Ems-Leine-Express

RE 60 Ems-Leine-Express
Overview
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Service
Route number310, 370, 375
Technical
Line length270.4 km (168.0 mi)
Operating speed160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
Route map

Operating points and lines[1]
Rheine
IC,RE,RB
Hörstel
RB
Esch
RB
Ibbenbüren
IC,RB
Ibbenbüren-Laggenbeck
RB
NRW / Lower Saxony state border
Osnabrück Altstadt
RB
Osnabrück Hbf
ICE,IC,RE,RB
Melle
RB
Lower Saxony / NRW state border
Bünde
IC,RB
Kirchlengern
RB
Löhne (Westfalen)
RE,RB
Bad Oeynhausen
IC,RE
Porta Westfalica
RE
Minden (Westfalen)
ICE,IC,RE,S
NRW / Lower Saxony state border
Bückeburg
RE,S
Stadthagen
RE,S
Haste (Han)
RE,S
Wunstorf
RE,S
Hannover Hbf
ICE,IC,RE,RB,S
Lehrte
RE,RB,S
Hämelerwald
RE
Vöhrum
RE
Peine
IC,RE
Vechelde
RE
Brunswick Hbf
ICE,IC,RE,RB

The Ems-Leine-Express (RE 60) is the name of a German Regional-Express service in North Rhine-Westphalia that has connected the Emsland city of Rheine, Lower Saxony, the regional centre of Osnabrück, the east Westphalian city of Minden and the Lower Saxony regional centres of Hanover and Braunschweig since 5 November 2000.[2]

The Ems-Leine-Express is notable for crossing the state border between Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) three times at the following locations:

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ "RE60: Ems-Leine-Express". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 4 February 2014.