Rhein-Haard-Express

RE 2 Rhein-Haard-Express
Overview
Locale	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number	425
Technical
Line length	144 km (89 mi)
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
Route map Legend 0 Osnabrück Hbf ICE, IC 9 Hasbergen 14 Natrup-Hagen (every 2 hours) 0000Lower Saxony North Rhine-Westphalia state border 19 Lengerich (Westf) 27 Kattenvenne (every 2 hours) 33 Ostbevern 39 Westbevern 50 Münster (Westf) Hbf ICE, IC 79 Dülmen 92 Haltern am See 107 Recklinghausen Hbf IC 117 Wanne-Eickel Hbf IC 122 Gelsenkirchen Hbf IC 130 Essen Hbf THA, ICE, IC 139 Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf IC 149 Duisburg Hbf THA, ICE, IC former route to Mönchengladbach (see below) 166 Düsseldorf Airport ICE, IC 173 Düsseldorf Hbf THA, ICE, IC Source: NRW rail archive,[1] German railway atlas[2]

Route from 12/2002 until 12/2010
Legend
Current route from Münster to Düsseldorf (see above) 107 Rheinhausen 113 Krefeld-Uerdingen 119 Krefeld Hbf 134 Viersen 143 Mönchengladbach Hbf ICE, IC

RE 42 Niers-Haard-Express
Overview
Locale	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number	425
Technical
Line length	123 km (76 mi)
Operating speed	160 km/h (99 mph) (maximum)
Route map Legend 0 Münster (Westf) Hbf ICE, IC 10 Münster-Albachten 13 Bösensell 17 Nottuln-Appelhülsen 22 Buldern 29 Dülmen 37 Sythen 42 Haltern am See 51 Marl-Sinsen 57 Recklinghausen Hbf ICE, IC 63 Recklinghausen Süd 67 Wanne-Eickel Hbf IC 72 Gelsenkirchen Hbf ICE, IC 80 Essen Hbf THA, ICE, IC 89 Mülheim (Ruhr) Hbf IC 99 Duisburg Hbf THA, ICE, IC 107 Rheinhausen 113 Krefeld-Uerdingen 119 Krefeld Hbf 134 Viersen 143 Mönchengladbach Hbf ICE, IC Source: NRW rail archive,[3] German railway atlas[2]

The Rhein-Haard-Express (RE 2) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Osnabrück via Münster, Recklinghausen, Gelsenkirchen, Essen and Duisburg to Düsseldorf.

The Haard-Bahn (RE 42) operated at an interval of about half an hour after RE 2 on the section between Münster and Essen. This differed only by an additional stop in Recklinghausen Süd, which RE 2 stops at only in the off-peak.

On 11 December 2016, the Haard-Bahn was renamed the Niers-Haard-Express (RE 42) and extended to Duisburg, Krefeld and Mönchengladbach. Since December 2019, the additional trains in the peak hour between Haltern am See and Essen have been replaced by a service every 30 minutes between Münster and Essen.