Netinera

Netinera Deutschland GmbH

Type	GmbH
Industry	Transport and logistics
Founded	2003 (2003)
Headquarters	Viechtach, Germany
Key people	Frank Engeler, Luisa Velardi (CEO)
Employees	3,151 (2009)
Parent	Ferrovie dello Stato (FS)
Website	netinera.de

Netinera Deutschland GmbH, formerly Arriva Deutschland GmbH, is a railway company operating in Germany.

Deutsche Bahn's purchase of British transport group Arriva in 2010, the European Commission ruled that Deutsche Bahn would have to shed Arriva's German operations in order to comply with competition rules.^[1] The new owners, Italian state railways FS and Cube, a French-Luxembourg investment fund, renamed the company as Netinera in march 2011.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Mergers: Commission clears proposed acquisition of Arriva by Deutsche Bahn, subject to conditions". 2010-12-13. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/10/1049&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en. Retrieved 2010-12-13. 
2. ^ "Arriva Deutschland wird zu Netinera". http://zughalt.de/arriva-deutschland-wird-zu-netinera/. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 

Further reading

• Netinera's main competitors: Deutsche Bahn, Veolia Transport, Keolis

External links

• Netinera's official website