List of local rail transport lines in North Rhine-Westphalia

The list of SPNV lines in North Rhine-Westphalia shows the structure of the entire local rail passenger transport (SPNV) on railway lines (according to EBO ) in North Rhine-Westphalia . With around 100 million train kilometers, the regional rail transport in North Rhine-Westphalia is one of the densest train services in Germany and basically runs according to an integral interval timetable (ITF) , the NRW interval that has existed since 1998 . This was developed by the company SMA und Partner from Zurich on behalf of the state government and in coordination with the regional special-purpose associations , which, according to the regionalization law of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia (ÖPNVG NW), order the transport services from the railway companies . The ITF NRW competence center (short: KC ITF NRW), which is part of the local transport association Westphalia-Lippe , takes care of the further development of the timetable structure . This institution publishes a corresponding line clock chart every year.

Schematic network plan as of 2017

Cycle schedule

The examples of the NRW integral cycle timetable shown here are only intended to illustrate the system. They do not include local rail transport on tram and light rail routes . Pure tram routes (in the sense of BOStrab ) are therefore not included in this list. Current information can be obtained from the transport associations shown.

The timetable is largely zero-symmetrical . Specifically, this means that the trains meet on the lines every hour at minutes: 59 and: 29, on the lines every two hours only at minute: 59. The departure times in the opposite direction can be calculated by mirroring the arrival times by the minute: 58.5.

On individual lines, the time of symmetry is shifted a few minutes backwards or forwards (e.g. Münster – Enschede: 55, Münster – Warendorf: 03).

All lines establish connections at node stations with each other and at connection points with local public transport .

Some lines are connected with each other, for example the regional train RB 67 with the RB 71 or the RB 73 with the regional express RE 82 ("Lipper Duo").

Operating companies

As of June 14, 2020

Of the 31 Regional Express lines, 9 (29.1%) are operated by DB Regio , 21 (67.7%) by private railways and one (3.2%) by SNCB .

Of the 55 regional train lines, 18 (32.7%) are operated by DB Regio or DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH and 37 (67.3%) by private railways.

Of the 18 S-Bahn lines, 13 (72.2%) are operated by DB Regio and 5 (27.8%) by private railways.

In addition, four Stadtbahn Rhein-Sieg Stadtbahn lines run partly on railway lines, one of which is operated by the Kölner Verkehrs-Betriebe (KVB) and one by Stadtwerke Bonn (SWB), the other two are operated jointly by the KVB and the SWB .

Local and regional transport

Lines in which the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has identified a particular state interest in accordance with Section 7 (4) of the Act on Local Public Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia (ÖPNVG NRW) and which must therefore be ordered are shown in yellow in the tables in the second column deposited.

The specified subnetworks represent the units according to which the lines were assigned.

Lines 1-9

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name / subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RE 1 (RRX)	NRW-Express RRX advance service	Hamm - Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Horrem - Düren - Eschweiler - Aachen (route length: 218 km)	415, 480	Abellio Rail NRW , DB Regio	2 × 462 (160 km / h) 146.3 + 6 double-decker cars (160 km / h) 111 + 5 double-decker cars (160 km / h, Mon-Fri peak hours - amplifier)
RE 2	Rhein-Haard-Express Haard axis	Osnabrück - Lengerich - Münster - Recklinghausen - Gelsenkirchen - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf (route length: 173 km)	425	DB Regio	146.1 + 5 double-decker cars (160 km / h) 2 × 1428 (160 km / h, only on the edge of the day)
RE 3	Rhein-Emscher-Express Maas-Rhein-Lippe network	Hamm - Dortmund Central Station - Dortmund-Mengede - Herne - Gelsenkirchen - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf (route length: 109 km)	416	Keolis	1–2 × 428, 429 (160 km / h)
RE 4	Wupper Express	Dortmund - Hagen - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Mönchengladbach - Herzogenrath - Aachen (route length: 171 km)	427, 455, 485	DB Regio	111 + 5 double-deck cars 146.0 + 5 double-deck cars (140 km / h)
RE 5 (RRX)	Rhein-Express RRX advance service	( Emmerich -) Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Remagen - Andernach - Koblenz (Emmerich - Wesel: Sunday to Thursday last trip to Emmerich, Monday to Friday first trip from Emmerich) (route length: 192 km )	415, 420, 470	National Express	2 × 462 (160 km / h)
RE 6 (RRX)	Rhein-Weser-Express RRX advance service	Minden - Herford - Bielefeld - Hamm - Dortmund - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Dormagen - Cologne - Cologne / Bonn Airport (until the end of 2022 mostly due to construction work from Düsseldorf via Leverkusen and Cologne Messe / Deutz deep to Cologne / Bonn Airport) (route length: 280 km)	370, 400, 415, 495	National Express	2 × 462 (160 km / h)
RE 7	Rhein-Münsterland-Express Rhein-Wupper-Schiene	Rheine - Münster - Hamm - Hagen - Wuppertal - Solingen - Cologne - Neuss - Krefeld (route length: 248 km) (on weekends every two hours between Rheine and Münster)	410, 455, 495	National Express	2 × 9442 (160 km / h)
RE 8	Rhein-Erft-Express RE 8 / RB 33	Mönchengladbach - Cologne - Troisdorf - Bonn-Beuel - Königswinter - Bad Honnef - Linz (Rhine) - Neuwied - Koblenz (route length: 145 km) ( Sunday and evenings not between Mönchengladbach and Rommerskirchen)	465	DB Regio	1–2 × 1440 (140 km / h)
RE 9	Rhein-Sieg-Express (awarded individually)	Aachen - Eschweiler - Düren - Horrem - Cologne - Siegburg / Bonn - Betzdorf - Siegen (route length: 171 km)	460, 480	DB Regio	2 × 442 (160 km / h, four laps) 146.0 + 5–6 double-decker cars (160 km / h, four laps)

Lines 10-19

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RE 10	Niers-Express Niers-Rhein-Emscher-Netz	Düsseldorf Hbf - Krefeld Hbf - Kempen (Niederrhein) - Geldern - Kleve (route length: 87 km) (hourly on weekends)	495	NordWestBahn	1–3 × 648 (120 km / h)
RE 11 (RRX)	Rhein-Hellweg-Express RRX advance service	Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf Airport - Duisburg - Essen - Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn - Warburg - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe (route length: 291 km)	415, 430	Abellio Rail NRW	2 × 462 to Hamm, otherwise 1 × 462
RE 12	Eifel-Mosel-Express diesel network Cologne	Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein - Trier (route length: 177 km) (Mondays - Fridays two pairs of trains, Saturdays and Sundays three pairs of trains, depending on the construction site from Mondays to Fridays only from Köln Hbf / to Köln Süd)	474	DB Regio	620 (140 km / h), 644 (120 km / h)
RE 13	Maas-Wupper-Express Maas-Rhein-Lippe network	Venlo - Viersen - Mönchengladbach - Düsseldorf - Wuppertal - Hagen - Hamm (route length: 160 km)	485, 455	Keolis	1-2 × 428 / 429
RE 14	The Borkener Emscher-Münsterland network	Essen-Steele - Essen - Bottrop - Dorsten - Borken (route length: 56 km) (outside rush hour, wing with RB 45 in Dorsten, on Sundays only from Essen main station and every hour)	423	NordWestBahn	1-2 x 643
RE 15	Emsland-Express express lines Emsland / Mittelland	Münster - Rheine - Lingen - Leer - Emden - Emden outer harbor (distance: 183 km)	410, 395	Westfalenbahn	1-2 x 1428
RE 16	Ruhr-Sieg-Express Ruhr-Sieg network	Essen - Bochum - Witten - Hagen - Iserlohn-Letmathe - Iserlohn / - Finnentrop - Siegen (route length: 72 km - Iserlohn \| 153 km - Siegen)	415, 427, 440	Abellio Rail NRW	426.1 (Iserlohn) and 427 (Siegen) rarely 2 × 426.1 or 2 × 427
RE 17	Sauerland Express Sauerland network	Hagen - Schwerte (Ruhr) - Bestwig - Brilon Wald - Warburg - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe (route length: 209 km)	435 , 430	DB Regio	1 × 632 1 × 633 1 × 644
RE 18	LIMAX Concessie Limburg 2016–2031	Aachen Hbf - Herzogenrath - Eygelshoven - Landgraaf - Heerlen - Maastricht (route length: 47 km)	482	Arriva Personenvervoer Nederland	FLIRT 3
RE 19	Rhein-IJssel-Express Niederrhein network	Arnhem - Zevenaar - Emmerich - Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf (distance: 123 km)	420, 415	Abellio Rail NRW	1-2 x FLIRT 3
RE 19a	The Bocholt Niederrhein network	Wesel - Bocholt (distance: 20 km)	421	Abellio Rail NRW	648

Lines 20-29

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RB 20	*eu regio* bahn** network: k. A.	Stolberg - Eschweiler St. Jöris - Alsdorf-Annapark - Herzogenrath - Aachen - Stolberg - Stolberg Altstadt or - Eschweiler Talbahnhof - Langerwehe - Düren ( wings in Stolberg) (on Sundays and Saturday afternoons no wings in Stolberg and therefore hourly Stolberg - Stolberg Altstadt / Langerwehe )	482	DB Regio	1–2 × 643.2 (120 km / h)
RB 21	Rurtalbahn (awarded individually)	Linnich - Jülich - Düren	457 / 483	Rurtalbahn	1–2 × Regioshuttle 622
RB 21	Rurtalbahn (awarded individually)	Düren - Kreuzau - Untermaubach-Schlagstein - Nideggen -Brück - Heimbach	484	Rurtalbahn	1–2 × Regioshuttle 622
RE 22	Eifel-Express diesel network Cologne	(Köln Messe / Deutz -) Köln Hbf - Euskirchen - Kall - Gerolstein (- Trier as RB 22) (due to construction site only a few trains between Köln Messe / Deutz and Köln Hbf, in the peak hours only from / to Köln Süd) (route length: 109 km)	474	DB Regio	1–2 × 620 (140 km / h) 620 + 622 (140 km / h)
RB 23	Voreifel-Bahn diesel network Cologne	Bad Münstereifel - Euskirchen (connected as S 23 to Bonn)	475 / 475	DB Regio	620 622 (rare)
RB 24	Eifel-Bahn diesel network Cologne	(Köln Messe / Deutz -) Köln Hbf - Euskirchen - Kall (- Gerolstein) (due to construction site only individual trains between Köln Messe / Deutz and Köln Hbf, in the high season only from / to Köln Süd)	474	DB Regio	1–2 × 620 (140 km / h) 620 + 622 (140 km / h)
RB 25	Oberbergische Bahn diesel network Cologne	Cologne - Overath - Engelskirchen - Gummersbach - Meinerzhagen - Lüdenscheid (Monday to Friday from noon every half hour to Gummersbach and amplifiers in the morning during rush hour)	459	DB Regio	1–2 × 620 (120 km / h) 620 + 622 (120 km / h)
RB 26	MittelrheinBahn Mittelrhein (left bank of the Rhine)	Cologne-Dellbrück - Cologne main station - Bonn - Remagen - Andernach - Koblenz - Mainz (depending on the construction site, it runs to Cologne-Dellbrück, two trips to Cologne / Bonn Airport at night)	470	trans regio	1–2 × 460 (160 km / h)
RB 27	Rhein-Erft-Bahn (individually awarded)	Mönchengladbach - Rommerskirchen - Cologne - Cologne / Bonn Airport - Troisdorf - Bonn-Beuel - Bad Honnef - Linz (Rhine) - Neuwied - Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein - Koblenz	465	DB Regio	1–2 × 425 (140 km / h)
RB 28	Eifel-Bördebahn (individually awarded)	Düren - Zülpich - Euskirchen (every two hours on weekdays, every three hours on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays)	12474	Rurtalbahn	650
RE 29 L 09	euregioAIXpress (awarded individually)	Aachen - Welkenraedt - Verviers - Pepinster - Spa - Spa-Géronstère (distance: 54 km)	483 / L 37 / L 44	NMBS / SNCB	MS66

Lines 30-39

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RB 30	Rhein-Ahr-Bahn diesel network Cologne	Bonn - Remagen - Ahrbrück	477 , 470	DB Regio	620 (140 km / h)
RB 31	The Lower Rhine Niers-Rhein-Emscher network	Duisburg - Moers - Xanten / ( Kamp-Lintfort Süd) (to Kamp-Lintfort Süd only on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays until October 11, 2020)	498 , Kamp-Lintfort colliery railway	NordWestBahn	1-2 x 648
RB 32	Rhein-Emscher-Bahn S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr	Dortmund - Herne - Wanne-Eickel - Gelsenkirchen - Oberhausen - Duisburg	416	Abellio Rail NRW	FLIRT 3XL
RB 33	Rhine-Niers Railway	Essen - Duisburg - Krefeld - Mönchengladbach - Aachen or Heinsberg - Aachen ( wing in Lindern)	485	DB Regio	425 + 426 (140 km / h) 2 × 425 (140 km / h) rarely: 425 + 2 × 426 (140 km / h)
RB 34	Schwalm-Nette-Bahn Erft-Schwalm	Mönchengladbach - Wegberg - Dalheim (every two hours on weekends)	487	VIAS Rail GmbH	1648
RB 35	Emscher-Niederrhein-Bahn Niederrhein network	Gelsenkirchen - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Krefeld - Viersen - Mönchengladbach (Mon-Fri)	490, 416	Abellio Rail NRW	1429
RB 36	Ruhrort-Bahn Niers-Rhein-Emscher network	Duisburg-Ruhrort - Oberhausen (hourly on weekends)	447	NordWestBahn	648 or 643
RB 38	Erft-Bahn diesel network Cologne	Bedburg (Erft) - Horrem (hourly on weekends)	481	DB Regio	1–2 × 644 (120 km / h)
RB 39	Düssel-Erft-Bahn Erft-Schwalm	Düsseldorf Hbf - Neuss Hbf - Grevenbroich - Bedburg (Erft) (on weekends every hour and only between Neuss Hbf and Bedburg (except at night))	488	VIAS Rail GmbH	622 1648
RB 39	Ahr Valley Railway Diesel Network Cologne	Remagen - Dernau (runs exclusively in Rhineland-Palatinate)	477	DB Regio	622

Lines 40-49

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RB 40	Ruhr-Lenne -Bahn Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn	Essen - Bochum - Witten - Hagen	415, 427	Abellio Rail NRW	FLIRT 3XL
RE 42	Niers-Haard-Express Haard axis	Münster - Haltern am See - Recklinghausen - Gelsenkirchen - Essen - Mülheim - Duisburg - Krefeld - Viersen - Mönchengladbach (route length: 143 km)	425, 490	DB Regio	1–2 × 1428 , 146.1 + 4 double-decker cars (160 km / h)
RB 42	Upland-Bahn RegioNetz Kurhessen	Brilon city - Brilon forest - Willingen - Korbach - Frankenberg - Marburg	439	DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH	642
RB 43	Emschertal Railway Sauerland network	Dorsten - Wanne-Eickel - Herne - Dortmund	426	DB Regio	1 × 632
RE 44	Fossa-Emscher-Express Niers-Rhein-Emscher network	Bottrop - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Moers (route length: 36 km) (on weekends only between Bottrop and Duisburg)	423, 498	NordWestBahn	1-2 x 648 1-2 x 643
RB 45	The Coesfeld Emscher-Münsterland network	(Essen -) Dorsten - Coesfeld (outside rush hour, wing with RE 14 in Dorsten and continuously from Essen)	424	NordWestBahn	648 643
RB 46	Glückauf-Bahn Ruhr-Sieg network	Gelsenkirchen - Wanne-Eickel - Bochum (hourly on weekends)	428	Abellio Rail NRW	426.1 648
RB 48	Rhein-Wupper-Bahn Rhein-Wupper- Bahn	Wuppertal-Oberbarmen - Wuppertal - Solingen - Cologne - Bonn - Bonn-Mehlem	455, 470	National Express	1–2 × 9442 (160 km / h) 110 + 5 n-cars (1 round trip Mon-Fri)
RE 49	Wupper-Lippe-Express S-Bahn Rhine-Ruhr	Wuppertal - Velbert-Neviges - Essen - Mülheim - Oberhausen - Wesel (distance: 86 km) (Monday to Friday)	420, 450.3, 450.9	Abellio Rail NRW	FLIRT 3XL

Lines 50-59

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RB 50	The Lüner Hellweg network	Dortmund - Lünen - Munster	411	Keolis	1-2 x 1429
RB 51	West Munsterland Railway Munster West	Dortmund - Lünen - Coesfeld - Gronau - Enschede (hourly on weekends)	412	DB Regio	1–3 × 643 (120 km / h)
RB 52	Volmetal-Bahn Sauerland network	Dortmund - Hagen - Rummenohl - Lüdenscheid-Bruges - Lüdenscheid (every two hours on Sunday morning between Hagen and Lüdenscheid)	434	DB Regio	1 × 633 1 × 648
RB 53	Ardey-Bahn Sauerland network	Dortmund - Schwerte - Iserlohn (hourly on weekends)	433	DB Regio	1 × 644 1 × 632
RB 54	Hönnetal-Bahn Sauerland network	Unna - Fröndenberg - Menden - Balve - Neuenrade (divided into partial lines Unna - Menden or Fröndenberg - Neuenrade. Unna - Menden: on Sunday morning every two hours. Fröndenberg - Neuenrade: on Sunday all day every two hours)	437	DB Regio	1-2 x 632
RE 57	Dortmund-Sauerland-Express Sauerland network	Dortmund - Arnsberg - Bestwig - Winterberg / - Brilon Wald - Brilon Stadt (route length: 115 km - Winterberg \| 110 km - Brilon Stadt) (on weekends hourly to Winterberg with wing in Bestwig, in the evening via Schwerte as wing train with the RB 53 line , Saturdays December 21, 2019 to March 7, 2020 winter sports train pair Oberhausen - Winterberg)	435, 438	DB Regio	644 632 633
RB 58	The Bramscher Weser-Ems	Osnabrück - Halen - Bramsche - Vechta - Delmenhorst - Bremen	394	NordWestBahn	1-3 x 648
RB 59	Hellweg Railway Hellweg Network	Dortmund - Unna - Soest (Sundays every hour)	431	Keolis	428

Lines 60-69

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RE 60	Ems-Leine-Express electronic network Mittelland	Rheine - Ibbenbüren - Osnabrück - Bünde - Minden - Hanover - Braunschweig (distance: 270 km)	310, 370, 375	Westfalenbahn	Stadler Kiss
RB 61	Wiehengebirgs-Bahn Teutoburg Forest Network	Hengelo - Bad Bentheim - Rheine - Ibbenbueren - Osnabrück - Herford - Bielefeld	375 , 386 , 370	Keolis	Stadler Flirt (2429 Mehrsystem D / NL)
RB 63	Baumberge Railway Munster West	Münster center north - Münster - Coesfeld (every half hour in peak hours , Münster center north only Mon-Fri)	408	DB Regio	1-2 x 643
RB 64	Euregio-Bahn Münster West	Münster - Gronau - Enschede (half-hourly in peak hours in load direction)	407	DB Regio	1-3 x 643 , 644
RB 65	Ems-Bahn Teutoburg Forest Network	Münster - Greven - Emsdetten - Rheine (every half hour in peak hours )	410	Keolis	427 or 429 partially: 427 + 429
RB 66	Teuto-Bahn Teutoburg Forest Network	Münster - Lengerich - Osnabrück	385	Keolis	429 (+ 427 ), 427 (160 km / h)
RB 67	The Warendorf OWL diesel network	Münster - Warendorf - Gütersloh - Bielefeld	400 , 406	Keolis	1-2 x 643
RB 69	Ems-Börde-Bahn Hellweg network	Münster - Hamm - Bielefeld ( combined with the RB 89 between Hamm and Münster )	400 , 410	Keolis	428

Lines 70-79

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RE 70	Weser-Leine-Express electronic network Mittelland	Bielefeld - Herford - Minden - Hanover - Braunschweig (route length: 169 km)	310, 370, 401	Westfalenbahn	Stadler KISS (160 km / h)
RB 71	Ravensberger Bahn OWL diesel network	Bielefeld - Herford - Bünde - Rahden	386	Keolis	1–2 × 643 (120 km / h)
RB 72	Ostwestfalen-Bahn Teutoburg Forest Network	Herford - Location - Detmold - Altenbeken - Paderborn	405 , 429	Keolis	427 (130 km / h)
RB 73	The Lipperländer OWL diesel network	Bielefeld - Location - Lemgo	404	Keolis	1-2 x 643
RB 74	Senne-Bahn OWL diesel network	Bielefeld - Sennestadt - Paderborn (every half hour in peak hours )	403	NordWestBahn	1–2 × 643 (120 km / h)
RB 75	Haller Willem OWL diesel network	Bielefeld - Halle - Osnabrück (hourly on weekends)	402	NordWestBahn	1–2 × 643 (120 km / h)
RB 77	Weser Railway Weserbahn / Lammetalbahn	Bünde - Löhne - Rinteln - Hameln - Elze - Hildesheim (no traffic between Bünde and Löhne on weekends)	372	NordWestBahn	1–2 × 648 (120 km / h)
RE 78	Porta-Express Teutoburg Forest Network	Bielefeld - Herford - Löhne - Minden - Nienburg (route length: 98 km)	370, 124	Keolis	Stadler FLIRT (160 km / h)

Lines 80-89

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RE 82	The Leineweber OWL diesel network	Bielefeld - Lage - Detmold - Altenbeken (every two hours on Sunday) (route length: 56 km)	404 , 405	Keolis	643
RB 84	Egge-Bahn OWL diesel network	Paderborn - Ottbergen - Holzminden - Kreiensen ( combined with RB 85 between Paderborn and Ottbergen )	403	NordWestBahn	1-2 x 643
RB 85	Oberweser Railway OWL diesel network	Paderborn - Ottbergen - Bodenfelde - Göttingen (between Paderborn and Ottbergen combined with RB 84 , every Saturday afternoon and Sunday every two hours)	356 south , 356 north	NordWestBahn	1-2 x 643
RB 89	Ems-Börde-Bahn Hellweg network	Münster - Hamm - Soest - Lippstadt - Geseke - Salzkotten - Paderborn - Warburg ( combined with RB 69 between Hamm and Münster )	410 , 430	Keolis	1-2 x 428

Lines 90-99

Lines or sections with a cycle of less than 60 minutes, usually every 30 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or segments with a cycle of> 60 minutes, usually every 120 minutes, are shown in italics .
Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
RB 90	Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn diesel network Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg	Limburg - Westerburg - Altenkirchen - Au - Betzdorf - Siegen (- Kreuztal) ( HVZ amplifier between Altenkirchen and Betzdorf, currently line break in Westerburg and Altenkirchen due to delayed infrastructure expansion)	461, 460	Hessian state railway	648, isolated 640
RB 91	Ruhr-Sieg-Bahn Ruhr-Sieg network	Hagen - Iserlohn-Letmathe - ( Finnentrop - Siegen) / Iserlohn (on Sundays and public holidays, every two hours between Hagen and Siegen, hourly from 9 p.m. to Siegen and Iserlohn)	440	Abellio Rail NRW , Hessian State Railway	426.1 (Iserlohn) and 427 (Siegen) rarely 2 × 426.1 or 2 × 427 640 (only HLB 24398 and 24399)
RB 92	Biggesee-Express diesel network Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg	Finnentrop - Attendorn - Olpe	442	Hessian state railway	648, isolated 640
RB 93	Rothaar-Bahn diesel network Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg	Betzdorf - Siegen - Kreuztal - Hilchenbach - Erndtebrück - Bad Berleburg (every two hours between Betzdorf and Siegen on Sundays and public holidays)	460, 443	Hessian state railway	648 429 (only HLB 24951)
RB 94	Upper Lahntalbahn RegioNetz Kurhessen	Erndtebrück - Bad Laasphe - Marburg (on Sundays and public holidays every two hours on the entire route, on Saturdays two pairs of trains extended to Betzdorf)	623	DB RegioNetz Verkehrs GmbH	642
RB 95	Sieg-Dill-Bahn diesel network Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg	Siegen - Wilnsdorf-Rudersdorf - Haiger - Dillenburg (Saturday afternoons and on Sundays and public holidays every two hours)	445	Hessian state railway	1648/648, 640
RB 96	Hellertal-Bahn diesel network Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg	Betzdorf - Herdorf - Neunkirchen - Burbach - Haiger - Dillenburg (every two hours on Sunday morning)	462	Hessian state railway	646 , 648
RB 97	Daadetal-Bahn (awarded individually)	Betzdorf - Daaden	463	Westerwaldbahn GmbH	646, in school traffic 2 × 646
RE 99	Main-Sieg-Express Main-Lahn-Sieg network	Siegen - Dillenburg - Wetzlar - Gießen - Friedberg - Frankfurt (every hour with change to RE 30 in Gießen) (distance: 139 km)	445, 630	Hessian state railway	429 Gießen – Frankfurt: 2 × 429; HVZ: 3 × 429; Sprinter 429 + 427

Set lines

This section is still incomplete:

line	Period	Line name Subnet of the line	Line route	KBS	operator	Reason for setting / comments
HKX	February 1, 2014 to August 31, 2016	Hamburg-Cologne Express	Hamburg - Osnabrück - Münster - Recklinghausen - Gelsenkirchen - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz - Bingen - Frankfurt		Railway tourism express	drove only temporarily as local rail passenger transport
RE 6	until December 2002	Rhein-Wupper-Express	Wuppertal - Solingen - Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz	455, 480	DB Regio NRW	replaced by RB 48
RE 6a	December 2015 to December 2016		Cologne / Bonn Airport - Cologne - Dormagen - Neuss - Düsseldorf		DB Regio	replaced by RE 6
RE 8	until December 2002	Rhine-Holland Express	Venlo - Viersen - Mönchengladbach - Grevenbroich - Cologne - Troisdorf - Koblenz		DB Regio NRW	Mönchengladbach - Venlo section replaced by RE 13
RE 11	until December 2002	Westfalen Express	Düsseldorf - Duisburg - Essen - Bochum - Dortmund - Hamm (Westf) - Bielefeld		DB Regio NRW	replaced by RE 6 and extension to Minden (Westf) and Cologne / Bonn Airport
RE 13		The Viersener	Düsseldorf - Neuss - Mönchengladbach - Viersen - Kaldenkirchen		DB Regio NRW	under the same line number as Maas-Wupper-Express extended to Venlo or via Wuppertal and Hagen to Hamm
RE 18	until December 2002	Rhein-Erft-Express	Mönchengladbach - Grevenbroich - Cologne - Troisdorf - Koblenz	485	DB Regio Southwest	replaced by RB 27
RE 19	until December 2002	Hellweg Express	Dortmund - Soest - Paderborn - Warburg	459, 430	DB Regio NRW	replaced by RB 59 and RB 89
RE 20	1998 to December 2002	Eifel-Saar-Express	Cologne - Gerolstein - Trier - Saarbrücken	474	DB Regio Southwest	Technical defects on the 611 railcars led to it being shortened to Trier after a few months and later replaced by the RE 12
RB 21	until December 2002	Frontier Railway	Cologne - Düren - Aachen - Geilenkirchen - Mönchengladbach	480, 485	DB Regio NRW	replaced by RE 9, RB 33 and S 13
RB 26			Düren - Jülich		Rurtalbahn	replaced by RB 21
RB 27			Düren - Heimbach		Rurtalbahn	replaced by RB 21
RB 28			Aachen - Heerlen			initially replaced by RB 20 and later by RE 18
RB 30	until 1999		Krefeld - Kleve		DB Regio NRW	replaced by RE 10
RB 32	until December 2019	The Bocholter	Wesel - Bocholt	421	Abellio Rail NRW	renamed to RE 19a
RB 34	December 2005 to June 2006	The Arnhem	Emmerich - Zevenaar - Arnhem	420	DB Regio NRW	Test line, now replaced by RE 19
RB 34	until 1999		Mettmann - Düsseldorf		DB Regio NRW	replaced by S 28
RB 35	until 2016	The Weseler	(Emmerich -) Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg (- Düsseldorf [- Cologne])		DB Regio	replaced by RE 19
RB 37	until 2019	The Wedauer	Duisburg - Duisburg-Wedau - Duisburg duck fishing		DB Regio	Replacement by multiple trips on bus route 928
RB 41	Fall 2003 - December 2004		Hamm - Dortmund	415	DB Regio NRW	Additional line, as the RE 1 could only reach the connection to the RB 89 by omitting stops due to its reduced top speed
RB 44	until December 2019	The Dorstener	Dorsten - Oberhausen	423	NordWestBahn	replaced by RE 44 and additional journeys by RE 14
RB 47	until December 2013	The Müngstener	Wuppertal - Remscheid - Solingen	458 (450.7)	DB Regio	replaced by S 7
RB 49	until December 2003	Niederberg Railway	Essen - Langenberg - Wuppertal	446 (450.9)	DB Regio NRW	replaced by S 9
RB 55	until December 2002	The Winterberger	Bestwig - Winterberg	438	DB Regio NRW	replaced by RE 57
RB 56 (2003-2007) RB 58 (2001-2003)	2003 to December 2007	The Iserlohner	Hagen - Letmathe - Iserlohn	427	DB Regio NRW	replaced by RE 16 and RB 91
RB 62	1998 to 2004	The Cheruscan	Rheine - Osnabrück - Herford - Detmold - Paderborn	375 , 386 , 405 , 429	DB Regio NRW	Replacement by RB 61 and RB 72
RE 76			Bielefeld - Minden - Nienburg - Verden - Rotenburg		DB Regio North	Replacement by RB 76 and RE 78
RB 76	until December 2017	Weser-Aller Railway	Minden - Nienburg - Verden - Rotenburg	124	DB Regio	Replacement by RE 78
RB 79	December 2003 to December 2005		Bielefeld - Gütersloh - Oelde	400	DB Regio NRW	Replacement of the eastern section of the RB 69 due to the reduced top speed of the 425 and the route allocation
RB 83	until October 2005	Weser Uplands Railway	Paderborn - Bad Pyrmont - Hameln		DB Regio NRW	replaced by S 5

particularities

line	description
RE 1	The stations Nordbögge and Scharnhorst are served every hour. A transfer-free connection between these two stations is only possible with the RE 3.
RE 2	In order to be able to connect to the RE 60 in Osnabrück, the Kattenvenne and Natrup-Hagen stations are only served every two hours.
RE 5	Due to train overhauls with the ICE, the line sometimes does not stop in Oberhausen-Holten and Friedrichsfeld . Hourly service to all stations between Oberhausen and Wesel is only possible with the RE 19 and RE 49.
RE 15	The Emden Außenhafen stop is only served three to five times a day, depending on the season. The times are always adapted to the ferry from / to Borkum .
RE 16 RB 33 RE 57 RB 91	In these four cases, the two wing branches each have the same number. (In contrast to this, for historical reasons, a distinction is made between the Münster – Hamm and Paderborn – Ottbergen double units between RB 69 and RB 89 or RB 84 and RB 85: According to the respective timetable, the RB 69 only ran between Hamm and Bielefeld and the RB 85 until December 2014 only between Ottbergen and Göttingen.)
RE 17	Due to low demand and for reasons relating to the timetable, the Beringhausen and Messinghausen stops in the direction of Warburg are only served by two early journeys each Monday to Saturday. In the direction of Hagen, service is provided from Monday to Saturday from two early morning departures and two late departures daily. The Hoppecke stop is served every two hours in both directions, sometimes supplemented by additional stops for some early / late trips. All three breakpoints are managed as demand stops.
RE 18	This line should not be confused with the Lower Saxony RE 18 (Osnabrück - Bramsche - Quakenbrück - Oldenburg - Wilhelmshaven ), which crosses North Rhine-Westphalia between Osnabrück and Bramsche without stopping.
RE 19	RE 19 with train number 20015 (departure 8:44 a.m. from Arnhem Centraal and arrival 10:33 a.m. in Düsseldorf Hbf) and train number 20034 (departure 7:26 p.m. from Düsseldorf Hbf and arrival 9:15 p.m. in Arnhem Centraal) do not stop Oberhausen-Holten and Friedrichsfeld and RE 19 with train number 20047 (departure 6:18 a.m. from Emmerich and arrival 7:33 a.m. in Düsseldorf Hbf) does not stop at Düsseldorf Airport .
RB 23	Due to the reactivation of some stops between Bonn and Euskirchen, this line on the section mentioned was considered to be more of a S-Bahn , which was made official in December 2014. Since the number of the line number in the S-Bahn system had not yet been assigned, it was adopted. Since then, the section of this line has been known as the S 23. Between Euskirchen and Bad Münstereifel, the line continues to operate as the RB23.
RE 42	Due to route conflicts with long-distance traffic, this line sometimes only stops every hour in Münster-Albachten (both directions of travel) and Sythen (in the direction of Essen).
RB 42	Until December 2015, this line was called the RB 55 in North Rhine-Westphalia and could not be confused with the RB 42 that runs between Münster and Essen (from today's perspective, RE 42 Münster - Mönchengladbach ). Unofficially, this name is still used regionally.
RB 58	Since this line has only one station in North Rhine-Westphalia, no official number was used until December 2014, only the name "NWB" was used. The introduction of the line numbers in Lower Saxony, however, stipulated that all trains that cross the border between North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony bear the same line number in both federal states.
RB 65	Until December 2015 there was the RB 68 with the same sequence of stops, which, however, differed in the operator from the RB 65.
RB 67 RB 71	There is a connection between these two lines in Bielefeld, there is no need to change from one line to the other. The reason for the different line numbers lies in the contracts with the private railway companies. This connection did not exist until December 2013, the RB 67 (at that time still NordWestBahn) was connected with the RE 82, the RB 71, however, with the RB 73.
RB 69 RB 89	In regular traffic, these two lines run on their common section (Hamm - Münster) as a double traction. At times the route Bielefeld - Gütersloh - Hamm - Soest - Paderborn exists, which changes the line number in Hamm. The Hamm - Münster option, consisting of two vehicles, is also available, with one vehicle each bearing one of the line numbers specified here.
RE 70	The RE 60 and RE 78, together with the switch to Löhne, complement the RE 70 every hour.
RB 81 RB 85	By October 2004, the line was shortened on every second journey to Bodenfelde - Göttingen. During these trips, the Ottbergen - Bodenfelde section was served by the RB 81, which continued to Northeim . After the end-to-end connection Northeim - Ottbergen was discontinued and the hourly connection from Göttingen via Bodenfelde to Ottbergen was introduced, the RB 81 line number no longer existed, as there are no stations on this line in North Rhine-Westphalia. With the introduction of the line numbers in Lower Saxony, this line got its old number back.
RB 92	Due to the lack of platform lighting, the Attendorn-Hohen Hagen stop can only be operated from May 1st to September 30th of each year - this also applies to journeys in daylight. In any case, the stop is only used for tourism and is managed as a stop on demand.

S-Bahn traffic

S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr / S-Bahn Cologne

Status: December 2019

The S-Bahn lines usually run every 20 minutes on weekdays and every 30 minutes in the evenings and on weekends.
Lines or sections with a cycle of <20 minutes, usually every 10 minutes, are shown in bold .
Lines or sections with a cycle> 20 minutes, usually every 60 minutes, are shown in italics .

line	KBS	Line route	operator	Vehicles in regular operation
S 1	450.1	Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Mülheim - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Hilden - Solingen	DB Regio (emergency award)	2 × 422
S 2	450.2	Dortmund - Dortmund-Mengede - Herne - Recklinghausen Wanne-Eickel / - Gelsenkirchen - Essen ^‹1›	Abellio Rail NRW	FLIRT 3XL
S 3	450.3	Oberhausen - Mülheim - Essen - Bochum-Dahlhausen - Hattingen	Abellio Rail NRW	FLIRT 3XL
S 4	450.4	Unna - Unna-Königsborn - Dortmund-South - Dortmund-Dorstfeld - Dortmund-Lütgendortmund	DB Regio (emergency award)	422
S 5	450.5	Dortmund - Witten - Weather - Hagen	DB Regio	1440 422
S 6	450.6	Essen - Ratingen Ost - Düsseldorf - Langenfeld - Leverkusen - Cologne - Cologne-Nippes (- Cologne-Worringen) ^‹2›	DB Regio	2 × 422 2 × 423 (two rounds)
S 7	450.7	Wuppertal - Remscheid - Solingen	Abellio Rail NRW	1-2 x 1648
S 8	450.8	Hagen - Schwelm - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Mönchengladbach	DB Regio	1-2 x 1440
S 9	450.9	Haltern am See - Marl - Bottrop - Essen - Velbert-Langenberg - Wuppertal-Vohwinkel - Wuppertal - Schwelm - Hagen	Abellio Rail NRW	FLIRT 3XL
S 11	450.11	Düsseldorf Airport Terminal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Dormagen - Cologne - Bergisch Gladbach	DB Regio	2 × 423
S 12	450.12	( Horrem -) Cologne - Troisdorf - Siegburg - Hennef - Eitorf - Au	DB Regio	2 × 420 2 × 423
S 13	450.13	(Aachen -) Düren - Sindorf - Horror - Cologne-Ehrenfeld - Cologne-Hansaring - Cologne / Bonn Airport - Troisdorf	DB Regio	2 × 423
S 19	450.13	Düren - Horrem - Cologne-Hansaring - Cologne / Bonn Airport - Troisdorf - Hennef - Blankenberg ^‹3› - Au	DB Regio	2 × 423
S 23	475	Bonn - Alfter-Witterschlick - Rheinbach - Euskirchen (between Bonn and Rheinbach compressed to a 15-minute cycle during rush hour; every hour to Bad Münstereifel connected as RB 23)	DB Regio	1-2 x 620 620 + 622
P 28	450.28	Mettmann Stadtwald - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Kaarster See	Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn	1-2 x 643
P 68	450.68	Wuppertal-Vohwinkel - Düsseldorf - Langenfeld ^‹4›	DB Regio	1–2 × 420 143 + 4 x car 422

^‹1› One train each hour to Recklinghausen and Essen.
^‹2› For the HVZ extension to Cologne-Worringen.
^‹3› Only single journeys during peak hours. Otherwise it only stops at night in Blankenberg due to a lack of infrastructure.
^‹4› Only during peak hours, Wuppertal-Vohwinkel-Düsseldorf only in load direction .

S-Bahn Hanover in North Rhine-Westphalia

The Hanover S-Bahn is operated by DB Regio Nord . This list only shows lines that touch North Rhine-Westphalia. Lines or sections outside of North Rhine-Westphalia are shown smaller .

line	Line route	KBS	Vehicles in regular operation
S 1	Minden - Haste - Wunstorf - Hanover - Weetzen - Barsinghausen - Haste	363.1	2 × 424
S 5	Paderborn - Altenbeken - Steinheim - Bad Pyrmont - Hameln - Weetzen - Hanover - Langenhagen - Hanover Airport	363.5	425 , from Hameln 425 + 424

Light rail lines on railway lines

Individual light rail lines operated by the Cologne public transport company and Stadtwerke Bonn use sections of the railway lines operated by the Cologne ports and goods traffic (HGK). Within the cities of Cologne and Bonn, these lines are integrated into the tram network and run there as trams to BOStrab .

The light rail lines usually run every 5 to 20 minutes.

Line sections that are used as trams (according to BOStrab) are shown smaller .

line	Line route	KBS	operator	vehicles
7th	Zündorf - Cologne-Porz - Cologne Neumarkt - Aachener Str./Gürtel - Cologne Stüttgenhof - Frechen - Frechen-Benzelrath (see Cologne – Frechen railway line # today's situation )	without	KVB	2 K4000 2 K4500
16	Cologne-Niehl - Cologne Cathedral / Central Station - Cologne-Heinrich-Lübke-Ufer - Cologne-Sürth - Wesseling - Bornheim - Hersel - Bonn-Tannenbusch - Bonn Hbf - Bonn-Bad Godesberg	473.1	KVB and SWB (3 courses)	2 B-cars 2 K5000
17th	Cologne Severinstraße - Cologne Chlodwigplatz - Cologne-Heinrich-Lübke-Ufer -Cologne-Rodenkirchen(- Cologne-Sürth)	473.1	KVB	1–2 B cars 1–2 K5000
18th	Cologne-Thielenbruch - Cologne-Buchheim - Cologne Cathedral / Central Station - Cologne-Klettenbergpark - Hürth-Efferen - Brühl Mitte - Bornheim - Alfter - Bonn-Dransdorf - Bonn Central Station	473.2	KVB and SWB (4 courses)	2 B-cars 2 K5000
68	Bornheim - Alfter - Bonn-Dransdorf - Bonn Hbf - Bonn-Ramersdorf	473.2	SSB	2 B cars

Future changes

The following table shows all the changes that have been made for future timetable changes:

line	change	supporting documents
2020/21 timetable change (December 13, 2020)
RE 1 (RRX)	Abellio Rail NRW took over the entire line as part of the RRX project . Use of Siemens Desiro HC
RE 4 (RRX)	Awarded to National Express as part of the RRX project and deployment of Siemens Desiro HC
RB 25	Introduction of full-day, half-hourly intervals between Cologne and Gummersbach
RB 33	Returned to DB Regio , use of Alstom Coradia Continental
P 28	Extension from Mettmann Stadtwald to Wuppertal Hbf
RB 42	Renaming to RB 97 and RE 97
RB 97	Previous journeys of the RB 42 line that stop between Korbach and Frankenberg at all stations
RE 97	Previous trips on the RB 42 line that did not stop at all stations between Korbach and Frankenberg
Timetable change 2021 (mid-2021)
RE 11 (RRX)	By December 2022 diversion, the stops in Hamm, Kamen and Dortmund will be omitted, additional stops in Unna and Dortmund-Hörde
RB 20	Extension to Breinig after completion of the upgrading of the infrastructure in the Stolberg Altstadt – Breinig section
Timetable change 2021/22 (December 11, 2021)
S 1	(S-Bahn Hanover) New assignment to NordWestBahn , use of FLIRT XL and 425
S 5	(S-Bahn Hanover) New assignment to NordWestBahn , use of FLIRT XL and 425
Timetable change 2022/23 (December 11, 2022)
RE 11 (RRX)	Compaction at hourly intervals in the Paderborn - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe section with the exception of two gaps for long-distance traffic, the measure is still subject to financing, re-service of the Hamm, Kamen and Dortmund stops
RE 17	Cancellation of the Warburg - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe section, replacement by RE 11, measure is still subject to financing
RE 19	Introduction of a wing train operation in Wesel with RE 19a
RE 82	Consolidation in the Detmold - Altenbeken section under test for connection with RE 11 every hour
RB 89	Cancellation of the Paderborn - Warburg section except for one train on weekend nights, replacement by RE 11, the measure is still subject to financing
Timetable change 2025/2026 (December 14, 2025)
RB 41	New line between Geldern via Kempen (Niederrhein) and Krefeld Hbf to Neuss Hbf. Operated every 60 minutes and at peak times every 30 minutes, only from Monday to Friday. Serves as relief to the overloaded RE10, the NordWestBahn.
RE 44	Extension to Kamp-Lintfort upon completion of the infrastructure
RE 10	Reallocation to a railway company due to the end of the contract with NWB (NordWestBahn)
probably 2027 or later
16 17th	Relocation of line 16 to the completed north-south light rail and discontinuation of line 17 in Cologne