Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway

The Gruiten–Cologne-Deutz railway is a major German railway. It is part of a major axis for long distance and regional rail services between Wuppertal and Cologne, and is served by Intercity Express, InterCity, Regional-Express and regionalbahn trains.

Gruiten–Köln-Deutz
Overview
Line number
  • 2730 (Gruiten–Köln Neurather Ring)
  • 2731 (Gruiten–Linden junction)
  • 2652/9 (Köln Neurather Ring–Köln-Deutz)
  • 2660 (Köln-Mülheim–Köln-Deutz)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number455
Technical
Line length35 km (22 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed160 km/h (99.4 mph) (maximum)
Route map

Trunk line from Hagen S8
Wuppertal Hbf
(Several S-Bahn stations)
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
106.1
Linden junction
104.2
0.0
Gruiten
Trunk line to Düsseldorf S8
3.5
Haan
S-Bahn line from Hilden S1
6.6
Solingen Hbf
(formerly [Solingen-]Ohligs), terminus of S1
Line to Remscheid
9.5
Solingen-Landwehr
12.7
Leichlingen
Freight line to Hilden
former line form Remscheid-Lennep
17.3
Opladen
from Opladen rail workshop
Werkstätte junction
Freight line to Köln-Mülheim
21.2
Leverkusen-Manfort
26.6
6.9
Köln Neurather Ring line number change
(former route until 1909)
5.8
Köln-Mülheim Berliner Str. junction
Trunk line to Düsseldorf S6
To freight line to Köln-Mülheim
Line to Bergisch Gladbach
S11
Mülheim (Rhein) BME/CME
3.8
0
Köln-Mülheim
(formerly Mülheim RhE) S6S11
Trunk line to Köln-Deutz
1.3
Stahlwerk junction
2.0
Köln-Deutz Nord
Cologne–Köln-Mülheim Trunk line
S6S11S12S13
3.8
Köln Messe/Deutz
(low level)
High-speed line to Frankfurt, Sieg Railway
Source: German railway atlas

The route is fully electrified. The last piece of single-track, the section between Köln-Mülheim station and Köln Messe/Deutz station (low level) was duplicated in 2009.

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