Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach railway

The Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach railway is a historically significant, but now partly abandoned line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The line was built by the Ruhrort-Crefeld District Gladbach Railway Company (German: Ruhrort–Crefeld−Kreis Gladbach Eisenbahngesellschaft, RCG), founded in 1847, and is one of the oldest lines in Germany, opened in 1849 and 1851.

Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach
Overview
Line number
  • 2332 (Duisburg-Homberg–Duisburg-Trompet)
  • 2 (old route number, but disputed) (Duisburg-Trompet–Krefeld-Uerdingen)
  • 2520 (Krefeld-Uerdingen–Mönchengladbach)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Service
Route number
  • 490 (Duisburg–Mönchengladbach)
  • 485 (Viersen–Mönchengladbach)
Technical
Line length42 km (26 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph) (maximum)
Route map
line to Oberhausen
line to Essen
 Duisburg Hbf
line to Düsseldorf
freight line to Duisburg-Wedau
13.8
 Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd
13.0
 Duisburg-Hochfeld rail bridge
11.8
 Rheinhausen Ost
10.2
 Rheinhausen
line to Duisburg-Meiderich
107.3                 
 Duisburg-Ruhrort
 former Ruhrort–Homberg train ferry
(105.9) (5.6)        
 Homberg (North Rhine)
(104.6) (4.3)        
 Homberg-Essenberg
(104.5)  4.2         
 Trompet-Sachtleben B siding
(103.3)  3.0         
 Trompet-Sachtleben C siding
former line to Duisburg-Baerl
Lower Rhine line to Xanten
(100.3)  0,0         
 Trompet
 Rumeln
(97.4) (4.0)        
 Kaldenhausen
7.5
 Mühlenberg junction
 Hohenbudberg
6.5
 Krefeld-Hohenbudberg Chempark
(95.6) (2.2)        
 Hohenbudberg
(line to Osterath)
 Krefeld-Uerdingen
93.7  (0.3)   4.3
 Krefeld-Uerdingen
1.7
 Krefeld-Linn
Lower Left Rhine line to Neuss
90.5            0.0
 Krefeld-Oppum
87.4                 
 Krefeld Hbf
Lower Left Rhine line to Kleve
to St. Tönis–Hülser Berg museum railway
former line to Rheydt
81.9                 
 Forsthaus
79.9                 
 Hochbend
77.8                 
 Anrath
line to Venlo
72.7                 
 Viersen BME
(new route since 1917)
71.9                 
 Viersen
(formerly Viersen RhE)
71.2                 
 Viersen freight yard
former line to Neuss
69.1                 
 Helenabrunn
68.8                 
 Viersen-Helenabrunn
(new route since 1917)
freight line to Rheydt
former Rheydt–Krefeld line
former link line to Neuwerk
line to Düsseldorf
63.9                 
 Mönchengladbach Hbf
line to Aachen
Source: German railway atlas

The greater part of the route, along with the western section of the Ruhr line of the Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE), forms the Duisburg–Mönchengladbach line, one of the main line in Germany’s lower Rhine region, connecting the stations of Duisburg and Mönchengladbach.

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