page_title: Keolis
section_title: Germany
hierarchical_section_title: Keolis / Operations / Germany
caption_attribution_description: English: Stadler FLIRT as eurobahn ET5.09 a in Westönnen (Germany) Deutsch: Stadler FLIRT als eurobahn ET5.09 a in Westönnen
context_page_description: Keolis is a multinational transportation company that operates public transport systems. The company manages bus, Rapid transit, Tram, coach networks, rental bikes, car parks, water taxi, cable car and trolleybus services.
  Based in Paris, France, the company is 70% owned by SNCF and 30% owned by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
  Keolis operates a number of networks in France.
  Internationally, it manages buses in several cities in Sweden, central and eastern regions of the Netherlands, commuter trains in Boston, the Las Vegas bus network, the Hyderabad automated metro, the Melbourne tramway, the Docklands Light Railway in London, the Pujiang Shanghai Metro, the Manchester Metrolink tramway, and the Wales & Borders rail network.
  In 2018, the company generated revenues of €5.9 billion and had 63,000 employees. Keolis has been led by Patrick Jeantet since February 2020.
context_section_description: Under the brand name Eurobahn, Keolis is operating multiple regional train services in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and in the Netherlands. They also operated, and will do so again in a few years, in Lower Saxony. Eurobahn uses Stadler FLIRT electric multiple units and Bombardier Talent diesel cars to serve these lines.
  Maas-Rhein-Lippe-Netz December 2009 to December 2025:
  RE 3 – Rhein-Emscher-Express: Hamm–Dortmund–Herne–Gelsenkirchen–Oberhausen–Duisburg–Düsseldorf
  RE 13 – Maas-Wupper-Express: Hamm–Unna–Hagen–Wuppertal–Düsseldorf–Neuss–Mönchengladbach–Venlo
  Hellweg-Netz December 2008 to December 2018:
  RB 50 – Der Lüner: Dortmund–Lünen–Münster
  RB 59 – Hellweg-Bahn: Dortmund–Unna–Soest
  RB 69/89 – Ems-Börde-Bahn: Münster–Hamm RB 69: –Gütersloh–Bielefeld RB 89: –Soest–Paderborn–Warburg (–Kassel)
  OWL-Dieselnetz December 2013 to December 2025:
  RB 67 – Der Warendorfer: Bielefeld–Gütersloh–Warendorf–Münster
  RB 71 – Ravensberger Bahn: Bielefeld–Bünde–Rahden
  RB 73 – Der Lipperländer: Bielefeld–Lemgo-Lüttfeld
  RE 82 – Der Leineweber: Bielefeld–Detmold (–Altenbeken)
  Teutoburger Wald-Netz December 2017 to December 2032:
  RB 61 – Wiehengebirgsbahn: Bielefeld–Osnabrück–Rheine–Bad Bentheim–Hengelo
  RB 65 – Ems-Bahn: Münster–Rheine
  RB 66 – Teuto-Bahn: Münster–Osnabrück
  RB 72 – Ostwestfalen-Bahn: Herford–Detmold–Altenbeken–Paderborn
  RE 78 – Porta-Express: Nienburg–Minden–Bielefeld (–Rheda-Wiedenbrück)
caption: Eurobahn Stadler Flirt Class 428 in Westönnen, 2009
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