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Rhein-Hellweg-Express

RE 11: Rhein-Hellweg-Express
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Overview
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Technical
Line length 186 km (116 mi)
Route number 415, 430
Route map
291 Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe (since 2016) ICE, IC
266 Hofgeismar (since 2016)
241 Warburg (Westf) (since 2016)
222 Willebadessen (since 2016)
204 Altenbeken (since 2016)
186 Paderborn Hbf (until 2010, since 2016)
154 Lippstadt (until 2010, since 2016)
134 Soest (until 2010, since 2016)
108 Hamm (Westf) ICE, IC
100 Nordbögge (until 2016, not hourly)
93 Kamen
89 Kamen-Methler
87 Dortmund-Kurl (until 2016)
83 Dortmund-Scharnhorst (until 2016, not hourly)
77 Dortmund Hbf ICE, IC
59 Bochum Hbf ICE, IC
52 Wattenscheid
43 Essen Hbf ICE, IC
33 Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf IC
24 Duisburg Hbf ICE, IC
Rheinhausen (2010–2016)
Krefeld-Uerdingen (2010–2016)
Krefeld Hbf (2010–2016)
Viersen (2010–2016) IC
Mönchengladbach Hbf (2010–2016) ICE, IC
8 Düsseldorf Airport (until 2010, since 2016) ICE, IC
0 Düsseldorf Hbf (until 2010, since 2016) ICE, IC
Source: German railway atlas

The Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE 11) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Hamm via Dortmund, Bochum, Essen, Duisburg and Düsseldorf Airport to Düsseldorf Hbf. It is named after the Rhine and the Westphalian Hellweg.

In 1988 the first regular interval regional rapid train service was established from Dortmund via Essen, Duisburg and Düsseldorf to Cologne. This operated hourly on the Cologne–Duisburg and Dortmund–Duisburg lines, which even then were the most important railway lines for passenger traffic in North Rhine-Westphalia.

With the introduction of high-speed regional services in the early 1990s, this line was named the NRW-Express (originally numbered RSB 1; from 1995 it was redesignated as Stadt-Express line SE 1) and ran from Bielefeld via Hamm, Dortmund, Essen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf and Cologne to Aachen. With the extension of the service on the Hamm–Bielefeld and Cologne–Aachen lines, the service soon had insufficient capacity. Therefore, in May 1998 with the NRW-wide implementation of regional express lines, the NRW-Express (now RE 1) was supplemented by the Westfalen-Express (RE 6) from Bielefeld via Hamm, Dortmund, Essen and Duisburg to Düsseldorf so that on the northern section there were two Regional-Expresses per hour.


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