Wupper-Express
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| Operator(s) | standard gauge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrification | Overhead line, 15 kV 16.7 Hz AC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating speed | 160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Wupper-Express (RE 4) is a
History
Today's RE 4 is the successor to the former StädteExpress line SE from
A reorganisation of services between Cologne and Dortmund is being undertaken in a program known as the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX).[3] Since 18 March 2022, the Wupper-Express has also stopped in Düsseldorf-Bilk with the completion of the new regional platform.
Route
The Wupper-Express runs successively over the Aachen–Mönchengladbach, the Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf and the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld lines. The service then follows the Elberfeld–Dortmund railway as far as Witten station, from where it uses the tracks of the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway and the Oberstraße Tunnel on its way to Dortmund station. At night, the RE 4 operates to Düsseldorf Airport Terminal station.
The Wupper-Express runs parallel to Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn lines on large sections of track and it has some of the character of a fast S-Bahn service and is perceived by passengers accordingly.
Rollingstock
The Wupper-Express formerly used class 111 locomotives and non-air conditioned double-deck coaches. Additional peak hour services operated between Düsseldorf and Aachen with class 110 and 111 locomotives, operated exclusively with refurbished Silberling carriages.
Since December 2020, the line has been operated by National Express with new
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Wupper-Express near Baal -
Preparation of the train in Aachen -
Train running label -
Leaving Aachen Hbf -
Wupper-Express on track 3 in Aachen Hbf
See also
- List of regional rail lines in North Rhine-Westphalia
- List of scheduled railway routes in Germany
Notes
- ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Qualitätsbericht SPNV Im Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr für 2010" (PDF) (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. February 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
- ^ NVR, ed. (11 April 2014). "RRX-Interimsvergabe geht an DB Regio NRW" (Press release) (in German).
- ^ "Nahverkehrsplan 2016" (PDF) (Press release) (in German). Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland. March 2016. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
External links
- "Wupper-Express". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 7 September 2011.