NRW-Express

The NRW - Express is a regional express line in the transport of North Rhine -Westphalia from Aachen via Cologne, Dusseldorf, Essen, Dortmund and Hamm to Paderborn with the line number RE 1 The line is operated as a rail passenger transport by DB Regio NRW.

He is regarded as one of the lines with the highest utilization in Germany (about 34,500 people per day, mainly commuters and students of the Rhine -Ruhr - rail ) and had in 2011 an average delay of 2.9 minutes per trip on.

History

Today NRW - Express replaced by the regionalization of transport in Germany Eilzugverbindungen existing ( and sometimes express trains ) on each individual track sections. A number of stations and stops of the long distance, such as Dusseldorf -Benrath or Wattenscheid, has subsequently been downgraded to regional stations. The NRW - Express was initially as a regional express train (RSB 1), then as a city Express ( SE 1 ) and later as Regional -Express ( RE 1 ) refers. Along with this classification, the name was assigned to the line.

First rode on the line Aachen- Bielefeld trains with locomotives of the series 110 and six - partly modernized - n- cars. If necessary, the trains were also reinforced by another car. From the mid- 90s, the trains from non air-conditioned double-decker coaches and locomotives of the 111 series were formed. Shortly after, control cars were delivered, so that the push-pull operation could be introduced. From 1998 onwards, increasingly, air-conditioned double-decker coaches were observed but all features of the NRW -Express with a new air-conditioned and for 160 km / h approved cars could be fitted only after the Expo 2000. The fabric was now mostly with locomotives of the series 145, which had been fitted out for the Expo - use with a transport package. Until that time, reaching the 160 km / h was possible only when stringing with the 111 series.

With the more powerful Drehstromloks you had in Hannover made during the Expo 2000 good experience, so it was hoped that their use before the NRW - Express an improved timetable stability through better acceleration. At the same time a 160- km / h transport variant of the 145 was ordered as series 146 that arrived from the fall of 2001 and was first used on the NRW - Express.

The RE 1 went with very attractive travel times in an overhaul free train paths between long-distance trains by NRW and had in Bielefeld good connections to Hanover, so the train was very busy at the weekend by traveling long distances as part of the so-called weekend ticket racetrack after Berlin and Hamburg. This appeal became the problem because the trains were often overcrowded. An extension of the trains with additional cars but failed in the days of single-storey car to the to short platforms and now since use of double- decker coaches for scarce vehicle stocks and caused by the higher weight traveling time extension ( only during less timetable periods a circulation of six double decker coaches has been formed ). Due to the high population often not enough residence times, so there were delays, and come. Also had delayed long-distance trains and have a strong influence on the punctuality of the NRW - Express. The situation was aggravated repeatedly, as DB Regio to the schedule change was trying to save a train set of 70 by shortening the turnaround time in Bielefeld to 10 minutes, thereby delays were then transferred in full to the return. These tests were always given after no more than a few weeks.

With the timetable change in December 2002, the train route from Bielefeld to Hamm was shortened. On the DELETED section of the NRW - Express since by the Westfalen- Express newly created ( RE 6 ) of Dusseldorf via Duisburg, Essen, Hamm and Bielefeld is replaced by Minden. The NRW - Express held since then on the last part from Dortmund not only in Kamen, but every two hours on all five stations of the route. By reducing the movement of trains punctuality should be significantly improved.

Soccer World Cup 2006 World Cup RE1 was established as a special amplifier line, who drove in the period from 14:00 bis 02:30 clock clock from Dusseldorf via Duisburg, Essen and Dortmund to Hamm.

On 31 July 2006, there was an attempted bombing on the NRW - Express, which failed due to a small-scale error in the construction of bombs.

Since the timetable change in December 2010, the train runs daily every two hours over Hamm addition to Paderborn. In addition, he holds only in the off-peak locations in Dortmund- Scharnhorst, Dortmund- Kurl, Kamen - Methler and Nordbögge. The first morning train to Paderborn well served between Hamm and Paderborn all intermediate stops.

The gradual introduction of a 6 car in each train running in March was completed in September 2011. This seating capacity of 602 was increased to 735 seats per train.

Train route

The NRW - Express runs daily every hour and it uses a total of five railway lines:

Every two hours, the train track Hamm- Warburg (formerly KWE) between Paderborn and Hamm ( together with all the features of regional and long-haul )
The railway route Dortmund -Hamm (formerly CME) through (together with all trains of regional and long-haul ),
The Ruhr Dortmund- Duisburg (former BME) continuous ( long-distance tracks, together with all the features of regional and long-haul )
The railway line between Cologne and Duisburg (formerly CME) through ( long-distance tracks, see note below )
The railway line Aachen- Cologne (formerly RhE ) through ( together with all the features of regional and long-haul ).

On the four-to six-track section between Duisburg and Dusseldorf NRW - Express used throughout the long distance tracks, as well as the Rhein- Express RE 5 and in the rush hour, the RB 35 In contrast, the Rhein- Haard - Express RE 2 ply, the Rhine - Emscher- Express RE 3 and the Westfalen- Express RE 6 in parts the tracks of the train or to the extent available, the so-called local tracks.

Information is also offering compaction caused by Regional Express trains every hour along the Zuglaufes:

Between Essen and Dusseldorf by the Rhein- Haard - Express RE 2,
Between Hamm and Dortmund by the Rhein- Emscher- Express RE 3,
Between Duisburg and Cologne by the Rhein- Express RE 5,
Between Hamm and Dusseldorf by the Westfalen- Express RE 6,
Between Cologne and Aachen by the Rhein-Sieg- Express RE 9,
Between Hamm and Duisburg by the Rhein- Hellweg - Express RE 11

In addition, at the time of the rush hour between Aachen and Köln Messe / Deutz five minutes before the regular train amplifier so as to counteract the overcrowding by commuters.

The NRW - Express runs on a large section parallel to the S-Bahn lines. The push-pull trains consist of five to six double -decker cars, with an electric locomotive of the DB class 146.0 for speeds up to 160 km / h mostly covered.

The NRW - Express is linked in Aachen, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Hamm, Soest and Paderborn with the rest of the transport network in NRW. It also ensures there direct connections to the distance rail passenger transport.

At the order of the NRW - Express all three North Rhine-Westphalia PTAs are involved: the NVR, the VRR and the NWL. He goes through five collective spaces: AVV, VRS, VRR, ZRL and NPH. Composite -border reach of the NRW - tariff and the DB tariff applies.

Future

Until 2020Vorlage: Future / In 5 years there is to be a reorganization of the offer, as if the Rhine-Ruhr Express ( RRX ) designated high-speed rail between Cologne and Dortmund resumes operation. As part of the planning for the Rhine -Ruhr Express the NRW - Express is the timetable change in December 2016Vorlage: / In 2 years advertised future in a subnet. The curve of the RE 1 in the section entitled Aachen - shortened Hamm. The section Hamm - Paderborn is then served by, the parallel end line wrote RE 11.

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