Rhein-Erft-Express

RE 8 Rhein-Erft-Express
Overview
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number465
Technical
Line length156 km (97 mi)
Route map

0
Mönchengladbach Main Station
4
Mönchengladbach-Rheydt
IC
7
Mönchengladbach-Odenkirchen
12
Jüchen-Hochneukirch
15
Jüchen
22
Grevenbroich
33
Rommerskirchen
38
Stommeln
42
Pulheim
52
Köln-Ehrenfeld
55
Cologne Main Station
THA, ICE, IC
57
Köln Tradefair/Deutz Main Station
ICE
71
Cologne/Bonn Airport
(until December 2019)
ICE
Cologne-Porz
75
Cologne-Porz/Wahn
(until June 2004)
82
Troisdorf
87
Sankt Augustin-Menden
92
Bonn-Beuel
95
Bonn-Oberkassel
98
Königswinter-Niederdollendorf
100
Königswinter
102
Bad Honnef (Westphalia)-Rhöndorf
104
Bad Honnef (Westphalia)
109
Unkel
115
Linz (Palatinate/RLP)
121
Bad Hönningen
137
Neuwied Main Station
142
Weißenthurm-Urmitz Rheinbrücke
149
Koblenz-Lützel
150
Koblenz Downtown
151
Koblenz Main Station
ICE, IC
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Rhein-Erft-Express is a Regional-Express service in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is numbered as line RE 8 and connects the cities of Mönchengladbach, Cologne, Bonn and Koblenz with each other and their surroundings, running hourly. It is complemented by a Regionalbahn stopping service, the Rhein-Erft-Bahn (RB 27), running also between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof. On weekends it stops at some additional stations between Cologne Hbf and Koblenz Hbf. It is operated by DB Regio with Alstom Coradia Continental EMUs.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.