Railway line running from Düsseldorf-Rath to Warburg
Düsseldorf–Hagen railway
Overview
Line number
2400
Locale
North Rhine-Westphalia
Service
Route number
450.1, 450.3, 450.6
450.7, 450.9, 450.11
Technical
Line length
80 km (50 mi)
Number of tracks
2: Düsseldorf Hbf – Essen-Werden
2: Essen-Kupferdreh – Essen-Überruhr
2: Bochum-Dahlhausen – Hattingen
2: Wengern Ost – Hagen Hbf
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed
120 km/h (74.6 mph) (maximum)
Route map
Legend
from Cologne S1S6
and from Mönchengladbach S8S11S28
0.0
Düsseldorf Hbf
1.1
Düsseldorf Wehrhahn
2.1
Düsseldorf-Zoo
3.3
Düsseldorf-Derendorf
4.0
Düsseldorf-Derendorf junction
to Cologne–Duisburg line S1S11
5.4
Vogelsang junction
from Düsseldorf-Derendorf freight yard
6.0
Düsseldorf-Rath Mitte
line from Troisdorf
7.1
Düsseldorf-Rath
line to Mülheim-Speldorf
10.1
Ratingen Ost
11.1
10.8
Chainage change
Anger Valley Railway
A 3
15.5
Hösel
Heiligenhaus-Hösel light railway
Hösel Tunnel (326 m, single track)
Niederberg Railway from Heiligenhaus
Lower Ruhr Valley Railway
from Mülheim-Styrum
19.4
Kettwig Stausee
Ruhr
20.7
Kettwig
25.0
Essen-Werden
(old station)
25.3
Essen-Werden
line to Essen Hbf S6
31.6
Essen-Heisingen
33.0
Kupferdreh Ruhr bridge
Ruhr (Baldeneysee)
Hesper Valley Railway from Hesperbrück
33.7
Essen-Kupferdreh Hesper Valley siding
formerly Essen-Kupferdreh (wedge station)
33.7
line from Wuppertal-Vohwinkel, S9
36.5
Essen-Holthausen
37.8
Essen-Überruhr
37.8
Essen-Überruhr junction
line to Essen-Steele, S9
41.7
Zeche Theodor junction
Mülheim-Heißen–Altendorf (Ruhr) line
Line from Mülheim-Heißen
42.7
Altendorf (Ruhr)
Ruhr
line from Essen-Steele Ost S3
line from Bochum-Dahlhausen Bez West junction
44.1
Bochum Dahlhausen Railway Museum
45.1
Bochum-Dahlhausen
former line to Bochum-Weitmar
48.5
Hattingen (Ruhrbrücke)
Ruhr
New line to Hattingen town centre
49.4
Hattingen (Ruhr)
wedge station
former line to Wuppertal
City-Tunnel Hattingen (100 m, single track)
1.2
Hattingen (Ruhr) Mitte
, terminus of S3
51.0
Hattingen (Ruhr) Thyssen
(siding)
51.5
Welper
(depot)
52.7
Hattingen (Ruhr) Henrichshütte
Blankenstein Tunnel (74 m)
54.7
Blankenstein (Ruhr) Burg
56.6
Blankenstein (Ruhr)
Bossel–Blankenstein light railway
59.2
Herbede
61.0
Ruine Hardenstein
62.5
Zeche Nachtigall
62.7
Witten-Bommern freight yard
64.1
Witten-Bommern
Witten–Wengern Ost/Schwelm line
from Witten
67.5
Wengern Ost
68.0
Thyssen
(siding)
70.0
Oberwengern
70.8
Schockemöhle (Wilshaus)
(siding)
72.0
Volmarstein
from Dortmund Hbf S5
Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd line
76.0
Hagen-Vorhalle
from Herdecke
to Hagen-Eckesey
Upper Ruhr Valley Railway to Schwerte
Volme
Upper Ruhr Valley Railway from Schwerte
80.2
Hagen Hbf
, termini of S5 and S8
to Wuppertal S8
Source: German railway atlas[1]
The Ruhr Valley Railway (German: Ruhrtalbahn) is a partly abandoned railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Düsseldorf-Rath via Old Kupferdreh station, Bochum-Dahlhausen, Witten-Herbede, Hagen-Vorhalle and Schwerte to Warburg. It was built between 1872 and 1876 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (Bergisch-Märkischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft), one of the three major private railway companies in the Ruhr area. The railway tracks that were built along the Ruhr river had a relatively uniform grade that was suitable for railway operations at the time.
The Ruhr Valley line primarily served the transport of coal to the port of Ruhrort, bypassing the Heißen hills. In the heyday of coal mining in the Ruhr, sidings provided a high volume of coal traffic and the line also served the, now closed, Henrichshütte steel works in Hattingen.
In addition to the Ruhr Valley line, which at its western end from Kettwig to Düsseldorf does not run along the Ruhr River, there was also the Lower Ruhr Valley Railway, which ran from Kettwig along the Ruhr to Styrum, but was closed in 1978 and later demolished.
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 137–143. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
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