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.

After problems with maintenance processes due to the poor general condition of the vehicles, there were again significant outages from June 2023, and many trains only ran for a shortened period.

[15] The passenger association Pro Bahn called on the Lower Saxony State Local Transport Company to terminate the contract with Start Niedersachsen-Mitte and prepare for emergency operations.

[21] In December 2022, the takeover of the Taunus network led to significant mobility restrictions in the Hochtaunus district;[22] rail traffic was temporarily completely suspended.

[23] An as yet unspecified IT problem ensured that passengers were not informed about replacement buses either online or on the display boards at the stations during the rail outage.

[23] After months of restrictions due to the increasing deterioration of the hydrogen trains, the RMV has had to award the operation of the RB 11 line to the S-Bahn Rhein-Main instead of to Start Regionalverkehre Deutschland from 25 September 2023 "until further notice".

[24] In December 2021, the Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association (VRR), the Westphalia-Lippe Local Transport Association (NWL) and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Waterways announced that from December 2026, Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland would operate the hourly regional express line Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) between Hamm, Hagen, Wuppertal, Düsseldorf, Mönchengladbach, Venlo and Eindhoven with multi-system-capable Stadler Flirt vehicles.

On 7 July 2023, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt (NASA) awarded Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH the contract for the Saxony-Anhalt diesel network (DISA II)—now with the new name of Mitteldeutschland (Central Germany).

57 Alstom Coradia LINT 41 sets are being used, of which 54 were taken over as part of the tender due to the insolvency proceedings of the previous operator Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschlands, three vehicles are leased.