Duisburg-Meiderich Nord–Hohenbudberg railway

The Duisburg-Meiderich Nord–Hohenbudberg railway is a line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia that originally ran from Meiderich Nord station to the Hohenbudberg freight yard with a branch to the former Rheinpreußen station on the Lower Rhine Railway and was formerly used primarily for freight.

Duisburg-Meiderich Nord–Hohenbudberg railway
Overview
Line number
  • 2331 (Walzwerk–Meerbeck)
  • 2333 (DU-Baerl–Hohenbudberg)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Germany
Service
Route number
  • only freight
  • last 476 (1983)
  • ex 243a (1963)
Technical
Line length21 km (13 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 2: Walzwerk–Mathilde
  • 2: DU-Meiderich Ost–DU-Beeckerwerth
  • 1: Haus-Knipp bridge (2nd track dismantled)
  • 2: DU-Baerl–Meerbeck
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC
Overhead catenary
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph) (maximum)
Route map
Line from OB-Osterfeld Süd / Bottrop Süd
27.1
 Walzwerk
(junction)
Holland line (Wesel–Oberhausen)
Line to Duisburg/Dortmund
 Oberhausen West Oro
 Oberhausen West Orm
24.8
 Oberhausen West
(formerly OB RhE)
Line from Oberhausen Hbf
24.8
 Mathilde
(junction)
 Oberhausen West Orw
 Oberhausen West Stw 1
A 3
two tracks to Duisburg-Hochfeld/Wedau
two tracks to Duisburg-Ruhrort port
Rhine-Herne Canal
22.8
 Duisburg-Meiderich Ost
(junction)
 Duisburg-Meiderich Ost
former line from Mülheim-Syrum
21.2
 Duisburg-Meiderich Süd
Line to Duisburg-Ruhrort
former line from OB-Osterfeld Süd
21.1
 Duisburg-Meiderich Nord
former line to Duisburg-Ruhrort
A 59
19.8
 Buschmannshof
(junction)
17.5
 Duisburg-Beeck
16.2
 Duisburg-Beeck freight yard
15,0
 Duisburg-Beeckerwerth
3.8 ≡ 13.1
Haus-Knipp bridge (Rhine, chainage (km) change)
3.5    12.9
 Duisburg-Baerl crossover
(former station)
(former flying junction)
Rheinberg–Moers line
Lower Rhine Railway from Xanten
0.0           
 Meerbeck
(junction)
Lower Rhine Railway to Moers
former Moers–Homberg line
A 40
Lower Rhine Railway from Moers
6.0
 Oestrum
(junction)
Trompet–Homberg freight line
4.5
 Bergheim (b Moers)
(now part of Duisburg)
Lower Rhine Railway from Trompet
Lower Rhine Railway Trompet–Rheinhausen
Line from Rheinhausen
0.5
 Hohenbudberg
(former marshalling yard)
0.0
 Duisburg-Mühlenberg
(junction)
line to Krefeld
Source: German railway atlas

The operating part of the line now forms the Oberhausen West–Meerbeck railway, which connects the Oberhausen West freight yard and the freight line from Duisburg-Wedau to Bottrop Süd with Meerbeck junction on the Lower Rhine Railway.

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