The Regiobahn is the operator of the S28 line of the

Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr) is a polycentric and electrically driven S-train network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and ...

between

Kaarst Kaarst (; li, Kaasj) is a town in Germany. It lies in the district of Rhein-Kreis Neuss in North Rhine-Westphalia. It is 5 km west of Neuss and 12 km east of Mönchengladbach. Division of the town Kaarst consists of 5 subdivisions * ...

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Mettmann Mettmann () is a town in the northern part of the Bergisches Land, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Mettmann, Germany's most densely populated rural district. The town lies east of Düsseldorf ...

and

Wuppertal Wuppertal (; "''Wupper Dale''") is, with a population of approximately 355,000, the seventh-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the 17th-largest city of Germany. It was founded in 1929 by the merger of the cities and tow ...

in the state of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

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. There are three companies involved in the Regiobahn operations: * ''Regionale Bahngesellschaft Kaarst-Neuss-Düsseldorf-Erkrath-Mettmann-Wuppertal mbH'' (shortened as Regiobahn GmbH) is the

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between Kaarst and Neuss, and between Düsseldorf-Gerresheim and Wuppertal-Dornap junction. * ''Regiobahn Fahrbetriebsgesellschaft mbH'' is the company that holds the contract with

Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers most of the Ruhr area, as well as neighbouring parts of the Lower Rhine region, includ ...

to operate the S28 service as a public service obligation. * ''RBE Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahn'' is the brand name of ''

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Rheinland GmbH'', which has been contracted to operate the train service on behalf of ''Regiobahn Fahrbetriebsgesellschaft mbH.''

History

The ''Regionale Bahngesellschaft Kaarst-Neuss-Düsseldorf-Erkrath-Mettmann-Wuppertal mbH'' was incorporated on 8 August 1992 by its constituent cities and districts. The company is owned as follows: *35 %: city of

*20.0 %: city of

*11.8 %:

Rhein-Kreis Neuss Neuss is a Kreis (district) in the west of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nearby are the urban districts Mönchengladbach, Krefeld, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, the districts Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Düren, Heinsberg and the district Viersen ...

*11.6 %: Stadtwerke Neuss (the public transport operator and supplier of natural gas,

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and water of the city of

Neuss Neuss (; spelled ''Neuß'' until 1968; li, Nüss ; la, Novaesium) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district. It ...

) *11.6 %: city of

*10.0 %: Wuppertaler Stadtwerke (the public transport operator and supplier of electricity, natural gas, district heating and water of the city of

) On 1 January 1998 Regiobahn GmbH took over the infrastructure of the railway lines from Neuss to Kaarst and from Düsseldorf-Gerresheim to Mettmann from Deutsche Bahn. From 24 September 1998, it renovated the western section and operated it as a regional line. Passenger services continued to be operated on the eastern section until 2 January 1999. The foundation stone for the new service was laid at Mettmann station on 13 March 1999. On 26 September 1999 operations commenced on the route between Mettmann and Kaarst initially running hourly (at 60 minute intervals) and from 28 May 2000, running at 20 minute intervals. On 7 November 2005, ''Regiobahn Fahrbetriebsgesellschaft mbH'' was incorporated as a company to hold the PSO train operations contract with

. ''Regiobahn Fahrbetriebsgesellschaft mbH'' is a company owned by 39% city of

, 26%

, 22% Mettmann district, 12,8 % city of

. It subcontracts the operations of the trains to ''

Rheinland GmbH.'' Formerly, ''Rheinisch-Bergische Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH'' was a separate company from 1999 until 2006, when it was merged with ''

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Verkehr Rheinland'', laterly becoming

. In December 2013, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia agreed to finance 33.7 million of 41.1 million euros to extend the railway from Mettmann Stadtwald to Wuppertal-Vohwinkel via a new connecting curve to the Wuppertal-Vohwinkel–Essen-Überruhr railway, including a new station at Wuppertal-Hahnenfurth/Düssel. On 13 December 2020, that extension opened.

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Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn Railway companies of Germany S28 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

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