North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, Germany
Termini
Cologne
Mainz
Service
Route number
470
Technical
Line length
152 km (94 mi)
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead catenary
Operating speed
160 km/h (99 mph) (max)
Maximum incline
< 0.02%
Route map
Legend
Sieg Railway, HSL, East Rhine Railway
Line from Köln-Mülheim (including S-Bahn)
Köln Messe/Deutz
Line from Köln-Mülheim
Hohenzollernbrücke
−2.0
Köln Hbf
Line to Neuss
Lines to Mönchengladbach and Aachen
0.4
Köln West Wf
(station part) from Köln Bbf
1.1
Köln West
Stadtbahn lines 1 & 7
Stadtbahn line 9
3.2
Köln Süd / Köln Süd junction
Vorgebirge Railway (Stadtbahn line 18)
3.0
Cöln-Pantaleon
Original start of line
Cologne freight railway bypass
5.8
Köln Eifeltor freight station
A 4
8.0
Köln Eifeltor freight station
9.4
Hürth-Kalscheuren
Eifel Railway to Euskirchen
10.1
Hürth-Kalscheuren Südkopf junction
12.9
Brühl freight station
Vorgebirge Railway to Vochem
HGK-Cross Railway
14.6
Brühl
19.5
Sechtem
25.8
Roisdorf
Vorgebirge Railway (Stadtbahn line 18)
Voreifel Railway from Euskirchen
31.1
Bonn freight station
31.9
Bonn Hbf
Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry
Bonn UN Campus
37.2
Bonn-Bad Godesberg Nord
39.0
Bonn-Bad Godesberg
41.3
Bonn-Mehlem
43.6
Bonn Neuer Weg
NRW/RLP border
45.9
Rolandseck
48.2
Oberwinter
52.7
Remagen
Ahr Valley Railway to Ahrbrück
To former Ludendorff Bridge
From former Ludendorff Bridge
56.7
Sinzig
62.5
Bad Breisig
Brohl Valley Railway
65.7
Brohl
69.2
Namedy
73.2
Andernach
Cross Eifel Railway to Kaisersesch
76.9
Weißenthurm
81.6
Urmitz
line form Neuwied, East Rhine line
Koblenz substation
(siding)
link to Koblenz Rhine port
former line from Mayen
87.0
Koblenz-Lützel Nord
(DB Museum)
original route from Mayen
89.4
Koblenz-Lützel
Moselle railway bridge
former port railway
former Koblenz RhE station
freight line to Moselle line
Koblenz-Stadtmitte
Pfaffendorf Bridge (now road bridge),
formerly to East Rhine line
Moselle line from Trier
91.2
Koblenz Hbf
Horchheim Railway Bridge,
Lahntal railway, to East Rhine line
94.3
Königsbach
99.8
Rhens
103.3
Spay
Hunsrück Railway to Emmelshausen
110.7
Boppard Hbf
115.6
Boppard-Bad Salzig
119.4
Boppard-Hirzenach
122.4
Werlau
125.3
St. Goar
Bank tunnel (367 m)
127.4
Urbar Nord
Bett tunnel (236 m)
Kammereck tunnel (289 m)
128.8
Urbar Süd
132.1
Oberwesel
138.5
Bacharach
142.0
Niederheimbach
146.6
Trechtingshausen
150.6
Bingen Vorbf
152.0
Bingen (Rhein) Hbf
Nahe Valley Railway to Saarbrücken and
Alsenz Valley Railway to Kaiserslautern
152.4
0.0
Nahe (route change),
former Prussia / Hesse border
1.0
Bingen (Rhein) Stadt
Nahe Valley Railway
former Hindenburg Bridge
Rheinhessen Railway to Worms
4.6
Bingen-Gaulsheim
line from Bad Kreuznach
9.4
Gau Algesheim
former Selz Valley Railway
from Jugenheim-Partenheim
12.5
Ingelheim
former Selz Valley Railway to Frei-Weinheim
17.5
Heidesheim (Rheinhessen)
20.2
Uhlerborn
23.1
Budenheim
Lenneberg viaduct
27.3
Mainz-Mombach
To Emperor Bridge, freight bypass
and Taunus line
From Alzey
30.6
Mainz Hbf
Main Railway to Frankfurt
to Ludwigshafen
Source: German railway atlas[1]
The West Rhine railway (German: Linke Rheinstrecke, literally 'left (bank of the) Rhine route') is a famously picturesque, double-track electrified railway line running for 185 km from Cologne via Bonn, Koblenz, and Bingen to Mainz. It is situated close to the western (left) bank of the river Rhine and mostly aligned to allow 160 km/h operation between Cologne and Koblenz and between Bingen and Mainz. Line speed between Koblenz and Bingen is restricted by the meandering nature of the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
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