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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.
Services
WestfalenBahn has operated routes RB61, RB65, RB66 and RB72 since 9 December 2007. These will pass to Eurobahn in December 2017. These are operated by a fleet of fourteen 3-car and five 5-car Stadler Flirts.
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. To operate these services, 15 Stadler Flirt and 13 Stadler Kisses were leased from Alpha Trains.
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
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External links
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