Between Zevenaar and Arnhem, the, RE 19 complements the Dutch Arnhem–Doetinchem–Winterswijk (operated by Arriva) and Arnhem–Doetinchem (operated by Breng) stopping trains. Another component of the tender of December 2016 was the operation of the non-electrified Wesel–Bocholt line. The "Der Bocholter" regional service (formerly the RB 32) was introduced on this line from Wesel to Bocholt. Assuming that the electrification of the railway line would be completed in December 2019, allowing portion working of the RE 19 line from Wesel, the line number RB 32 was re-assigned to the "Rhein-Emscher-Bahn" in advance of the 2019 timetable change. This meant that the "Der Bocholter" had to be assigned a new line number. Since then, the line has been designated as RE 19a, which was originally intended to be used for the portion-worked service, but as electrification of the line has not proceeded so far, the RE 19 cannot run on the line. Abellio procured nine Stadler Flirt 3 trainsets for use on the Rhein-IJssel-Express. These are three-system capable:    Diesel-powered Alstom Coradia LINT sets will be used for the RE 19a service until the line is electrified. A new workshop was built in Duisburg by Abellio to maintain the trainsets. The Regional-Express runs on the following railways:   In the early days of the NRW clock-face timetable, there was another Regional-Express service that was designated as the RE 19. This service, called the "Hellweg-Express", was operated by DB Regio NRW on the route from Dortmund via Unna to Warburg from 1998 to 2002. It was replaced at the timetable change on 15 December 2002 by the RB 59 "" and the RB 89.