Rhein-Wupper-Bahn [SEP] named after
Rhein-Wupper-Bahn
The Rhein-Wupper-Bahn is a Regionalbahn service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It connects the cities of Wuppertal, Solingen, Leverkusen, Cologne and Bonn and it is operated by National Express.
Route.
The line runs mainly over the tracks of three railway lines:
- from Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof to Gruiten station over the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway, built from 1838 to 1841 by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company,
- from Gruiten to Köln-Mülheim
RB 48 serves all stations served by Rhein-Wupper-Bahn on this section, with the exception of Hurth-Kalscheuren. The Rhein-Wupper-Express originally consisted of six n-carriages without a control car, pulled by class 110 locomotives. From 2001, following a three-part electric multiple units, consisting of two class 425 sets and one class 426 set.
The Rhein-Wupper-Bahn originally ran between Remagen and Wuppertal-Oberbarmen and was operated using coupled class 425 sets. In December 2003 it