Competition Report 2009
Competition Report 2009
Competition Report 2009
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Special Areas of Discussion<br />
Dr. Otto Wiesheu (l.), DB Board Member for Economic and Political Affairs, and DB CEO Hartmut Mehdorn (r.)<br />
contributed to the discussion on different regulatory approaches in Germany and Europe.<br />
Controversial debate<br />
on regulatory measures<br />
At the third symposium “<strong>Competition</strong> and Regulation in the Rail Sector” staged by Humboldt University Berlin<br />
and DB, well-known experts discussed the different viewpoints of the regulator and the railway undertakings.<br />
The focus was on opening the long-distance rail passenger market as from 2010.<br />
In January <strong>2009</strong>, 150 experts discussed the regulatory<br />
policy and its consequences for day-to-day business<br />
operations at the symposium “<strong>Competition</strong> and Regulation<br />
in the Rail Sector” in Berlin. Dr. Iris Henseler-<br />
Unger, Vice-President of the Federal Network Agency,<br />
announced that the Agency would define its investigation<br />
standards more precisely. She further demanded<br />
new powers for the Agency to review charges in the<br />
form of a performance regime, as the provisions of<br />
railway law lagged behind the other sectors in that<br />
respect. Dr. Otto Wiesheu, Member of the DB Management<br />
Board for Economic and Political Affairs,<br />
replied that on the basis of regulatory experience in the<br />
telecommunications and postal industry, the legislator<br />
had deliberately set different standards in railway law.<br />
The panel also discussed the level of infrastructure and<br />
station charges and their contribution to financing<br />
high-quality infrastructure. Michael Harting, assistant<br />
head of department at the Federal Ministry of Transport,<br />
referred to the Performance and Financing Agreement<br />
which had come into force in January <strong>2009</strong>,<br />
commenting that the effects of that agreement had to<br />
be awaited and that it was not yet necessary to introduce<br />
an additional performance regime.<br />
Professor Lars Hendrik Röller, President of the<br />
European School of Management and Technology,<br />
presented the findings of a study on cooperation in the<br />
long-distance rail passenger market conducted on<br />
behalf of DB in 2008. The study revealed that more<br />
attention had to be paid to competition between rail<br />
and plane when assessing the effects of alliances on<br />
competition. Such alliances have long since been practised<br />
in aviation, as they can offer more flexible fares on<br />
international connections, or better coordination of<br />
flight schedules, both of which improve efficiency and<br />
make the products far more attractive for customers.<br />
Joachim Fried, DB Management Representative<br />
for <strong>Competition</strong>, demanded binding market regulation<br />
for all EU Member States. In France, for example,<br />
regulation exists in the books, but is not sufficiently<br />
implemented in practice. Fried appealed to the<br />
representatives of the EU Commission at the symposium<br />
to settle simple competition infringements<br />
quickly, adding that for the market players, faith in<br />
dependable framework conditions was a vital criterion<br />
for market access. Dr. Axel Sondermann, Chairman<br />
of the Management Board of Veolia Verkehr, and Karl<br />
Michael Mohnsen, CEO of TX Logistics, reported on<br />
practical business matters on behalf of the foreign<br />
transport undertakings which are active in Germany.<br />
Both speakers made it clear that the companies were<br />
more concerned with minor day-to-day subjects such<br />
as train path rejections, price changes and disruptions,<br />
rather than the general framework conditions. In that<br />
connection, Sondermann and Mohnsen suggested<br />
intensive dialogue in partnership with DB Netz AG.<br />
Photo: Bernd Lammel<br />
Competitor regional rail passenger networks<br />
Timetable <strong>2009</strong><br />
Correct at: 31.01.<strong>2009</strong><br />
Flensburg<br />
NOB<br />
DB<br />
networks awarded in competitive procedures<br />
Heide<br />
other regional networks<br />
SHB<br />
50 51<br />
NOB<br />
NOB<br />
Kiel<br />
Neumünster<br />
NBE<br />
Rostock<br />
DB<br />
DB OLA<br />
Stralsund<br />
PRESS<br />
Annex<br />
Cuxhaven<br />
Wilhelmshaven<br />
Emden NWB<br />
ME<br />
Bremerhaven<br />
EVB<br />
DB<br />
OLA<br />
ODEG<br />
Leer<br />
Arriva<br />
NL<br />
NWB<br />
Oldenburg<br />
NWB<br />
Bremen<br />
ME<br />
ME<br />
ME<br />
NEB ODEG<br />
NEB<br />
Rheine Osnabrück<br />
OLA<br />
ODEG<br />
Gronau WFB<br />
WFB<br />
DB<br />
Bielefeld ERB<br />
Hameln<br />
ERB<br />
PEG<br />
NWB<br />
Münster<br />
ERB<br />
WFB<br />
HEX<br />
Emmerich<br />
Dorsten<br />
NWB<br />
ME<br />
Hamm<br />
NWB<br />
PEG<br />
Lünen<br />
Paderborn<br />
BLB<br />
Duisburg<br />
Dortmund<br />
DB<br />
Arnsberg<br />
Essen<br />
Mönchen-<br />
ABR<br />
RT<br />
gladbach RBE Hagen<br />
Düsseldorf ABR<br />
DB KHB<br />
CAN<br />
DB<br />
Aachen<br />
DB TR<br />
HTB<br />
STB<br />
VEC<br />
ESB<br />
OLA<br />
HEX<br />
BLB<br />
MRB<br />
CBC<br />
FEG<br />
EGB<br />
ODEG<br />
ODEG<br />
SBE<br />
DB<br />
DB VEC<br />
EB<br />
TR<br />
DB<br />
HLB<br />
DB<br />
DB<br />
VIAS<br />
DB<br />
DB<br />
DB<br />
VBG<br />
VBG<br />
VBG/RBG RBG<br />
AVG<br />
WEG<br />
DB<br />
WEG<br />
OSB<br />
HZL<br />
BSB DB<br />
HZL<br />
HZL<br />
SBB<br />
DB<br />
VBG<br />
DB<br />
BRB<br />
DB<br />
VBG<br />
BOB<br />
BZB<br />
Düren<br />
Lübeck Wismar<br />
Hamburg Schwerin<br />
Neubrandenburg<br />
Pasewalk<br />
Cloppenburg<br />
Nienburg<br />
Soltau<br />
Celle<br />
Lüneburg<br />
Uelzen<br />
Wittenberge<br />
Stendal<br />
Pritzwalk<br />
Neustrelitz<br />
Templin<br />
Eberswalde<br />
Berlin<br />
Hannover<br />
Wolfsburg<br />
Braunschweig<br />
Potsdam<br />
Brandenburg<br />
Frankfurt/O.<br />
Hildesheim<br />
Halberstadt<br />
Göttingen<br />
Nordhausen<br />
Kassel<br />
Mühlhausen<br />
Eisenach<br />
Köln<br />
Siegen<br />
Bebra<br />
Erfurt<br />
Dillenburg<br />
Bonn<br />
Altenkirchen Gießen<br />
Fulda<br />
Magdeburg<br />
Jüterbog<br />
Lutherstadt<br />
Wittenberg<br />
Halle<br />
Leipzig<br />
Dresden<br />
Freiberg<br />
Gera<br />
Chemnitz<br />
Zwickau<br />
Cottbus<br />
Görlitz<br />
Zittau<br />
Key to RUs:<br />
ABR – Abellio Rail NRW GmbH<br />
Arriva NL – Arriva Nederland<br />
AVG – Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft mbH<br />
Koblenz Limburg<br />
Wiesbaden<br />
Frankfurt/M.<br />
Coburg<br />
Traben-<br />
Mainz<br />
Schweinfurt<br />
Trarbach<br />
Darmstadt<br />
Bamberg<br />
Trier<br />
Alzey<br />
Würzburg<br />
Mannheim<br />
Heidelberg<br />
Kaiserslautern<br />
Rothenburg<br />
Saarbrücken<br />
o.d. Tauber<br />
Karlsruhe<br />
Heilbronn<br />
Hof<br />
Bayreuth<br />
Nürnberg<br />
Regensburg<br />
BLB – Burgenlandbahn (DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH)<br />
BOB – Bayerische Oberlandbahn GmbH<br />
BRB – Bayerische Regiobahn GmbH<br />
BSB – Breisgau-S-Bahn GmbH<br />
BZB – Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG<br />
CAN – cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH<br />
CBC – City-Bahn-Chemnitz GmbH<br />
EB – Erfurter Bahn GmbH<br />
EGB – Erzgebirgsbahn (DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH)<br />
ERB – eurobahn (Keolis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG)<br />
ESB – Elbe-Saale-Bahn (DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH)<br />
EVB – Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH<br />
FEG – Freiberger Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH (Rhenus Veniro GmbH & Co. KG)<br />
HEX – HarzElbeExpress (Veolia Verkehr Sachen-Anhalt GmbH)<br />
Cham<br />
HLB – Hessische Landesbahn GmbH<br />
HTB – Hellertalbahn GmbH<br />
HZL – Hohenzollerische Landesbahn AG<br />
KHB – Kurhessenbahn (DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH)<br />
ME – metronom Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH<br />
Zwiesel<br />
MRB – Mitteldeutsche Regiobahn (Veolia Verkehr Regio Ost GmbH)<br />
Baden-Baden<br />
Stuttgart<br />
Freudenstadt<br />
Offenburg<br />
Tübingen<br />
Villingen<br />
Freiburg<br />
Friedrichshafen<br />
Konstanz<br />
Basel<br />
Aalen<br />
Ulm<br />
Kempten<br />
Lindau<br />
Donauwörth<br />
Ingolstadt<br />
Augsburg<br />
München<br />
Garmisch-<br />
Partenkirchen<br />
Landshut<br />
Rosenheim<br />
NBE – nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH<br />
NEB – Niederbarnimer Eisenbahn Betriebsgesellschaft mbH<br />
Deggendorf<br />
NOB – Nord-Ostsee-Bahn GmbH<br />
Passau<br />
NWB – NordWestBahn GmbH<br />
ODEG – Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH<br />
OLA – Ostseeland Verkehr GmbH<br />
OSB – Ortenau-S-Bahn GmbH<br />
PEG – Prignitzer Eisenbahn GmbH<br />
PRESS – Eisenbahn-Bau- und Betriebsgesellschaft Pressnitztalbahn mbH<br />
RBE – Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn GmbH<br />
RBG – Regental-Bahnbetriebs-GmbH<br />
RT – RegioTram Betriebsgesellschaft mbH<br />
SBB – SBB GmbH<br />
SBE – Sächsisch-Böhmische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH<br />
SHB – Schleswig-Holstein-Bahn GmbH<br />
STB – SüdThüringenBahn GmbH<br />
TR – trans regio Deutsche Regionalbahn GmbH<br />
VBG – Vogtlandbahn GmbH<br />
VEC – vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH<br />
VIAS – VIAS GmbH<br />
WEG – Württembergische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft mbH<br />
WFB – WestfalenBahn GmbH<br />
NB: The map does not show museum or mountain railways. All lines show the transport undertakings which actually operate. As some of them provide services on behalf of<br />
other players, the map does not show the contractual relationships of the RUs with ordering authorities and customers.<br />
Source: Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Schienenpersonennahverkehr, <strong>2009</strong>
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