WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany.
It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal, each having a 25% share.
In 2008 Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft's share was sold to Abellio Deutschland.
[4][5][6][7] These are operated by a fleet of fourteen 3-car and five 5-car Stadler Flirts.
[8] On 13 December 2015 WestfalenBahn commenced a 15-year contract to operate the RE15, RE60 and RE70 services.