Bad Soden – Frankfurt-Höchst (from 01.04.2023) | Taunus-Netz (12.2022–12.2034) | RMV | Alstom Coradia iLINT | Hessische Landesbahn |
| RB 12 | Königstein – Kelkheim – Frankfurt-Höchst – Frankfurt Hbf | Taunus-Netz (12.2022–12.2034) | RMV | Alstom Coradia iLINT | Hessische Landesbahn |
| RB 15 | Brandoberndorf – Friedrichsdorf – Bad Homburg (– Frankfurt Hbf) | Taunus-Netz (12.2022–12.2034) | RMV | Alstom Coradia iLINT | Hessische Landesbahn |
| RB 16 | Friedberg – Friedrichsdorf (– Bad Homburg) (from 01.04.2023) | Taunus-Netz (12.2022–12.2034) | RMV | Alstom Coradia iLINT | Hessische Landesbahn |
