WestfalenBahn

WestfalenBahn

WestfalenBahn

German regional train service company

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]

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Stadler Flirt in September 2007
Stadler Kiss at Löhne in December 2015

Services

WestfalenBahn has operated routes RB61, RB65, RB66 and RB72 since 9 December 2007.[2][3] These will pass to Eurobahn in December 2017.[4][5][6][7] These are operated by a fleet of fourteen 3-car and five 5-car Stadler Flirts.[8]

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]

Fleet

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References

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

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