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| Brief information | |
| Seat | Osnabrück |
|---|---|
| Passenger volume | about 40 million [1] |
| Aims: Bremen Oldenburg Wilhelmshaven Bremerhaven Ruhr area Ostwestfalen-Lippe | |
| alliance | |
| Internet | nordwestbahn.de |
The NordWestBahn (NWB) is a private railway company that operates local transport lines in Germany. After Deutsche Bahn AG, it is the largest company that offers regional trains. Their main areas of application are Bremen, Osnabrück and the Ruhr area.
history
With the privatization of Deutsche Bahn AG, more and more local transport routes were tendered for private railway companies. To enter this area, the NordWestBahn was founded. It is a subsidiary of Transdev GmbH (formerly Veolia Verkehr) Berlin, which in turn is a joint subsidiary of the French transport company of the same name with Stadtwerke Osnabrück. The company was founded in 2000 and is based in Osnabrück.
fleet
The NordWestBahn relies exclusively on multiple units and multiple units, i.e. no classic trains with locomotives and trailers. It uses four different models. Since it often runs on routes that are not or not yet electrified, NWB also has numerous diesel-powered vehicles in operation. 43 LINT 41 railcars (diesel), 43 Talent railcars (diesel) and 35 Alstrom Coradia Continental (3 or 5-part) (electric). Most of the vehicles are rented, but some vehicles also belong to the company itself. In rare cases, other series are used; these are then borrowed from other companies for a certain period of time in order to compensate for bottlenecks.
Route network and hubs
Bremen S-Bahn
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The NordWestBahn operates the Bremen S-Bahn, which operates in conjunction with the country Lower Saxony is used. The central train station is the Bremen Hauptbahnhof. There are the following lines:
| line | course |
|---|---|
| RS 1 | Bremen-Farge - Bremen main station - Verden |
| RS 2 | Bremerhaven-Lehe – Bremerhaven Central Station - Twist rings |
| RS 3 | Bremen Central Station - Oldenburg Central Station - Bad Zwischenahn |
| RS 4 | Bremen Central Station - Nordenham |
Lower Saxony
| line | course |
|---|---|
| RE 18 | Osnabrück – Oldenburg Central Station - Wilhelmshaven |
| RE 19 | Wilhelmshaven - Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf - Bremen Main station (Mon-Fri four trips each, Sat / Sun two trips each) |
| RB 58 | Bremen Central Station - Delmenhorst – Vechta - Osnabrück |
| RB 59 | Wilhelmshaven - Jever – Wittmund – Esens |
| RB 79 | Bodenburg – Hildesheim Central Station (Lammetal Railway) |
North Rhine-Westphalia
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| line | Line name | course |
|---|---|---|
| RE 10 | Niers Express | Dusseldorf Central Station - Krefeld Central Station - Funds – Kleve |
| RE 14 | The Borkener | Bark – Dorsten – Bottrop Central Station - eat Central Station |
| RB 31 | The Lower Rhine | Xanten – Moers – Duisburg Central Station |
| RB 36 | Ruhrort Railway | Duisburg-Ruhrort – Oberhausen Central Station |
| RB 43 | Emschertal Railway | Dorsten - Wanne-Eickel Central Station - Herne – Dortmund Central Station |
| RB 44 | The Dorstener | Oberhausen main station - Bottrop main station - Dorsten |
| RB 45 | The Coesfelder | Dorsten - Coesfeld |
| RB 67 | The Warendorfer | Bielefeld Central Station - Gutersloh Central Station - Warendorf – Muenster Central Station |
| RB 74 | Senne train | Bielefeld Central Station - Hövelhof – Paderborn Central Station |
| RB 75 | Haller Willem | Bielefeld Central Station - Halle (Westf.) - Diss/Bad Rothenfelde – Osnabrück Central Station |
| RB 77 | Weser Railway | Hildesheim Central Station - Hamelin – Wages – Frets |
| RB 84 | Harrow track | Paderborn Central Station - Ottbergen – Holzminden |
| RB 85 | Oberweser Railway | Ottbergen - Oerlinghausen – Bodenfelde – Goettingen – |
Classes of carriage
Like long-distance trains, the NWB trains have both the second and the first class of transport. On some lines there are special areas for children. All vehicles have multi-purpose areas e.g. for bicycles, strollers, wheelchairs or travelers with large luggage.
Tariffs and booking options
- The applies within the federal states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia Lower Saxony tariff or the NRW tariff and partly the tariffs of the transport associations.
- Most train stations and stops have their own NordWestBahn ticket machines, but tickets can also be purchased from Deutsche Bahn ticket machines and sales points or other transport companies and are also valid on NordWestBahn trains because NordWestBahn is a member of Tariff Association of Federal and Non-Federal Railways in Germany (TBNE).
- This is also on the trains of the NordWestBahn Across the country ticket are also valid in North Rhine-Westphalia NRW ticket and the Schöne Fahrt NRW ticket, in Lower Saxony that Lower Saxony ticket and the Lower Saxony ticket Groningen.
