Maas-Wupper-Express

RE 13: Maas-Wupper-Express
Overview
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Limburg, Netherlands
Operation
Operator(s) eurobahn
Technical
Line length 160 km (99 mi)
Operating speed 160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
Route number 485 (Venlo–Hagen)
455 (Wuppertal–Hamm)
Route map

Legend
 0 Venlo
 3 Netherlands / Germany border
 5 Kaldenkirchen
 9 Breyell
 13 Boisheim
 17 Dülken
 23 Viersen
 31 Mönchengladbach Hbf ICE, IC (reversal)
 48 Neuss Hbf ICE, IC
 59 Düsseldorf Hbf ICE, IC
 79 Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
 86 Wuppertal Hbf ICE, IC
 89 Wuppertal-Barmen
 91 Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
 97 Schwelm
 101 Ennepetal (Gevelsberg)
 112 Hagen Hbf ICE, IC
 126 Schwerte (Ruhr)
 135 Holzwickede
 142 Unna
 151 Bönen
 160 Hamm (Westf) ICE, IC
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from the Dutch border town of Venlo to Hamm in Westphalia.

Route

Together with the Wupper-Express (RE 4) and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 8, the Maas-Wupper-Express provides an east-west link between the lower Rhine of Germany and the eastern Ruhr.

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

Trains running between Venlo and Hamm have to reverse in Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof, so the Maas-Wupper-Express is scheduled to spend nine minutes there on the way to Venlo and ten minutes towards Hamm.

Operations

Operator of the line is Eurobahn, a subsidiary of Keolis. Operations on this line and the Rhein-Emscher-Express are carried out using 4 four-carriage and 14 five-carriage Stadler FLIRT electrical multiple units with a top speed of 160 km/h rented from Angel Trains.[2] Services run every hour.

RE 13 in Venlo
New FLIRT train
RE 13 in Mönchengladbach

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "Angel Trains: 18 Flirt für Keolis" (in German). Eurailpress. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2011.

See also

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