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Sauerland-Express

RE 17: Sauerland-Express
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Overview
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Operation
Operator(s) DB Regio NRW
Technical
Line length 209 km (130 mi)
Operating speed 140 km/h (87 mph) (maximum)
Route number 430, 435
Route map
0 Hagen Hbf
14 Schwerte (Ruhr)
29 Fröndenberg
37 Wickede (Ruhr)
49 Neheim-Hüsten
57 Arnsberg (Westf)
63 Oeventrop
68 Freienohl
77 Meschede
86 Bestwig
92 Olsberg
100 Brilon Wald
106
Hoppecke
(individual services)
110
Messinghausen
(individual services)
116
Beringhausen
(individual services)
118 Bredelar
126 Marsberg
132 Westheim (Westf)
142 Scherfede
152 Warburg (Westf)
  (NVV Line R3 from here)
NRW / Hesse state border
158
Liebenau (Hessen)
(individual services until December 2015)
179
Hofgeismar
(individual services)
184
Grebenstein
(until December 2013)
189
Immenhausen
(until December 2013)
193
Espenau-Mönchehof
(until December 2013)
205
Kassel Hbf
(until December 2013)
209
Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
(individual services)
Source: German railway atlas

The Sauerland-Express (RE 17) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Hagen to Warburg (Westf). A few services run to or from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe. It is managed by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association), the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Ruhr-Lippe (Ruhr-Lippe Transport Company, VRL), the Nahverkehrsverbund Paderborn-Höxter (Paderborn-Höxter Local Transport Association, nph) and the Nordhessischer Verkehrsverbund (North Hessian Transport Association, NVV). It is operated by DB Regio NRW with electric multiple units of classes 612 and 644 (Bombardier Talent).

The operation of the service from December 2016 was awarded as part of the Sauerland Net (Sauerland-Netz). Previously the line had been operated by DB Regio under a directly awarded contract.

The service runs between Hagen and Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe every two hours and between Warburg and Hagen additional services produce an hourly service. The services to and from Kassel use electric multiple units of class 612 (RegioSwinger) while those on the cycle turning back at Warburg use class 628.4 sets. On Fridays and Sundays, some special services run to Willingen. The Fröndenberg–Bestwig section is also supplemented with an hourly service of the RE 57 (the Dortmund-Sauerland-Express), which continues to Winterberg.

On the section between Warburg and Kassel, the RE 17 has only stopped in Hofgeismar since the timetable change on 15 December 2013, which also omitted a stop at Kassel Hauptbahnhof. This shortened the journey time to and from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe by up to 13 minutes.


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