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|} The Rhein-Express is a Regional-Express (RE 5) service, which generally follows the Rhine ((ドイツ語: Rhein)) river. It runs daily every hour from 5 am to 9 pm from Emmerich via Wesel, Oberhausen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, Remagen and Andernach to Koblenz, in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.〔http://www.bahn.de/regional/view/regionen/nrw/info/re5.shtml〕 ==History == The ''Rhein-Express'' was established in 1998 with the introduction of the integrated regular interval timetable in North Rhine-Westphalia (called ''NRW-Takt'') by combining two services that previously started or finished in Cologne. Originally, the RE 5 service stopped at almost all intermediate stations, as if it were a Regionalbahn service. In December 2002, several intermediate stops and all overtaking by long-distance trains were eliminated, and the scheduled top speed was increased to 160 km/h, shortening the journey time by over 30 minutes between Cologne and Koblenz. The acceleration and the simultaneous thinning of services between Emmerich and Wesel reduced the number of sets of vehicles that was required for the circulation from nine to seven. Hourly services of the ''Rhein-Express'' were restored at the timetable change in 2007 between Emmerich and Wesel in order to compensate for the thinning of RB 35 (''Der Weseler'') services on the Emmerich–Wesel–Duisburg route as a result of reduced funds for regional transport. In order to reach Emmerich in time for the return journey, it was necessary reduce stops at some minor stations to two hour intervals in the direction of least loading. The ''Rhein-Express'' has been operated since 1998 by DB Regio NRW, based at the depot at Cologne-Deutz. The operation of this service for the period starting in 2016 is due to be retendered. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rhein-Express」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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