Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway

The Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway (also called the Cologne-Minden Emscher Valley Railway) was built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) in the area to the north of its original Ruhr line to improve connections to mines and factories in the northern Ruhr region, which is now in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund
Overview
Other name(s)Cologne-Minden Emscher Valley Railway
Native nameKöln-Mindener Emschertalbahn
Line number
  • 2206 (Duisburg-Ruhrort–Gelsenkirchen-Bickern)
  • 2260 (Duisburg-Neumühl–Grafenbusch)
  • 2205 (Gelsenkirchen-Bickern–Wanne-Eickel)
  • 2208 (Wanne-Eickel–Herne)
  • (Herne–Castrop-Rauxel Süd)
  • 2210 (Castrop-Rauxel Süd–Dortmund)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 447 (Duisburg-Ruhrort)
  • 423 (Grafenbusch–Bottrop)
  • 426 (Gelsenkirchen-Bickern–Dortmund)
Technical
Line length61 km (38 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Route map

23.0
Dortmund Hbf
Line to DO-Dorstfeld (low) S1 and (high) S2
Trunk line to Bochum and Witten
20.6
Dortmund Werkstätte
Former line from Dortmund freight yard
19.0
Dortmund-Huckarde Nord
Former line to Dortmund-Huckarde Süd
Herne–Dortmund-Dorstfeld line S2
Former line from Buschstraße junction
17.8
Dortmund-Rahm (crossover)
(former junction)
17.4
Dortmund-Rahm
15.4
Dortmund-Marten
12.x
Westricher Straße LC
12.7
Dortmund-Lütgendortmund Nord
planned S-Bahn line from Dortmund-Dorstfeld
11.0
Merklinder Straße LC
10.8
Dortmund-Bövinghausen
9.9
Hellweg LC
9.8
Castrop-Rauxel-Merklinde
8.4
Cottenburgstraße LC
7.5
Dortmunder Straße LC
7.0
Münster Straße LC
7.0
Castrop-Rauxel Süd
(since 1955)
former Erin colliery siding
5.3
Castrop-Rauxel Süd
(old)
5.3
Castrop-Rauxel Süd
(crossover, former junction)
3.3
Herne-Börnig
100.8 2.4
Herne Hot
100.0 0.0
Herne freight yard
98.4 0.0
Herne
(formerly Herne CME)
Line to Recklinghausen S2
Line from Recklinghausen
094.5
0.0
Wanne-Eickel Hbf
Former line to Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck (until 1988)
1.5 0.0
Wanne-Eickel Wst
2.4 0.0
Gelsenkirchen-Bickern
(km change, formerly junction)
2.5 0.0
Bickern (Junction, old)
2.5 0.0
Erdbrüggenstraße LC
3.2 0.0
Hüllerstraße LC
4.3 0.0
Bismarckstraße
(Bk)
4.3 0.0
Bismarckstraße LC
4.5 0.0
Hüttweg LC
5.7 0.0
Gelsenkirchen-Schalke
(old, formerly Schalke CME)
6.4 0.0
Gelsenkirchen-Schalke
6.8 0.0
7.1 0.0
Nordstern
(junction)
7.9 0.0
Nordstern
(Bk)
8.6 0.0
Nordstern
(junction, old)
Rhine-Herne Canal, Emscher
9.7 0.0
Gelsenkirchen-Horst Süd
11.4 0.0
Essen-Karnap
(old)
12.2 0.0
Essen-Karnap
(siding)
13.0 0.0
Bottrop Süd depot
15.7 0.0
Bottrop Süd
(formerly Bottrop CME)
Line from Bottrop freight yard
Bottrop Hbf–Essen-Dellwig Ost line
Bottrop Westf sand mine (siding)
17.4 0.0
Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd Swo
Bottrop-Vonderort
18.5 0.0
Hochstraße
(crossover)
former line to Sterkrade KWE
20.3 0.0
Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd
(formerly Osterfeld CME)
20.9 0.0
Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd Ost
Trunk line from Wesel
23.9 0.0
Oberhausen-Sterkrade
(formerly Sterkrade CME)
22.1 1.7
Grafenbusch
Trunk line to Oberhausen Hbf
4.0
Oberhausen Stadt
(siding)
26.4 0.0
Oberhausen-Buschhausen
line to Wesel
26.5 4.3
Hindenburg
(junction)
4.7
Zielkowski
(siding)
5.1
Kübel
(siding)
5.4
König-Brauerei
(brewery, siding)
Former connecting line from Duisburg-Hamborn
(grade-separated junction)
28.7 6.5
Duisburg-Neumühl
(recently a siding)
30.4 0.0
Duisburg-Meiderich Nord
(recently a siding)
Line from Duisburg-Meiderich Süd
32.7 0.0
Duisburg-Ruhrort Hafen (port) old
Former line to Duisburg-Ruhrort port
34.2 0.0
Duisburg-Ruhrort
Former Ruhrort-Homberg train ferry
Source: German railway atlas

The track at the time of the Deutsche Reichsbahn mostly consisted of at least two tracks; now two-track, single track and completely dismantled sections alternate. The section from Oberhausen-Sterkrade to Herne was electrified between 1963 and 1975.

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