Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway

The Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway is a 27 km long main line railway in Germany, originally built by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company, connecting Düsseldorf and Elberfeld (now Wuppertal) via Erkrath, Hochdahl and Vohwinkel. It is served by Regional Express, Regionalbahn and S-Bahn trains.

Düsseldorf-Elberfeld
Overview
Line number
  • 2550 (Long distance)
  • 2525 (S-Bahn)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Service
Route number
  • 455, 485 (Long distance)
  • 450.8, 450.9, 450.11 (S-Bahn)
Technical
Line length27 km (17 mi)
Number of tracks2:Wuppertal–Gruiten junction
Düsseldorf-Gerresheim–Düsseldorf
(S-Bahn station)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV 16.7 Hz
Operating speed130 km/h (max)
Maximum incline3.3
Route map

115.4 (38.1)
Wuppertal Hbf
(formerly Elberfeld) terminus of S28
114.6 (37.4)
Wuppertal-Steinbeck
(36.9)
Wuppertal-Steinbeck goods yard
former Burgholz Railway to Cronenberg
111.9 (34.6)
Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten
Sonnborn railway bridge, Wupper
Wuppertal Schwebebahn
111.1 (33.8)
 
 
(grade separated crossing)
109.1 (31.9)
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
(triangular)
S-Bahn line to Essen S9 and Düsseldorf via Mettmann S28
former Corkscrew Railway to Solingen
106.1 (00.0
Linden junction
104.2 (26.9)
Gruiten
103.7 (26.4)
Gruiten junction
101.0 (23.7)
Hochdahl-Millrath
(23.0)
Hochdahl siding
99.6 (22.3)
Hochdahl junction
99.3 (22.2)
Hochdahl
Hildener Straße LC
Erkrath-Hochdahl steep grade
96.5 (19.2)
Erkrath
93.8 (16.6)
Düsseldorf-Gerresheim
(formerly Gerresheim BME)
former southern route until 1891
Hardt junction–Düsseldorf-Eller freight line
90.7 (00.0
Fortuna junction
Connecting line from D-Grafenberg
Oberbilk BME junction
former route until 1891 (see below)
90.0 (00.0
Dora junction
(12.6)
Düsseldorf-Flingern
Freight bypass (route of the CME)
S-Bahn line from Duisburg S1S11
Suburban line from Düsseldorf Airport
88.4 (11.1)
Düsseldorf Hbf
former route until 1891 (see below)
S-Bahn line to Cologne S1S6
Suburban line to Düsseldorf-Reisholz
Line to Neuss S8S28
Former alignment in Düsseldorf until 1891
Line from Wuppertal (see above)
~93.0
Route since 1891 to the north
Hardt junction–Düsseldorf-Eller freight line
Industrial sidings
former route of the Ruhr Valley Railway
~90.0
Oberbilk BME junction
Freight bypass (Route of the CME)
former route from Lierenfeld CME junction
Düsseldorf Hbf
Düsseldorf CME
87.0
Düsseldorf DEE
(Graf-Adolf-Platz)
Düsseldorf Rheinknie
Düsseldorf harbour
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