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Also known as WFB, WestfalenBahn GmbH

thumb|Stadler Flirt in September 2007 thumb|Stadler Kiss at Löhne in December 2015 WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany. It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal, each having a 25% share. In 2008 Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft's share was sold to Abellio Deutschland. In July 2017 Abellio bought out the other shareholders.

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thumb|Stadler Flirt in September 2007 thumb|Stadler Kiss at Löhne in December 2015 WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany. It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsbetriebe Extertal, each having a 25% share. In 2008 Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft's share was sold to Abellio Deutschland. In July 2017 Abellio bought out the other shareholders.

==Services== WestfalenBahn operated routes RB61, RB65, RB66 and RB72 from 9 December 2007 until December 2017, when they were taken over by Eurobahn. These were operated by a fleet of fourteen 3-car and five 5-car Stadler Flirts. Local services Wiehengebirgs-Bahn: Bad Bentheim – Rheine – Osnabrück – Bünde – Herford – Bielefeld Local services Ems-Bahn: Rheine – Münster Local services Teuto-Bahn: Osnabrück – Münster Local services Ostwestfalen-Bahn: Herford – Lage – Detmold – Altenbeken – Paderborn

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