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.

Services

WestfalenBahn operated routes RB61, RB65, RB66 and RB72 from 9 December 2007 until December 2017, when they were taken over by Eurobahn. These were operated by a fleet of fourteen 3-car and five 5-car Stadler Flirts.

Local services Wiehengebirgs-Bahn: Bad Bentheim – Rheine – Osnabrück – Bünde – Herford – Bielefeld
Local services Ems-Bahn: Rheine – Münster
Local services Teuto-Bahn: Osnabrück – Münster
Local services 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 Emsland-Express: Emden – Leer (Ostfriesl) [railway station|Leer] – Lingen – Rheine – Münster
Regional services Ems-Leine-Express: Rheine – Osnabrück – Löhne – Minden – Hanover – Braunschweig
Regional services Weser-Leine-Express: Bielefeld – Herford – Löhne – Minden – Hanover – Braunschweig