Cross Eifel Railway

The Cross Eifel Railway (German: Eifelquerbahn) is a non-electrified railway line between Andernach and Gerolstein in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. From Andernach to Mayen Ost (East), it is classified as main line and it has two tracks as far as Mendig.

Cross Eifel Railway
Overview
Native nameEifelquerbahn
Line number
  • 478 (Andernach–Kaisersesch)
  • 12478 (Kaisersesch–Gerolstein)
LocaleRhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number3005
Technical
Line length94.2 km (58.5 mi)
Number of tracks2: Andernach–Mendig
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph) (max)
Route map

West Eifel Railway from Sankt Vith
94.2
Gerolstein
361 m
operations border: DB / VEB
92.1
Pelm
(halt, former Bf)
91.1
Kyll (Bridge blocked)
former line to Hillesheim
86.5
Hohenfels (Eifel)
81.0
Dockweiler-Dreis
(former Bf)
561 m
74.3
Rengen
former planned extension of
Ahr Valley Railway from Adenau
71.5
Daun
405 m
former line to Wittlich
67.0
Darscheid
492 m
62.8
Utzerath
466 m
60.5
Berenbach
58.2
Ulmen
440 m
52.5
Höchstberg (Uersfeld)
520 m
48.2
Laubach-Müllenbach
551 m
operations border: VEB / DB
42.8
Kaisersesch
455 m
39.7
Urmersbach
387 m
33.7
Monreal
296 m
32.6
Monreal tunnel (185 m)
30.0
Geisbüsch tunnel (478 m)
26.2
Mayen West
Mayen-Brückentor
(planned)
23.6
Mayen Ost
271 m
former line to Koblenz-Lützel
20.2
Kottenheim
241 m
16.7
Thür
14.3
Mendig
191 m
B 256
10.1
Kruft
5.7
Plaidt
former branch line from Saffig
4.1
Miesenheim
Andernach Süd
(planned)
Left Rhine line from Koblenz
0.0
Andernach
Left Rhine line to Cologne
Source: German railway atlas

Services on the Cross Eifel Railway currently operate about every 30 minutes between Andernach and Mayen Ost and continue to Kaisersesch hourly as part of the Lahn-Eifel-Bahn service.

The rail service between Andernach and Kaisersesch operated for a long time under the name of Pellenz-Eifel-Bahn (the Pellenz is a hilly area between Andernach and Mayen) and the section between Kaisersesch and Gerolstein was for a time operated as the Vulkan Eifel-Bahn. This service was discontinued in 2013.

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