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]
Industry | Public transport |
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Founded | 2005 |
Headquarters | , Germany |
Owner | Abellio Deutschland |
Website | www.westfalenbahn.de |
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]
Class | Image | Cars per set | Type | Top speed | Number | Builder | Built | |
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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 |
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