Deutsche Bahn (DB) is in talks to acquire Veolia Transdev Central Europe regional transport services.
The acquisition is still subject to approval by DB’s supervisory board and the relevant merger control authorities.
DB has said that details of the acquisition will be published if negotiations are concluded successfully.
Veolia Transdev Central Europe operates regional bus transport in six Central Eastern European countries, including Croatia, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.
DB Arriva, Deutsche Bahn’s subsidiary responsible for regional transport outside of Germany, operates bus and rail transport in 12 European countries. These include the Central Eastern European markets in Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.
The tentacles of DB are in action again. At some point in the future, perhaps they will be changing their name to Global Rail (or the German equivalent).