Meridian (commuter rail)

Meridian was a commuter rail service that operated between 2013 and 2020 in Bavaria, Germany operated by the railway company Bayerische Oberlandbahn (BOB), owned by Transdev.^[1]

Meridian

EMU ET 319 at Munich's main railway station
Overview
Main region(s)	Bavaria, Germany
Fleet	Stadler FLIRT3 EMUs
Stations called at	Munich Hbf Rosenheim Kufstein Salzburg Hbf
Parent company	Bayerische Oberlandbahn Transdev
Successor	Bayerische Regiobahn
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Other
Website	www.der-meridian.de

Since June 2020 these services run under the brand Bayerische Regiobahn (BRB) of Transdev.

History

In 2011 Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft signed a contract with Transdev (then Veolia Transport) to operate the "E-network Rosenheim" from December 2013, replacing previous operator DB Regio Bayern.^[2]

Since December 2013 Meridian operated three lines in Bavaria, from Munich to Salzburg, Rosenheim and Kufstein.^[3]

Services

Services run out of Munich on the Munich–Rosenheim and Munich–Holzkirchen railway lines, and out of Rosenheim on the Rosenheim–Salzburg, Rosenheim–Kufstein and Mangfall Valley lines.^[4]

Meridian operated a fleet of 35 FLIRT3 electric multiple units from Stadler Rail.^[5]

2016 collision

On 9 February 2016 the Bad Aibling rail accident occurred at Bad Aibling, Bavaria, in southeastern Germany. Two Meridian-branded trains were involved in a head-on collision on the single-track line in which 12 people were killed and 89 others were injured.^[6]