Maas-Wupper-Express

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RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express
Route of the Maas-Wupper-Express
Course book section (DB) : 485 (Venlo – Hagen)
455 (Wuppertal – Hamm)
Route length: 160 km
Top speed: 160 km / h
Traffic Company eurobahn
State (D): North Rhine-Westphalia
Province (NL): Limburg
course
Legend
End station - start of the route
 0 Venlo IC
border
 3 The Netherlands / Germany border
Station, station
 5 Kaldenkirchen
Station, station
 9 Breyell
Station, station
 13 Boisheim
Station, station
 17th Dulken
Station, station
 23 Viersen IC
   
 31 Mönchengladbach Hbf ICE , IC , S
   
 48 Neuss main station ICE, IC, S
   
 59 Düsseldorf main station ICE, IC, S
   
 79 Wuppertal-Vohwinkel S.
   
 86 Wuppertal Hbf ICE, IC, S
   
 89 Wuppertal-Barmen S.
   
 91 Wuppertal-Oberbarmen S.
   
 97 Schwelm S.
Stop, stop
 101 Ennepetal (Gevelsberg)
   
 112 Hagen Hbf ICE, IC, S
Station, station
 126 Schwerte (Ruhr)
Station, station
 135 Holzwickede
   
 142 Unna S.
Station, station
 151 Bonen
End station - end of the line
 160 Hamm (Westf) Hbf ICE, IC

The Maas-Wupper-Express is a regional express line in North Rhine-Westphalia and the Dutch province of Limburg . It leads from the Dutch border town of Venlo to Hamm in Westphalia .

Train run

A Stadler Flirt train as a Maas-Wupper-Express

Together with the Wupper-Express (RE 4) and the S 8 , the Maas-Wupper-Express creates the east-west connection between the left Lower Rhine and the eastern Ruhr area.

It runs on the railway lines Venlo – Viersen , Viersen – Mönchengladbach , Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf , Düsseldorf – Wuppertal , Wuppertal – Hagen and Hagen – Hamm .

On the normal route between Venlo and Hamm, a change of direction must take place in Mönchengladbach Hbf , and on some trains there is also the coupling and uncoupling of train parts, which is why the Maas-Wupper-Express is scheduled to stop there for eight to nine minutes. The stay also exists to secure a connection to the Rhein-Erft-Express (RE 8) in the direction of Cologne. This line ran until December 2002 instead of the Maas-Wupper-Express between Venlo and Mönchengladbach.

The tender documents for the services from December 2025 provide for an extension of the Maas-Wupper-Express beyond Venlo to Eindhoven with a stop in Helmond . In addition, the city of Münster and the surrounding districts are proposing a further extension from Hamm in the Netherlands via Münster, Steinfurt , Gronau and Enschede to Zwolle in their S-Bahn Münsterland project .

business

Former compilation of the RE 13 of the Deutsche Bahn in Venlo

Since the timetable change on December 13, 2009, the line has been operated every hour by the Eurobahn , which, following a Europe-wide tender from 2007, secured operation for a period of 16 years. Before that, it was operated by Deutsche Bahn at the same pace.

The transition to new train material to take over operations by the Eurobahn turned out to be difficult. To operate this line and the Rhein-Emscher-Express , 4 four-part and 14 five-part Stadler FLIRT railcars with a top speed of 160 km / h were rented from Angel Trains Europa .

The Federal Railway Authority , which is responsible for the approval of railway vehicles in Germany, initially refused this for 14 five-part FLIRT multiple units due to a lack of documents. For this reason, as announced on December 11, 2009 on its website, the Eurobahn started operations only with an emergency timetable. While the approval for the German part of the route was granted on February 19, 2010, three days after the submission of the documents, the approval of the four-part vehicles for the Dutch area was not granted until July 23, 2010. Since July 25, 2010, the eurobahn has been running the entire route with its own vehicles. Before the five-part vehicles were approved for the Dutch area, however, a change in Mönchengladbach was necessary for capacity reasons. In the meantime, a change had to be made in Kaldenkirchen and previously in Mönchengladbach and Hagen.

Since the timetable change on December 12, 2010, the route can be used continuously. The 14 five-part railcars have also received approval for the Dutch route section; a change in Mönchengladbach Hbf is no longer necessary.

Trivia

Until the timetable change on December 12, 2010, Deutsche Bahn n-cars were used

Since the Maas-Wupper-Express connects the eastern Ruhr area , the Bergisches Land and the region around Mönchengladbach with the Dutch city of Venlo , which is close to the border , it offers a possibility for the illegal import of drugs that were bought in the Dutch coffee shops . The Maas-Wupper-Express is therefore sometimes referred to as the “Kiffer-Express”. Due to the frequent drug smuggling, customs regularly carry out checks on the train.

See also

Web links

Commons : Maas-Wupper-Express  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Procedural documents for the award of transport services in local rail passenger transport (SPNV). Maas-Wupper-Express station list. Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe , Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr , June 12, 2020, accessed on June 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Project "S-Bahn Münsterland" - the target concept for the offer. Competence Center Integral Timetable NRW, December 2019, accessed on July 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Klaus-Peter Wolter: Eurobahn takes over RE lines 3 and 13. In: Westfälische Rundschau . August 21, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Angel Trains: 18 Flirt for Keolis ( Memento from December 9, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), Eurailpress report from November 16, 2007
  5. ↑ EBA: A lack of proof from the manufacturer prevents the approval of new vehicles of the "Flirt" type ( memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ). Press release. Federal Railway Office, December 10, 2009
  6. ↑ Emergency timetable of the Eurobahn for the RE13 Mass-Wupper-Express  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) (PDF; 164 KiB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.eurobahn.de
  7. ↑ Press release of the Federal Railway Authority  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.eba.bund.de
  8. ↑ http://www.maas-rhein-lippe.de/no_cache/de/aktuelles/news-detailansicht/article/748/re-13-vier.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.maas-rhein-lippe.de
  9. ↑ Frank Schliffke: "Oasis of drug tourism". In: Rheinische Post . June 26, 2007, accessed August 18, 2018 .