National Express Group has signed two contracts worth a combined EUR 1bn to operate the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) service in Germany.
They are two of the three contracts that cover RRX services, which operate between cities including Cologne, Dusseldorf and Dortmund, in Germany’s most populous region.
Under the two National Express will operate on Routes RE5, RE6 and Route RE4. The Routes RE5 (Koblenz – Cologne – Dusseldord – Wesel) and RE6 (Cologne/Bonn airport – Cologne – Dusseldorf – Essen – Hamm – Minden), comprises a total of 6m train km and will start in June 2019 and the route RE4 (Aachen – Mönchengladbach – Hagen – Dortmund) comprises a total of 2.4m train km and will start in December 2020.
Both contracts will run until December 2033 and National Express’ services will carry approximately 30 million passengers a year.
In December National Express begins operating the RME service between Krefeld, Cologne, Bonn, Wuppertal and Munster. National Express will carry around 18m passengers per year and generate revenues of around EUR 1.6 billion over the life of the 15-year contract.
National Express is also the preferred bidder for the Nuremberg S-Bahn contract.
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