27-474: The Rhein-Haard-Express ( RE 2 ) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Osnabrück via Münster , Recklinghausen , Gelsenkirchen , Essen and Duisburg to Düsseldorf . The Haard-Bahn ( RE 42 ) operated at an interval of about half an hour after RE 2 on the section between Münster and Essen. This differed only by an additional stop in Recklinghausen Süd , which RE 2 stops at only in
54-553: A long section parallel to S-Bahn lines and from Münster to Duisburg it runs on the same route as the Niers-Haard-Express (RE 42). The RE 2 is operated by DB Regio AG, using push-pull trains of five double-deck carriages hauled by class 146 electric locomotives at speeds of up to 160 km/h. The RE 42 is operated with class 1428 ( Stadler FLIRT ) sets, which are slower that the RE 2 trains but have better acceleration. As
81-589: A result, the Rhein-Haard-Express takes two minutes longer between Essen and Münster than the Niers-Haard-Express. The average speed is 71 km/h. In the evening or at night, when the RE 42 no longer runs, the Rhein-Haard-Express stops at all stations between Essen and Münster. The Rhein-Haard-Express was the last RE line in North Rhine-Westphalia that still featured a so-called ZugCafé ( dining car ). In recent years, this bistro
108-405: A single entity, generally with one car containing a galley as well as table or booth seating and the other car containing table or booth seating only. In the dining cars of Amtrak 's modern bilevel Superliner trains, booth seating on either side of a center aisle occupies almost the entire upper level, with a galley below; food is sent to the upper level on a dumbwaiter . Dining cars enhance
135-435: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dining car A dining car (American English) or a restaurant car (English), also a diner , is a railroad passenger car that serves meals in the manner of a full-service, sit-down restaurant . These cars provide the highest level of service of any railroad food service car, typically employing multiple servers and kitchen staff members. Consequently, they are
162-644: The Regional-Express ( pronounced [ʁeɡi̯oˈnaːlʔɛksˌpʁɛs] ; RE , or in Austria: REX ) is a type of regional train . It is similar to a semi-fast train, with a top speed of 160 km/h (100 mph) and an average speed of about 70–90 km/h (45–55 mph) as it calls at fewer stations than Regionalbahn or S-Bahn trains, but stops more often than Intercity or Intercity Express services. The first Regional-Express services were operated by DB Regio , though since
189-651: The Great Northern Railway . He said that "on a dining car, three elements can be considered -- the equipment, the employee, then passenger." In other words, "the whole is constituted by two-thirds of human parts." As cross-country train travel became more commonplace, passengers began to expect high-quality food to be served at the meals on board. The level of meal service on trains in the 1920s and 1930s rivaled that of high-end restaurants and clubs. They were first introduced in England on 1 November 1879 by
216-552: The Great Northern Railway Company on services between Leeds and London. A Pullman car was attached to the train for the purpose. As of 2018, Great Western Railway is the only UK train company to provide a full dining Pullman service on selected trains to the West Country & Wales . Elegance is one of the main words used to describe the concept of dining on a train. Use of fresh ingredients
243-689: The Rhein-Haard-Express took over the Duisburg–Düsseldorf section and also operates as an hourly service. In this section, there are normally five Regional-Express services per hour (RE 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6), and four Regional-Express trains per hour on the Essen-Duisburg section (RE 1, 2, 6 and 11). Since the timetable change on 12 December 2010, the Rhein-Haard-Express trains have operated with five instead of four carriages. After an EU-wide tender, DB Regio NRW contract to operate
270-647: The Turquoise Room , promoted as "The only private dining room in the world on rails." The room accommodated 12 guests, and could be reserved anytime for private dinner or cocktail parties, or other special functions. The room was often used by celebrities and dignitaries traveling on the Super Chief . Edwin Kachel was a steward for more than twenty-five years in the Dining-Car Department of
297-716: The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr ("Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association", VRR) and the Zweckverband SPNV Münsterland ("Münsterland rail transport association", ZVM) are involved in the operation of the service. After a call for tenders from European companies to operate the Rhein-Haard-Express and the Haard-Bahn , the contract for operating both lines was awarded in 2001 for the period from 2004 to 2014 to DB Regio NRW. Regional-Express In Germany , Luxembourg and Austria ,
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#1732802499307324-481: The counter are generally considered to be an "intermediate" type of dining car. Before dining cars in passenger trains were common in the United States, a rail passenger's option for meal service in transit was to patronize one of the roadhouses often located near the railroad's " water stops ". Fare typically consisted of rancid meat, cold beans, and old coffee. Such poor conditions discouraged some from making
351-454: The familiar restaurant experience with the unique visual entertainment of the ever-changing view. While dining cars are less common today than in the past (having been supplemented or in some cases replaced altogether by other types of food-service cars), they still play a significant role in passenger railroading, especially on medium- and long-distance trains. Today, a number of tourist-oriented railroads offer dinner excursions to capitalize on
378-533: The journey. Most railroads began offering meal service on trains even before the First transcontinental railroad . By the mid-1880s, dedicated dining cars were a normal part of long-distance trains from Chicago to points west, save those of the Santa Fe Railway , which relied on America's first interstate network of restaurants to feed passengers en route. The " Harvey Houses ", located strategically along
405-843: The latter often with new Class 146 engines. Many RE services run in hourly intervals, carrying line numbers and sometimes even names, varying from state to state. Since late 2006, Regional-Express services between Munich and Nuremberg that operate on the Nuremberg–Munich high-speed railway reach top speeds of 200 km/h (125 mph). These services are operated with repainted InterCity cars and Class 101 locomotives or Class 102 and double-deck cars. In Sweden, several regional trains reach 180 or 200 km/h (110 or 125 mph). They are usually called just regional trains, or named after their respective regional transit administration. The most common train types are Øresundståg and Regina . This German rail transport related article
432-594: The liberalisation of the German rail market ( Bahnreform ) in the 1990s many operators have received franchise rights on lines from the federal states . Some private operators currently operate trains that are similar to a Regional-Express service, but have decided to use their own names for the sake of brand awareness instead. Regional-Express services are carried out with a variety of vehicles such as DMUs (of Class 612 ), EMUs (of Class 425 or 426) or, most commonly, electric or diesel locomotives with double-deck cars,
459-461: The line, served top-quality meals to railroad patrons during water stops and other planned layovers and were favored over in-transit facilities for all trains operating west of Kansas City . As competition among railroads intensified, dining car service was taken to new levels. When the Santa Fe unveiled its new Pleasure Dome lounge cars in 1951, the railroad introduced the travelling public to
486-413: The most common dining car configurations, one end of the car contains a galley (with an aisle next to it so that passengers can pass through the car to the rest of the train), and the other end has table or booth seating on either side of a center aisle. Trains with high demand for dining car services sometimes feature "double-unit dining cars" consisting of two adjacent cars functioning to some extent as
513-401: The most expensive to operate. It is distinct from other railroad food service cars that do not duplicate the full-service restaurant experience, such as buffet cars , cars in which one purchases food from a walk-up counter to be consumed either within the car or elsewhere in the train. Grill cars, in which customers sit on stools at a counter and purchase and consume food cooked on a grill behind
540-631: The off-peak. On 11 December 2016, the Haard-Bahn was renamed the Niers-Haard-Express (RE 42) and extended to Duisburg, Krefeld and Mönchengladbach . Since December 2019, the additional trains in the peak hour between Haltern am See and Essen have been replaced by a service every 30 minutes between Münster and Essen. The Rhein-Haard-Express operated from 1998 to 2002 as the Haard-Express only between Münster and Essen. From
567-474: The same route as the Rhein-Haardt-Express, was extended to Mönchengladbach and renamed the Rhein-Haard-Express (RE 42). This reflects the fact that the train does not stop at every station between Duisburg and Mönchengladbach, unlike the parallel Rhein-Niers-Bahn (RB 33) and Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn (RB 35), so it was considered appropriate to designate it as an "express". At
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#1732802499307594-575: The service has been extended from December 2014 to December 2029. With the timetable change in December 2016, there was a further change in the route of the service. The RE 11 service returned to its former route between Duisburg and Düsseldorf. The section of the RE ;2's former route between Essen to Mönchengladbach, was not resumed by the Rhein-Haardt-Express. Instead, the Haard-Bahn (RB 42), which previously ran between Münster and Essen on
621-660: The timetable change in December 2002, it ran via Duisburg to Mönchengladbach , taking over the Duisburg–Mönchengladbach section from the Rhein-Emscher-Express (RE 3), which ran to Düsseldorf instead. With the timetable change on 12 December 2010 there was another exchange of routes with the Duisburg–Mönchengladbach section operated by the Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE 11), which now runs hourly between Hamm and Mönchengladbach. In return
648-792: The timetable change in December 2019, the Rhein-Haard-Express on the Münster–Essen section was accelerated by skipping stops and extended to the Lower Saxony regional centre of Osnabrück. At the same time, the Niers-Haard-Express began operating at half-hourly intervals on this section, stopping at all intermediate stations. The Rhein-Haard-Express runs daily every hour and utilises five railway lines: The Rhein-Haard-Express runs every hour and stops between Wanne-Eickel and Münster only in Recklinghausen Hbf, Haltern am See and Dülmen, vur stopping at every stop north of Münster. It runs on
675-615: The trains running towards Düsseldorf, while the locomotive leads towards Münster. Barrier-free entry and exit is not always possible because some stations have a platform height of only 38 centimetres above the rail. The Rhein-Haard-Express connects in Munster, Gelsenkirchen, Essen, Duisburg and Düsseldorf with other transport services. In addition, it has direct connections with long-distance rail services in Duisburg and Münster. Two North Rhine-Westphalian municipal transport associations,
702-1005: Was encouraged whenever possible. Some of the dishes prepared by chefs were: Braised Duck Cumberland, Hungarian Beef Goulash with Potato Dumplings, Lobster Americaine, Mountain Trout Au Bleu, Curry of Lamb Madras, Scalloped Brussels Sprouts, Pecan and Orange Sticks and Pennepicure Pie to name a few items. The Christmas menu for the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in 1882 listed the following items: Hunter's Soup, Salmon with Hollandaise Sauce, Boned Pheasant in Aspic Jelly, Chicken Salad, Salmis Prairie Chicken, Oyster Patties, Rice Croquette, Roast Beef, English Ribs of Beef, Turkey with Cranberry Sauce, Stuffed Suckling Pig with Applesauce, Antelope Steak with Currant Jelly, potatoes, green peas, tomatoes , sweet potatoes, Mince Pie, Plum Pudding, Cake, Ice Cream , Fruits and coffee. In one of
729-462: Was only open during the peak hour from Monday to Friday. With the new contract awarded to DB Regio AG for the operation of the service from 14 December 2014, continued operation of the bistro was omitted. The sets have been converted for the Rhein-Haard-Express, so that the first class seating is now located in the control car. This is where step-free access and a toilet for the disabled is located, along with bicycle parking spaces. The control car heads
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