The NordWestBahn GmbH is a private

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providing regional train services on several routes in northern and western Germany. It is a joint venture of Stadtwerke Osnabrück AG, Verkehr und Wasser GmbH in

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and

Transdev Germany Transdev Germany is the largest private operator of passenger buses and trains in Germany. It is a subsidiary of Transdev. History In 1997, Aktiengesellschaft für Industrie und Verkehrswesen was purchased by a CGEA Group (60%) EnBW (40%) cons ...

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. The head office of the company is in

Osnabrück Osnabrück (; wep, Ossenbrügge; archaic ''Osnaburg'') is a city in the German state of Lower Saxony. It is situated on the river Hase in a valley penned between the Wiehen Hills and the northern tip of the Teutoburg Forest. With a population ...

. NWB claims to be Germany's largest regional railway company. Since 5 November 2000, NordWestBahn operates, on behalf of the public transport company of Lower Saxony (Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen - LNVG), the Weser-Ems-Network in Lower Saxony. In March 2008, NordWestBahn won the tender for the regional S-Bahn Bremen/Lower Saxony, defeating German National railway operator

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. Operation of these routes started in December 2010. The routes that NordWestBahn operate in the Rhein-Ruhr area will split from the business to a separate company called Transdev RheinRuhr (branded as RheinRuhrBahn) as of the 1st September.

Services

Fleet

Depots

NordWestBahn has five depots to maintain its fleet. These are at Osnabrück, Dorsten, Mettmann (operated by RegioBahn), Bremerhaven and Kleve.

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