WestfalenBahn
# 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 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

| Class | Image | Cars per set | Type | Top speed | Top speed | Number | Builder | Built |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Class | Image | Cars per set | Type | km/h | mph | Number | Builder | Built |
| 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 |
