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27-646: The Hellweg network was announced in March 2006. This was one of the largest rail networks to be put to tender in Germany. Tenders were submitted by Abellio Rail NRW , DB Regio NRW , Arriva Deutschland (now Netinera ), Rhenus Keolis and the Hamburger Hochbahn together with moBiel (the Bielefeld municipal transport company). The winner of the tender was the then Rhenus Keolis GmbH & Co. KG ,

54-563: A 13-year contract. Initially a fleet of 43 Bombardier Talent 2s were ordered. This was later increased by five. Abellio operated the following regional routes in Baden-Württemberg: On 1 January 2022, Abellio Rail Baden-Württemberg was taken over by the state-owned Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-AG (SWEG). Abellio Deutschland owned a 25% share in WestfalenBahn that was founded in 2005. In July 2017 this

81-621: A day, in both directions, the RB 89 runs directly to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe. The section of the train running as RB 69 continues from Hamm via Ahlen and Gutersloh to Bielefeld. This service together with the Rhein-Weser-Express (RE 6, Düsseldorf– Minden ) produce a service every half hour. This service is complemented by the RB 67 ( Der Warendorfer ) service, which also runs between Münster and Bielefeld (operated until December 2013 by NordWestBahn , but now operated by Eurobahn), but uses

108-523: A difficult start. Because the workshop in Hamm-Heessen had not yet been completed, the maintenance of all new railcars was carried out in the WestfalenBahn workshop in Rheine . Hence, bottlenecks often occurred that initially forced to use of one-part train sets. In the winter of 2008/2009 the entire Hellweg network was affected, but RB 50 was most frequently operated with one-part trains, which reduced

135-897: A joint venture, which on 1 January 2007 was divided between the two partners. It was put into operation by Keolis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG under the brand name of eurobahn . The contract for the operation of the Hellweg network was closed on 14 July 2008. It covers a volume of 5.6 million train-km per year and is valid for ten years. The contractors are Nahverkehrsverbund Paderborn-Höxter ( Paderborn - Höxter local transport, nph), Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Rhine-Ruhr transport association, VRR), VerkehrsVerbund OstWestfalenLippe ( Ostwestfalen-Lippe transport association, VVOWL), Zweckverband Ruhr-Lippe (Ruhr-Lippe purpose association, ZRL) and Zweckverband SPNV Münsterland (Münsterland public transport association, ZVM) as public transport authorities and Eurobahn as operator. The existing timetable

162-427: A type of passenger coach used by Deutsche Bundesbahn and subsequently Deutsche Bahn . With two double-leafed doors per side to enable a high passenger throughput rate, the coaches were conceived for short dwell times in commuter and regional transit. Succeeding the yl-coaches , 5,000 units were built from 1958 to 1981, with some remaining in service still today. The UIC classification identifier letter "n"

189-726: Is a public transit operator in Germany operating bus and rail networks. Headquartered in Berlin , it is a subsidiary of the Dutch state-owned Abellio . Abellio Deutschland was formed by the Essen public transit company ( EVAG , today part of Ruhrbahn ) in 2004. In 2005, British investment company Star Capital Partners purchased a 75% share in Abellio from the City of Essen. In December 2008, both sold their shares to NedRailways . The Abellio brand

216-400: Is an abbreviation for N ahverkehr ("local transit"); the complete description is local transit passenger coach (Nahverkehrswagen) with a length of over 24.5 metres, open coach with centre aisle in 2nd class, centre aisle or side corridor in 1st class, two centre doors, with 36-pole control cable for push-pull operations. The term Silberling (from German Silber , "silver") derives from

243-836: The Ems river and the Hellweg Börde (a fertile plain). Services start in Munster and run over the Münster–Hamm railway to Hamm. From there the RB 69 runs over the Hamm–Minden railway to Bielefeld and the RB 89 runs over the Hamm–Warburg railway to Warburg. The predecessors of the services were the DB Regio NRW-operated Westfalenbahn from Bielefeld/Paderborn via Hamm and Münster to Rheine. Because of

270-758: The Lower Rhine network between Arnhem in the Netherlands and Düsseldorf / Mönchengladbach and Bocholt . From December 2018, it has operated the Rhine-Ruhr-Express with the Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE11) and since June 2020, it has operated the NRW-Express (RE1). Both were supposed to run until December 2033. In December 2016, Abellio NRW commenced operating a 12-year concession to operate Niederrhein-Netz services using

297-620: The Oberhausen–Arnhem railway covering the Rhein-IJssel-Express (RE19), Arnhem – Zevenaar – Emmerich – Wesel – Oberhausen – Duisburg – Düsseldorf Airport – Düsseldorf and the Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn (RB35), Mönchengladbach – Krefeld – Wesel . In April 2017 the former was extended into the Netherlands to Arnhem . In December 2019, it commenced operating lines S2 , S3 and S9 of

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324-1038: The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn network with 29 Stadler Flirts . On 31 January 2022, Abellio Rail NRW ended its operations. The different contracts were awarded in emergency tenders to other rail companies: Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland commenced operating the Saale-Thuringia-Südharz (STS) electric network since December 2015 on a 15-year contract, over ten lines with a route length of 575 kilometres. The network extends from Halle to Erfurt , Eisenach and Kassel as well as from Leipzig to Erfurt and Saalfeld . In December 2018, Abellio Deutschland commenced operating 12 routes in Saxony-Anhalt . These are being operated by 52 Alstom Coradia Lints . From June 2019 Abellio took over some regional train lines in Baden Württemberg under

351-549: The Warendorf Railway . Although the Warendorf line between Rheda-Wiedenbrück and Münster is shorter, Ems-Börde-Bahn services running via Hamm are about 10 minutes faster because of their higher average speed. The Ems-Börde-Bahn and Warendorfer operate to the same endpoints in both Rheda-Wiedenbrück and Gütersloh. There are also ICE and IC services between Hamm and Bielefeld. The following regional fares apply to

378-607: The Zweckverband Ruhr-Lippe sought an early takeover of the operation by Eurobahn in November 2007. However, this could not be realized. The service runs every half hour during the week and every hour on the weekend. In Soest, there is a guaranteed connection to the RB 69/RB 89 towards Paderborn. The Ems-Börde-Bahn consists of the two services, the RB 69 and the RB 89, connecting Bielefeld and Paderborn hourly with Hamm and Munster. Its name refers to

405-760: The Hellweg network: Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Rhine-Ruhr transport association, based in Dortmund), Verkehrsgemeinschaft Münsterland (transport community of Münsterland, based in Münster; the fare is called the Münsterlandtarif ), Verkehrsgemeinschaft Ruhr-Lippe (transport community of Ruhr-Lippe, based in Hamm and Soest; the fare is called the Ruhr-Lippe-Tarif ), Nahverkehrsverbund Paderborn-Höxter (local transport association of Paderborn-Höxter;

432-490: The RB 89 in Hamm, where trains on the two routes are coupled (or uncoupled if running in the opposite direction). The section of the train running as RB 89 continues from Hamm via Soest and Lippstadt to Paderborn, continuing every two hours to Warburg. Individual services in the morning and evening hours since December 2010 have operated to/from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe . Especially on weekends there are additional services to/from Warburg, providing an hourly service during parts of

459-475: The Westphalian Hellweg , a medieval road that followed a similar route. Eurobahn took over from three-part push–pull trains operated by DB Regio NRW. Its trains consisted of modernised, red Silberling carriages hauled by class 110 locomotives, veteran rollingstock from the days of Deutsche Bundesbahn . At the end of 2007 these trains were so often affected by dirt and technical defects that

486-470: The day on this section. Some trains running to/from Warburg do not stop on weekends at the stations of Borgeln, Dedinghausen, Ehringhausen and Scharmede. In Hamm there are also connections with Intercity-Express (ICE), Intercity (IC) and Regional-Express (RE) services on line RE 1 ( NRW-Express , Aachen – Düsseldorf –Hamm). In Warburg it connects with the RE 17 ( Sauerland-Express ) to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe. Once

513-522: The fare is called the Hochstifttarif , referring to the Hochstift of Paderborn), and Verkehrsverbund OstWestfalenLippe (transport association of OstWestfalenLippe , based in Bielefeld; the fare is called Der Sechser , meaning “the six”, referring to cooperation zone ( Kooperationsraum ) 6 of the state) and the statewide NRW-tariff (fare). Abellio Deutschland Abellio Deutschland

540-555: The full timetable was possible. Eurobahn called on DB Station&Service as the owner of the railway facilities to remedy the situation. The platform was rebuilt in September 2009. The RB 50 runs every hour seven days a week. The service is reinforced between Lünen and Dortmund by the RB 51, which continues from Lünen via Gronau to Enschede . The Hellweg-Bahn follows the Dortmund–Soest railway . Its name refers to

567-457: The platform. In mid-May the originally planned two-part trains ran again, but with trains running from Dortmund to Preußen not stopping, which also solved the problem. Preußen station was only served by trains from Dortmund by the parallel service, the RB 51 ( Westmünsterland-Bahn ). Eurobahn put additional assisting staff in Preußen station at the beginning of 20 May 2009, so that the operation of

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594-535: The similarity of the name with the WestfalenBahn GmbH company, which was established in 2005, it was renamed the Ems-Börde-Bahn, referring to the Ems river and the county of Börde . The RB 89 service runs between Münster and Paderborn every half hour from Monday to Friday and every hour on weekends. The RB 69 runs between Münster and Bielefeld hourly each day, this service route connects with

621-477: The space available for passengers and caused crowded trains. The state of a platform in Preußen station, which serves the districts of Lünen-Horstmar and Lünen-South, prompted the Federal Railway Authority in early May 2009 to ban the trains stopping at a curved part of the platform there. As a first response, Eurobahn again ran one-part trains that did not have to stop on the curved part of

648-577: Was increased to 100%. In April 2013, Abellio Deutschland announced it would focus on rail transport and sell its three bus companies. In November 2013 VM and Werner were sold to Transport Capital with 220 buses. The remaining KVG business was sold to Rhenus Veniro and the District of Bautzen in October 2014 with 84 buses. [REDACTED] Media related to Abellio Deutschland at Wikimedia Commons Silberling The n-Wagen ("n-coaches") are

675-670: Was later rolled out to replace the NedRailways brand internationally. As of December 2016, Abellio Deutschland operated 18 lines over 978 kilometres with a fleet of 86 trains. Abellio Rail NRW was founded in September 2005. It operated several regional railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia . The NRW network stretched from Gelsenkirchen to Bochum , from Essen to Siegen and Iserlohn via Hagen as well as from Wuppertal to Solingen via Remscheid (line S7 ). In December 2016, it commenced operating along

702-415: Was maintained. The Eurobahn bought 25 new four-part Stadler FLIRT railcars for operation on the Hellweg network. These replaced older Deutsche Bahn vehicles. The increased comfort of the new train sets as well as the fully functioning ticket machine in the train were well received by passengers. A workshop was built in Hamm-Heessen for servicing Eurobahn's Flirt railcars with a capacity of 43 vehicles. It

729-519: Was taken into full operation in the summer of 2009. The company plans to employ 200 people there. Der Lüner (meaning the person/thing from Lünen) connects Dortmund via Lünen with Munster. Services run from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof via Münster Hauptbahnhof initially over a section of the Dortmund–Enschede railway . From Lünen they run on the Preußen–Münster railway . The RB 50 had

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