WestfalenBahn

WestfalenBahn

Industry	Public transport
Founded	2005
Headquarters	Bielefeld , Germany
Owner	Abellio Deutschland
Website	www.westfalenbahn.de

Stadler Flirt in September 2007

Stadler Kiss at Löhne in December 2015

WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany. It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal, each having a 25% share. In 2008 Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft's share was sold to Abellio Deutschland. In July 2017 Abellio bought out the other shareholders. ^[1]

Services

WestfalenBahn operated routes RB61, RB65, RB66 and RB72 from 9 December 2007 ^{[2] [3]} until December 2017, when they were taken over by Eurobahn. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} These were operated by a fleet of fourteen 3-car and five 5-car Stadler Flirts. ^[8]

• Local services RB 61 Wiehengebirgs-Bahn: Bad Bentheim – Rheine – Osnabrück – Bünde – Herford – Bielefeld
• Local services RB 65 Ems-Bahn : Rheine – Münster
• Local services RB 66 Teuto-Bahn : Osnabrück – Münster
• Local services RB 72 Ostwestfalen-Bahn : Herford – Lage – Detmold – Altenbeken – Paderborn

On 13 December 2015 WestfalenBahn commenced a 15-year contract to operate the RE15, RE60 and RE70 services. ^{[7] [9] [10]} To operate these services, 15 Stadler Flirt and 13 Stadler Kisses were leased from Alpha Trains. ^{[11] [12] [13]}

• Regional services RE 15 Emsland-Express : Emden – Leer – Lingen – Rheine – Münster
• Regional services RE 60 Ems-Leine-Express : Rheine – Osnabrück – Löhne – Minden – Hanover – Braunschweig
• Regional services RE 70 Weser-Leine-Express : Bielefeld – Herford – Löhne – Minden – Hanover – Braunschweig

Fleet

Class	Image	Cars per set	Type	Top speed		Number	Builder	Built
				km/h	mph
ET.000		3 or 5	Electric multiple unit	160	99	14	Stadler Flirt	2007
ET.400		4	Electric multiple unit	160	99	15	Stadler Flirt 3	2015
ET.600		6	Electric multiple unit	160	99	13	Stadler Kiss	2015

References

1. Abellio takes full ownership of WestfalenBahn as market gets more competitive Railway Gazette International 18 July 2017
2. "Westfalenbahn wins Teutoburger Wald Netz" Today's Railways Europe issue 111 March 2005 page 52
3. "A who's who of German passenger operations" Today's Railways Europe issue 152 August 2008 page 24
4. Keolis to operate Teutoburger Wald network International Railway Journal 7 November 2014
5. Keolis wins Teutoburger Wald operating contract Railway Gazette International 7 November 2014
6. Keolis wins battle of Teutoburger Wald Railway Gazette International 10 July 2015
7. Welcome to Abellio Archived 2017-08-10 at the Wayback Machine Abellio February 2017
8. "Flirts for Westfalenbahn" Today's Railways Europe issue 116 August 2005 page 12
9. WestfalenBahn wins Emsland regional concession International Railway Journal 26 September 2012
10. Stadler trains ordered for WestfalenBahn services Archived 2017-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Railway Gazette International 8 February 2013
11. Official signing for EMIL tender Alpha Trains 7 February 2013
12. Alpha Trains orders Stadler EMUs for WestfalenBahn International Railway Journal 8 February 2013
13. "Westfalenbahn Kisses enter service" Today's Railways Europe issue 243 March 2016 page 53

External links

Media related to WestfalenBahn at Wikimedia Commons