Mitropa
Sign in to saveMitropa (stylised in all caps) was a catering company best known for having managed sleeping and dining cars of different German railways for most of the 20th century. Founded in 1916, the name "Mitropa" is an abbreviation of . The railway carriages displayed a distinct burgundy-red livery with the Mitropa logo.
Key facts
- Company.name
- MITROPA AG
- Company.logo
- Mitropa-Logo-1949.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 150px
- Company.logo_caption
- Logo since 1949
- Company.type
- AktiengesellschaftGmbH (from late 2004)
- Company.fate
- Merged into the Selective Service Partner subsidiary
- Company.successor
- SSP Group
- Company.foundation
- 1916
- Company.location_city
- Munich
- Company.location_country
- Germany
- Company.area_served
- Central Europe
- Company.industry
- Public transport industry, catering
- Company.services
- Catering, foodservice
- Company.revenue
- €120 million (2003)
- Company.num_employees
- 1,950 (2004)
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- Mitropa
- inception
- 1916-11-24
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2006-00-00
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Mitropa (stylised in all caps) was a catering company best known for having managed sleeping and dining cars of different German railways for most of the 20th century. Founded in 1916, the name "Mitropa" is an abbreviation of . The railway carriages displayed a distinct burgundy-red livery with the Mitropa logo.
Since a 2002 reorganization, when the onboard catering branch was taken over by DB Fernverkehr, the company only provided stationary food services for rail and road customers. The remaining business was sold to Compass Group in 2004 and merged into the Select Service Partner (SSP) subsidiary in 2006.