NRW-Express

RE 1 NRW-Express
Overview
Locale	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number	480 (Aachen–Köln) 415 (Köln–Hamm) 430 (Hamm–Warburg)
Technical
Line length	296 km (184 mi)
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
Route map Legend 0 Aachen Main Station THA, ICE, IC 2 Aachen-Rothe Erde 6 Aachen-Eilendorf (extra peak hour services only) 10 Stolberg (Westphalia) Main Station 13 Eschweiler Main Station 21 Langerwehe 31 Düren Main Station ICE, IC 52 Horrem Station 67 Cologne-Ehrenfeld Tram 70 Cologne Main Station THA, ICE, IC, Tram 71 Cologne Tradefair/Deutz ICE, Tram 75 Cologne-Mülheim Tram 83 Leverkusen Downtown 100 Dusseldorf-Benrath U 110 Dusseldorf Main Station THA, ICE, IC, U 117 Dusseldorf Airport ICE, IC, Sky Train 134 Duisburg Main Station THA, ICE, IC, U, Tram 144 Mülheim (Westphalia) Main Station IC, Tram, U 153 Essen (Westphalia) Main Station THA, ICE, IC, U, Tram 162 Bochum-Wattenscheid 169 Bochum Main Station THA, ICE, IC, Tram, U 187 Dortmund Main Station THA, ICE, IC, U 193 Dortmund-Scharnhorst (not every hour) 197 Dortmund-Kurl 199 Kamen-Kamen-Methler 203 Kamen 210 Bönen-Nordbögge (not every hour) 218 Hamm (Westfalia) Main Station ICE, IC 243 Soest (until 2016) ICE, IC 264 Lippstadt (until 2016) ICE, IC 296 Paderborn Hbf (until 2016) ICE, IC Source: German railway atlas[1]

The NRW-Express is a Regional-Express rail service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Aachen via Cologne, Düsseldorf, Duisburg, Essen, Bochum and Dortmund to Hamm as line RE 1. The line is part of the Rhine-Ruhr Express (RRX) network and is operated by National Express.

The service has one of the highest levels of patronage in Germany with about 110,000 passengers per day, mainly commuters and students.