 They called for tenders for its continued operations after December 2010 to be submitted by 30 January 2008.In April 2008 it was announced that "DB Regio Rheinland" (formerly "DB Heidekrautbahn", which was established in Potsdam for an unsuccessful bid for services in the Berlin area) would operate the line from 12 December 2010 for 15 years.Therefore, services are to be operated with a total of 15 electric multiple units of the E-Talent 2 variety of the Bombardier Talent called class 442.