Rhine-Ruhr Express
The Rhein-Ruhr-Express ( RRX ) is a program that is currently being implemented to upgrade regional traffic on the core route of the Ruhr area and the central Rhineland from Dortmund via Essen, Duisburg and Düsseldorf to Cologne with more frequent frequencies and higher transport capacities. The RRX is intended to replace the previously existing Regional Express lines in this corridor. Like the previous RE lines, the trains establish connections with other parts of North Rhine-Westphalia and with neighboring federal states. Part of the billion-euro program are new Siemens Desiro HC trains , increased infrastructure performance and modernized stations. According to the operators, the new trains alone contribute to more punctuality through their higher acceleration and larger number of seats. The first trains have been running between Düsseldorf and Kassel since December 9, 2018, and between Wesel and Koblenz since May 6, 2019. Forecasts expect the project to shift between 24,000 and 31,000 car journeys per day to rail.
The final completion of the RRX infrastructure should take place in 2030 . The infrastructure measures for the RRX are classified in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 as Urgent Need - Elimination of Bottlenecks .
Line planning
The planned route network of the RRX has always been subject to changes. While the original concept from 2006 was limited to 6 RRX lines with end points outside the core corridor in Koblenz, Aachen, Emmerich, Münster and Minden, the number of planned lines and end points has continued to develop to this day. This is due in particular to the fact that the forecast increases in demand from the 2006 study were already exceeded in 2015 on some route sections. Up to this point in time, none of the planned measures on the infrastructure had been implemented and the planned line concept was also not implemented.
On the core route between Dortmund and Cologne, a quarter of an hour is offered by overlapping four RRX lines that run every hour. Starting from the core route, the RRX lines will be extended to the access routes with the following frequency offers:
- RRX 2 : Dortmund - Hamm - Paderborn - Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe (hourly)
- RRX 4 : Dortmund - Hamm - Bielefeld
- RRX 6 : Dortmund - Hamm - Bielefeld - Minden
- RRX 1 / RRX 2 : Cologne - Aachen (every half hour)
- RRX 4 / RRX 6 : Cologne - Bonn - Koblenz (every half hour, shifted to the south due to additional stops of the RRX4)
The four RRX lines that are bundled between Dortmund and Cologne every quarter of an hour are supplemented by the following additional RRX lines:
- RRX 3 : Münster - Dortmund - Gelsenkirchen - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Cologne - Cologne / Bonn Airport
- RRX 5 : Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
- RRX 7 : Osnabrück - Münster - Gelsenkirchen - Essen - Mülheim an der Ruhr - Duisburg - Düsseldorf
These three lines also run every hour. Due to the overlapping of the lines RRX 3, RRX 5 and the Rhein-IJssel-Express (RE 19) from the direction of Emmerich, there is a twenty-minute service between Oberhausen and Düsseldorf.
According to the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 , the following operating concept results:
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RRX 1
Dortmund - Bochum - Bochum-Wattenscheid - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf-Benrath - Leverkusen - Cologne Exhibition Center / Deutz - Cologne - Cologne-Ehrenfeld - Horrem - Düren - Langerwehe - Eschweiler - Stolberg - Aachen- Rothe Erde - Aachen
Replaces the NRW-Express (RE 1) between Aachen and Dortmund , which currently continues to Hamm, but does not stop in Mülheim an der Ruhr and Cologne-Mülheim.
If the RRX 1 stops in Cologne-Mülheim without the Hohenzollern Bridge being expanded, the extension from Dortmund via Lünen to Münster is shown as a potential requirement in the federal transport infrastructure plan. The local transport association Westphalia-Lippe plans an extension via Hamm and Drensteinfurt to Münster if the infrastructure is not available. -
RRX 2
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe - Hofgeismar - Warburg - Willebadessen - Altenbeken - Paderborn - Lippstadt - Soest - Hamm - Kamen - Dortmund - Bochum - Bochum-Wattenscheid - Essen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf-Airport - Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf-Benrath - Leverkusen - Cologne- Mülheim - Cologne-Messe / Deutz - Cologne - Cologne-Ehrenfeld - Horrem - Düren - Langerwehe - Eschweiler - Stolberg - Aachen-Rothe Erde - Aachen
Replaces the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9) between Cologne and Aachen (this only runs still between Cologne and Siegen), as well as the Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE 11) between Kassel and Düsseldorf, but without a stop in Mülheim an der Ruhr. -
RRX 3
Münster - Dortmund - Dortmund-Mengede - Castrop-Rauxel - Herne - Essen-Altenessen - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Dormagen - Cologne - Cologne Exhibition Center / Deutz - Cologne / Bonn Airport
Replaces the Rhine Emscher Express (RE 3) over the entire length as well as the Rhein-Weser Express (RE 6) between Düsseldorf and Cologne / Bonn Airport. -
RRX 4
Bielefeld - Brackwede - Isselhorst-Avenwedde - Gütersloh - Rheda-Wiedenbrück - Oelde - Neubeckum - Ahlen - Hamm-Heessen - Hamm - Kamen - Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Mülheim - Duisburg - Dusseldorf Airport - Dusseldorf - Dusseldorf-Benrath - Leverkusen - Cologne-Mülheim - Cologne-Messe / Deutz - Cologne - Cologne South - Brühl - Sechtem - Roisdorf - Bonn - Bonn UN Campus - Bonn-Bad Godesberg - Bonn-Mehlem - Oberwinter - Remagen - Sinzig - Bad Breisig - Brohl - Namedy - Andernach - Weißenthurm - Urmitz - Koblenz-Lützel - Koblenz-Stadtmitte - Koblenz
Replaces the Ems-Börde-Bahn (RB 69) between Bielefeld and Hamm (this then supplements the RB 89 from Münster to Paderborn), the Westfalen-Express (RE 6) between Duisburg and Düsseldorf and the Middle Rhine Railway between Cologne and Koblenz.
The Rhineland Local Transport Association is currently investigating how the second RRX line between Cologne and Koblenz, which is assumed in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan, can be operationally integrated while maintaining the Middle Rhine Railway.
Attention: no replacement for the current Wupper-Express (RE 4)! -
RRX 5
Wesel - Dinslaken - Oberhausen-Sterkrade - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf
Replaces the Rhein-Express (RE 5), but without the section between Duisburg and Koblenz (→ see RRX 6). -
RRX 6
Minden - Porta Westfalica - Bad Oeynhausen - Löhne - Herford - Bielefeld - Gütersloh - Rheda-Wiedenbrück - Oelde - Neubeckum - Ahlen - Hamm-Heessen - Hamm - Kamen - Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Mülheim - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Düsseldorf-Benrath - Leverkusen - Cologne-Mülheim - Cologne Messe / Deutz - Cologne - Cologne South - Brühl - Bonn - Bonn UN Campus - Bonn-Bad Godesberg - Remagen - Sinzig - Bad Breisig - Andernach - Koblenz city center - Koblenz
Replaced the Rhein-Express (RE 5) between Duisburg and Koblenz and the Rhein-Weser-Express (RE 6) between Minden and Duisburg, but without a stop in Wattenscheid. -
RRX 7
Osnabrück - Hasbergen - Natrup-Hagen - Lengerich - Kattenvenne - Ostbevern - Westbevern - Münster - Dülmen - Haltern - Recklinghausen - Herne-Wanne-Eickel - Gelsenkirchen - Essen - Mülheim - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf
Replaces the Rhein-Haard -Express (RE 2) over the entire length.
Without the six-track expansion between Duisburg and Düsseldorf, this line would have run from Duisburg via Krefeld to Mönchengladbach, instead the (RE 42) has been extended from Essen to Mönchengladbach since December 2016.
Attention: no replacement for the current Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7)!
After the implementation of the infrastructure measures, further changes to the line network as well as the introduction of an additional line between Hamm and Cologne and between Dortmund via Lünen to Münster (after double-track expansion) are possible.
history
History and planning
In contrast to the Metrorapid , which was to be built as a magnetic levitation train ( Transrapid ) between Dortmund and Düsseldorf , the Rhein-Ruhr-Express is intended as a conventional wheel-rail system. This should also represent the backbone of the local public transport system in the Rhine-Ruhr region. Original plans by Deutsche Bahn and the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia provided a ten-minute cycle between Dortmund and Cologne .
In January 2005 a framework agreement was signed by the Federal Ministry of Transport, the State Ministry of Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia and Deutsche Bahn. According to this, the Duisburg –Düsseldorf line and the major hubs in Cologne and Dortmund are to be expanded with priority . The federal government promised investment funds of 250 million euros for 2006 to 2008. At short notice, the federal government made 20 million euros available for initial planning work. In the spring of 2005, the federal government announced that it would support the project until 2008 with additional funds. The project was to be accelerated by concentrating on the Cologne, Duisburg and Dortmund nodes.
The investment framework plan (IRP) presented in October 2006 for the federal transport infrastructure from 2006 to 2010 provides for the expansion of the nodes on the route, especially Cologne and Dortmund, as well as the Düsseldorf – Duisburg route. On November 16, 2006, a framework agreement was signed between the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the federal government and Deutsche Bahn. The existing route between Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen and Dortmund is to be expanded for the RRX. High-acceleration vehicles with speeds of up to 160 km / h are to be used.
On December 19 of the same year, the preliminary draft planning was started. The federal government provided 20 million euros for the two-year procedure. In 2007, 1.13 million euros in planning costs were spent, in 2008 5.94 million euros and in 2009 3.86 million euros. The preliminary draft planning was completed at the end of 2009. In 2010, 14.9 million euros were entered in the federal budget for the project, and another 10 million euros in the following year.
A total of six lines should be set up. The main route between Cologne-Deutz and Dortmund is to be served by four lines every quarter of an hour, the route between Düsseldorf and Oberhausen by two lines every half hour. The plans provide for a basic cycle to be implemented between Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof and Duisburg Hauptbahnhof with a total of six lines, with an RRX running every ten minutes on average. The endpoints of the lines should then be Münster , Minden , Aachen , Wesel , Cologne / Bonn Airport and Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate.
A second framework agreement was signed on December 12, 2008, in which goals and steps for implementation were agreed between the parties involved.
The expansion between Cologne-Mülheim and Gummersbacher Strasse was completed on December 13, 2009 as a preliminary measure for the RRX and as a remaining measure for the high-speed route Cologne – Rhine / Main .
A design study of the planned vehicles was presented on November 9, 2009.
With the timetable change on December 12, 2010, a nationwide new RE network was introduced, which is viewed as a stage destination on the way to the Rhein-Ruhr-Express.
In autumn 2011 it became known that the project should no longer be funded by the federal government. The then Secretary of State for Transport Horst Becker announced that the federal government would “massively demand” funding. However, the state government is not prepared to increase the budget for financing the operation from its own budget.
Plan approval procedure
The project is divided into six plan approval areas (PFB), each with different plan approval sections.
PFB 1: Cologne – Langenfeld
The main planning content of PFB 1 is the continuous expansion to four tracks from Cologne-Mülheim to Düsseldorf-Reisholz. While the line for long-distance traffic is already laid out with two tracks, some of the S-Bahn is only one track and can no longer accommodate any further traffic.
The plan approval procedure in PFB 1 was initiated in 2011. In December 2014, the federal, state and railways signed a financing agreement for PFB 1.
For the plan approval section (PFA) 1.1 between Cologne-Mülheim Gbf and Cologne-Stammheim , the Federal Railway Authority approved the plan in 2014. Thus there is building law for this section. After the construction work had been advertised across Europe, construction began in 2017. The distance between the existing S-Bahn tracks was increased from 3.8 to 4 meters so that the tracks can also be used by freight trains. This is intended to relieve the operational burden on the long-distance railway tracks previously shared by freight traffic.
The planning approval decision for the PFA 1.2 Leverkusen Chempark and Leverkusen-Küppersteg has been available since November 2018. The prepared construction work is scheduled to begin in early 2019. The actual measures should take place from 2020 after a successful tender. The largest measure in this area is the demolition of the old Leverkusen-Mitte station building to make room for the fifth track.
At the beginning of May 2019, Deutsche Bahn announced that a plan approval decision had also been issued for PFA 1.3 between Leverkusen-Rheindorf and Langenfeld-Berghausen. The first preparatory measures are to be started in 2020. The Langenfeld area will be implemented together with the northern construction section of the Leverkusen planning approval section.
PFB 2: Düsseldorf
The PFB 2 extends from the city limits between Langenfeld and Düsseldorf to Düsseldorf-Wehrhahn. Essential measures in this area are the continuous six-track expansion between Düsseldorf-Reisholz and Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof as well as the necessary unwinding and threading of the two new tracks for the RRX in Düsseldorf-Reisholz. This means that S-Bahn, long-distance traffic and RRX between Düsseldorf-Reisholz and Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof will each have their own tracks so that long-distance traffic can overtake the RRX. The planning of the PFA 2.0 between Düsseldorf-Benrath and Düsseldorf-Reisholz has to be revised because of the RRX stop Düsseldorf-Benrath, which was only added in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030.
PFB 3: Düsseldorf – Duisburg
The planning approval for PFB 3 was initiated in autumn 2014. An essential part of the planning is the continuous six-track expansion of the line between Düsseldorf and Duisburg. All three modes of transport, S-Bahn, RRX and long-distance traffic, each have their own two tracks and therefore no longer influence each other.
PFB 4: Mülheim adR
In PFB 4, a new branch was built with a total of four points, so that the Rhein-Haard-Express (RE 2, future RRX 7) between the tracks of the long-distance railway and those of the S-Bahn at speeds of up to 100 km / h can switch. The Federal Railway Authority has already issued the building permit for the measures. The new points were installed together with the second construction stage of the electronic interlocking in Duisburg in August 2019 with a large-scale total closure of the route.
PFB 5: Essen – Bochum
The PFB 5 is divided into two PFA. The PFA 5a is in the city of Essen and the PFA 5b in the city of Bochum. The RRX would lead to capacity bottlenecks on the long-distance railway tracks between Essen and Bochum if the current Ruhr-Sieg-Express (RE 16) and Ruhr-Lenne-Bahn (RB 40) trains continued to run there. Therefore, these lines between Essen Hbf and Bochum-Langendreer are to be relocated to the S-Bahn line, for which the construction of a connection from the long-distance to the S-Bahn tracks between Essen Hbf and Essen-Steele, an intersection structure in Essen-Steele Ost and a connecting curve from the S-Bahn back to the long-distance railway in Bochum-Langendreer is required. After PFB 1 and PFB 4, PFB 5 is the third area for which the plan approval documents have been submitted to the Federal Railway Authority. Building permission for the sections in Essen has existed since December 6, 2018.
PFB 6: Dortmund
The PFB 6 covers the urban area of the city of Dortmund. The infrastructure required in this section is largely dependent on the expansion project for the Münster – Lünen line, which is included as a potential requirement in the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan and is currently still being reviewed. Therefore, the scope of the conversion work for the RRX has not yet been finalized. The DB is currently examining which expansion measures would be necessary in Dortmund if the expansion of the Münster – Lünen line is not planned.
Vehicle procurement
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In order to give the various clients of local transport planning security for the tenders and the vehicle concepts contained therein, a study was carried out at the beginning of 2011 that recommends a new concept with double-decker multiple units (mainly in double traction) instead of single-story multiple units. 84 multiple units are being procured as part of the project.
There were three applicants for their procurement and maintenance. The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr leases the trains to the operators for 15 years. The contract was awarded to Siemens on March 26, 2015. The supply and maintenance of 84 Desiro HC trains over a period of 32 years has a volume of 1.7 billion euros. Procurement accounts for 800 million euros of this. According to Siemens, the new trains will have a number of advantages. New types of panes should ensure better cell phone reception (the so-called "high-frequency pane solution"), there should be sockets and reading lights on permanently installed seats, and wide doors and entry areas should ensure a smooth passenger change. The new trains are to have a top speed of 160 km / h with high acceleration to improve punctuality, a low noise level in the vehicle, barrier-free toilets and spacious multifunctional rooms with wheelchair, companion and bicycle spaces. The 105 meter long trains have 400 seats and should usually run with two train parts (corresponding to 800 seats). Each part of the train consists of two single-story end cars with the drives and driver's cabs and two non-powered, double- story intermediate cars.
The multiple units have been delivered since 2018.
maintenance
Siemens Mobility is also responsible for the maintenance of the vehicles. For this purpose, a maintenance facility (Rail Service Center) was built in Dortmund-Eving, and it went into operation on September 5, 2018. In addition to the workshop, it also has an outdoor cleaning facility .
Award of the transport contract
The transport contract on which the RRX is based was put out to tender across Europe with an estimated volume of two billion euros.
Four companies then submitted offers. The contract was announced on June 16, 2015, to the following two companies:
- Abellio won lot 1 with lines RE 1 and RE 11,
- National Express will operate lots 2 and 3 with lines RE 4, RE 5 and RE 6, for which the company will be provided with 52 vehicles including an operating reserve by December 2020
The eurobahn will continue to operate the RE 3 until 2025. Deutsche Bahn justified its defeat in the competition with higher wage costs that were ten percent above those of the competition. According to the VRR, however, the competitors primarily scored points in terms of administration and energy costs. With the award, the market share of Deutsche Bahn in regional traffic in North Rhine-Westphalia is expected to decrease to below 50 percent.
Costs and financing
In 2005 the federal government put the expected total costs at 1.4 billion euros. 1.3 billion will go to the expansion of the track system, 56 million to the expansion of the stations. The expansion between Düsseldorf and Duisburg from four to six tracks alone will cost 900 million euros. A four-track expansion is planned between Cologne-Mülheim and Düsseldorf-Benrath. On the basis of the completed preliminary draft planning, the federal government expected costs of two billion euros at the end of 2009. In 2014, the expected total costs were again put at around two billion euros.
The costs in the Düsseldorf city area, between the northern city limits and Benrath, should amount to around one billion euros according to a cost estimate from 2015.
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Pre-run operation
With the timetable change on December 11, 2016, the first line optimizations took place on the way to the RRX destination network.
The NRW-Express (RE 1) was canceled between Hamm and Paderborn .
The Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE 11) has since started again in Paderborn and every two hours already in Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe . From Duisburg , the RE 11 line runs via Düsseldorf Airport to Düsseldorf . The section to Mönchengladbach via Krefeld was operated by the Niers-Haard Express (RE 42), which previously ended in Essen main station .
The Rhein-Express (RE 5) was canceled between Wesel and Emmerich . This section is now served exclusively by the Rhein-IJssel-Express (RE 19), which is being extended to Arnhem in the north and to Düsseldorf in the south.
The Westfalen-Express (RE 6) was extended from Düsseldorf via Neuss , Dormagen and Cologne to Cologne / Bonn Airport and thus integrated the RE 6a line, which has meanwhile been introduced, between Düsseldorf and Cologne. Due to a lack of train path availability, the line could not be routed via Leverkusen . Thus, for the first time, the cities of Neuss and Dormagen on the left bank of the Rhine will have a direct connection to the central Ruhr area and Cologne / Bonn airport.
The operational services of the future RRX lines RE 1, RE 5, RE 6 and RE 11 as well as the Wupper Express (RE 4) will be provided by DB Regio NRW until the new RRX vehicles are gradually put into operation .
The commissioning of the new vehicles and the change of operator took place on December 9, 2018 on the RE 11 line, on the RE 5 line on June 9, 2019, on the RE 6 line on December 15, 2019 and for the RE 1 line on December 14, 2019. June 2020.
The new Bonn UN Campus stop went into operation at the beginning of November 2017, but the RE 5 stop in Oberwinter has been discontinued since December 10, 2017 .
The RE 4 line will also be equipped with the new vehicles from December 13, 2020 in order to build up sufficient vehicle reserves for future expansion of performance.
Network of advance operation
| line | Line route (naming the most important stations) | Companies | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| RE 1 (RRX) | Hamm - Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Mülheim an der Ruhr - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Cologne Messe / Deutz - Cologne - Düren - Aachen | Abellio * | since June 14, 2020 |
| RE 4 (RRX) | Dortmund - Witten - Hagen - Ennepetal - Wuppertal - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Mönchengladbach - Erkelenz - Geilenkirchen - Herzogenrath - Aachen | National Express | from December 13, 2020 |
| RE 5 (RRX) | ( Emmerich -) Wesel - Oberhausen - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Bonn - Remagen - Andernach - Koblenz (Emmerich - Wesel: Sunday to Thursday last trip to Emmerich - train number 28534, Monday to Friday first trip from Emmerich - train number 28505 ) |
National Express | since June 9, 2019 |
| RE 6 (RRX) | Minden - Herford - Bielefeld - Gütersloh - Hamm - Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Mülheim an der Ruhr - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf - Neuss - Cologne - Cologne / Bonn Airport | National Express | since December 15, 2019 |
| RE 11 (RRX) | Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe ° - Warburg ° - Altenbeken ° - Paderborn - Lippstadt - Soest - Hamm - Dortmund - Bochum - Essen - Mülheim an der Ruhr - Duisburg - Düsseldorf Airport - Düsseldorf | Abellio | since December 9, 2018 |
° RRX only stops at this station every 2 hours
* Due to a lack of staff, Abellio will be supported by the previous operator of the RE 1, DB Regio (NRW) , until December 2020 . DB Regio does not use RRX vehicles, but continues to use its own double-decker cars.
criticism
The original plans include the elimination of some of the stops currently served by RE trains:
- In response to pressure from local representatives, the Düsseldorf-Benrath system stop was included in the Federal Railways Expansion Act.
- In the Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030, no need for an infrastructure expansion to create an RRX system stop in Cologne-Mülheim was identified. According to the experts' findings, a system stop in Cologne-Mülheim could be implemented without any negative effects on the passengers passing through, eliminating a corresponding number of stops in Leverkusen Mitte. This would create an offer comparable to today's situation at both locations with two stops of fast regional traffic per hour and direction.
- In Wattenscheid , the planned elimination of three of the five hourly stops in each direction is criticized. The plan provides for the station to be served only by lines RRX 1 and RRX 2 (every half hour). The RRX 4 and RRX 6 lines are to pass through without stopping and the RB 40 and RE 16 lines are to be relocated from Wattenscheid station to the Wattenscheid-Höntrop S-Bahn station . Local politicians see there, among other things, major parking problems and increased noise pollution for residents. After all, at Wattenscheid train station there are significantly more parking spaces and also better accessibility for commuters and the like. a. due to the central location and the direct proximity to the A 40 .
The trigger for the discontinuation of stations is the original planning assumption of a basic expansion of only four tracks, in which only the S-Bahn is given its own rail structure and the RRX has to sort itself between faster long-distance trains without slowing them down. At the Düsseldorf-Benrath stop, which was later included in the planning, this section of the route was expanded to include six tracks.
literature
- Jan Asshauer: RRX - the Rhein-Ruhr-Express. Every 15 minutes through the district . In: railway magazine . No. 1 . Alba publication, January 2010, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 23-25 .
Web links
- rrx.de - Official website of the Rhein-Ruhr-Express
General sources:
- Nicole Kampe (October 31, 2018): Rhein-Ruhr-Express between Cologne and Dortmund: 25 years until the RRX ( Memento from November 3, 2018 in the Internet Archive ). An overview article that describes how the planning process works in the area of the Rhein-Ruhr-Express and who has to be involved. In: Rheinische Post Online. Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
Ministry for Building, Housing, Urban Development and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia:
- mbwsv.nrw.de - Ministry for Building, Housing, Urban Development and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia: Special page on the RRX
- Study (2006) Conception of the Rhein-Ruhr-Express - short version of the final report (PDF; 168 KiB)
- Study (2008) Inclusion of the Hamm - Paderborn - Kassel and central Lower Rhine lines in the RRX network (additional study on the Rhein-Ruhr-Express; PDF; 186 KiB)
- Study (2010) Report on the use of double-deck cars (PDF; 342 KiB)
Deutsche Bahn:
- Rhein Ruhr Express - project page
Local transport association Westphalia-Lippe
- RRX corridors in Westphalia-Lippe (PDF; 937 KiB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d New train: Problems expected at the start of the RRX . In: Rheinische Post Online , Rheinische Post Online. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
- ↑ First RRX train started on Sunday. In: wdr.de. Westdeutscher Rundfunk Cologne , December 9, 2018, accessed on March 19, 2019 .
- ^ Rhein-Ruhr-Express between Cologne and Dortmund: 25 years until the RRX . In: Rheinische Post Online , Rheinische Post Online, October 31, 2019. Accessed May 10, 2019.
- ^ Peter Berger: traffic jam or oil sardine . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . March 23, 2015.
- ↑ VRR local transport plan 2017. Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr , accessed on March 10, 2017 .
- ↑ Traffic development in regional rail transport NRW until 2030. (pdf) In: Landtag NRW . Competence Center Integral Timetable NRW , February 6, 2015, accessed on March 19, 2019 .
- ↑ Project Information System (PRINS) to the draft Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan 2030 - Project Information 2-020-V02 - Rhein-Ruhr Express (RRX). Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, accessed on September 29, 2016 .
- ^ The RRX study for NRW. (PDF) Competence Center Marketing NRW, September 2016, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 13, 2016 .
- ↑ Peter Berger: Mülheim station: track extension for the new Rhein-Ruhr-Express . In: Kölner Stadtanzeiger . January 21, 2017.
- ↑ a b Local transport association Westphalia-Lippe: RRX corridors in Westphalia-Lippe . In: Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe . October 8, 2019 ( https://www.nwl-info.de/fileadmin/NWL/Downloads/Informationen_fuer_Meinungsbildner/Broschueren_zum_OEPNV_SPNV/NWL_BR_RRX_web.pdf RRX corridors in Westphalia-Lippe [PDF]).
- ↑ Thomas Thiele: Rhein-Ruhr-Express: City councilors voted for platform reconstruction . In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine . 22nd September 2015.
- ^ Feasibility study "S-Bahn Cologne-Bonn left bank of the Rhine". Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland , June 14, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2017 .
- ^ Announcement of the framework agreement for the Rhine-Ruhr Express . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 3/2005, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 102.
- ↑ Report More money for transport projects . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 6/2005, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 254.
- ↑ Hennerkes: Realize the Rhein-Ruhr-Express as soon as possible. Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, December 19, 2006, archived from the original on May 1, 2009 ; accessed on March 19, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c d German Bundestag: Answer of the Federal Government to the small question of the MPs Bettina Herlitzius, Dr. Anton Hofreiter, Winfried Hermann, other MPs and the Alliance 90 / THE GREENS parliamentary group: planning status and budget of the Rhein-Ruhr-Express (PDF; 75 KiB). Printed matter 17/171 of December 22, 2009
- ↑ Stefan Hennigfeld: New RE concept: the countdown is on. In: zughalt.de. September 25, 2010, accessed April 5, 2012 .
- ↑ Michael Bauchmüller: The traffic gets tight. In: Sueddeutsche Zeitung . September 9, 2011, accessed September 11, 2011 .
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