Maas-Wupper-Express

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RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express
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Overview
Owner VRR
Line numberRE 13
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Limburg, Netherlands
Service
Route number485 (Venlo–Hagen)
455 (Wuppertal–Hamm)
Operator(s) eurobahn
Technical
Line length160 km (99 mi)
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
Route map

Contents

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Venlo
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3
Netherlands / Germany border
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5
Kaldenkirchen
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9
Breyell
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13
Boisheim
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17
Dülken
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23
Viersen
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31
Mönchengladbach Hbf
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48
Neuss Hbf
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56
Düsseldorf-Bilk
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59
Düsseldorf Hbf
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79
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
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86
Wuppertal Hbf
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89
Wuppertal-Barmen
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91
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
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97
Schwelm
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101
Ennepetal (Gevelsberg)
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112
Hagen Hbf
ICE, IC
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126
Schwerte (Ruhr)
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135
Holzwickede
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142
Unna
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Bönen
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Hamm (Westf)
ICE, IC
Source: German railway atlas [1]

The Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from the Dutch border town of Venlo to Hamm in Westphalia.

Route

Together with the Wupper-Express (RE 4) and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 8, the Maas-Wupper-Express provides an east-west link between the lower Rhine of Germany and the eastern Ruhr.

It runs on the tracks of the Venlo–Viersen, Viersen-Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf–Wuppertal, Wuppertal–Hagen and Hagen–Hamm lines.

Trains running between Venlo and Hamm have to reverse in Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof, so the Maas-Wupper-Express is scheduled to spend nine minutes there on the way to Venlo and ten minutes towards Hamm.

In 2026 the current route will be extend towards the central station of the Dutch city Eindhoven, also stopping at Helmond, in a joint exploitation with Arriva Netherlands [2] [3] [4]

Operations

The operator of the line is Eurobahn, a subsidiary of Keolis. Operations on this line and the Rhein-Emscher-Express are carried out using 4 four-carriage and 14 five-carriage Stadler FLIRT electrical multiple units with a top speed of 160 km/h rented from Angel Trains. [5] Services run every hour.

April 28 2025 Dutch Train Charter Services will run some services using DB Class 101 or DB Class 111 and 4 carrige N-Wagon train sets between Venlo and Mönchengladbach in the mornings and evenings and between Venlo and Wuppertal Hbf during the day [6]

Timetable: https://www.eurobahn.de/fileadmin/dokumente/fahrplaene/2025/PLAKAT_ERB_RE13_Fplred_2804_1312.pdf

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RE 13 in Venlo
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New FLIRT train
RE 13 in Monchengladbach Monchengladbach Hbf 236.jpg
RE 13 in Mönchengladbach

Notes

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN   978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Direct train from Eindhoven to Düsseldorf from 2026 onwards". 15 December 2021.
  3. "Arriva start samenwerking met Start".
  4. "Start gewinnt Maas-Wupper-Express - Start". 3 January 2022.
  5. "Angel Trains: 18 Flirt für Keolis" (in German). Eurailpress. 16 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
  6. "RE 13: Good news for passengers | VRR". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. Retrieved 2025-06-29.

See also