Sauerland Express

RE 17 Sauerland Express
Course book section (DB) :	430, 435
Route length:	209 km
Top speed:	140 km / h
Traffic Company:	DB Regio NRW
Federal states (D):	North Rhine-Westphalia , Hesse
course
Legend 0 Hagen Hbf 14th Schwerte (Ruhr) 29 Fröndenberg 37 Wickede (Ruhr) 49 Neheim-Hüsten 57 Arnsberg (Westf) 63 Oeventrop 68 Freienohl 77 Meschede 86 Bestwig 92 Olsberg 100 Brilon forest 106 Hoppecke (individual trains) 110 Messinghausen (individual trains) 116 Beringhausen (individual trains) 118 Bredelar 126 Marsberg 132 Westheim (Westf) 142 Scherfede 152 Warburg (Westf) State border NRW / Hessen 179 Hofgeismar (every two hours) 209 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe (every two hours)

The Sauerland-Express is a regional express line in the local rail passenger transport from North Rhine-Westphalia , which runs from Hagen to Warburg (Westphalia) and with a few round trips to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe . The line is ordered by the VRR , NWL and NVV . It is operated by DB Regio NRW with class 633 and 644 railcars .

With the award of operation from December 2016, the line is part of the Sauerland network . The line was previously ordered from DB Regio as part of major direct transport contracts.

Timetable offer

The line runs every hour between Hagen Hauptbahnhof and Warburg (Westf) . From Warburg the trains continue to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe almost every two hours on weekdays (exception is RE10709, departure in Hagen Hbf at 9:17 a.m., this ends in Warburg or starts in the opposite direction as RE10720 at 2:38 p.m.) . Class 612 railcars were used on journeys to and from Kassel until March 2019 , and class 628.4 railcars were also used on routes to and from Warburg until December 2016 . There are also trains to Willingen on Fridays and Sundays . Together with the RE 57 there is a half-hourly service between Fröndenberg and Bestwig.

On the section between Warburg and Kassel, since the timetable change on December 15, 2013, the RE 17 only has an intermediate stop in Hofgeismar; in particular, the service from Kassel main train station was canceled at the same time . This shortened the travel time to and from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe by up to 13 minutes.

Vehicle material used

In the past, this line was operated by class 218 locomotives and n-wagons . In some cases, class 624 railcars were also used.

The Warburg circuits were converted to the 628.4 series in the mid-1990s. At the turn of the millennium, the locomotive hauled trains of the Kassel circulations were converted to the 612 series. Individual trains to Willingen ran with the 218 series until 2006. Since December 2016, the 644 series has been in use alongside the 612 series.

Current operation

The operation of the Sauerland Express was put out to tender as part of the Sauerland network (in lot 1) in December 2016, and the contract went to DB Regio. The vehicle is to be used as part of a replacement concept, according to which diesel multiple units of the type LINK (II or III) from the Polish manufacturer PESA are to be used in the future.

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The new trains for the Sauerland network should not be available until autumn 2018 ^[obsolete] or spring 2019. The delivery delay must be bridged with a replacement concept.

Route description

The line runs from Hagen to Warburg via the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway .

In Warburg she changes to the railway line to Kassel , which is also called Friedrich-Wilhelms-Nordbahn or Hessische Nordbahn .

connections

railway station	Connection off / after	line
Hagen	Bochum, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Essen, Hamm, Iserlohn, Cologne, Lüdenscheid, Siegen, Solingen, Venlo (NL), Wuppertal	RE 4 , RE 7 , RE 13 , RE 16 , RB 40 , RB 52 , RB 91 , S 8 , S 5 , ,
Schwerte (Ruhr)	Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Hamm, Iserlohn, Cologne, Münster or Rheine, Solingen, Venlo (NL), Wuppertal	RE 7 , RE 13 , RB 53
Fröndenberg	Dortmund, Menden, Neuenrade, Unna	RB 54 RE 57 ,
Bestwig	Winterberg, Marburg (Lahn)	RE 57 , R 42
Brilon forest	Korbach, Willingen, Brilon city	RB 55 , RE 57
Warburg	Düsseldorf, Hamm, Cologne, Munich, Münster	RB 89 , ,
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe	Bad Wildungen, Basel, Berlin, Erfurt, Frankfurt (Main), Fulda, Halle (Saale), Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Korbach, Melsungen, Munich, Treysa, Stuttgart	RT ,RE, RB , ,

future

Due to the positive development of the extension of line RE 11 to Kassel, the Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL) plans to reduce the offer for the timetable change in December 2020 to an hourly rate. In return, the RE 17 is to be completely eliminated in the Warburg - Kassel section. There should only be gaps in the timetable between Paderborn and Kassel for two InterCity train pairs. By April 2020, coordination with regard to the scope of offerings in peripheral locations is to be carried out. Funds to finance the additional operating costs must also be raised from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and a binding order must be obtained from the North Hessian Transport Association (NVV). In order to improve the transfer situation in Warburg, the establishment of a pocket platform in a westerly direction on central platforms 3 and 4 is being examined. This means that the change can be made barrier-free without using the underpass.

→ Main article : Planning to expand the line for the Upper Ruhr Valley Railway

Web links

• Description of the RE 17 line in the NRW railway archive by André Joost

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sauerland network tender started. Local transport Westphalia-Lippe (NWL), October 11, 2012, accessed on December 17, 2013 (press release). 
2. ^ NWL Association Assembly resolves to improve offers for 2014. Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL), July 18, 2013, accessed on December 15, 2013 . 
3. ↑ From December 11th: Optimized connections and expanded offers in the “New Sauerland Network”. (No longer available online.) Deutsche Bahn, December 6, 2016, archived from the original on December 11, 2016 ; accessed on December 11, 2016 (press release). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.   
4. ↑ TED 2012 / S 194-319330 tender. In: Tenders Electronic Daily . October 9, 2012, accessed December 17, 2013 . 
5. ↑ Before operations start at the end of 2016: DB Regio NRW is developing a comprehensive replacement concept for the "New Sauerland Network". Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (NWL), February 5, 2016, accessed on December 11, 2016 (press release). 
6. ↑ DB Regio AG defends Sauerland network: Tendering for regional rail lines in the Sauerland network has been decided. Zweckverband Ruhr-Lippe, September 5, 2013, accessed on December 29, 2015 (press release). 
7. ↑ Sauerlandnetz: The first new PESA vehicles will be rolling in autumn 2018. Deutsche Bahn, July 27, 2017, accessed on November 27, 2017 (press release). 
8. ↑ https://www.deutschebahn.com/pr-duesseldorf-de/aktuell/presseinformationen/Moderner-Triebzug-setzt-neue-Ma%C3%9Fst%C3%A4be-im-Sauerland-Netz-3092796
9. ↑ VRR, draft resolution, start of operations and traffic changes in local rail transport for the timetable change December 2016 November 11, 2016
10. ↑ Local transport association Paderborn / Höxter, 26th association meeting, December 2, 2019, Item 8: Target concept RE 11 (RRX) for the Hellweg corridor
11. ^ Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe, 56th Association Assembly, Item 7: Target concept RE 11 (RRX) for the Hellweg corridor, December 5, 2019