Cologne–Overath railway

The Cologne–Overath railway is a single-track, non-electrified railway in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened in 1910 to connect the historic Siegburg–Olpe railway directly to Cologne and required the construction of the Hoffnungsthal tunnel. The section from Hoffnungsthal to Rösrath partly used the track of the Cologne–Lindlar railway, which is now largely disused west of Bergisch Gladbach. The line, like the Siegburg–Olpe line, is also called the Aggertalbahn (Agger Valley Railway), although it leaves the valley of the Agger not far from Overath.

Cologne–Overath railway
Overview
Line number
  • 2655 (Köln-Kalk–Overath)
  • 2621 (Köln-Kalk–Flughafen Nordost)
  • 2692 (Flughafen Nordost–Frankfurter Str)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number459
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

Sieg Railway from Cologne
1.9 0,0
Köln-Kalk
Gremberg–Köln-Kalk Nord
Connecting curve from Köln-Kalk Nord
3.3 1.5
Vingst
(junction)
4.4
0.0
Flughafen Nordost
(junction)
Sieg Railway to Troisdorf
1.5 4.1
Köln Frankfurter Straße
Former freight line from Köln-Kalk Süd
4.2
Plantage
(junction)
5.7
Porz-Heumar
(former station)
Waste transfer station
7.9
Porz-Heumar Nato
(siding)
10.2
Porz-Königsforst
(siding, former station)
12.1
Rösrath-Stümpen
14.4
Rösrath
Sülz
15.9
Hoffnungsthal
Aqueduct
Hoffnungsthal Tunnel (1087 m)
20.2
Honrath
Bombach Viaduct (90 m)
Former Agger Valley Railway from Siegburg
24.6
Overath
Agger Valley Railway to Dieringhausen
Source: German railway atlas

In 1997, Deutsche Bahn abandoned scheduled freight traffic throughout the Oberbergischer Kreis. After that passenger services ran only as far as Gummersbach, but, since 2003, they have been extended to Marienheide. Since May 2007, the Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn has occasionally operated freight traffic as required from the junction of the Siegburg–Olpe railway with the Wiehl Valley Railway (Wiehltalbahn) towards Cologne.

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