Düsseldorf rail freight bypass

The Düsseldorf freight bypass railway (Güterumgehungsbahn Düsseldorf) is a now partly disused railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It connects the Düsseldorf-Reisholz freight yard and the Düsseldorf-Derendorf freight yard (near Düsseldorf-Derendorf station), both located on the Cologne–Duisburg railway, via the former Düsseldorf-Lierenfeld freight yard.

Düsseldorf freight bypass railway
Overview
Native nameGüterumgehungsbahn Düsseldorf
Line number
  • 2401 (D-Derendorf–D-Vogelsang)
  • 2410 (D-Lierenfeld–D-Derendorf)
  • 2411 (D-Reisholz–D-Derendorf)
  • 2416 (D Hbf–Präsident Loewel)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number(freight only)
Technical
Line length12 km (7.5 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

4.9 42.7
Präsident Loewel junction
Ruhr Valley Railway from Ratingen
(5.4) 000
(Düsseldorf-Vogelsang junction)
4.4 00.0
Düsseldorf-Derendorf Dn
Düsseldorf-Derendorf Dp junction
3.7 00.0
Heinrich junction
Düsseldorf-Derendorf
3.1 40.0
Düsseldorf-Derendorf Dnf
Düsseldorf Zoo
38.3
Düsseldorf-Derendorf Dsf
38.2
Markmann
(siding)
37.9
Rethel junction
Düsseldorf Wehrhahn
0.9 00.0
Düsseldorf Hbf north head
0.0 00.0
Düsseldorf Hbf
Line to Neuss
36.5
Düsseldorf-Lierenfeld
35.8
Düsseldorf-Lierenfeld (old)
(Wersten junction)
(Düsseldorf-Oberbilk station+junction)
Former connecting line to Sturm junction
33.9
Berg junction
To freight line to Cologne
Düsseldorf-Eller Süd
31.7
Düsseldorf-Reisholz Rn
30.9
Düsseldorf-Reisholz marsh. yard and st.
30.6
Düsseldorf-Reisholz junction
Source: German railway atlas

The freight bypass allows freight trains to avoid the busy Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof using a separate and direct line.

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