► The railway between Osnabrück and Bielefeld opened in August 1886 but from the beginning services suffered from long journey times. The reason lay in the ‘mixed’ trains carrying both passenger and goods. At every station, goods wagons were coupled or uncoupled. All this shunting meant a train in 1905 took about 2½ hours, an average speed of about 40 km/h. In 1939 traffic increased significantly. Seven trains now ran, and on workdays an extra mid-day train was added. Certain stretches were served by 4 more trains. Sundays saw excursion trains between Osnabrück and Dissen – Bad-Rothenfelde. By the 1980s trains were now 4 in each direction since you can also get to Osnabrück from Bielefeld via Herford and Löhne. On 3 June 1984 passenger traffic stopped linking Osnabrück with Dissen – Bad-Rothenfelde, but passenger trains on the section on to Bielefeld was increased. By 1969 goods traffic still ran from Bielefeld to Brackwede, but traffic to Osnabrück had stopped as the Herford – Löhne route was quicker.  Parcel traffic did, though, remain. At the end of 1999 the section from Osnabrück to Dissen – Bad-Rothenfelde was given over by DB to the Verkehrsgesellschaft Landkreis Osnabrück (VLO). From the timetable change in Autumn 2004 passenger trains will once more run over the whole line.