Maas-Wupper-Express

RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express
Overview
Owner	VRR
Line number	RE 13
Locale	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and Limburg, Netherlands
Service
Route number	485 (Venlo–Hagen) 455 (Wuppertal–Hamm)
Operator(s)	eurobahn
Technical
Line length	160 km (99 mi)
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
Route map 0 Venlo 3 Netherlands / Germany border 5 Kaldenkirchen 9 Breyell 13 Boisheim 17 Dülken 23 Viersen 31 Mönchengladbach Hbf ICE, IC (reversal) 48 Neuss Hbf ICE, IC 56 Düsseldorf-Bilk 59 Düsseldorf Hbf ICE, IC 79 Wuppertal-Vohwinkel 86 Wuppertal Hbf ICE, IC 89 Wuppertal-Barmen 91 Wuppertal-Oberbarmen 97 Schwelm 101 Ennepetal (Gevelsberg) 112 Hagen Hbf ICE, IC 126 Schwerte (Ruhr) 135 Holzwickede 142 Unna 151 Bönen 160 Hamm (Westf) ICE, IC Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Maas-Wupper-Express (RE 13) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from the Dutch border town of Venlo to Hamm in Westphalia.

Route

Together with the Wupper-Express (RE 4) and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 8, the Maas-Wupper-Express provides an east-west link between the lower Rhine of Germany and the eastern Ruhr.

It runs on the tracks of the Venlo–Viersen, Viersen-Mönchengladbach, Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf–Wuppertal, Wuppertal–Hagen and Hagen–Hamm lines.

Trains running between Venlo and Hamm have to reverse in Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof, so the Maas-Wupper-Express is scheduled to spend nine minutes there on the way to Venlo and ten minutes towards Hamm.

In 2026 the current route will be extend towards the central station of the Dutch city Eindhoven, also stopping at Helmond, in a joint exploitation with Arriva Netherlands^[2][3][4]

Operations

The operator of the line is Eurobahn, a subsidiary of Keolis. Operations on this line and the Rhein-Emscher-Express are carried out using 4 four-carriage and 14 five-carriage Stadler FLIRT electrical multiple units with a top speed of 160 km/h rented from Angel Trains.^[5] Services run every hour.

RE 13 in Venlo

New FLIRT train

RE 13 in Mönchengladbach

Notes

1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
2. "Direct train from Eindhoven to Düsseldorf from 2026 onwards". 15 December 2021.
3. "Arriva start samenwerking met Start".
4. "Start gewinnt Maas-Wupper-Express - Start". 3 January 2022.
5. "Angel Trains: 18 Flirt für Keolis" (in German). Eurailpress. 16 November 2007. Archived from the original on 9 December 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.

See also

• List of regional rail lines in North Rhine-Westphalia
• List of scheduled railway routes in Germany

External links

• "Maas-Rhein-Lippe-Netz" (in German). Eurobahn. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2011.
• "Maas-Wupper-Express". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 8 September 2011.