Abellio Rail NRW GmbH (ABRN), headquartered in Hagen, is one of the largest private rail traffic companies in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Abellio Rail NRW currently provides a service volume of around 18 million train kilometres, carrying 30 million passengers a year in doing so. With the Ruhr-Sieg network, the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and the Rhine-Ruhr-Express, Abellio Rail NRW sets the pace for millions of commuters on the Rhine and Ruhr. Abellio is also active on the cross-border Lower Rhine network between Arnhem and Düsseldorf and connects the Dutch province of Gelderland with the most populous German state. Around 600 colleagues work for the North Rhine-Westphalian company, which has received several awards for its service quality. ABRN starts the second phase of the Rhine-Ruhr-Express with the operation of line RE 1 in June 2020, which connects the cities in North Rhine- Westphalia from Dortmund to Aachen.
