Löhne–Rheine railway
The railway wages - Rheine is a double-track electrified railway and continuous mainline from wages in North Rhine- Westphalia Osnabrück in Lower Saxony to Rheine in North Rhine -Westphalia. It runs parallel to Wiehengebirge the north and the Teutoburg Forest in the south.
History
The railway wages - Rheine is part of the " Hanoverian Western Railway ", which was built in the 1850s for the development of the western parts of the former Kingdom of Hanover by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways. The first section of this compound, the portion of Emden was opened to Papenburg on the Emsland line already on 24 November 1854 but which still had no connection to the existing rail network.
To save yourself and the repeated crossing of the Wiehengebirge south of Minden, the southern section of the Western Railway has not started following the own railway line Hannover- Minden, but in wages branching off from the railway line Hamm- Minden the Cologne -Minden Railway Company.
On November 21, 1855, the section between wages and Osnabrück went for passenger transport in operation. The former " Hanover railroad station " in Osnabrück was shut down after the construction of the Osnabrück main station. This was necessary to prepare a junction station with the " Hamburg- Venlo railway " of the Cologne -Minden Railway Company.
Only half a year after the second section of the next section about Rheine and salt mountains was taken to Papenburg in operation and therefore the existing gap closed so that from 23 June 1856 reversed through passenger trains between Minden and Emden.
Linked railway lines
The importance of the route and its stations increased with the number of the associated railway lines, in particular the Rheine station with the railway line Duisburg- Quakenbruck the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, the railway line to Munster the Royal Westphalian Railway Company and the former railway line to Ochtrup the Prussian State Railways.
In wedge Station (Osnabrück ) Eversburg begins Tecklenburger North train to Altenrheine and the Oldenburg Southern Railway to Oldenburg Hbf
In addition, there are other links like the one with the Teutoburg Forest Railway to Gütersloh in Ibbenbüren station and with the Ravens Berger train to Rahden the frets station ( Westphalia ) and in Kirchlengern to Herford station on the railway line Hamm- Minden.
Extension
The line was expanded 1902-1916 gradually throughout twofold. On September 29, 1974 First, the section between Osnabrück and Rheine was provided with catenary, on 30 May 1976, the electrification of the section between Osnabrück and wages.
In September 2012, the district government Münster published a list of rail projects that will receive entry into the new Federal Transport Infrastructure Plan (scheduled for 2015). Among them is the upgrading of the railway - Rheine wages (up to the Dutch border ). Specifically, an increase in the maximum line speed to 200 km / h or 230 km / h as called " desirable ". In support is listed, the course is part of the European core network. It should also be of the Dutch government the connection Amsterdam - Berlin ( " Berlin- line " ) is classified as future high-speed line. In a first stage of development, the competent ministry plan all routes on which the Netherlands international traffic is handled, equipped with ERTMS.
Train services
About the route runs a two-hour intercity line from Berlin Hbf via Hannover Hbf, Minden and Rheine to Amsterdam Centraal, where individual traits of Osnabrück Hbf to Münster ( Westphalia ) Hbf drive.
In addition, several public transport lines are offered:
- Along the entire route, the two buses running every hour of the Regional-Express RE 60 " Ems - Leash Express" ( train running between Rheine and Braunschweig main station, operated by DB Regio Nord),
- Almost the entire stretch of the Rhine to Kirchlengern the hourly buses running regional train RB 61 " Wiehengebirgs -Bahn " (route description on to Bielefeld Hbf, operated by the WestfalenBahn )
- On the section bundling Kirchlengern the hourly circulating Ravens Berger train (from Bielefeld Hbf via frets to Rahden ), operated by the Euro rail,
- As well as on the short stretch between frets and the wages Monday to Friday, with several breaks every hour buses running regional train RB 77 " Weser -Bahn " (route description on to Hildesheim Hbf, operated by the North Western Railway ).
Tariff
The railway line runs through three tariff zones. It can be used the following rates:
- Between wages and regional societies of " six- tariff" of the traffic group OstWestfalenLippe,
- Between Osnabrück Hbf and Rheine " Munsterland tariff" of the transport association Münster (VGM ), and
- ( Package deals are the "NRW - tariff " also ) between Melle- Bruchmühlen and Osnabrück Hbf DB - transport tariff.
In addition, can be used in the field of " six- Tariff " and " Munsterland tariff ", as well as links between the two fare zones of the "NRW - tariff". The " Niedersachsen-Ticket " is valid on the entire route.