Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway

The Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway is an approximately 17 kilometre-long, electrified and predominantly single-track main line railway in the north of the Ruhr district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It connects Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord station on the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway (Oberhausen-Osterfeld – Hamm (Westf) marshalling yard) with Marl Lippe junction on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway (Wanne-Eickel Hbf – Hamburg Hbf). The route is included in the list lines showing local speeds under the VzG route number of 2252. As the railway was planned by the Ruhr coal district association as traffic axis (Verkehrsband) No. 9, it is also colloquially called V9.

Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway
422 056 of the S9 service to Haltern am See in Marl Mitte, 2014
Overview
Line number2252
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number450.9
Technical
Line length16.9 km (10.5 mi)
Number of tracks2 (Marl Lippe junction only)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map

from Haltern am See S9
16.9
Marl Lippe
(junction)
to Recklinghausen (flying junction)
14.9
Marl Lippe
(junction,
double-track to here)
13.2
Marl-Hamm
line of RBH Logistics
11.4
Marl CWH
(siding)
10.4
Marl-Drewer
(until 1998)
9.3
Marl Mitte
3.9
Gelsenkirchen-Hassel
line of RBH Logistics
freight line from Hamm
0.6
Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord Hp
(flat junction)
0.0
Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord
(passenger station until 1998)
to Gladbeck West S9
Source: German railway atlas
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