Weser-Bahn


The Weser-Bahn is the name used in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia for a Regionalbahn service that connects Bünde in NRW via Löhne, Rinteln, Hamelin, Elze to Hildesheim. The section of the route from Rinteln to Hildesheim lies in the state of Lower Saxony. The service is numbered as RB 77 in NRW.

Route

The Weser-Bahn service runs on four different railway lines:
Until December 2003, the Weser-Bahn was operated by Deutsche Bahn with class 628 DMUs.
In 2002, the tender for the operation of Regionalbahn service RB 77 for eight years was publicly advertised; this was let to Eurobahn, a subsidiary of the Keolis group, based in Bielefeld.
Since December 2011, the service has been operated by NordWestBahn under a new ten-year contract.
It is operated using two-part Alstom Coradia LINT diesel railcars, which are owned by Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen mbH. In operations, the trains on the Weser-Bahn service continue through Hildesheim towards the Lamme Valley Railway to Bodenburg.

Fares

The Weser-Bahn runs through several fare zones, some of which overlap. It can be used with the following fares:
Adjacent bus fare zones are: