Haltern–Venlo railway

The Haltern–Venlo railway is now largely disused and dismantled line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands.

Hamburg-Venlo Railway
Hamburg-Venlo Railway in blue
Overview
Line number
  • 2002 (Haltern–Büderich)
  • 2003 (Büderich–border)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the Netherlands
Termini
Service
Route numberex 224b/242e
Technical
Line length90.2 km (56.0 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed50 km/h (31.1 mph) (maximum)
Route map

from Hamburg
0.0
Haltern am See
to Wanne-Eickel
7.4
Lippramsdorf
(siding only before closure)
9.1
VEW Dorsten
(siding)
Connecting line to Dorsten (from 1972)
16.3
Hervest-Dorsten
Coesfeld and Borken lines
former connecting line from Dorsten RhE
17.0
Dorsten CME
18.2
Nagel
(siding)
24.0
Schermbeck
26.2
Dr. Müller & Co
(siding)
29.0
Damm (Lippe)
32.7
Drevenack
37.8
Obrighoven
(Bk)
38.5
RWE/Bahngärtnerei
(siding)
39.5
DAB
(siding)
40.3
Passavant
(siding)
Holland line from Oberhausen
41.1
Wesel
Holland line to Emmerich
former Wesel-Rees-Emmerich light railway
Wesel port railway
45.0
Rhine Bridge
(Bk)
(7.3) 48.6
Büderich Ost
former Boxtel Railway to Goch
(6.6) 49.3
Büderich
(4.5) 51.4
Menzelen Ost
(2.6) 53.2
Menzelen West low level
(0.0) 00.0
Connecting line to Alpen siding
Lower Rhine line Xanten ↔ Duisburg
53.9
Menzelen West
57.7
Bönninghardt
62.7
Issum
66.0
Aengenesch
69.0
Geldern Ost
(formerly Geldern CME)
former connecting line to Geldern RhE
former Geldern ↔ Meerbeck line
Lower Left Rhine Railway Kleve ↔ Krefeld
former connecting line from Geldern RhE
73.4
Pont
79.0
Straelen
former Geldern District Railway
84.9
Germany / Netherlands border
89.3
Venlo Oostsingel
(former Venlo CME)
Line from Eindhoven, line from Nijmegen
90.2
Venlo
Line to Roermond
Line to Viersen, former Line to Kempen
Source: German railway atlas

It was opened in 1874 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) as part of the Hamburg-Venlo railway from Venlo in the Netherlands to a junction at Haltern am See on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway, which had been opened by the CME from Wanne to Munster in 1870. In contrast to the eastern section of the line, the Haltern-Venlo section ran at a loss from the beginning.

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