Rhein-Express

RE 5 Rhein-Express
Overview
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 420 (Emmerich–Duisburg)
  • 415 (Duisburg–Cologne)
  • 470 (Cologne–Koblenz)
Technical
Line length226 km (140 mi)
Operating speed160 km/h (100 mph)
Route map

0
Wesel
3
Friedrichsfeld (Niederrhein)
(every two hours)
8
Voerde (Niederrhein)
13
Dinslaken
19
Oberhausen-Holten
(every two hours)
23
Oberhausen-Sterkrade
27
Oberhausen Hbf
35
Duisburg Hbf
ICE, EC, IC
52
Düsseldorf Flughafen
ICE, IC
59
Düsseldorf Hbf
ICE, EC, IC
69
Düsseldorf-Benrath
86
Leverkusen Mitte
94
Köln-Mülheim
98
Köln Messe/Deutz
ICE
99
Cologne Hbf
THA, ICE, EC, IC
104
Köln Süd
115
Brühl
133
Bonn Hbf
ICE, EC, IC
Bonn UN Campus
(since 2017)
140
Bonn-Bad Godesberg
NRW
RLP
state border
149
Oberwinter
153
Remagen
EC, IC
157
Sinzig (Rhein)
163'
Bad Breisig
174
Andernach
ICE, EC, IC
191
Koblenz Stadtmitte
192
Koblenz Hbf
ICE, EC, IC
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Rhein-Express is a Regional-Express (RE 5 (RRX)) service, which generally follows the Rhine (German: Rhein) river. It runs daily every hour from 5 am to 9 pm from Wesel via Oberhausen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, Remagen and Andernach to Koblenz, in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the fourth-most used regional express line in the VRR network with approximately 48,000 passengers a day.[2]

Until the timetable change in December 2016, the Rhein-Express ran to/from Emmerich. Operations on this section and the additional services provided by Regionalbahn service RB 35 (Der Weseler) have since been operated as part of the Rhein-IJssel-Express (RE 19).

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ^ "Qualitätsbericht SPNV 2012" (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr A. ö. R. p. 26. Retrieved 29 January 2017.