TRANSPORTATION In the local public transport sector, the RATH Group is represented in the competition with the companies Rurtalbus and VIAS Bus . Rurtalbus will operate the bus network in Düren in cooperation with VIAS Bus from 01/01/2020. The Rurtalbus, as a merger of RATH and Kreis Düren, is the successful continuation of the cooperation between politics and business in the transport sector of Düren. With more than 8 million bus kilometers, the DKB and the RATH Group won the largest transport contract ever advertised in the Federal Republic of Germany in May 2019. The offer, which was launched on 01.01.2020 under the name Rurtalbusstarts, is the continuation of a cooperation between the Düren district and the RATH Group. Together they can already look back on more than 15 years of cooperation on the Rurtalbahn rail network. By awarding the contract to the bidding consortium, the long-term partners are now in a position to offer a coordinated transport concept from a single source. The ambitious bus tender with an additional service of 1.2 million bus kilometers and 100 bus routes makes it possible, in addition to an improved local transport offer, to implement more innovative transport concepts that prepare the city and district of Düren for future challenges. VIAS Bus is a private bus company that offers regular bus services in the Düren district. She is based in Düren, Jülich and Linnich and has a temporary employment permit, which enables her to transfer bus drivers to other companies. The bus park consists of around 60 buses. It employs around 100 bus drivers. The company was created at the time of the Europe-wide tender for bus transport in the Düren district in 2019. imprint data protection

ABOUT US Company history Sale to RATH GmbH Second local rail network Expansion in freight transport Sale to RATH GmbH The supervisory board of Rurtalbahn GmbH resolves to sell 74.9% of its shares to RATH GmbH. Together with the Düren district, RATH GmbH is now the operator of local rail passenger transport in Düren, as well as the freight transport division of the Rurtalbahn. The success story of the RATH Group begins with the purchase of the Rurtalbahn in 2002. Companies vehicles approx. Employees approx. Million euros in sales OUR Mission statement imprint data protection