| Weser-Bahn | |
| Color: | 121cc1 |
| Routenumber: | 372 |
| Distance: | 110 km |
| Speed: | 120km/h (maximum) |
| Operator: | Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland (since Dec. 2021) |
| Locale: | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
The Weser-Bahn (Weser railway) is the name used in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) for a Regionalbahn service that connects Bünde in NRW via Löhne, Rinteln, Hamelin, Elze to Hildesheim. The section of the route from Rinteln to Hildesheim lies in the state of Lower Saxony. The service is numbered as RB 77 in NRW.[1]
The Weser-Bahn service runs on four different railway lines:
Until December 2003, the Weser-Bahn was operated by Deutsche Bahn with class 628 DMUs.
In 2002, the tender for the operation of Regionalbahn service RB 77 for eight years was publicly advertised; this was let to Eurobahn, a subsidiary of the Keolis group (Keolis Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin), based in Bielefeld.
From December 2011 to December 2021, the service was operated by NordWestBahn under a new ten-year contract. In November 2020, Regionalverkehre Start Deutschland announced that it will operate the service from December 2021 on.[2]
It is operated using two-part Alstom Coradia LINT diesel railcars, which are owned by Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen mbH (Lower Saxony state transport company, LNVG). In operations, the trains on the Weser-Bahn service continue through Hildesheim towards the Lamme Valley Railway to Bodenburg.
The Weser-Bahn runs through several fare zones, some of which overlap. It can be used with the following fares:
Adjacent bus fare zones are: