Private company
Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland
Logo: START Deutschland, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
German transport company based in Frankfurt, founded in 20161
Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH was a German railway company that operated local rail passenger transport in Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The company was owned by Deutsche Bahn through DB Regio AG. According to its own statements, the company would like to act “lean and dynamic” like a start-up company and thus meet the increasing cost and performance pressure in German local rail passenger transport.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersFrankfurt1
- Websitewww.startgmbh.com
- Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
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Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland GmbH was a German railway company that operated local rail passenger transport in Bremen, Hamburg, Hesse, Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia. The company was owned by Deutsche Bahn through DB Regio AG. According to its own statements, the company would like to act “lean and dynamic” like a start-up company and thus meet the increasing cost and performance pressure in German local rail passenger transport.2
Corporate structure
Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland Frankfurt
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Start Unterelbe mbH Subsidiary · Germany
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Start Unterelbe mbH
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
- DB Regio 100%
Also owns
- Verkehrsgesellschaft Start Unterelbe mbH
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 2016Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.startgmbh.com1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/dein.start1
- LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/regionalverkehre-start-deutschland-gmbh1
- WikipediaRegionalverkehre Start Deutschland
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ47004906
Sources
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