It has a length of about km. On 14 December operations were taken over by eurobahn own capitalisation. The Hellweg network was announced in March This was one of the largest rail networks to be put to tender in Germany. KG , a joint venture, which on 1 January was divided between the two partners.
KG under the brand name of eurobahn. The contract for the operation of the Hellweg network was closed on 14 July It covers a volume of 5.
The existing timetable was maintained. These replaced older Deutsche Bahn vehicles. The increased comfort of the new train sets as well as the fully functioning ticket machine in the train were well received by passengers. A workshop was built in Hamm-Heessen for servicing Eurobahn's Flirt railcars with a capacity of 43 vehicles.
It was taken into full operation in the summer of The company plans to employ people there. The RB 50 had a difficult start. Because the workshop in Hamm-Heessen had not yet been completed, the maintenance of all new railcars was carried out in the WestfalenBahn workshop in Rheine.
Hence, bottlenecks often occurred that initially forced to use of one-part train sets. As a first response, Eurobahn again ran one-part trains that did not have to stop on the curved part of the platform. The platform was rebuilt in September The RB 50 runs every hour seven days a week. The Hellweg-Bahn follows the DortmundβSoest railway. Its trains consisted of modernised, red Silberling carriages hauled by class locomotives, veteran rollingstock from the days of Deutsche Bundesbahn.
