Duisburg–Dortmund railway

The Duisburg-Dortmund Railway is an important and historically significant railway in Germany. It is a major axis for long distance and regional passenger freight transport in the northern Ruhr. It is served by Intercity-Express, InterCity, Regional-Express, Regionalbahn and S-Bahn trains. It includes the central stations of Duisburg, Oberhausen, Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund and Wanne-Eickel and the regionally important stations of Essen-Altenessen and Herne. It is the middle section of the Cologne-Minden trunk line from Cologne-Deutz to Minden. It was opened in 1847 and has been modernised and developed several times since then. Today, it has two to four tracks and is electrified and classified as a main line.

Duisburg–Dortmund railway
Overview
Line number2650
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 416 (Long distance)
  • 450.2 (S-Bahn)
Technical
Line length56 km (35 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed140 km/h (87.0 mph) (maximum)
Route map

119.5
Dortmund Hbf
terminus: S1S2S5
Lines to Soest, Iserlohn, Witten S5
Trunk line to Bochum S1
117.0
Dortmund freight yard
114.7
Hansa junction
112.8
Dortmund-Nette junction
S-Bahn from Dortmund-Dortstfeld S2
110.3
Dortmund-Mengede
Former Westphalian Emscher Valley Railway
105.3
Castrop-Rauxel Hbf
101.9
Bladenhorst junction
100.8
Herne Hot junction
100.0
Herne freight station
98.4
Herne
(former Herne CME)
Line to Recklinghausen S2
Line from Recklinghausen
94.5
Wanne-Eickel Hbf
Former route to Bismarck & Schalke (until 1962)
Former route to Essen-Kray Nord
89.1
Gelsenkirchen Hbf
85.1
Essen-Zollverein Nord
Former line from Essen-Altenessen RhE
line from Essen Hbf
82.1
Essen-Altenessen
(formerly Essen CME)
Former line to Essen Nord
(Single track freight line to Essen-Dellwig junction)
Former line from Essen Nord
80.0
Essen-Bergeborbeck
76.3
Essen-Dellwig junction
Bottrop–Essen-Dellwig Ost line
76.0
Essen-Dellwig
75.2
Essen-Frintrop
former goods yard
71.7
Oberhausen Hbf Obo
line to Wesel
Line from Wesel
70.7
Oberhausen Hbf
terminus of S3
Line to Duisburg-Ruhrort
Former route to Mülheim-Styrum
S-Bahn to Mülheim-Styrum S3
68.6
Kolkmannshof junction
Former Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mülheim-Styrum line
Trunk line from Mülheim-Styrum S1
67.1
Kaiserberg junction
63.1
Duisburg Hbf
Source: German railway atlas
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