Westfalenbahn
WestfalenBahn GmbH | |
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Basic information | |
Company headquarters | Bielefeld |
Web presence | www.westfalenbahn.de |
owner | Abellio GmbH |
Managing directors | Thomas Kopp |
Transport network |
Westphalian tariff GVH VRB |
Employee | about 300 |
Lines | |
Gauge | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
railroad | 3 |
number of vehicles | |
Railcar | 15 Stadler FLIRT-3 EMU 4 13 Stadler KISS-3 EMU 6 |
statistics | |
Passengers | 20.0 million per year |
Mileage | 5.4 million km / year |
Length of line network | |
Railway lines | 600 km |
Operating facilities | |
Depots | 2 |
The Westphalia course GmbH (WFB) is a founded in 2005 by German railway company based in Bielefeld , which is wholly owned by the Berlin Abellio GmbH located.
Shareholder
When the company was founded, four companies each had a 25 percent stake, with the exception of Abellio all of the partners being municipal companies.
- Abellio GmbH, Berlin
- Mindener Kreisbahnen GmbH, Minden
- moBiel GmbH, Bielefeld
- Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal GmbH, Extertal
On July 12, 2017, it was announced that the company had been completely taken over by Abellio, as otherwise there would be an obligation to tender for urban traffic for municipal companies.
When the WestfalenBahn was founded in 2005, Abellio was still a subsidiary of the Essener Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (EVV), making the Westfalenbahn a purely municipal company, which was partially sold in the same year.
business
Emsland Express
In December 2015, the Westfalenbahn took over the Regional Express previously operated by DB Regio on the Emsland route between Emden and Münster for fifteen years . Fifteen Flirters are used , which were manufactured by Stadler Pankow GmbH
line | Surname | Train run | KBS | Contract term |
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RE 15 | Emsland Express | Emden - Leer - Papenburg - Lingen - Rheine - Münster | 395 | Dec. 2015– Dec. 2030 |
Mittelland
In December 2015, Westfalenbahn also took over the Regional Express trains from Braunschweig via Hanover to Rheine and Bielefeld, which were previously operated by DB Regio, for fifteen years. Thirteen six- car double - decker multiple units are used , which were manufactured by Stadler Pankow GmbH.
line | Surname | Train run | KBS | Contract term |
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RE 60 | Ems-Leine-Express | Braunschweig - Peine - Lehrte - Hanover - Minden - Löhne - Osnabrück - Rheine | Dec. 2015 - Dec. 2030 | |
RE 70 | Weser-Leine-Express | Braunschweig - Peine - Lehrte - Hanover - Minden - Löhne - Herford - Bielefeld | Dec. 2015 - Dec. 2030 |
Former company
line | Surname | KBS | Train run | Contract term | New operator |
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RB 61 | Wiehengebirgs-Bahn | 375, 368, 370 | Bielefeld - Osnabrück - Rheine - Bad Bentheim | Dec 2007 - Dec 2017 | eurobahn |
RB 65 | Ems railway | 410 | Rheine - Munster | Dec 2007 - Dec 2017 | eurobahn |
RB 66 | Teuto-Bahn | 385 | Osnabrück - Münster | Dec 2007 - Dec 2017 | eurobahn |
RB 72 | East Westphalia Railway | 405 | Herford - Detmold - Altenbeken - Paderborn | Dec 2007 - Dec 2017 | eurobahn |
vehicles
Electric multiple units from the manufacturer Stadler Rail are used on the Westfalenbahn network. 15 four-part FLIRT 3s with 215 seats each and a top speed of 160 km / h operate on the Münster - Emden route . The vehicles are mostly used in double traction on the route. On the Bielefeld or Rheine - Braunschweig route, the Westfalenbahn operates a total of 13 six-car double-decker trains of the Stadler Kiss type , each with 627 seats. Both vehicle types have multi-purpose areas for bicycle parking spaces, the capacity of which can be increased in summer if necessary.
The new operator Eurobahn has taken over the 14 three- and 5 five-part Stadler FLIRT multiple units, which were used in the Teutoburg Forest network until the timetable change in December 2017 and were procured in 2007 by the leasing company Angel Trains (now AlphaTrains ). The interior and exterior design of the trains will now be gradually adapted.
Associations / tariffs
The Westfalenbahn network is fully covered by the Lower Saxony tariff and, with the exception of the Bielefeld Hbf station (and a single stop on the WFB 95820 in Brake ) in the Lower Saxony ticket . The Lower Saxony tariff, which allows the use of a Bahncard , is only used if the journey is not entirely on the Minden – Rheine or Münster – Rheine section and thus within the Westphalian tariff , in which no Bahncards are recognized. For longer journeys, the NRW tariff , which includes the aforementioned Westphalian tariff routes from the Westfalenbahn network, or the nationwide DB tariff may apply.
Depots
The railway depot (Bw) of the Westfalenbahn is located in Rheine on the premises of the Windhoff company . The hall was built by Windhoff and rented out to Westfalenbahn for ten years.
The Westfalenbahn shareholder Mindener Kreisbahnen built a maintenance hall in Minden for traffic on the Mittelland line from Braunschweig to Rheine and Bielefeld . The general cargo hall, which is no longer required, was extended and expanded so that a 173 m long hall with two tracks was created. This hall, known as "Bahnbetriebswerk Minden II", is operated by the Mindener Kreisbahnen and rented to the Westfalenbahn and cost around 10 million euros. The 13 new six-part double-decker railcars of the type KISS from the manufacturer Stadler Pankow GmbH have been serviced here since late 2015 .
The vehicles are also parked in Bielefeld , Braunschweig , Detmold , Emden , Hanover , Meppen , Minden (Westf) , Münster (Westf) , Osnabrück , Paderborn and Rheine .
useful information
logo
The stylized horse appearing in the logo of the Westfalenbahn and on the vehicles is supposed to represent the Westphalia horse, but is more similar to the Lower Saxony horse due to the lowered tail .
Incidents
On May 16, 2015, the worst accident in the history of the Westfalenbahn occurred in Ibbenbüren-Laggenbeck. A tractor had lost its slurry trailer on a railroad crossing . The approaching Westfalenbahn could not brake sufficiently early and rammed the trailer. Two people were killed in the accident: the driver and an 18-year-old passenger.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.westfalenbahn.de/stark/unternehmensprofil/
- ^ Stefan Hennigfeld: Abellio takes over Westfalenbahn. In: zughalt.de. July 12, 2017. Retrieved July 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Abellio now formally the sole shareholder of the WestfalenBahn. December 8, 2017, accessed February 24, 2018 .
- ^ Westfalenbahn: Municipal companies get out. In: eurailpress.de. July 13, 2017, accessed December 31, 2017 .
- ^ Westphalia have free travel to Emden
- ↑ a b c On behalf of Alpha Trains, Stadler produces 28 regional multiple units for the WestfalenBahn ( Memento from April 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Westfalenbahn wins "Mittelland"
- ↑ a b FLIRT electric multiple unit. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Mindener Kreisbahnen GmbH is building a new depot in Minden for Westfalenbahn GmbH. Mindener Kreisbahnen, October 1, 2014, accessed on December 31, 2017 .
- ^ Garrelt Riepelmeier: New workshop on an old foundation . In: railway magazine . No. 5 , May 2016, ISSN 0342-1902 , p. 48-49 .
Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 35.3 ″ N , 8 ° 31 ′ 55.5 ″ E