NordWestBahn

This article is about the German regional railway company. For the former Austrian railway company, see Austrian Northwestern Railway.

NordWestBahn GmbH

Company type	GmbH
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Osnabrück , Germany
Area served	Germany
Services	Passenger transportation
Parent	Veolia Verkehr Stadtwerke Osnabrück VWG Oldenburg
Website	www.nordwestbahn.de

NordWestBahn trains at Osnabrück Hbf

The NordWestBahn GmbH is a private railway company providing regional train services on several routes in northern and western Germany. It is a joint venture of Stadtwerke Osnabrück AG, Verkehr und Wasser GmbH in Oldenburg and Transdev Germany, Berlin. The head office of the company is in Osnabrück. NWB claims to be Germany's largest regional railway company.

Since 5 November 2000, NordWestBahn operates, on behalf of the public transport company of Lower Saxony (Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen - LNVG), the Weser-Ems-Network in Lower Saxony. In March 2008, NordWestBahn won the tender for the regional S-Bahn Bremen/Lower Saxony, defeating German National railway operator DB Regio. Operation of these routes started in December 2010.

The routes that NordWestBahn operate in the Rhein-Ruhr area will split from the business to a separate company called Transdev RheinRuhr (branded as RheinRuhrBahn) as of the 1st September.

Services

Network map of NWB routes in 2022.

Line	Name	Route	Contract dates
RE 18		Wilhelmshaven Hbf – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Osnabrück Hbf	11/2000 – 12/2026
RB 58		Bremen Hbf – Delmenhorst – Vechta – Osnabrück Hbf	11/2000 – 12/2026
RB 59		Wilhelmshaven Hbf – Jever – Wittmund – Esens	11/2000 – 12/2026
RE 19		Wilhelmshaven Hbf – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Bremen Hbf	12/2003 – 12/2026
RS 1		Bremen-Farge – Bremen Hbf – Verden	12/2011 – 12/2021
RS 2		Bremerhaven-Lehe – Bremerhaven Hbf – Bremen Hbf – Twistringen	12/2010 – 12/2021
RS 3		Bremen Hbf – Oldenburg (Oldb) Hbf – Bad Zwischenahn	12/2010 – 12/2021
RS 4		Bremen Hbf – Nordenham	12/2010 – 12/2021
RB 77	Weser-Bahn	Hildesheim Hbf – Hameln – Löhne – Bünde	12/2011 – 12/2021
RB 79	Lammentalbahn	Hildesheim Hbf – Bodenburg	12/2011 – 12/2021
RB 74	Senne-Bahn	Bielefeld Hbf – Hövelhof – Paderborn Hbf	12/2003 – 12/2025
RB 75	Haller Willem	Bielefeld Hbf – Halle (Westf.) – Dissen-Bad Rothenfelde – Osnabrück Hbf	12/2003 – 12/2025
RB 84	Egge-Bahn	Paderborn Hbf – Ottbergen – Holzminden – Kreiensen -	12/2003 – 12/2025
RB 85	Oberweserbahn	Ottbergen – Bodenfelde – Göttingen	12/2013 – 12/2025
RE 14	Emscher-Münsterland-Express	Borken (Westf) / Coesfeld (Westf) – Dorsten – Gladbeck – Bottrop Hbf – Essen Hbf - Essen-Steele	12/2006 – 12/2028
RE 10	Niers-Express	Düsseldorf Hbf – Krefeld Hbf – Geldern – Kleve	12/2009 – 12/2025
RB 31	Der Niederrheiner	Xanten – (Kamp-Lintfort South State Garden Show 2020) Moers – Duisburg Hbf	12/2009 – 12/2025 Mondays-Sundays Xanten – Moers – Duisburg Hbf (From May 16, 2020 to October 11, 2020 on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays to Duisburg Hbf – Moers – Kamp-Lintfort South State Garden Show 2020)
RB 36	Ruhrort-Bahn	Duisburg-Ruhrort – Oberhausen Hbf	12/2010 – 12/2025
RE 44	Fossa-Emscher-Express	Moers – Duisburg Hbf – Oberhausen Hbf – Bottrop Hbf	12/2010 – 12/2025 Mondays–Friday to Moers, Mondays–Sundays to Duisburg Hbf

Fleet

Class	Image	Cars per set	Type	Top speed		Number	Builder	Built
				km/h	mph
VT 643		2 or 3	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	43	Bombardier Talent	2003-2006
VT 648		2	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	59	Alstom LINT-41	2000-2010
ET 440		3 or 5	Electric multiple unit	160	99	35	Alstom Coradia Continental	2010

Depots

NordWestBahn has five depots to maintain its fleet. These are at Osnabrück, Dorsten, Mettmann (operated by RegioBahn), Bremerhaven and Kleve.