Overview

• National Express resumes regular service wholly or partly on RE 4, RE 6, RE 7, RE 11 and RB 48 from Saturday.
• Eurobahn has increased service in recent weeks and plans the RE 13 to return to its regular timetable in mid‑September, with RB 66 and RB 65 following by October.
• Eurobahn says routes between Münster, Bielefeld and Paderborn are already back to the normal schedule, and the RE 3 is being ramped up stepwise.
• DB Regio reports it has doubled driver training and continuing education capacity within three years, limiting the need for timetable cuts on its lines.
• NRW transport authorities cut about four percent of trains in April 2024 and now expect reduced timetables to be phased out by the 2026 new year, stressing schedules must match reliable staffing.