Lahn-Eifel-Bahn

RB 23 RE 25 RB 38 Lahn-Eifel-Bahn
LINT 27 double set as RB 38 near Kaisersesch
Overview
LocaleRhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 478 (Kaisersesch–Andernach)
  • 470 (Andernach-Koblenz)
  • 625 (Koblenz-Gießen)
Operator(s)DB Regio Südwest
Technical
Line length177 km (110 mi)
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph) (maximum)
Route map

0
Kaisersesch
3
Urmersbach
9
Monreal
17
Mayen West
19
Mayen Ost
23
Kottenheim
26
Thür
28
Mendig
33
Kruft
37
Plaidt
39
Miesenheim
43
Andernach
ICE, IC/EC
47
Weißenthurm
51
Urmitz
60
Koblenz Stadtmitte
61
Koblenz Hbf
ICE, IC/EC, EN
65
Niederlahnstein
70
Friedrichssegen
74
Nievern
76
Bad Ems West
78
Bad Ems
81
Dausenau
85
Nassau (Lahn)
90
Obernhof (Lahn)
97
Laurenburg (Lahn)
103
Balduinstein
106
Fachingen (Lahn)
108
Diez
112
Limburg (Lahn)
141
Weilburg
164
Wetzlar
177
Gießen
IC
Source: German railway atlas[1]
Lahn-Eifel-Bahn logo

The Lahn-Eifel-Bahn is a rail passenger service in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse that runs as the RB 23 from Limburg an der Lahn via Koblenz and Andernach to Mayen, as RE 25 from Gießen via Limburg to Koblenz and as RB 38 from Andernach via Mayen to Kaisersesch.

It runs over the Lahntal railway, the West Rhine railway and the Cross Eifel Railway.

It was created with the introduction of the Rhineland-Palatinate integrated timetable of 2015 at the timetable change in December 2014 by linking the Lahntalbahn (a service that ran on the Lahntal railway) with the Pellenz-Eifel-Bahn (a service that ran mainly on the Cross Eifel Railway) services. The main advantage of this concept is that, for the places along the Pellenz-Eifel route to Mayen, it made possible a connection to central Koblenz without changing trains and at the same time the trains on the Lahntal railway could reach Koblenz-Stadtmitte.[2]

The contract to operate the Lahn-Eifel-Bahn was awarded at part of Lot 1 of the Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg diesel network to DB Regio Südwest. The contract runs until December 2030.[3]

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ "Outcomes of meeting 50: TOP 3" (PDF) (in German). SPNV Nord. 25 July 2014. pp. 4 and 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Vergabeentscheidung im Dieselnetz Eifel-Westerwald-Sieg" (Press release) (in German). NWL. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2017.