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21-484: The Rhein-Sieg-Express is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate running from Aachen via Düren , Cologne , Troisdorf , Siegburg and Betzdorf to Siegen . It is operated by DB Regio NRW . Regional Express (RE) line 9 has existed since the introduction of the integrated timetable ( German : integraler Taktfahrplan , ITF) in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1998. Previously one train ran each day over

42-478: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Sieg Railway The Sieg Railway ( German : Siegstrecke is a 100-kilometre (62 mi) long, electrified German main line railway between Cologne-Deutz via Porz , Troisdorf , Siegburg , Hennef , Au (Sieg) , Betzdorf to Siegen with a through service to Cologne Hauptbahnhof . Although most of it is two-track, two five-kilometre (three-mile) sections are only single track. Both ends of

63-551: Is increased during the peaks. In the morning two extra trains run to Cologne and in the afternoon two extra trains run from Cologne towards Siegen. These additional trains run between Au (Sieg) and Siegen with stops in Etzbach , Niederhövels , Scheuerfeld and Brachbach . Between Cologne and Au they also stop in Dattenfeld and Rosbach. Regional-Express The first Regional-Express services were operated by DB Regio , though since

84-552: The Connex company operated for a short time a long-distance InterConnex service on the Sieg line from Cologne via Siegen, Marburg , Kassel , Berlin to Rostock . The line opened on 6 June 2003 and closed on 27 October of that year because Connex needed the rollingstock for the Hamburg – Flensburg route. In the spring of 2004, the whole Cologne–Au section was equipped with new high platforms for

105-659: The Eifel during the First World War . In 1945, in the last days of World War II many bridges over the Sieg were destroyed by the retreating German Army. Many of these bridges were rebuilt with single-track only. In 1991, the second track was restored on the Troisdorf–Siegburg section for S-Bahn operations . There are still single-track sections between Blankenberg and Merten (3 km (2 mi)) and between Schladern and Rosbach (2 km (1 mi)). On 18 February 1956, there

126-606: The Rhein-Münsterland-Express (RE 7) were swapped. The Rhein-Sieg-Express now runs from Cologne to Aachen, making the timetable more stable. Three public transport associations are involved in the operation of the Rhein-Express : the Zweckverband Nahverkehr Rheinland (local transport association of Rhineland, NVR), SPNV Rheinland-Pfalz Nord (transport association of northern Rhineland-Paltinate) and

147-579: The Zweckverband Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (local transport association of Westphalia-Lippe). They called for tenders for its continued operations after December 2010 to be submitted by 30 January 2008. In April 2008 it was announced that DB Regio Rheinland (formerly DB Heidekrautbahn , which was established in Potsdam for an unsuccessful bid for services in the Berlin area) would operate

168-696: The Rhein-Sieg-Express has terminated since 12 December 2010 in Siegen. Since then the Siegen–Gießen section has been operated only with Hessische Landesbahn trains as services RE 99 and RE 40. However, deliveries of E-Talent 2 to DB Regio Rheinland have been delayed. Since December 2010, the service has been operated under the RSX brand. The new vehicles were first delayed until the second half of 2011, but are now not expected to be available before December 2011. Until then,

189-867: The Rhine-Sieg Express follows the Sieg Railway along the Sieg to Siegen. In Siegen there is a regular connection with the Main-Sieg-Express (RE 99) towards Gießen and Frankfurt . In addition connections exist to the Rothaar Railway (RB 93) to Bad Berleburg and to the Dortmund-Siegerland-Express (RE 34) to Dortmund . The frequency of services of the Rhine-Sieg-Express on the Sieg Railway

210-550: The extension of S-Bahn line 12 from Cologne to Düren with class 423 rail cars . Until then S 12 services were operated by class 143 locomotives hauling converted Silberling carriages. Porz , Troisdorf , Hennef and Blankenberg stations were equipped with only temporary platforms. The last station to be equipped with high platform was Porz in 2009. Construction of a new station for S-Bahn line 12 at Hennef im Siegbogen began in January 2011 and it opened on 11 December 2011. It

231-843: The latter often with new Class 146 engines. Many RE services run in hourly intervals, carrying line numbers and sometimes even names, varying from state to state. Since late 2006, Regional-Express services between Munich and Nuremberg that operate on the Nuremberg–Munich high-speed railway reach top speeds of 200 km/h (125 mph). These services are operated with repainted InterCity cars and Class 101 locomotives or Class 102 and double-deck cars. In Sweden, several regional trains reach 180 or 200 km/h (110 or 125 mph). They are usually called just regional trains, or named after their respective regional transit administration. The most common train types are Øresundståg and Regina . This German rail transport related article

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252-590: The liberalisation of the German rail market ( Bahnreform ) in the 1990s many operators have received franchise rights on lines from the federal states . Some private operators currently operate trains that are similar to a Regional-Express service, but have decided to use their own names for the sake of brand awareness instead. Regional-Express services are carried out with a variety of vehicles such as DMUs (of Class 612 ), EMUs (of Class 425 or 426) or, most commonly, electric or diesel locomotives with double-deck cars,

273-575: The line are in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia , but between Au and Niederschelden it runs through Rhineland-Palatinate . It is one of the oldest lines in Germany , opened between 1859 and 1862 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company . Services of the line are: The Sieg railway is the western section of the Deutz–Gießen railway ( Deutz-Gießener Eisenbahn , DGE) as far as Betzdorf and

294-610: The line from 12 December 2010 for 15 years. Therefore, services are to be operated with a total of 15 electric multiple units of the E-Talent 2 variety of the Bombardier Talent called class 442. There will be three three-carriage, ten four-carriage and two five-carriage sets. Since its contract with the North Rhine-Westphalia transport associations was terminated by Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (Rhine-Main transport association)

315-756: The line from there to Siegen, which was originally opened as a branch line on 10 January 1861. From the time of the building of a line, a direct connection was proposed between Siegen and Haiger, which was eventually opened in 1915. This shortened the connection between Siegen and Dillenburg by about 30 kilometres (20 mi), leading to a shift of traffic from the old line (now known as the Heller Valley Railway ), which subsequently usually ran via Siegen and Haiger. The Sieg flood of 1909 destroyed many bridges, including railway bridges, such as at Herchen, which had to be rebuilt. In 1914, numerous special trains were used to carry German troops to their deployment area in

336-474: The line has declined sharply. Deutsche Bundesbahn closed long-distance passenger traffic in the 1980s. Steam operations in the Sieg valley ended in 1976 and was not allowed again until 1987. In 1990/1991 test runs with the Intercity-Express (ICE) trains were carried out in the Sieg valley. Since not enough funds were available for ICE carriages, some central carriages were ordinary express carriages. One of

357-643: The line is being operated by conventional double-deck carriages sandwiched between two class 111 locomotives. DB Regio Rheinland took over DB Regio NRW in August 2011 and became the operator of the service. The train leaves every hour from Aachen station on the Cologne–Aachen high-speed line to Cologne station. This section is also part of the route of the NRW-Express (RE 1) and together both lines operate services at approximately 30-minute intervals. From Cologne,

378-531: The line to Mönchengladbach from Gießen to Kaldenkirchen . From 1998 the train service ran on the route from Krefeld via Neuss , Cologne, Siegburg and Siegen to Gießen. The service used old rolling stock, consisting of class 111 locomotives hauling five double-deck carriages. At the introduction of the next stage of the integrated timetable (ITF2) in December 2002, the line was the most vulnerable to delay in North Rhine-Westphalia. The causes of these delays were

399-515: The routes considered for the proposed Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line would have involved the rebuilding of the Sieg line to Eitorf for four tracks. The line would have continued through the Leuscheid region via Altenkirchen and Westerburg to Frankfurt . Many kinds of train ran in the Sieg valley during the rebuilding of the Sieg line for the S-Bahn in 1991. In the summer and autumn of 2003

420-559: The single track sections of the Sieg Railway , work in connection with the completion of the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed line and the upgrading of the Sieg Railway for S-Bahn operations, speed restrictions between Cologne and Krefeld and a very short turnaround time in Krefeld of 12 minutes. As a result, in December 2003, the sections of line west of the Rhine of the Rhein-Sieg-Express and

441-456: Was a serious train accident near the town of Bülgenauel. Two people were killed and 15 injured in a collision of a freight train and an express passenger train, caused by human error. In 1962 was the first section of the Sieg line from Cologne to Troisdorf was electrified, together with the Right Rhine line . The rest of the Sieg line was electrified in 1980. The once extensive freight traffic on

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