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Hamburg-Köln-Express GmbH (HKX) is a Cologne-based open-access train operating company providing long-distance railway passenger services in Germany. It was founded in October 2009 as a joint venture by Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) Deutschland GmbH, an affiliate of USA-based Railroad Development Corp., Locomore rail GmbH & CO. KG, and British railway investor Michael Schabas.〔"Ryanair auf Schienen". ''WirtschaftsWoche.'' Nr. 46, 9 November 2009.〕 Since 23 July 2012, HKX has operated regular services between Hamburg-Altona and Cologne. The journey takes about 4h 20min, similar to that of services operated by DB but with lower fares.〔"Wir sind billiger". ''WirtschaftsWoche'' Nr. 15. 12 April 2010.〕 == Start == Services were initially planned to start in August 2010 but this was postponed〔("Privatanbieter attackiert Bahn mit Billig-Angeboten" ). ''Welt Online''. 12 August 2011.〕 as there were unresolved pathing conflicts between Keolis and HKX in the access application process with DB infrastructure affiliate DB Netz. After Keolis withdrew its applications in April 2010, a framework contract was signed in June 2010. The framework contract expires in December 2015.〔"Konkurrenten der Bahn geben auf". ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (Munich). Nr. 82, 10 April 2010.〕 As of March 2012 the proposed service had still not had its safety case approved by the Federal Railway Authority. HKX began selling tickets on 4 July 2012 and started operation on 23 July 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hamburg-Köln-Express」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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