page_title: Ruhr-Sieg-Express
section_title: Rollingstock
hierarchical_section_title: Ruhr-Sieg-Express / Rollingstock
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: FLIRT der Abellio Rail NRW in Essen Hbf.
context_page_description: The Ruhr-Sieg-Express is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Essen via Bochum, Witten, Bochum, Hagen, Iserlohn-Letmathe and Finnentrop to Siegen or Iserlohn. It is operated by Abellio Rail NRW hourly.
context_section_description: In the early days of the Ruhr-Sieg-Express it was mainly operated with class 425 electric multiple units, but later the rollingstock used varied considerably.
  So sometimes two class 426 EMUs were coupled, sometimes a class 425 and a class 426 set were coupled and sometimes singled sets were operated. Occasionally a triple set of class 426 was operated, which sometimes caused problems. In the last weeks before the change of operator, this often occurred, as the class 425 sets were no longer used.
  The use of both classes ended at the timetable change on 9 December 2007, when Abellio Rail NRW took over operations on the line with two-and three-part Stadler FLIRT EMUs. The contract with Abellio runs until December 2019.
caption: A FLIRT set of Abellio in Essen Hbf, here running as RB 40: Ruhr-Lenne-Bahn
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