WestfalenBahn

WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany. It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal, each having a 25% share. In 2008 Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft's share was sold to Abellio Deutschland. In July 2017 Abellio bought out the other shareholders.

Services
WestfalenBahn has operated routes RB61, RB65, RB66 and RB72 since 9 December 2007. These will pass to Eurobahn in December 2017. These are operated by a fleet of fourteen 3-car and five 5-car Stadler Flirts.


 * Local services Wiehengebirgs-Bahn: Bad Bentheim – Rheine – Osnabrück – Bünde – Herford – Bielefeld
 * Local services Ems-Bahn: Rheine – Münster
 * Local services Teuto-Bahn: Osnabrück – Münster
 * Local services Ostwestfalen-Bahn: Herford – Lage – Detmold – Altenbeken – Paderborn

On 13 December 2015 WestfalenBahn commenced a 15-year contract to operate the RE15, RE60 and RE70 services. To operate these services, 15 Stadler Flirt and 13 Stadler Kisses were leased from Alpha Trains.


 * Regional services Emsland-Express: Emden – Leer – Lingen – Rheine – Münster
 * Regional services Ems-Leine-Express: Rheine – Osnabrück – Löhne – Minden – Hanover – Braunschweig
 * Regional services Weser-Leine-Express: Bielefeld – Herford – Löhne – Minden – Hanover – Braunschweig