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› CONTENT

01.   Greeting		                            5

02.   Our Company                           6

03.   Our Networks                         10

04.   Our Quality                          18

05.   Our Employees                        20

06.   Our Services                         23

07.   Our Workshops                        24

08.   Our Vehicles                         26

09.   Our Commitment to Fair Competition   34

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01. Greeting

› Dear reader,

 Abellio has been an integral part of regional rail trans-    Whether in North Rhine-Westphalia, in Lower Saxony, in
 port in Germany for quite some time now. The com-            Central Germany or even in Baden-Württemberg in the
 pany quickly established a name for itself as a leader in    near future: We offer our passengers exceptional quality
 quality on the rails since its founding in 2004 in Essen.    and our employees long-term job security. We serve our
 Our aspiration is to continue to grow dynamically, so        existing route network with a high level of service, hope
 that more passengers across Germany can benefit from         to acquire new services, create jobs and convince even
 the Abellio brand of quality.                                more travellers of the benefits of regional rail transport.
                                                              Together with our partners, we strive to achieve our
 Motivated employees, a first-class service and modern        targets for the benefit of all our passengers, competing
 rail vehicles form the three most fundamental points to      in a fair market environment.
 our resolute commitment to the Abellio strategy. Our
 aim is to offer our passengers a new dimension of quality.   Sincerely
 We want our customers to feel safe and comfortable
 on board our trains and arrive at their destination fully
 relaxed and on time.

 We hope to give you an insight into our company with
 this brochure and say a very warm “Welcome to Abellio"!
 Read more about our developmental background, find           Stephan Krenz
 out interesting facts about our individual route networks    CEO
 and get acquainted with Abellio as an employer.              Abellio Germany

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› Abellio is one of the leading private railway               In Baden-Württemberg, Abellio is currently preparing to
  transport companies in Germany. The company                 commence operations in the Stuttgart network / Neckar
  is headquartered in Berlin and operates rail                valley. Abellio will be transporting passengers between
  networks throughout Germany. Abellio Rail NRW               Tübingen, Pforzheim, Heidelberg and Mannheim from
  GmbH is responsible for operations in Hagen,                2019.
  Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH in Halle,
  Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg GmbH in                      The WestfalenBahn was established in 2005. Abellio has
  Stuttgart as well as WestfalenBahn GmbH in                  been the sole shareholder of the Bielefeld-based company
  Bielefeld.                                                  since 2017. In the Emsland network WestfalenBahn links
                                                              the cities of Münster and Emden and connects Rheine,
                                                              Bielefeld, Hannover and Braunschweig in the Mittelland
                                                              network.
› Abellio in the regions
                                                             › Abellio in Europe
 As Abellio Rail NRW, we operate regional rail trans-
 port services across several rail lines throughout North     Abellio GmbH is the German subsidiary of the Dutch
 Rhine-Westphalia, including the Emscher-Ruhrtal net-         Abellio Transport Holding B.V., which operates as a pri-
 work with Bochum, Wanne-Eickel and Gelsenkirchen as          vate provider of rail and bus services in the Netherlands,
 well as in the Ruhr-Sieg network between Essen, Hagen,       Great Britain as well as Germany, ensuring mobility for
 Iserlohn and Siegen. We have also been running the           millions of passengers. With around 13,000 employees,
 “Der Müngstener” route steeped in tradition since De-        the Abellio Group ensures that more than 1.2 million
 cember 2013, running over Germany’s highest railway          passengers safely reach their destinations every day.
 bridge through the towns of Wuppertal, Remscheid and         In doing so, Abellio focuses on customer-oriented
 Solingen. Since taking up operations in the Lower Rhine      services, modern safety standards and satisfied employ-
 network, Abellio has been travelling across the border       ees. Our parent company, Nederlandse Spoorwegen,
 to the Netherlands since 2017, connecting Arnhem with        guarantees our stability and long-term planning.
 the federal state capital of Düsseldorf. Abellio will be
 responsible for fulfilling the "Rhine-Ruhr-Express" major
 mobility project from 2018 and, with the acquisition of
 the largest batch of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn from 2019,
 it will become the most important transport company
 for commuters living in that area.

 Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH has been ensur-
 ing mobility for those travelling between Kassel, Halle
 (Saale), Leipzig, Eisenach, Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar and
 Saalfeld on the Saale-Thuringia-Südharz electric network
 since 2015. We will also commence passenger oper-
 ations on the Saxony-Anhalt diesel network between
 Harz and Elbe and on to Berlin from 2018.

 At a glance:
 Key figures for Abellio in Germany

  2018                                                        2021

  • 22 lines                                                  • 49 lines
  • 2.535 km total length of line network                     • 5.437 km total length of line network
  • 23.1 million train-kilometres/year                        • 52.5 million train-kilometres/year
  • 113 trains                                                • 275 trains
  • 47,2 million passengers/year                              • 102,2 million passengers/year

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                                                                                                   2004                                2005
                                                                                                 Founding of                        Founding of
                                                                                                Abellio GmbH                        Abellio Rail
                                                                                                   in Essen                         NRW GmbH

     › Abellio – a success story

                             2011
                  The Federal Court of Justice                                                      2010                                2010
                                                                                             Addition of the                      Completion of the
                   delivers a groundbreaking
                                                                                         S 7 "Der Müngstener"                     Workshop in Hagen
                  ruling on procurement law
                        ("Abellio ruling")

                            2012                                  2012                                                                  2013
                                                                Founding of                            2013
                       Addition of the                                                                                              Addition of the
                                                                 Abellio Rail                    Start of operations
                      Saale-Thuringia-                                                                                            Lower Rhine network
                                                         Mitteldeutschland GmbH                       of the S 7
                      Südharz network

                                                                                                                                   Rhine-Ruhr-Express

                                                        2015                                      2015                                   2015
                                                                                              Addition of the                       Addition of the
                                                 Start of operations on
                                                                                              Saxony-Anhalt                        Rhine-Ruhr-Express
                                                  the Saale-Thuringia-
                                                                                              diesel network                         (RE 1 / RE 11)
                                                    Südharz network

          2016
      Addition of the
    Stuttgart network /
       Neckar valley

                                                                               2016                                                                2017
                                                                                                                2016
                                                                           Addition of the                                                  Opening of the
                                                                                                         Start of operations on
                                                                          Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn                                                 Duisburg depot
                                                                                                         Lower Rhine network
                                                                                (lot B)

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                                                                                                                                        2020
                                                                                                                                  Start of operations
                                                                                                                                   of the RE 1 (RRX)

        2005
Start of operations on
 the Emscher-Ruhrtal
        network

                                                                            › We continue to grow dynamically

                                                                             Abellio has been present in Germany since 2004.
                                                                             The company was able to develop into one of the
                                  2007                                       leading private providers of regional rail trans-
                          Start of operations                                port with the highest quality requirements
                           on the Ruhr-Sieg                                  within a very short time. And Abellio will               2019
                                network                                      continue to grow in the years ahead:              Start of operations
                                                                                                                               on the Rhine-Ruhr
                                                                             In North Rhine-Westphalia, Abellio will be
                                                                                                                                     S-Bahn
                                                                             responsible for Rhine-Ruhr-Express services
                                                                             from 2018 and will be running services on the
                                                                             Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn from 2019.

                                                                             Abellio is significantly expanding its presence in central
                                                                             Germany, since the company’s trains will not only run
                                                                             in the Saale-Thuringia-Südharz electric network, but
                                                                             also in the Saxony-Anhalt diesel network from 2018.
                                                                             Thousands of passengers will then be able to travel with
                                                                             us in Harz and Börde as well as between the major cities
               2013                                                          of Erfurt, Magdeburg, Potsdam and Berlin.
      Acquisition of ABRM
    administrative headquarters
       in Central Germany
                                                                             Last but not least, we will also present passegers
                                                                             in Baden-Württemberg with an enhancement
                                                                             in rail travel quality. Abellio will operate the
                                                                             Stuttgart network from 2019 and will set                    2019
                                                                                                                                Start of operations on
                                                                             new quality standards on the tracks between the Stuttgart network /
                                                                             Tübingen and Mannheim along the Neckar                  Neckar valley
                                                        2014
                                                                             valley.
                                                Start of construction
                                                of the Sangerhausen
                                                        depot

                         2015
                  Relocation of the                                                                                                     2018
               corporate headquarters                                                                                             Start of operation
                      to Berlin                                                                                                         of the
                                                                                                                                     RE 11 (RRX)

                                                                                                                                        2018
                                                                                                                                  Start of operation
                                                                                                                                 on the Saxony-Anhalt
                                                                                                                                    diesel network

                                                          2017                                       2017
                                                   Start of cross-border                        Abellio becomes
                                                  services to Arnhem (NL)                      sole shareholder of
                                                                                                 WestfalenBahn

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03. Our Networks

     › Abellio Rail NRW                                               • Emscher-Ruhrtal network (since 2005)

      Abellio Rail NRW GmbH is a North Rhine-Westphalian                 - Line RB 46: Bochum – Wanne-Eickel – Gelsenkirchen
      railway operating company and subsidiary of the Ger-               - 16 km line length with 6 stations
      man company Abellio GmbH with lines in the Lower                   - 400,000 train-kilometres/year
      Rhine network (Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf –
                                                                         - 22,200 train journeys/year
      Wesel – Bocholt – Arnhem), in the Ruhr-Sieg network
      (Essen – Hagen – Iserlohn – Siegen), in the Emscher-Ruhr           - 2 two-part diesel-driven “Coradia LINT” trains by Alstom
      network (Bochum – Gelsenkirchen) and the S 7 (Solingen –
      Remscheid – Wuppertal). The initial operation of the            • Ruhr-Sieg network (since 2005 / 2007)
      Rhine-Ruhr-Express (RRX) with lines RE 11 and RE 1 and            - Lines RE 16, RB 40 and RB 91
      a capacity of approx. 6.2 million train-kilometres per
                                                                      		 Essen – Hagen – Iserlohn/Siegen
      year will successively follow starting December 2018.
      The routes of the lines S 2, S 3, S 9, RB 32, RB 40 and            - 312 km line length with 27 stations
      RE 49 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn will expand the com-                - approx. 3.7 million train-kilometres/year
      pany's service portfolio with an additional 7.1 million            - approx. 60,000 train journeys/year
      train-kilometres per year from the end of 2019. This will          - approx. 8.5 million passengers/year
      result in a total capacity of over 20 million train-kilo-
                                                                        - 17 two or three-part “FLIRT” electrical multiple units
      metres per year starting in 2020. Abellio will therefore
                                                                      		 by Stadler
      set the pace for millions of commuters in the Ruhr area.

                            Rainer Blüm
                            Chairman of the Board
                            Abellio Rail NRW GmbH

                             “Abellio Rail NRW is well-known       and commitment each and every day. We can also
                             in North Rhine-Westphalia as a        thank them for helping us to achieve a promising future
                             leader in quality, living up to all   with impressive growth through until 2020. We are
      our expectations. Our excellent performance in the quality   part of an inspiring mobility project in the state with the
      reports of the NWL and VRR client bodies since 2014 is       Rhine-Ruhr-Express, to which all eyes are turned. We are
      the best proof of this. Above all, we owe a great deal of    highly motivated and will do everything in our power to
      gratitude to our colleagues for this, who are dedicated      maintain the trust placed in us and our excellent reputa-
      to helping our passengers on the railways with passion       tion on the railways in the coming years.”

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03. Our Networks
           NIEDERLANDE

Arnhem
                                                                                                  NRW
         Zevenaar

                Emmerich                                                         Bocholt
                                                                                      Haltern
                                                                                      am See
                                                RE19                   Hamminkeln
                                                              RE19
                                                              RB32
                                                                               Marl                                      Hamm            Soest           Lippstadt        Paderborn
                                                                   Gladbeck S9      Recklinghausen
                                              Wesel                                   S9                                                                                  RE11                     Altenbeken
                                           Dinslaken                 Bottrop                             S2       RE11
                                                                                         Herne
                                                              RE49                                     RB32
                                                                                  Gelsenkirchen                   RE1
                                     Oberhausen                             S2         RB46

                                           Duisburg                         Essen      RE11
                                                                                                                                                                                                Warburg                      Hofgeismar
                                                                               RE1
                                                                                       RE16
                                                                                                              Dortmund
                                                                               RB40
                                                                Mül-                          Bochum            Hagen                                                                                                        RE11
                                                       RE19
                                                                heim                   S3
                              Krefeld                           (Ruhr)
                                                                     RE49
                                                                                       Hattingen                                                                                                                             Kassel
                                                               RE1
                                   RB35
                                           Düsseldorf                            Wuppertal                                RB91
                                                                                                                                 RE16           Iserlohn
                                                                                          S9
                                           Flughafen                                            Letmathe
                                          Düsseldorf

                                                                                                                                                                                                   HESSEN
             Mönchengladbach                                                                                                                Lennestadt-
                                                                            S7                                                              Meggen

                                                                      Solingen             Remscheid
                                          Leverkusen                                                                                     RB91

                                                                                                                                  RE16
                                                                     Köln
                                                                                                                                                Siegen
                    Aachen              Düren
                             RE1

                • “Der Müngstener”                                                                               • Rhine-Ruhr-Express
                  (since 2013)                                                                                     (starting December 2018 / June 2020)

                  -     Line S 7:                                                                                  - Line RE 11 and RE 1:
                		      Wuppertal – Remscheid – Solingen                                                         		 Aachen – Hamm / Düsseldorf – Kassel
                    -   60 km line length with 16 stations                                                         - 511 km line length with 38 stations
                    -   1.5 million train-kilometres/year                                                          - 6.2 million train-kilometres/year
                    -   37,000 train journeys/year                                                                 - 34,000 train journeys/year
                    -   approx. 4.75 million passengers/year                                                       - 29 electrical “Desiro HC” trains (Siemens)
                  -     9 two-part diesel-driven “Coradia LINT” trains
                		      by Alstom
                                      RHEINLAND- • Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (from December 2019)
                • Lower Rhine network
                  (since 2016)        PFALZ         - Lines RB 32, RB 40, RE 49, S 2, S 3, S 9
                                                    - 399 km line length with 90 stations
                                                                                                                    - 7.1 million train-kilometres/year
                  -     Lines RE 19, RB 32 and RB 35:
                		      Düsseldorf – Mönchengladbach – Duisburg –                                                   - 133,650 train journeys/year
                		      Wesel – Arnhem                                                                              - 29 “FLIRT³” electrical multiple units by Stadler
                    -   221 km line length with 36 stations
                    -   2.6 million train-kilometres/year                                                        • Ruhr-Sieg network II (starting in December 2019)
                    -   35,300 train journeys/year                                                                  - Line RE 16 and RB 91: Essen – Hagen – Iserlohn – Siegen
                                                                                                                                               Mannheim
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Eberbach
                    -   7.4 million passengers/year                                                                 - Line RB 46: Bochum – Wanne-Eickel – Gelsenkirchen

                                                          SAARLAND
                  - 21 five-part electrical multiple units „FLIRT3“
                		 by Stadler and a diesel-driven “Coradia LINT“ train
                                                                                                                    - 283 km line length with 31 stations
                                                                                                                    - 3.4 million train-kilometres/year
                                                                                                                                                                Heidelberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                            RE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Adel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                O

                		 by Alstom                                                                                                                                                                       Mosbach
                                                                                                                    - 50,000 train journeys/year                                          RE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Möckmühl
                                                                                                                                            Wiesloch-electrical railcars (Stadler)
                                                                                                                   - 17 two- or three-part “FLIRT”
                                                                                                                                            Walldorf
                                                                                                                 		 and a diesel-driven “Coradia LINT” trains (Alstom)                                                     Bad Friedrichshall
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Sinsheim
                                                                                                                                                                                 RB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    11   Öhring
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Heilbronn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 RE

                                                                                                                                                                     Bruchsal         Bretten                         RB
03. Our Networks

     › Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland

      Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland has been operating in       Leipzig to Erfurt and Saalfeld. With administrative head-
      the Saale-Thuringia-Südharz electronic network since       quarters in Halle and a newly constructed workshop in
      2015, covering eleven lines with a line lenght of 1,298    Sangerhausen, Abellio is strongly represented in central
      kilometres, accumulating a traffic volume of 9.5 million   Germany and will continue to grow further since from
      train-kilometres/year. The connections extend from Halle   December 2018, Abellio will also operate the Saxony-
      (Saale) to Erfurt, Eisenach and Kassel as well as from     Anhalt diesel network.

                           Carmen Maria Parrino
                           Chairwoman of the Board
                           Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH

                           “As the rail company covering         mobility with a feel-good factor. We consider ourselves
                           central Germany, we offer our         an attractive employer (in the region) and work as a
                           passengers reliable and modern        team with a high degree of personal responsibility."

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VORPOMMERN

                           HAMBURG
                      03. Our Networks

                                                                                                    SACHSEN-
                                                                                                    ANHALT                                                    Stendal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             BERLIN     Berlin
                                                                                                                                 Gardelegen                                                                                             Ostbahnhof
                                                                                                                   RB13

                                                                        Wolfsburg                                                                                                                 RE11a

                                                                                              Oebisfelde           RB36                                                             Genthin                                   Potsdam
                                                                                                                   RE6           Haldensleben

                                                                                                                                                                                                           BRANDENBURG
                                                                                                                                                                     Burg

                                                                                                                                                       Magdeburg
                                                                                                          Oschersleben
                                                                                                                          RB43
                                                                                                                                                               Schönebeck
                                                                                                                                                               (Elbe)
                                                              Goslar                                                                          RB41
                                                                                                                                                        RB48

                 NIEDER-
                                                                                                                                                RE10
                                                                                                                   Halberstadt
                                                                        RE21                                                                                       Calbe
                                                                                        RE4       RE31

                 SACHSEN
                                                             Wernigerode                                  RE11              RE24              Staßfurt               Bernburg            Köthen           Dessau
                                                                                                                      RB44                                                       RB50
                                                                                  Blankenburg              Quedlinburg                        Güsten

                                                                                               Thale                       Aschers-                                       Könnern
                                                                                                                             leben
                                                                                                                                              Sanders-
                                                                                                                                                                          RE4     RE47
                                                                                                                                              leben

                                                                                                                 Sanger-                Lutherstadt                     Halle
                                                         Leinefelde                    Nordhausen                 hausen                Eisleben                      (Saale)
                                                               RB51
                                                                                                    RE9
                       Hann.                                           RE19                                                                            RE19
                                                                                                                                                                          RB75
                       Münden
                                             Heilbad                           Wolkrams-                                                                                                                           Leipzig
                                             Heiligenstadt                     hausen                                                                       Merseburg
       Kassel   RE9                                                                                    Artern

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               SACHSEN
                                                                                                                                                RB77
                                                                                                                                                         Großkorbetha                               Markranstädt
                                Eichenberg                                                                                           Wangen
                                                                                                                    RB59             (Unstrut)
                                                                                                                                                                                     Weißenfels
                                                                                                            RE10                 Freyburg (Unstrut)                                    Naumburg Ost
                                                                                                                                                                                 Naumburg (Saale)
                                                                                                                                                                     18

       HESSEN
                                                                                                                                                              20
                                                                                                                                                                   RE

                                                                                                                            Großheringen
                                                                                                                                                            RB

                                                                                         Sömmerda
                                                                                                                                                 17
                                                                                                                                               RE
                                                                                                                                         16

                                                                                                                      Apolda
                                                                                                                                       RE

                                                                                                                                                     RB24

                                              Eisenach                 Gotha                                     Weimar                                            Jena
                                                                                RB20

                                                                                                     Erfurt                                                   RE15

                                                                  THÜRINGEN                                                                            Saalfeld ( Saale )

                      • Saale-Thuringia-Südharz network (since 2015)                                                                          • Saxony-Anhalt diesel network (from December 2018)

                        - 11 lines (RE 9, RE 16, RE 17, RE 18, RE 19, SE 15,                                                                    - 16 lines (RE 4, RE 6, RE 10, RE 11, RE 21,
                      		 RB 20, RB 24, RB 51, RB 59, RB 75)                                                                                   		 RE 24, RE 31, RB 43, RB 35, RB 36, RB 41, RB 44,
                         - 1,298 km line length                                                                                               		 RB 47, RB 48, RB 50, RB 77)
                         - 9.5 million train-kilometres/year                                                                                         - 1,422 km line length with 140 stations
                         - 8.5 million passengers/year                                                                                               - 9 million train-kilometres/year
                        - 35 electrical multiple units of the Talent 2 variant                                                                       - 2.5 million passengers/year
                      		 by Bombardier                                                                                                               - 54 diesel-driven “Coradia LINT” 41 trains by Alstom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     13
bach

                      Osterburken
14
Oschersleben
                                                                                                           RE70
                                                                                                                                Herford                                                                                                                                RB43
                                          RB65
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              RE
                                                           RB66                                              RB61
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Goslar

       NRW                                                                    Bielefeld
                                                                                                                         RE72
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 RE21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           RE4     RE31
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Halbersta

                                         03. Our Networks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Wernigerode                             RE11            RE24
            Bocholt                                 Münster
                              Haltern
                              am See                                                                                                                                                                                                    Blankenburg          Quedlinburg
   Hamminkeln
           Marl                                          Hamm     Soest     Lippstadt          Paderborn                                                                                                                                                                Asch
 adbeck S9      Recklinghausen                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Thale
                 S9                                                                            RE11                             Altenbeken                                                                                                                                le

 ottrop                             S2            RE11
                    Herne
                                  RB32
             Gelsenkirchen                         RE1
       S2         RB46
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Sanger-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Leinefelde             Nordhausen                hausen
       Essen
          RE1
          RB40
                  RE11
                  RE16
                                  › Abellio
                                     Dortmund Rail Baden-Württemberg                                                     Warburg                           Hofgeismar
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RB51
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      RE9
                         Bochum                  Hagen                                                                                                    RE11                    Hann.                                         RE19

m                                                                                                                                                                                 Münden
                  S3
                                         Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg GmbH will operate                                                                                            Heilbad
                                                                                                                                                    Württemberg will be the ninth German                    Wolkrams-
                                                                                                                                                                                                state in which
 r)                                                                                                                                                                                  Heiligenstadt          hausen
                  Hattingen                                                                                                                             Kassel                                                                                           Artern
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            Wuppertal         along the RB91
                                        Neckar
                                             RE16
                                                  valley  as part of the Stuttgart network
                                                   Iserlohn                                                                                         our aspiring rail company will begin operations.
                                                                                                                                                                  RE9

                     S9
                           Letmathe
                              from 2019. We will traverse 7.3 million train kilometres                                                                                                     Eichenberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     RB59

                                         per year along the 615 km line network with 98 stations.                                                   We look forward to welcoming millions of new passengers
                                                                     Lennestadt-                                                                                                                                                                              RE10           Fre
       S7                                                            Meggen                                                                         on board our brand-new trains in Baden-Württemberg!
  olingen             Remscheid          Around 250 new colleagues will join the Abellio team                                                                                                                                               Sömmerda                        Gro
                                                            RB91
                                         in Baden-Württemberg and 52 trains of the Talent 2                                                              • Stuttgart network / Neckar valley (from June 2019)
                                         variant by manufacturer
                                                       RE16             Bombardier will be put into                                                            - Lines:                                                                                               Apolda
  ln
                                         operation in Germany’s       South
                                                                 Siegen     West.                                                                                                                       Eisenach                Gotha                              Weimar
                                                                                                                                                         		• Stuttgart – Mühlacker – Pforzheim/Bruchsal –
                                                                                                                                                                                                      RB20
                                                                                                                                                         			 Heidelberg (starting in June 2019)
                                         Passengers in Baden-Württemberg will be able to                                                                                                                                                              Erfurt

                                                                                                                  HESSEN
                                                                                                                                                         		• Stuttgart – Heilbronn – Mannheim/Osterburken
                                         benefit from the quality standards of Abellio in the
                                                                                                                                                         			 (starting in December 2019)
                                         future. We will work hard to implement the quality
                                         leadership on the rails between Tübingen and Mann-
                                                                                                                                                                  •   Stuttgart – Tübingen (starting in June 2020)
                                                                                                                                                               - 615 km line network with 98 stations
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          THÜRINGEN
                                         heim already seen in other German states. Baden-
                                                                                                                                                               - 7.3 million train-kilometres/year
                                                                                                                                                               - 52 E Talent 2 electrical multiple units by Bombardier

                                                                          Dr. Roman Müller
                                                                          Chairman of the Board
                                                                          Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg GmbH

EINLAND-                  “Abellio comes to Baden-
                          Württemberg. This entails more
                                                                                                                                                    the Stuttgart network / Neckar valley from June 2019.
                                                                                                                                                    The service quality, for which Abellio has already been
ALZ   services, more comfort and more reliability for our
      future passengers. Motivated employees in brand-
                                                                                                                                                    distinguished by multiple awards, will also impress our
                                                                                                                                                    passengers in Baden-Wurttemberg. Our entire team is
                                         new, comfortable trains will make rail travel a pleasure                                                   working hard to make this a reality.”
                                         again when Abellio starts operations on the lines in

                                                                                           Mannheim
                                                                                                                                 Eberbach

AARLAND                                                                               Heidelberg
                                                                                                                                       RE
                                                                                                                                                                             Osterburken
                                                                                                                                                                         Adelsheim

                                                                                                                                Mosbach
                                                                                                                    RE
                                                                                                                                                                 Möckmühl
                                                                                      Wiesloch-
                                                                                      Walldorf

                                                                                                      RB
                                                                                                                           Sinsheim
                                                                                                                                                        Bad Friedrichshall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      BA
                                                                                                                                 Heilbronn                             Öhringen-Cappel

                                                                                                                                              RE

                                                                                          Bruchsal           Bretten                               RB

                                                                      Wilferdingen-                                             Vaihingen
                                                                      Singen
                                                                                                                                      RB                Bietigheim-Bissingen
                                                                                                             RB
                                                                                                                     Mühlacker
                                                                                                                                                        Ludwigsburg
                                                                                      Pforzheim

                                                                                                                                                                      Stuttgart-
                                                                                                                                  Stuttgart                           Bad Cannstatt
                                                                                                                                                                 RE
                                                                     Bad Wildbad                                                                           IRE
                                                                                                                                                                      Esslingen

                                                   BADEN-
                                                                                                                                                          RE

                                                   WÜRTTEMBERG                                                    Tübingen                     Reutlingen
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03. Our Networks

     › WestfalenBahn
      WestfalenBahn GmbH was founded by Abellio and                  • Ems- and Mittelland network (since 2015)
      three municipal partners in 2005. Abellio has been the
      sole shareholder since 2017.                                      - RE 15, RE 60 and RE 70
                                                                        - 628 km line length with 58 stations
      The railway company, with its headquarters in Bielefeld,          - 20.0 million passengers/year
      connects the cities of Helmstedt, Braunschweig and
                                                                        - 5.86 million train-kilometres/year
      Hanover with Bielefeld and Rheine on the Emsland and
      Mittelland express lines. There is also a direct connec-         - 15 four-part electrical multiple units “FLIRT3” and
      tion to Emden (Außenhafen) via Meppen and Leer from            		 13 six-part “KISS” double-decker multiple units
      Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia.                             		 by Stadler

                           Thomas Kopp
                           CEO
                           WestfalenBahn GmbH

                           "The WestfalenBahn’s motto is:         hensive customer support and advice as well as punctu-
                           'simply efficient travel'. We there-   ality and reliability throughout our route network. The
                           fore offer you modern, safe vehi-      focus of our daily work lies solely in fulfilling the high
                           cles and well-trained employees.       quality and service expectations of our customers, both
                           In addition, we provide compre-        now and in the future."

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HAMBURG
     Emden

             RE15

                     Leer

                                      BREMEN

                                                                                                 NIEDER-
                     Meppen
                                                                                                 SACHSEN
             RE15

                    Rheine            Osnabrück         Kirchlengern   Löhne Minden (Westf)        Hannover          Braunschweig   Helmstedt
                             RE60                                                                             RE60
                                                                                          RE70

                                                             RE70

                                            Bielefeld

                            Münster
                                                                    NRW

                                                                    HESSEN
                                                                                                                         THÜRINGEN

HEINLAND-
 ALZ                                                                                                                                            17
04. Our Quality

     › True to our slogan “Beyond a-to-b”, our passengers             Our quality standards
       should arrive at their destination safely, on-time
       and relaxed. This is the principle we follow each              › We provide convenient information relevant for
       and every day. The motivation of all employees                   passengers, in a transparent and timely manner.
       at Abellio is to offer an excellent level of quality
       every day.                                                     › We are reliable and do our very best to achieve the
                                                                        maximum punctuality of our trains.
      We offer our passengers a service which goes beyond the
      pure operation of passenger trains and the transport of         › Our personnel are competent, motivated and
      passengers: our goal is to improve the travel experience          customer-oriented.
      of our customers and the quality of life in each of the
      regions. We focus our attention on the interaction of           › Our modern trains with spacious passenger areas are
      motivated personnel, the highest safety standards, the            state-of-the-art and enable comfortable and fully
      latest technology and a comprehensive service.                    accessible travel.

      We want our passengers to feel comfortable. Constant            › We reliably ensure the safety of our passengers with
      friendliness, cleanliness and attention to detail form an         a certified safety management system, our own regional
      integral part of our philosophy. We know: Everyone has            workshops and regular further training of our employees.
      different needs. Therefore, we try to meet the individual
      needs of our passengers. We actively seek interaction           › We offer an outstanding service with a comprehensive
      and take the requirements of our passengers very                  range of extras, such as regional customer centres,
      seriously.                                                        toll-free hotline and generous refund arrangements.

        Special service provider PTS GmbH ensures
        cleanliness and safety on the trains
        PTS GmbH has been a subsidiary of Abellio GmbH since           company's own service provider PTS cleans the entire
        2004 and operates at 14 locations across Germany as            system infrastructure professionally and with cutting
        a specialist service provider for the entire rail passenger    edge cleaning technology. Of course, this also includes
        transport sector. Numerous municipal and private trans-        the quick and professional removal of graffiti. In addi-
        port companies in the regions of North Rhine-West-             tion, the employees ensure safety in and around train
        phalia, Hesse, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palati-            stations and vehicles. They monitor stations, secure
        nate and Saxony-Anhalt already rely on the experience          depots and provide assistance to the passengers on site.
        and quality of PTS.                                            With cutting-edge technology, many years of expertise
                                                                       in the fields of alarm activation and video monitoring,
        The 300 employees are responsible for making sure that         as well as in the implementation of classic surveillance
        the trains are thoroughly and reliably cleaned. Customer       services and the provision of security guards, PTS can
        centres, operating facilities or railway stations – the        ensure that property is secured.

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Our service strategy is successful: Regular quality reports       cated Abellio second place in the VRR region. Abellio is the
prove that Abellio constantly achieves "good" to "very            leader in the categories of passenger information, seating,
good" results in different rankings covering the categories       punctuality and train attendants.
of punctuality, cleanliness, service and customer satisfaction
and takes top positions in the overall ranking.                   The excellent performance achieved by Abellio in the quality
                                                                  tests undertaken by different transport associations, the ITF
The Regional Transport Association of Westphalia-Lippe            NRW Competence Centre (KCITF) and FOCUSMONEY, is
(NWL) once again honoured Abellio with the Golden                 the reward for all our efforts and motivation. We will not
Medal for Quality Leadership in 2017. Abellio was able to         cease to continue offering our customers outstanding quali-
successfully defend the victory achieved in the NWL quality       ty and to continuously improve upon our service portfolio.
ranking as a result. For the fourth time in a row, Abellio
was the leader in the three categories: punctuality of arrival,   In 2016 and 2017, Abellio employees took first place in the
provision of services and condition of vehicles. Abellio even     prestigious “Eisenbahner mit Herz” [Big-hearted Rail Em-
received top marks across all categories in the 2017 quality      ployee] competition for their prudent and customer-oriented
rankings of the Rhine Ruhr Public Transport Authority (VRR).      actions.
Punctual journeys, good condition of the vehicles and
exceptional service were the decisive factors among our cus-      Our ‘Big-hearted Rail Employees’ and all our colleagues are
tomers according to the VRR report. Overall, the passengers       committed day after day to ensuring that travelling with
evaluated their total satisfaction as “Very good” and allo-       Abellio is more than just getting from A to B.
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05. Our Employees

     › It is our aim to offer our passengers a first-class
       service each and every day. In doing so, we concen-
                                                                     We live the Abellio Way
       trate on well-trained and motivated personnel.
                                                                     The four core values of the “AbellioWay” form the
       We consider satisfied employees a fundamental factor          basis for us and describe how we work together.
       for outstanding services and contented customers. Our         For our customers and other interested parties, they
       fair working conditions contribute to a high level of         constitute the framework of what they can expect to
       employee satisfaction, which goes hand-in-hand with           achieve by cooperating with us.
       a high standard of operating performance. Our annual
       employee surveys confirm: The atmosphere in the Abellio       › Being professional for us means taking respon-
       teams is good. The employees are behind the values              sibility and giving everything we can for a smoothly
       that Abellio embodies. Four out of five employees would         functioning system.
       recommend the company as an excellent employer.
                                                                     › The fact that we are proactive is especially reflected
       As a responsible employer, we understand the impor-             in our forward thinking, innovative approaches that
       tance of the safety and health protection of our em-            invite collaboration.
       ployees. This also includes reintegration after long-term
       illnesses and support with post-traumatic stress disorders.   › To us, being authentic means a respectful and
                                                                       open approach as well as straightforwardness of
       We offer attractive apprenticeships for school leavers and      words and actions.
       graduates. Workers with industry experience are just as
       important to us as those seeking a career change. We          › We look beyond first impressions and support
       support job seekers with qualification opportunities.           diversity. Therein lies our understanding and
                                                                       forward approach to holistic orientation.

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06. Our Services

› On the fast track with Abellio                               › Become a part of the Abellio team
 Abellio is growing: We will take up operations in the          We focus on the regions in which we serve when
 Saxony-Anhalt diesel network, in the Stuttgart network         recruiting personnel. In doing so we want to recruit
 as well as with the Rhine-Ruhr-Express and Rhine-Ruhr          experienced specialists from previous operators and
 S-Bahn in the coming years. We therefore require com-          train non-specialist lateral entrants to a qualified level.
 petent and committed employees not just for our new            The collective industrial trade agreement valid across
 routes, but for existing networks too. The current plan        Germany and concluded together with other major rail
 foresees more than 800 new jobs in the years ahead.            transport companies and the Eisenbahn- und Verkehrs-
                                                                gewerkschaft (EVG) [German Railway and Transport
                                                                Union] contains an in-house collective agreement
                                                                including framework and collective wage agreement.
                                                                We have also concluded a Group framework collective
                                                                agreement as well as in-house collective agreements
                                                                with the Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer
                                                                ["German Train Drivers' Union"] (GDL). Our trainees can
                                                                also expect a training wage agreement and – for later
                                                                on – a company pension scheme.

                                                                Yet, Abellio is not only the perfect choice for experi-
                                                                enced colleagues. Abellio is also one of the best employ-
                                                                ers for young career starters in Germany.
                                                                Abellio has already been awarded the “ABSOLVENTA”
                                                                seal for fair and career-promoting trainee programs
                                                                many times. Abellio Rail NRW has once again been
                                                                recognized by mobifair Zertifizierungs- und Beratungs-
                                                                GmbH for compliance with fair working conditions and
                                                                exemplary pay and social standards.

 › Building blocks for the highest
   employee satisfaction:
   › Collective trade agreements                                › Workplace related health protection

   • Industry collective agreement SPNV and in-house 		         • Regular occupational health examinations
     collective agreements with the Eisenbahn-Verkehrs-         • Suitability examinations and preventive health
     gewerkschaft EVG                                             check-ups, preventive vaccinations
   • Group framework collective agreement as well as            • Reintegration measures and support programs
     in-house collective agreements with the Gewerk-
     schaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer GDL                       › Safety at the workplace
   • Collective trade agreements for training and
     company pension scheme                                     • Safety and Health at Work Commission
                                                                • Specialists for occupational safety and
   › Training and further development                             safety officers
                                                                • First aiders and fire safety officers
   • Chamber of Industry and Commerce training
     company railway worker in operational service,
                                                                › Certifications
     mechatronics technician as well as transport service
     merchant                                                   • mobifair – social certificate
   • Qualification measures for job                             • “ABSOLVENTA” seal for a fair and
     seekers and older employees                                  career-promoting trainee program
   • Regular further training and                               • Certified energy management system
     experience exchanges                                         in accordance with ISO 50001:2011

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07. Our Workshops

     › The safety of our passengers on board our modern,           on the Ruhr-Sieg network, the premises was sold to
       comfortable railcars is the number one priority             Abellio Rail NRW, which built an ultra-modern servicing
       for us. Our trains are maintained by our qualified          centre in it’s place. Since then, a vehicle exterior clean-
       personnel in our very own rail depots in Duisburg           ing facility with wash water treatment facility, a mobile
       and in Hagen (North Rhine-Westphalia) as well               lifting system to raise trains and a roof working struc-
       as Sangerhausen (Saxony-Anhalt). We are also                ture have become an indispensable part of the Abellio
       currently building an additional state-of-the-art           workshop. The workshop building leaves nothing to be
       rail depot in Pforzheim (Baden-Württemberg). The            desired in terms of technology, equipment and infra-
       WestfalenBahn maintains its trains in Minden and            structure.
       Rheine.

     › Sangerhausen depot                                         › Duisburg depot
      The area immediately adjacent to Sangerhausen station        A two-track combined servicing and washing hall with a
      is the technical heart of Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland.    total length of 105 metres has been built at the Abellio
      The site was deliberately chosen because the town is         site in Duisburg near the main railway station, covering
      situated in the middle of the Saale-Thuringia-Südharz        an area of 5,000 square metres. A three-floor adminis-
      network, thus reducing the distance covered to all           trative and social wing, as well as a high-bay warehouse
      points on the route. The ultra-modern maintenance            construction, has been built alongside. Twenty-one
      workshop facilitates all kinds of maintenance and repair     electrical multiple units for the Lower Rhine network will
      work, from the roof to the train interior through to         be serviced there.
      work on the vehicle floor. External cleaning facilities
      and parking areas for trains are found to the east of
      the two-part facility, which Abellio built in the years
                                                                  › Pforzheim depot
      2014/2015. The western side accommodates the 120m
                                                                   Abellio is building a new railway depot for the Stutt-
      long workshop hall.
                                                                   gart network in Pforzheim. Our trains for the Stuttgart
                                                                   network / Neckar valley will be serviced in the modern
     › Hagen depot                                                 new workshop. Abellio is building on the long-standing
                                                                   rail tradition at this location by deciding to construct the
      The present operational premises of Abellio Rail NRW in      new building here, including the workshop hall with
      Hagen-Eckesey has been used for railway operations for       lifting equipment, roof working structure, storage areas
      over 100 years. In the run up to the start of operation      and railway sidings.

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07. Our Workshops

› Rheine depot
 WestfalenBahn GmbH has had a workshop in Rheine
 since 2007. The facility has everything that is necessary
 to repair and maintain the vehicles. An elevated track
 with side working pits facilitates easy maintenance of
 the vehicles and regular brake inspections on the under-
 side of the vehicle body. The second hall track has a to-
 tal of twelve lifting jacks with which the vehicles, which
 may be up to 90 metres long, can be raised completely.
 A fixed roof working structure covering the entire 90
 metres facilitates maintenance work on the vehicle roof.
 This enables important vehicle components such as
 transformers, air conditioning systems and air compres-
 sors to be reached. An external washing system ensures
 that the exteriors of the vehicles are kept clean. The
 washing water is collected and has a 95 percent reuse
 factor.

› Minden depot
 The Minden depot, which was opened in 2015, is the
 maintenance location for WestfalenBahn's KISS railcars.
 With a total length of 173 metres and two mainte-
 nance tracks, the depot offers optimum conditions for
 the maintenance of the 156-metre-long double-decker
 trains. An existing warehouse from the 1980s was
 integrated into the new hall. An office and social wing
 incl. training rooms for drivers and customer advisors is
 situated next to the workshop.

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08. Our Vehicles

     Abellio only uses trains that meet the modern comfort     and FLIRT (Stadler) vehicles are currently being used on
     and technological standards. We place particularly high   our routes in North Rhine-Westphalia. In central Germa-
     importance on safety and the greatest possible mobility   ny, we use the brand new Talent 2 (Bombardier) railcars,
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     through disabled-friendly travel. Coradia LINT (Alstom)   which we will also operate in Baden-Württemberg.
08. Our Vehicles

› Bombardier TALENT 2

 Abellio has 35 "Talent 2" trains in operation within the       Talbot light suburban motor-coach) is accessed on
 Saale-Thuringia-Südharz network. These were                    platform level via gap bridging / step. Wheelchairs use a
 produced by the rail vehicle manufacturer Bombardier.          mobile ramp if access is not at platform level. Access to
 All vehicles are air-conditioned and feature comforta-         the toilets is at ground level.
 ble seats with spacious legroom. There are innovative
 lounges for groups, power outlets at the seats and             The first Abellio Talent 2 in the STS network was given the
 signal amplifiers for mobile phones. Ticket machines           name "Wartburg". A second train carries the name of
 and screens with the current schedule and connection           the reformers Martin Luther and Thomas Müntzer through
 times also feature on board. The Talent (abbreviation of:      central Germany. Abellio will also implement modern
 “Talbot leichter Nahverkehrstriebwagen”, in English:           Talent 2 trains into the Stuttgart network from 2019.

 • Comfortable seating                                          • Information monitors with displays of timetable
 • Disabled access from the majority of        		    schedule and connections, partly with actual values
   platforms (depending on the platform height),     (current, dynamic passenger information)
   access via a mobile ramp to other access points • Ticket machines in all vehicles
 • Easily accessible toilet for the disabled in all vehicles    • Mobile signal amplifiers in individual
 • Space for wheelchairs, prams and bikes                         carriage sections
 • Air conditioning in all vehicles                             • Video surveillance and air conditioning in
                                                                  all vehicles
 • On-board power sockets

      Technical data
                              Talent 2 EMU 3        Talent 2 EMU 5     Talent 2 EMU 3      Talent 2 EMU 5
                              (STS network)         (STS network)      (Stuttgart network) (Stuttgart network)

 Number                       20                    15                 26                    26
 Length                       56,200 mm             88,400 mm          56,200 mm             88,400 mm
 Width                        2,926 mm              2,926 mm           2,926 mm              2,926 mm
 Access height                600 mm                600 mm             600 mm                600 mm
 Drive capacity               2,020 kW              3,030 kW           2,020 kW              3,030 kW
 Top speed                    160 km/h              160 km/h           160 km/h              160 km/h
 Number of seats              135                   225                163                   273
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08. Our Vehicles

› Alstom Coradia LINT

 The diesel rail cars in the silver-black-red Abellio design       2005 and on the S 7 between Wuppertal and Solin-
 set new standards in terms of comfort and dynamics.               gen since 2013. In addition, the vehicle is currently
 The Coradia LINT 41 by Alstom consists of two carriage            also being used on the RB 32 line in the Lower Rhine
 segments, which are supported on a Jacobs bogie in the            network. Fifty-four additional Coradia LINT will also
 middle of the train. The LINT (abbreviation of: “Leichte          start operations from December 2018 - namely in the
 Innovative Nahverkehrstriebwagen” in English: light               Saxony-Anhalt diesel network. The LINT vehicles on the
 innovative suburban motor-coach) has been in operation            RB 46 are named after the cities of Bochum, Herne and
 on the Bochum – Gelsenkirchen line since December                 Gelsenkirchen.

 • Bright, friendly passenger areas                                • Audible and visual stop information
 • Air conditioning                                                • Wheelchair ramp
 • Video recording in the vehicles                                 • Emergency call device
 • Emergency intercoms                                             • Disabled-friendly vehicle design, especially
 • Spacious multifunctional compartments                             the toilet facilities
 • 130/110 seating places                                          • Toilets equipped with changing table
 • Nine or twelve bike storage spaces

      Technical data
                                  LINT 41                      LINT 41                 LINT 41
                                  (RB 46 and RB 32)            (S 7)                   (DISA)

 Number                           3                            9                       54
 Length                           41,810 mm                    42,170 mm               42,170 mm
 Width                            2,750 mm                     2,750 mm                2,750 mm
 Access height                    780 mm                       800 mm                  630 mm
 Drive capacity                   2 x 315kW                    2 x 390 kW              2 x 390 kW
 Top speed                        120 km/h                     140 km/h                140 km/h
 Number of seats                  130                          130                     110
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08. Our Vehicles

› Stadler FLIRT

 The electric low-floor trains by Stadler not only ensure   multifunctional compartments. The "Fast Light Inno-
 easy access thanks to the low boarding height, but         vative Regional Train (FLIRT)" is already in operation in
 convince primarily due to their high level of comfort,     the Ruhr-Sieg network, Lower Rhine network and the
 their safety and the unmistakably friendly design.         Emsland network. In addition, the FLIRT will also be
 Passengers especially value the single level passageway    used in the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network in the future.
 of the passenger compartment as well as the spacious

 • Bright, friendly passenger areas                         • Up to 24 bicycle parking spaces
 • Air conditioning                                         • Audible and visual stop information
 • Video surveillance in the vehicles                       • For easy access - sliding steps as well as gap bridging
 • Emergency intercoms                                      • Disabled-friendly, vehicle design, especially the
 • Spacious multifunctional compartments                      toilet facilities
 • Single level passageway in the passenger compartment     • Toilets equipped with changing table
 • 90 % low-floor area                                      • Power outlets and reading lights in selected places

      Technical data
                      FLIRT EMU 2         FLIRT EMU 3         FLIRT³ EMU 4      FLIRT³ EMU 5          FLIRT³ XL
                      (Ruhr-Sieg network) (Ruhr-Sieg network) (Emsland network) (Lower Rhine network) (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

 Number               8                    9                   15                  21                        29
 Length               42,066 mm            58,166 mm          74,700 mm            90,800 mm                 106,200 / 67,600 mm
 Width                2,880 mm             2,880 mm           2,880 mm             2,880 mm                  2,820 mm
 Access height        780 mm               780 mm             780 mm               780 mm                    780 mm
 Drive capacity       1,300 kW             2,600 kW           2,720 kW             2,720 kW                  4 x 680 kW
 Top speed            140 km/h            160 km/h            160 km/h             160 km/h                  160 km/h
 Number of seats      116                 181                 215                  259                       296 /180
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08. Our Vehicles

› Stadler KISS

 Thirteen electric trains of the "KISS" variant from          individual customisation to regional requirements – the
 Stadler are used in the Mittelland network, RE 60 and        generous multi-purpose areas offer space for up to 42
 RE 70. The six-part vehicles have 626 seats, 34 of which     bicycles here.
 are arranged in first class. The modular design allows

 • 18 bicycle parking spaces,                                 • Spaciously designed entrance areas
   Can be extended to 42 parking spaces                         encourage optimal passenger flow
 • Extra luggage storage space in each lower and upper deck   • 4 closed toilet systems
 • Powered middle carriage                                    • Wheelchair-accessible toilets –
 • Carriage bodies consist of fully welded                      also suitable for electric wheelchairs
   aluminium integral construction                            • Air-suspended drive and running bogies
 • LED lighting of the passenger compartment                  • 12 entrance doors per side
 • Bright, air conditioned passenger compartment with         • Gap-bridging at all doors
   individual design                                          • Video surveillance in the interior

      Technical data
                                    KISS
                                    (Mittelland network)

 Number                             13
 Length                             156,450 mm
 Width                              2,880 mm
 Access height                      600 mm
 Drive capacity                     6 x 750 kW
 Top speed                          160 km/h
 Number of seats                    626
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08. Our Vehicles

                        Image source: Siemens AG
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08. Our Vehicles

› Siemens Desiro HC

 From 2018, Abellio will bring the Rhine-Ruhr-Express        capacity and the vehicles are separately assigned, and
 to the tracks. In doing so, Desiro High Capacity (HC)       are maintained over a time period of 30 years.
 vehicles will be put into operation, manufactured by Sie-
 mens. The RRX trains are built by Siemens in accordance     The vehicles are leased out to Abellio under the auspices
 with the “NRW-RRX model”, whereby the operating             of the Rhine Ruhr Public Transport Association (VRR).

 • Top speed at 160 km/h                                     • Disabled-friendly toilets as well as spacious
 • High acceleration capability                                multifunctional areas with spaces for bike storage,
                                                               wheelchair zones and space for helpers
 • 800 seating places per train
                                                             • Comfortable seats enhance the passenger experience,
 • All doors have uniform level access with
                                                               improved passenger information and free WiFi
   platform heights of 760 mm
                                                             • Video surveillance
 • Wide doors and access area for
   smooth passenger transition

      Technical data
                                  Siemens Desiro HC
                                  (Rhine-Ruhr-Express)

 Number                           29
 Length                           105,252 mm
 Width                            2,820 mm
 Access height                    730 mm / 800 mm
 Drive capacity                   4,000 kW
 Top speed                        160 km/h
 Number of seats                  400
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09. Our Commitment to Fair Competition

     › Passengers in Germany are increasingly benefiting from        Germany. This is why Abellio is continuously committed
       competition in the rail network. The quality has improved     to fair conditions of competition within the network.
       significantly since the market opened for private regional
       rail transport companies. Regular quality analyses continue   The Federal Court of Justice ruled that transport
       to confirm that the passengers are the winners of             services across the rail passenger network are subject
       healthy competition in the rail network.                      to procurement law and must be competitively ten-
                                                                     dered. This is known as the "Abellio ruling", which our
      Effective competition is a key function for the future sup-    company fought for in 2011. This opening has lead to a
      ply of transport for passengers on regional rail services in   fresh impetus in customer-oriented services, pioneering

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09. Our Commitment to Fair Competition

technology and exciting opportunities for employees.          president, asserts that we are continually striving for a
Abellio will continue to play a key role in this successful   strong position in the regional rail transport network in
approach to a dynamic industry with fair conditions for       Germany.
all parties for the benefit of passengers.
                                                              For example, we campaign for equal, non-discriminatory
We are intensively committed to Mofair e.V., the alliance     access to the infrastructure for all competitors, encour-
for fair competition in rail passenger transport. Under       age high-quality conditions for rail infrastructure and
the umbrella of this industry association for competi-        fight for reliable framework conditions for environmen-
tion on the railways, Abellio CEO Stephan Krenz, as           tally-friendly rail transport.

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RE15

                                                                                                                          Leer

                                                                                                                                          Emden                                                                                                                                                                          HAM
                                                                                                                                                         BREMEN
                                                                                                                                                  RE15

                                                                                                                                                          Leer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      NIEDER-
                                                                                                                                                                                     BREMEN                                                                           SACHSEN
                                                                                                                          Meppen

                                                                                                                RE15

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      NIEDER-
     NIEDERLANDE                                                                          Bad
                                                                                          Bentheim                     Rheine                             Osnabrück
                                                                                                                                                          Meppen                         Kirchlengern           Löhne                                                              Hannover
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      SACHSE
                                                                                                                                   RE60                                                                                                                                                               RE60
                                                                                                     RB61                                                               RB61                                                                         RE70

                                                                                                                                                  RE15

                                                                                                                                                                                                 RE70
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Herford
                                                                                                                   RB65
     Arnhem                                                                                                                               RB66                                                      RB61
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Go

              Zevenaar   NIEDERLANDE
                                   NRW                                                                                                                   Rheine Bielefeld                 Osnabrück
                                                                                                                                                                                                                RE72
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Kirchlengern                 Löhne Minden (Westf)                                           Hannover
                                                                                                                                                                 RE60
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    RE70                                           Wer
                     Emmerich                                                                                                    Münster
                                                                                       Bocholt
                                                    RE19
                                                                             Hamminkeln
                                                                   RB32                                                            Hamm            Soest          Lippstadt               Paderborn                                   RE70

                         Arnhem                    Wesel                                                                                                                                  RE11                         Altenbeken
                                                                               Gelsenkirchen

                                                                                                                NRW
                                           Dinslaken                                  Wanne-Eickel                          RE11
                                   Zevenaar                                                   RB46
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Bielefeld
                                                                                                                            RE1
                                         Oberhausen                                                   Dortmund
                                                                           Essen
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Warburg                                       Hofgeismar                                                         Leinef
                                          Emmerich                                       RE11
                                                                                                                       Bocholt                  Münster
                                           Duisburg                              RE1
                                                                                         RE16                                  Haltern                                                                                                                                                                                              RB
                                                                                 RB40
                                                                                                                  Hagen        am See                                                                                                                                             Hann.
                                                                        Mülheim             Bochum Hamminkeln
                                                                                       RE19                                                                                                                                                             RE11
                                                           RE19
                                                                                                                      Marl                                                                                                                                                        Münden
                                                                                               RE19
                                                                                               RB32                                                   Hamm                        Soest           Lippstadt               Paderborn                                                                                Heilbad
                                   Krefeld                                                          Gladbeck S9             Recklinghausen                                                                                                                                                                         Heiligenstadt
                                                                    RE1             Wesel
                                                                                    Wuppertal                    S9                                                                                                       RE11                          Kassel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Altenbeken
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   RE9
                                        RB35
                                                                                                                            RB91
                                                                                                                                 RE16        Iserlohn
                                                                               Dinslaken            Bottrop
                                                                                                        Letmathe                                 RE11
                                                                                                                         Herne
                                                                                                                                    S2                                                                                                                                                           Eichenberg
                                               Düsseldorf                                     RE49                               RB32
                                                                                                                 Gelsenkirchen                    RE1
                                                                           Oberhausen                      S2                               Lennestadt-
                  Mönchengladbach                                                                                  RB46
                                                                                 S7
                                                                               Duisburg                    Essen RE11                       Meggen                                                                                                    Warburg                              Hofgeismar
                                                                                                             RE1
                                                                                                                   RE16
                                                                                                                                          Dortmund
                                                                                                            RB40
                                                                          Solingen     Remscheid                        Bochum                 Hagen                                                                                                                                                                 Hann.
                                               Leverkusen                                         Mül-                                  RB91
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RE11
                                                                                         RE19
                                                                                                  heim                                                                                                                                                                                                               Münden
                                                                                                                   S3
                                                                   Krefeld                       (Ruhr)
                                                                                                                        Hattingen  RE16                                                                                                                                                  Kassel              RE9
                                                                                                RE1 RE49
                                                                               Düsseldorf                       Wuppertal                               RB91
                                                                                                                                                                                         Iserlohn
                                                                        Köln
                                                                         RB35
                                                                                                                           S9
                                                                                                                                                                         RE16
                                                                               Flughafen                                           Letmathe                                                                                                                                                                         Eisenach
                                                                                                                                              Siegen                                                                                                                                                                           Eiche
                                                                              Düsseldorf
                         Aachen           Düren
                                        Mönchengladbach                                                                                                                              Lennestadt-
                                  RE1                                                                            S7                                                                  Meggen

                                                                            Leverkusen
                                                                                                            Solingen       Remscheid
                                                                                                                                                                                  RB91                  HESSEN
                                                                                                                                                                           RE16
                                                                                                        Köln
                                                                                                                                                                                         Siegen
                                                   Aachen                   Düren
                                                                  RE1

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             HESSEN

                                                            RHEINLAND-
                                                            PFALZ

                                                                                              RHEINLAND-
                                                                                              PFALZ                                                                               Mannheim
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Eberbach

                                                              SAARLAND                                                                                                    Heidelberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            RE/RB

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              RE/RB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Osterburken
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Adelsheim

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mosbach
                                                                                                                                                                                                        RE/RB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Möckmühl

                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sinsheim             Mannheim                      Bad Friedrichshall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Eberbach

                                                                                                 SAARLAND                                                                                   Bruchsal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Heilbronn
                                                                                                                                                                                                                Heidelberg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  RE/RB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        RE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Öhringen-Cappel                        Osterburken
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Adelsheim
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Bretten                                  RE/RB                Mosbach
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               RE
                                                                                                                                                         Wilferdingen-                                         Vaihingen                                                                         Möckmühl
                                                                                                                                                         Singen                                             Wiesloch-
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Walldorf
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     RE/RB                           Bietigheim-Bissingen
                                                                                                                                                                                                  RE/RB                                                                              Bad Friedrichshall
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Mühlacker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Sinsheim
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Ludwigsburg
                                                                                                                                                                          Pforzheim                                              RB

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Heilbronn                             Öhringen-Cappel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stuttgart-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Stuttgart                                       Bad Cannstatt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             RE
                                                                                                                                                         Bad Wildbad                                               Bruchsal             Bretten
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            IRE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           RB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Esslingen
                                                                                                                                                                                         Wilferdingen-                                                       Vaihingen
                                                                                                                                                                                         Singen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        RE/RB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RB           Bietigheim-Bissingen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        RB
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Mühlacker
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                RE/RB                                Ludwigsburg
                                                                                                                                                                                                            Pforzheim
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Tübingen                         Reutlingen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Stuttgart-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Stuttgart                           Bad Cannstatt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 RE
                                                                                                                                                                                         Bad Wildbad                                                                                       IRE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Esslingen

                                                                                                                                                                    BADEN-
                                                                                                                                                                    WÜRTTEMBERG
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RE

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VORPOMMERN

MBURG

-                                                                SACHSEN-
EN                                                               ANHALT
                                                                                              Gardelegen
                                                                                                                           Stendal
                                                                                                                                                                                          BERLIN        Berlin
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ostbahnhof
                                                                                RB13

                                     Wolfsburg                                                                                                                 RE11a

                                                           Oebisfelde           RB36                                                             Genthin                                   Potsdam
                                                                                RE6           Haldensleben

                          Braunschweig                     Helmstedt                                                              Burg
   RE60

                                                                                                                    Magdeburg
                                                                                                                                                                                                BRANDENBURG
                                                                       Oschersleben
                                                                                       RB43
                                                                                                                            Schönebeck
                                                                                                                            (Elbe)
                           Goslar                                                                          RB41
                                                                                                                     RB48
                                                                                                             RE10
                                                                                Halberstadt
                                     RE21                                                                                       Calbe
                                                     RE4       RE31
                          Wernigerode                                  RE11              RE24              Staßfurt               Bernburg            Köthen           Dessau
                                                                                   RB44                                                       RB50
                                               Blankenburg              Quedlinburg                        Güsten

                                                             Thale                      Aschers-                                       Könnern
                                                                                          leben
                                                                                                           Sanders-
                                                                                                                                       RE4     RE47
                                                                                                           leben

                                                                              Sanger-                Lutherstadt                     Halle
                      Leinefelde                    Nordhausen                 hausen                Eisleben                      (Saale)
                            RB51
                                                                 RE9
                                    RE19                                                                            RE19
                                                                                                                                       RB75

          Heilbad                           Wolkrams-                                                                                                                           Leipzig
          Heiligenstadt                     hausen                                                                       Merseburg
                                                                     Artern
                                                                                                             RB77
                                                                                                                      Großkorbetha                               Markranstädt
enberg                                                                                            Wangen
                                                                                 RB59             (Unstrut)

                                                                                                                                                                                           SACHSEN
                                                                                                                                                  Weißenfels
                                                                         RE10                 Freyburg (Unstrut)                                    Naumburg Ost
                                                                                                                                              Naumburg (Saale)
                                                                                                                                  18
                                                                                                                           20
                                                                                                                                RE

                                                                                         Großheringen
                                                                                                                         RB

                                                      Sömmerda
                                                                                                              17
                                                                                                            RE
                                                                                                      16

                                                                                   Apolda
                                                                                                    RE

                                                                                                                  RB24

           Eisenach                 Gotha                                     Weimar                                            Jena
                                             RB20

                                                                  Erfurt                                                   RE15

                               THÜRINGEN                                                                            Saalfeld ( Saale )
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Ruhr-Sieg-Netz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RE 16
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RB 46
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RB 91

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RB 32
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RB 40
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RE 49
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         S2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         S3
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         S9

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Müngstener

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         S7
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Publisher
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Abellio GmbH                Niederrhein-Netz

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Friedrichstraße 69                  RB 32
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RB 35
                                                                                                                                                                                                     10117 Berlin                        RE 19

                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tel.: 030/213001310         Rhein-Ruhr-Express
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Fax: 030/21300131                   RE 1

                                                                                                                                                                                                     E-mail: info@abellio.de             RE 11

                                                                                                                                                                                                     CEO: Stephan Krenz          Saale-Thüringen-Südharz-Netz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RE 9
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RE 16
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RE 17
                                                                                                                                                                                                     for content:        Rainer Thumann,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RE 18         Abellio GmbH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RE 19
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Editing:            AlexanderRB Schaub,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          20            Abellio GmbH
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RB 24
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Photos:             Abellio GmbH, RB 51      Westfalenbahn GmbH,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RB 59
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Bombardier    RB 75 Transportation GmbH,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Siemens AG
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Dieselnetz Sachsen-Anhalt
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Printing:           CM Digitaldruck,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RE 11
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mudersbach
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       RE 21
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RE 31
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RE 10
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RB 13
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         RB 36
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     Friedrichstraße 69
     10117 Berlin
     Tel.: 030 / 213 0013- 10
     Fax: 030 /213 00 13- 1
     E-mail: info@abellio.de

     Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
     Magdeburger Str. 51
     06112 Halle (Saale)
     Tel.: 0345 /1325 76- 10
     Fax: 0345 /1325 76- 94
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     Körnerstraße 40
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     Tel.: 02331/933 23-0
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