Hamm–Minden railway

The Hamm–Minden Railway is an important and historically significant railway in Germany. It is completely quadruple track. It is a major axis for long distance passenger and freight trains between the Ruhr and the north and east of Germany. It is the part of the trunk line built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German, old spelling: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) from Köln Deutz to Minden. It was opened in 1847 and has been modernized and developed several times since then.

Hamm–Minden railway
Overview
Line number1700, 2990
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 400 (Hamm–Bielefeld)
  • 370 (Bielefeld–Minden)
Technical
Line length112 km (70 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed
  • 200 km/h (120 mph) (max)
  • 120 km/h (75 mph) (max)
Route map

63.0
Minden (Westf) freight station
64.4
Minden (Westf) terminus of S-Bahn-Hannover
67.6
Porta Po junction
68.5
Porta Westfalica
(freight station)
69.1
Porta Westfalica crossover
69.9
Porta Westfalica
73.9
Vennebeck
Weser
78.2
Bad Oeynhausen freight station
79.5
Bad Oeynhausen
82.1
Gohfeld
85.3
Löhne (Westf)
86.8
Löhne (Westf) Gbf
Hanoverian Western Railway to Bünde
91.6
Hiddenhausen-Schweicheln
95.6
Herford
98.0
Diebrock siding
102.6
Brake (b Bielefeld)
Schildescher Viaduct
108.1
Bielefeld Hbf Vbf
Line from Lemgo
109.5
Bielefeld Hbf
112.7
Brackwede goods station
113.8
Brackwede
Line to Osnabrück
Senne Railway to Paderborn
118.9
Ummeln
121.7
Isselhorst-Avenwedde siding
121.8
Isselhorst-Avenwedde
(Avenwedde flying junction)
Teutoburg Forest Railway (TWE)
former connecting curve to TWE
126.9
Gütersloh Hbf
former Rheda Railway from Lippstadt
135.8
Rheda-Wiedenbrück
Warendorf Railway to Münster
146.2
Oelde
Line from Ennigerloh
155.1
Neubeckum
Line to Münster
Line to Beckum
155.9
Neubeckum goods station
159.4
Vorhelm
162.5
Ahlen (Westf) freight yard
165.1
Ahlen (Westf)
172.3
Hamm-Heessen
173.9
Heessen(former station)
Line from Münster
Line from Feldmark junction
176.4
Hamm (Westf) Hbf
176.8
Hamm port marshalling yard
(junction)
Hamm marshalling yard
Line to Oberhausen-Osterfeld
Selmig
(junction)
Source: German railway atlas
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