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Betuweroute
Route (red) of the Betuweroute
Overview
Owner
ProRail/KeyRail
Locale
South Holland and Gelderland, Netherlands
Service
Type
Freight railway
History
Opened
16 June 2007
Technical
Line length
159 km (99 mi)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
25 kV 50 Hz
Kijfhoek yard: 1.5kV DC
Operating speed
120 km/h (75 mph)
Signalling
ETCS Level 2
Kijfhoek yard: ETCS Level 1 and ATB-EG
Route map
Legend
line from Maasvlakte
line from Rotterdam Centraal
Kijfhoek
line to Breda
line to Breda
Sophia railway tunnel
A16/E19
Rietbaan
Noord river
A15/E31
Railway tunnel Giessen
A27/E311
line from Dordrecht to Elst
Merwede canal
Linge river
A2/E25
line from Boxtel to Utrecht Centraal
Linge river
Linge river
havenspoorlijn Tiel
Amsterdam–Rhine canal
Linge river
Linge river
A50
Valburg yard
line from Nijmegen to Arnhem
A325
Linge river
Spoortunnel Pannerdensch Kanaal
Spoortunnel Zevenaar
line from Zevenaar
demolished
line from Amsterdam Centraal
Babberich
State border Germany - Netherlands
DB 2266 to Kleef
demolished
DB 2270 to Oberhausen Hbf
The Betuweroute is a double track freight railway between Rotterdam and Germany. Betuweroute is the official name, after the Betuwe area through which the route passes. The line is popularly called Betuwelijn, after an older local rail line in the same region. The line extends into Germany as the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway, and it is part of Project No. 5 of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).[1]
^"Betuweroute and the TEN network" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-13.
The Betuweroute is a double track freight railway between Rotterdam and Germany. Betuweroute is the official name, after the Betuwe area through which...
and the Betuweroute, a double track freight railway from the Europoort to Germany, run north of the yard. After the realisation of the Betuweroute in 2007...
biggest sluices for inland navigation in terms of tonnage. In 2007, the Betuweroute, a new fast freight railway from Rotterdam to Germany, was completed...
Groene Hart railroad tunnels at Best, Rijswijk Sophiaspoortunnel, part of Betuweroute Schipholtunnel (railroad near Amsterdam Airport) Velsertunnel under the...
usually share the tracks with passenger trains; the only exception is the Betuweroute, which opened in 2007 as the first freight-only route. The network is...
columnist. He became more generally known for his opposition to the Betuweroute. Heertje was born on 19 February 1934 in Breda, the son of Maurits Heertje...
goods are transported by ship, river barge, train or road. In 2007, the Betuweroute, a new fast freight railway from Rotterdam to Germany, was completed...
are transported by ship, river barge, train or road. Since 2000 the Betuweroute, a fast cargo railway from Rotterdam to Germany, has been under construction...
also involved in the construction of big railway projects such as the Betuweroute and the HSL-Zuid. The mission of the organisation is: "Rijkswaterstaat...
Dutch Railways (NS) 25 kV AC used on high speed lines and freight line Betuweroute (see below); The existing 1500V DC lines might be converted to 3kV DC...
rail cars. However, Dutch platforms are much higher than Swedish ones. Betuweroute: 4.10 by 6.15 m (13 ft 5+3⁄8 in by 20 ft 2+1⁄8 in) to allow double stacked...
equipped with ETCS, principally to allow them to work on the equipped Betuweroute, comprising the ETCS Level 1 "Havenspoorlijn" in the Rotterdam harbour...
Biomedical Park 2, Hong Kong Disneyland, Hong Kong International Airport, the Betuweroute Railway and the Palm Jumeirah. In 2023, the Penang state government under...
Europe as the loading gauge of most lines does not allow it. While the Betuweroute in the Netherlands was built with height clearances allowing double stacking...
Date 24 September 2009 Location Barendrecht Country Netherlands Line Betuweroute and Breda–Rotterdam railway Operator DB Schenker, ERS Railways, NS Hispeed...
affairs and agriculture. He was the only party member to vote against the Betuweroute. In 1995 he was re-elected on the basis of preferential votes. "M. (Meine)...
highway and a railway-network. In 2007, an extra railway connection (the Betuweroute) was completed to create an extra connection to the Ruhr area. The P&O...
of Jewish Civilization 2000 Louwe Kooijmans, L.P., "Trijntje van de Betuweroute, Jachtkampen uit de Steentijd te Hardinxveld-Giessendam", 1998, Spiegel...
2012. ISBN 9789018035891. "Koningin opent 16 juni 2007 Betuweroute" [Queen opens Betuweroute 16 June 2007]. Het Koninklijk huis (in Dutch). RVD. 9 May...
has limited the adoption of double-stack cars. However, in 2007 the Betuweroute, a railway from Rotterdam to the German industrial heartland, was completed...
(2007-DE-60320-P German section Betuweroute – Basel), June 2008 – December 2013 (2007-IT-60360-P Italian section). The Betuweroute in the Netherlands is already...
on the Maasvlakte. The Maasvlakte is also the starting point of the Betuweroute freight railway to Germany. An extension, Maasvlakte 2, was begun in...
goods are transported by ship, river barge, train or road. In 2007, the Betuweroute, a new fast freight railway from Rotterdam to Germany, was completed...