DSBFirst

DSBFirst

Company type	Limited company
Industry	Rail transport
Founded	2008
Headquarters	Copenhagen, Denmark
Key people	Carsten Røn Andersen
Products	Train operating company
Revenue	DKK DKK 7 million (2012)[1]
Net income	DKK DKK 752 million (2012)[1]

DSBFirst was a railway company that operated rail franchises in Denmark and Sweden. It was a joint venture between Danish state railway operator DSB and British transport group FirstGroup. FirstGroup had a 25% shareholding in DSBFirst Denmark and 20% in DSBFirst Sweden and DSBFirst Väst.^[2] By March 2011 FirstGroup's shareholding in the Swedish divisions had increased to 30%.^[3]

Divisions

DSBFirst Denmark

DSBFirst Denmark commerced operating the Upplands Lokaltrafik franchise in Denmark in June 2011. These services transferred to DSB Uppland in December 2011.

DSBFirst Denmark commerced operating the Oresundtrain franchise jointly with DSBFirst Sweden in January 2009.^[4] Oresundtrain services were operated from Helsingør and Nivå in Denmark along the Coast Line and over the Øresund Bridge to Malmö, Växjö, Kalmar, Karlskrona and Gothenburg in Sweden as well as extensive network of railways in Scania. The company continued to operate DSBFirst Denmark's services without FirstGroup's involvement under the name DSB Øresund after December 2011.^[5]

DSBFirst Sweden

DSBFirst Sweden ceased operating the Swedish part of the Oresundtrain franchise after difficulties encountered by Danish State Railways over cross subsidization and accounting irregularities.^{[6][7] [8]} Services operated by DSBFirst Sweden transferred to Veolia Transport between June and December 2011.

DSBFirst Väst

Awarded the Västtrafik franchise from December 2010 to December 2018 for local services around Gothenburg in Sweden. Services operated by DSBFirst Väst continue to be operated without FirstGroup's involvement under the name DSB Sverige since 2011. Due to the bad economy, the franchise was later awarded to SJ AB subsidiary Götalandståg, who have been operating the Västtåg and commuter rail services since 30 June 2012.

External links

• Official website
• Politiken: DSBFirst might lose its license

References

1. "DSb Year Report 2012" (PDF). p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
2. FirstGroup starts operations in Scandinavia Archived 2009-03-17 at the Wayback Machine FirstGroup plc news 12 January 2009
3. FirstGroup Annual Report 31 March 2011 FirstGroup plc
4. DSBFirst took over Øresund operations Railway Gazette 13 January 2009
5. Veolia takes over from troubled DSBFirst Railway Gazette 28 June 2011
6. DSB CEO dismissed over accounting irregularities Railway Gazette 1 April 2011
7. "Veolia takes over Öresund train services". thelocal.se. 28 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011.
8. Veolia takes over from troubled DSBFirst Railway Gazette 28 June 2011