NordWestBahn

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NordWestBahn GmbH

Type	GmbH
Founded	1992
Headquarters	Osnabrück , Germany
Area served	Germany
Services	Passenger transportation
Parent	Veolia Verkehr Stadtwerke Osnabrück VWG Oldenburg
Website	www.nordwestbahn.de

NordWestBahn trains at Osnabrück Hbf

The NordWestBahn GmbH is a private railway company providing regional train services on several routes in northern and western Germany. It is a joint venture of AG, in Oldenburg and Transdev Germany, Berlin. The head office of the company is in Osnabrück. NWB claims to be Germany's largest regional railway company.

Since 5 November 2000, NordWestBahn operates, on behalf of the public transport company of Lower Saxony (Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen - LNVG), the Weser-Ems-Network in Lower Saxony. In March 2008, NordWestBahn won the tender for the regional S-Bahn Bremen/Lower Saxony, defeating German National railway operator DB Regio. Operation of these routes started in December 2010.

Services[]

Network map of NWB routes in 2016.

Fleet[]

Class	Image	Cars per set	Type	Top speed		Number	Builder	Built
				km/h	mph
VT 643		2 or 3	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	43	Bombardier Talent	2003-2006
VT 648		2	Diesel multiple unit	120	75	59	Alstom LINT-41	2000-2010
ET 440		3 or 5	Electric multiple unit	160	99	35	Alstom Coradia Continental	2010

Depots[]

NordWestBahn has five depots to maintain its fleet. These are at Osnabrück, Dorsten, Mettmann, Bremerhaven and Kleve.

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