Railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia
Voreifel Railway
Overview
Native name
Voreifelbahn
Line number
2645
Locale
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Termini
Bonn Hbf
Euskirchen
Service
Route number
475
Technical
Line length
34.2 km (21.3 mi)
Number of tracks
2:
Bonn Hbf–Bonn-Duisdorf
Meckenheim-Kottenforst–Rheinbach
Kuchenheim–Euskirchen
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
110 km/h (68.4 mph) (maximum)
Route map
Legend
Left Rhine Railway from Koblenz
0.0
Bonn Hbf
1.5
former Wessel Railway from Poppelsdorf
1.6
Bonn freight yard
A 565
1.9
Left Rhine Railway to Cologne
2.8
Bonn-Endenich Nord[1]
(from 2014)
4.4
Bonn Helmholtzstraße[1]
(from 2013)
5.4
Bonn-Duisdorf
82 m
5.4
Bonn-Duisdorf crossover
7.1
Alfter-Impekoven
(from 2014)
7.9
Witterschlick/Impekoven
9.8
Alfter-Witterschlick
129 m
12.9
Meckenheim Kottenforst crossover
12.9
Meckenheim Kottenforst
162 m
15.0
Meckenheim Industriepark
16.1
Meckenheim-Merl
(siding)
17.7
Meckenheim (Bz Köln)
168.5 m
A 61
former Strategic Railway Embankment (unfinished)
21.0
Rheinbach Römerkanal
former Strategic Railway Embankment from Dernau
(unfinished)
22.0
Rheinbach
174 m
to Schmidtheim/Losheim (formerly planned)
former Strategic Railway Embankment to Liblar
(unfinished)
25.5
Oberdrees
(siding, Bundeswehr)
27.5
Odendorf
169.5 m
31.1
Kuchenheim
166.5 m
32.4
Erft Valley Railway from Bad Münstereifel
32.8
vEifel Railway from Cologne
34.2
Euskirchen
Börde Railway to Düren
Eifel Railway to Trier
Source: German railway atlas[2]
The Voreifel Railway (German: Voreifelbahn) is a partly double track, non-electrified main line in the Voreifel from Bonn to Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (KBS 475).
^ ab"Benennung der geplanten Bonner SPNV-Haltepunkte" (in German). Bonn City Council. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
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