The Löhne–Rheine railway is a two-track, continuously electrified railway main line from Löhne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia via Osnabrück in Lower Saxony to Rheine in North Rhine-Westphalia.

It runs parallel to the Wiehen Hills to the north and to the Teutoburg Forest to the south.

The first section of this line, part of the Emsland Railway, was opened on 24 November 1854, between Emden and Papenburg, but it had no connection with the existing rail network.

Just six months later the next section was put into operation, closing the gap from Osnabrück to Papenburg via Rheine and Salzbergen.

In addition, there are several regional transport services: NRW railway archive of André Joost: