Börde Railway

The Börde Railway (German: Bördebahn) is a single track (formerly double track), non-electrified branch line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Düren via Zülpich to Euskirchen. It is named after the Jülich-Zülpich Börde (a plain with fertile loess soil), which it runs through. Today, it is particularly important for freight transport. Every weekend, the Eifel-Bördebahn (RB 28) is operated as a volunteer-operated passenger train. The services is also scheduled to run during the week from 2018, running hourly from 2020.

Düren–Euskirchen railway
Bördeexpress near Zülpich
Overview
Native nameBördebahn
Line number2585
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number12474
Technical
Line length30.2 km (18.8 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Minimum radius500 m (1,600 ft)
Maximum incline1.25%
Route map

Rur Valley Railway from Heimbach
0.0
Düren
Rur Valley Railway to Jülich
former line to DKB transfer station
Connecting curve from Neuss
1.9
Brückenstraße
(siding)
former line from DKB transfer station
former line from Nörvenich, Ringbahn
Distelrath
(Bw of the Rur Valley railway)
former Düren District Railway to Zülpich
4.8
Binsfeld
(request stop)
7.6
Bubenheim
(former station, request stop)
9.1
Jakobwüllesheim
(request stop)
13.0
Vettweiß
(former station)
former Düren District Railway from Nörvenich
19.5
Zülpich
former Düren District Railway to Embken
former Euskirchen District Railway
21.3
Nemmenich
(request stop)
23.9
Dürscheven
(most recently a siding)
27.3
Elsig
(junction)
Start of new route since 1960
former connecting curve to Eifel Railway
28.5
Euskirchen Ingridhütte
(siding)
End of new route since 1960
29.8
Euskirchen
Voreifel Railway to Bonn
Erft Valley Railway to Bad Münstereifel
Source: German railway atlas
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