AKN Eisenbahn

Infobox Company
name = AKN Eisenbahn

type = Public
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foundation = 1883
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location_city = Kaltenkirchen
location_country = Germany
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area_served = Northern Germany
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services = Transportation Public transport
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owner = Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Quickborn Sülfeld private owned
num_employees = 323
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subsid = SHB Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn nordbahn Güterkraftverkehr Hamburg-Holstein
homepage = [http://www.akn.de/ Website AKN] de icon
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AKN Eisenbahn AG is a railway company operating commuter and freight trains in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. The company headquarters is located in Kaltenkirchen. The company is member of the Hamburger Verkehrsverbund (HVV), the HVV organises public transport in Hamburg and around.

AKN is an abbreviation for Altona - Kaltenkirchen - Neumünster, the first railway line of this company.

History

In 1883 the Altona-Kaltenkirchener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft was founded.

Organsiation

Owners of the AKN Eisenbahn are the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg (50%), the state of Schleswig-Holstein (49.89%), the town Quickborn (0.021%), the municipality Sülfeld (0.016%) and 0.073% are private owned. [ [http://www.akn.de/cms/upl/pdf/akn_image.pdf AKN company information (pdf)] de icon Retrieved June 9 2008]

List of subsidiaries

* SHB Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn [http://www.sh-bahn.de website de icon] , railway line Büsum - Heide - Neumünster
* nordbahn [http://www.nordbahn.info/ website de icon] railway line Neumünster - Bad Segeberg - Bad Oldesloe (joint venture with Hamburger Hochbahn) [ [http://www.benex.de/index.php?id=78&language=4 BeNex plc investments website] Retrieved June 9 2008]
* Güterkraftverkehr Hamburg-Holstein [http://www.guehh.de/ website de icon] , company for freight transport

Line overview

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External links

* [http://www.akn.de/ Website AKN] de icon
* [http://www.akn.de/cms/front_content.php?idcatart=190 AKN English informations]