Erft Railway

Bedburg–Horrem railway (also known in German as the Erftbahn—Erft Railway) is a line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The non-electrified main line was originally built as a line of the Bergheim District Railway and operated as a metre gauge railway. Later, the line was converted to standard gauge.

Bedburg–Horrem railway
Current course of the Erft Railway
Overview
Native nameErftbahn
Line number
  • 2581 (Bedburg–Martinswerk)
  • 2601 (Martinswerk–Horrem)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number481
Technical
Number of tracksGrevenbroich–Holzheim
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Route map

0.236
Bedburg (Erft)
former line to Ameln
2.477
Glesch
4.099
Paffendorf
4.340
Bergheim RWE
(siding)
Hambachbahn
Line from Elsdorf Ost
6.111
Zieverich
(halt+siding)
6.300
Zieverich industrial track
(siding)
7.640
Bergheim (Erft)
Bergheim District Railway
to Niederaußem
Strategic Railway Embankment
from Neuss
9.7
20.0
Martinswerk
(former junction)
19.7
Quadrath
18.69
Quadrath-Ichendorf
16.800
Horrem Übf
15.9
Horrem
former Benzelrath–Nörvenich railway
from Benzelrath
12.984
Mödrath
former Benzelrath–Nörvenich railway
to Nörvenich
former line to Erftstadt
Source: German railway atlas

The Erft Railway is listed as table 481 of the German railway timetable. It is served only by the Erftbahn Regionalbahn service.

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