WestfalenBahn

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]

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

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 60Ems-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