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Ems-Börde-Bahn
The Hellweg net consists of the four Regionalbahn lines in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia: RB 50 (Münster – Lünen – Dortmund), RB 59 (Dortmund – Unna – Soest), RB 69 (Münster – Hamm – Bielefeld) and RB 89 (Münster – Hamm – Paderborn – Warburg). It has a length of about 370 km. The RB 50 is referred to as ''Der Lüner'', the RB 59 as ''Die Hellweg-Bahn'' and the RB 69 and RB 89 together as ''Die Ems-Börde-Bahn''. On 14 December 2008 operations were taken over by ''eurobahn'' (own capitalisation). Previously these four Regionalbahn services were operated by '' DB Regio NRW''. Tender The ''Hellweg'' network was announced in March 2006. This was one of the largest rail networks to be put to tender in Germany. Tenders were submitted by ''Abellio Rail NRW'', ''DB Regio NRW'', ''Arriva Deutschland'' (now Netinera),'' Rhenus Keolis'' and the ''Hamburger Hochbahn'' together with ''moBiel'' (the Bielefeld municipal transport company). The winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurobahn Bw Hamm-Heessen
Eurobahn GmbH & Co. KG is a railway operator in Germany, established in 1998. It operates 15 regional train services in 4 contracts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with cross-border services including Lower Saxony and the Netherlands. It is owned by Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe, the rail authority for eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, where the majority of Eurobahn's services operate. Initially a joint venture between Keolis and Rhenus operating bus and rail services, it became a 100% Keolis subsidiary operating rail services in 2007. From 1 January 2022 until May 2025, it was owned by the law firm Noerr. History Company history Eurobahn was founded as ''Eurobahn Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG,'' later ''Rhenus Keolis'', in 1998 as a 60/40 joint venture between Keolis (then VIA-GTI) and Rhenus. In December 2007, the joint venture was dissolved; Rhenus taking ownership of the bus operations and two railway contracts under the name Rhenus Veniro, Keo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soest (Germany) Station
Soest station (German: ''Bahnhof Soest'') is a passenger station in the city of Soest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Hamm–Warburg and the Dortmund–Soest lines. It was also served by passenger trains on the Möhne Valley Railway (''Möhnetalbahn'') from 1899 to 1960. Train services It is served by one InterCity line 51 daily. In regional traffic, it is served by the Rhein-Hellweg-Express on the Düsseldorf–Soest route every two hours. The ''Rhein-Hellweg-Express'' is operated by DB Regio NRW. It is served by the Ems-Börde-Bahn stopping service every 30 minutes, operating on the Hamm–Paderborn route and the Hellweg-Bahn stopping service every 30 minutes, operating on the Dortmund–Soest route. The ''Hellweg-Bahn'' and the ''Ems-Börde-Bahn'' are operated by Eurobahn (Keolis). The following services currently call at Soest: *Regional services as of 2023: Station The Soest station was extensively renovated and refurbished up to 2010 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurobahn
Eurobahn GmbH & Co. KG is a railway operator in Germany, established in 1998. It operates 15 regional train services in 4 contracts in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with cross-border services including Lower Saxony and the Netherlands. It is owned by Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe, the rail authority for eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, where the majority of Eurobahn's services operate. Initially a joint venture between Keolis and Rhenus operating bus and rail services, it became a 100% Keolis subsidiary operating rail services in 2007. From 1 January 2022 until May 2025, it was owned by the law firm Noerr. History Company history Eurobahn was founded as ''Eurobahn Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH & Co KG,'' later ''Rhenus Keolis'', in 1998 as a 60/40 joint venture between Keolis (then VIA-GTI) and Rhenus. In December 2007, the joint venture was dissolved; Rhenus taking ownership of the bus operations and two railway contracts under the name Rhenus Veniro, Keo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warburg Station
The Warburg station ( or ''Bf Warburg (Westf)'') is located on the north-eastern edge of the German town of Warburg. The station was built in 1852 and 1853. Warburg and Minden stations are the last stations from the early railway history of the Prussian province of Westphalia that are still in their original form as island stations (''Inselbahnhöfen''), with the station entrance buildings located between the tracks. Location The station is located at Warburg on the double track and electrified Hamm–Warburg line to Hamm, the Frederick William Northern Railway to Kassel and the non-electrified Upper Ruhr Valley Railway to Hagen. The former line to Volkmarsen, part of the Warburg–Sarnau line, was closed in 1977 and dismantled in 1983. Operations Regional trains stopping in Warburg are: Regional-Express trains to Düsseldorf (RE 11: Rhein-Hellweg-Express) and to Hagen (RE 17: Sauerland-Express) and Regionalbahn trains via Paderborn to Münster (RB 89: ''Ems-Börde- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof
Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof is the main station in the region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is an important station because of the size of the city of Bielefeld and its location at the Bielefeld Pass, which makes it a node for long-distance and regional traffic. It was opened in 1847 with the opening of the Cologne-Minden trunk line. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a German railway station categories, category 2 station. Station environment Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof is located in the north-west of Bielefeld between the ''Neue Bahnhofsviertel'' (new station district) and the city centre. Not far from the station building is the entrance to the underground station on the Bielefeld Stadtbahn, Stadtbahn line running through the inner city. Opposite is the ''Stadthalle Bielefeld'' conference centre, which includes a hotel. It is a through station on the Hamm–Minden railway, which runs through the city from the north-east to the south-west. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paderborn Hauptbahnhof
Paderborn Hauptbahnhof (English: Paderborn Main Station) is the main passenger station in the city of Paderborn in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the Hamm–Warburg railway, Hamm–Warburg line, part of the ''Mid-Germany Connection'' from Cologne or Düsseldorf to Thuringia and Saxony. The Senne Railway branches off to Bielefeld in Paderborn. History The railway between Hamm and Paderborn was opened on 1 October 1850 by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company. The line was extended to Warburg in 1853. The Senne Railway was opened in July 1902. The Alme Valley Railway was opened in 1899 towards Büren, Westphalia, Büren; it was closed in 1981. Recently there was an attempt to reopen the line to provide a link to Paderborn Lippstadt Airport. The old building of Paderborn Hauptbahnhof was demolished in June 2021 after some delays, and the new building didn't start developed until 2022. On 30 January 2024, the new building of Paderborn Hauptbahnhof (Hbf) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dortmund-Derne Station
Dortmund-Derne station is a railway station in the Derne district of the town of Dortmund, located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu .... Rail services References {{Authority control Railway stations in Dortmund Railway stations in Germany opened in 1874 1874 establishments in Prussia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lünen
Lünen () is a town with around 86,000 inhabitants in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located north of Dortmund, on both banks of the Lippe (river), River Lippe. It is the largest town of the Unna (district), Unna district and part of the Ruhr Area. In 2009 a Anaerobic digestion, biogas plant was built to provide electric power to the city. Lünen is the first city in the world to receive electricity via public utility companies that is generated on the base of animal waste. The plant produces up to 6.6 MW, supplying 26,000 homes with heat and electricity. Culture and main sights Structure *Saint George's Church *Saint Mary's Church *Chateau of Schwansbell *Colani-UFO *Freiherr-vom-Stein School *Town hall of Lünen *Geschwister-Scholl School *Industrial Monument "Moor Crane" Museum *Museum of the town Lünen *Mining Museum in Lünen South *Mining residential Museum in Lünen Brambauer Theatre *Heinz-Hilpert theater Politics The current mayor of Lünen is independent pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr
The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers large parts of the Ruhr, Ruhr area, the Lower Rhine region including Düsseldorf and the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation. It was founded on , and is Europe’s largest public Transport association, covering an area of some with more than 8.1 million inhabitants, spanning as far as Dorsten in the north, Dortmund in the east, Langenfeld (Rhineland), Langenfeld in the south, and the Netherlands, Dutch border in the west and northwest. Structure and responsibilities The VRR is tasked with coordinating public transport in its area. This means the following: * setting and developing the fare system (VRR tariff) ** redistributing ticket revenue onto the transport companies * coordinating local train services (''Schienenpersonennahverkehr'', SPNV) within its area as Public service obligation, public service obligations (PSO) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werne
Werne an der Lippe (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Wäen'') is a town in the Federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in the Unna (district), Unna district in Germany. It is located on the southern edge of the Münster (region), Münsterland region near the Ruhr Area, Ruhrgebiet. The population of Werne is about 32,000. History Middle Ages and early modern period The first Bishop of Münster, Ludger, Liudger established Werne as a parish by erecting a chapel in the southern parts of the Dreingau (''"in pago dreginni"''). He acted on orders of Charlemagne who, having finally brought the region under the fold of Francia following the conclusion of the Saxon Wars, was eager to press on with Germanic Christianity, Christianization. The Latin text of the oldest preserved document (''"in villa quae dicitur werina"''), which dates from 834 and is being kept at the Leiden University Library, indicates that by this time a village had already formed around the chapel. Traders and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordkirchen
Nordkirchen is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nordkirchen's most famous site is Schloss Nordkirchen, built in the 18th century for a local bishop and known as the Versailles of Westphalia, as it is the largest residence in that part of Germany. Nordkirchen is known as location of a transmission site for medium wave Medium wave (MW) is a part of the medium frequency (MF) radio band used mainly for AM radio broadcasting. The spectrum provides about 120 channels with more limited sound quality than FM stations on the FM broadcast band. During the daytim ... for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Nordkirchen transmitter. Mayor The mayor is Dietmar Bergmann. He was elected in 2009 and reelected in 2014 and 2020. See also * Arenberg-Nordkirchen * Nordkirchen Castle References Coesfeld (district) {{Coesfeld-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
