Erixx GmbH (stylized as erixx) is a private

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operating regional train service in

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and Bremen, northern Germany. It is wholly owned by

OHE The Osthannoversche Eisenbahnen AG (OHE) is a Celle based transportation company with railway network in North-eastern Lower Saxony around the Lüneburg Heath area of over 250 km. The OHE's main business is the transportation of freight t ...

AG. Since 11 December 2011, Erixx operates on behalf of the public transport company of Lower Saxony (''Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen'' - LNVG). The name is derived from

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, the genus of heath plants, and "x", representing the ''Heidekreuz'' (heath cross), the services operated over the Lüneburg Heath.

Services

Erixx has operated routes RB37 and RB38 since December 2011 until at least December 2019, which together form the ''Heidekreuz''. They operate on the Heath Railway and Uelzen–Langwedel railway. From December 2014 until December 2029 Erixx will also operate the RE10, RB32, RB42, RB43 and RB47 services. *Regional services Harz-Heide-Bahn Hannover – Hildesheim – Goslar – Bad Harzburg *Local services Wendlandbahn Lüneburg – Hitzacker – Dannenberg Ost *Local services Amerikalinie '' Bremen - Soltau -

Uelzen Uelzen (; officially the ''Hanseatic Town of Uelzen'', German: ''Hansestadt Uelzen'', , Low German ''Ülz’n'') is a town in northeast Lower Saxony, Germany, and capital of the county of Uelzen. It is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, a ...

'' *Local services Heidebahn '' Buchholz - Soltau -

Hannover Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany ...

'' *Local services Harz-Heide-Bahn Braunschweig – Wolfenbüttel – Vienenburg – Bad Harzburg *Local services Harz-Heide-Bahn Braunschweig – Wolfenbüttel – Vienenburg – Goslar *Local services Mühlenbahn Braunschweig – Gifhorn – Wittingen – Uelzen

Rolling stock

Erixx operates a fleet of 27 LINT-41 diesel multiple units on RB37 and RB38. From December 2014 Erixx also uses 28 new LINT-54 diesel multiple units on the new routes.

References

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* Railway companies of Germany {{Germany-rail-transport-stub