SCHIENEN­PERSONEN­NAHVERKEHR Unsere Schienenpersonennahverkehrssparte ist, seit der Übernahme der Rurtalbahn im Jahr 2002, elementarer Bestandteil der RATH Gruppe. Zudem hat die Sparte ein großes Wachstum in den letzten Jahren verzeichnet. Durch die weiteren Ausschreibungsgewinne im Odenwald, im Rheingau sowie des Erft-Schwalm-Netzes zwischen 2005 und 2015, konnte das SPNV-Netz immer weiter ausgebaut werden. Inzwischen bedient die RATH Gruppe im Schienenpersonennahverkehr ein Netz von Nordrhein-Westfalen über Rheinland-Pfalz und Hessen bis nach Baden-Württemberg. Im SPNV stehen uns 68 Fahrzeuge zur Verfügung, der Typen LINT, RS1, ITINO und FLIRT. Insgesamt beschäftigen wir im Schienenpersonennahverkehr 300 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter. The Rurtalbahn has been an integral part of the RATH Group since 2002. The Rurtalbahn opens up the entire Düren district along the Rur from Düren. With a total of 29 stops, 7 of which are in the city of Düren alone, it opens up a comprehensive network of stops through the entire district. In a northerly direction, the Rurtalbahn serves the section from Düren to Linnich. The southern district is served from Düren to Heimbach. The route is operated with Lint and RS1 vehicles. At Düren station there is the possibility of a connection to the lines of the Deutsche Bahn in the direction of Aachen and Cologne. A prompt changeover between the lines that meet at Düren station is available. Furthermore, the Rurtalbahn is spatially and temporally linked to the regional bus routes of the Düren district railway. In the Jülich area there is also the option of using collective call taxi traffic (AST). In addition, the Rurtalbahn operates the RB28 line of the Bördebahn from Düren to Euskirchen on weekdays and on public holidays. > < Since the timetable change in December 2017, VIAS GmbH has been operating the Erft-Schwalm network (ESN) for 12 years. VIAS prevailed against other competitors in a Europe-wide invitation to tender from the regional transport authorities in Rhineland (NVR) and Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (VRR). The service provided covers approx. 850,000 train kilometers annually on the RB34 and RB39 lines between Düsseldorf, Neuss and Bedburg, as well as between Mönchengladbach and Dahlem. The services are provided with modern LINT41 vehicles from the manufacturer Alstom. The modern, barrier-free vehicles offer 120 seats, as well as large toilets and bicycle parking spaces in the multi-purpose area, air conditioning and power sockets imprint data protection