Since the 1980s the line to Herford has only been served by regional services. Former semi-fast and express services from Osnabrück, Bielefeld or Bremen via Altenbeken, Kassel and Bebra and to southern Germany were eliminated one by one. The last service to be closed was the Der Cherusker service to Osnabrück and Bad Bentheim. Intercity-Express and Intercity services can now only be accessed indirectly through Herford. Through trains run to Bielefeld via Lage and the Bega Valley Railway via Oerlinghausen, where there is a connection to Münster. The route to Hanover has been served since 2000 by the Hanover S-Bahn. Intercity trains stopped at Altenbeken station until December 2007, including occasional ICE T trains. Since the timetable change in December 2010, daily pairs of Intercity-Express trains run to and from Dresden and Munich.
