► The line opened in 1905 as the ‘Piesberg – Rheine Light Railway’ with a gauge of 1000mm.In 1935 the track was relaid to standard gauge (1435mm) and was renamed the ‘Tecklenburger Nordbahn AG’ (TN).  Then, in 1960, it became the ‘Verkehrsbetriebe Kreis Tecklenburg’.  Passenger traffic ceased in 1967 but freight is still carried today, hauled by diesel locomotives.  Since 1980 the railway has belonged to Regionalverkehr Münsterland (RVM).In the mid-1990s traffic was limited to serving the German army stores on the canal wharf, the Karmann firm in Rheine and various factory sidings in Uffeln.  The Altenrheine service has ceased.  Here the transfer siding to DB was altered in 1989 so that direct access in the Spelle direction to Agl Karmann is possible.  Also in 1989 the Eversburg layout was altered in such a way that the TN was signal-controlled about 1 km before Eversburg station into which the Oldenburg to Osnabrück joined.  Transfer has taken place since 1997 in Osnabrück marshalling yard, for which both the RVM locos are equipped with Indusi and vigilance devices.