Abellio

Abellio operates public transport services in Europe, with both bus and rail networks. It was founded as NedRailways in 2001, before being renamed Abellio in October 2009. Abellio is a 100% daughter of Nederlandse Spoorwegen.

Abellio Group Head Office is located in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Other Abellio offices are located in Glasgow, London, Berlin and Stockholm.

Every day 20,000 Abellio people provide safe, easy and reliable public transport for more than a million passengers on our buses, trains and trams. Our operations span three countries across bus, tram and train services. In the UK we operate buses through Abellio London & Surrey, as well as Abellio Greater Anglia train services, and Merseyrail and Northern Rail in joint ventures with Serco. In April 2015 we start operating ScotRail, Scotland's National Railway. In Germany we operate Abellio Deutschland, serving communities in North Rhine Westphalia, Saxony, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia. And in the Netherlands, Qbuzz and HTM run bus services in Fryslan, Groningen, Drenthe, Utrecht and tram services in the municipality of The Hague.

Solutions

• Mass Transit Operator

Abellio UK

Established in 2001, Abellio won its first contract, Merseyrail, in 2003 in the United Kingdom transport market. Since then, the company has grown to become a major operator in the UK, adding Northern Rail and Abellio Greater Anglia to its portfolio. Abellio London & Surrey operates bus services in Central, South and West London and across North Surrey.

Abellio Germany

Abellio Germany is one of the leading public transport operators in Germany, providing bus services in the federal state of Saxony and rail services in North Rhine Westphalia.

Qbuzz

Qbuzz was founded in April 2008. In 2013 NS acquired 100% of the shares from the founders. The company operates three bus/tram concessions in The Netherlands and is also a bidding entity for public transport contracts.

Abellio Scandinavia

Our vision is to become a significant public transport company in Scandinavia built on partnership, ‘best practice’ and experience exchange within the Abellio Group.

Abellio Greater Anglia

The Abellio Greater Anglia franchise began operating on 5 February 2012. It provides intercity, commuter and rural train services throughout the East of England, including the Stansted Express.

Abellio ScotRail

Abellio now proud to be serving Scotland

Merseyrail

Merseyrail is an urban network of vital importance to the transport infrastructure of Liverpool and its environs, operating on the Wirral and Northern Lines within Merseyside. It is one of the most punctual and reliable railway networks in the UK, with consistently high scores for customer satisfaction.

• 30/10 London Northwestern Brand Being Brought Back to the UK Rail Network
• 18/10 Abellio, JR East and Mitsui announce £680M new trains for the next West Midlands Rail Franchise
• 10/08 West Midlands Trains Ltd announced as winning bidder for the West Midlands franchise
• 13/07 Abellio GmbH is set to become the sole shareholder of WestfalenBahn
• 07/04 Abellio commences direct train service from Dusseldorf, Germany to Arnhem, the Netherlands
• 18/01 Abellio sells 40% share in Greater Anglia to Mitsui
• 14/12 First of ScotRail's new trains arrives in Scotland
• 12/12 Roger van Boxtel appointed as CEO of NS, Dutch Railways
• 07/12 Abellio will continue to operate the Ruhr-Sieg network
• 06/10 Abellio confirms deal with Stadler and Rock Rail for new trains
• 13/09 Abellio North Rhine Westphalia prepares for cross-border operations
• 24/08 Abellio confirmed as new East Anglia Franchise Operator by Department for Transport
• 10/08 Abellio selected as preferred bidder for East Anglia Rail Franchise
• 05/08 Abellio North Rhine Westphalia starts early operation on Niederrhein network
• 08/07 Abellio Germany awarded biggest lot of Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network
• 22/06 Abellio Germany presents new FLIRT train
• 21/03 ScotRail becomes sixth largest living wage employer
• 15/02 Abellio ScotRail unveiled full size model of new train
• 12/02 Abellio and Cubic trial UK's first 'video ticket office' at Stansted Airport
• 02/02 ScotRail introduces new customer information screens
• 16/12 Abellio Germany to be awarded Saxony-Anhalt diesel network contract
• 17/11 Abellio Deutschland wins contract for largest lot in Stuttgart Network