Germany – Public transport services by railways – Rhein-Ruhr-Express, Teilnetz B_neu

Public service obligation: passenger transport by rail in the local rail transport (SPNV) sector for the operation of lines RE 2 (Düsseldorf - Essen - Gelsenkirchen - Münster - Osnabrück), RE 3 (Düsseldorf - Gelsenkirchen - Dortmund - Hamm), RE 45 (Essen - Gelsenkirchen - Münster), RE 7 (Rheine - Münster - Hamm - Wuppertal - Köln - Krefeld) and RE 42 (Mönchengladbach - Krefeld - Essen - Gelsenkirchen - Münster) for the period from the timetable change in December 2031 to the timetable change in December 2046. The contract volume amounts to approximately 11.6 million train-km p.a.