Kempen–Venlo railway

The Kempen–Venlo railway was a former railway line from Kempen in the Lower Rhine region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to Venlo in the Netherlands. It was of built by the Rhenish Railway Company (German: Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) and opened for freight on 23 December 1867 and for passenger traffic on 1 January 1868.

Kempen–Venlo line
Overview
Line number2512 (Germany)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route numberLast 474 (Germany)
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

Lower Left Rhine line from Nimwegen
0.0
Kempen (Niederrhein)
Lower Left Rhine line to Cologne
1.8
Kamperlings
5.6
Mülhausen-Oedt
Niers
7.2
Grefrath (b Krefeld)
Former Krefeld Railway to Viersen
9.8
Bongsche Mahlwerke
(siding)
B 509
12.7
Lobberich
Little and Great De-Witt lakes
15.8
Wittsee
Line from Viersen
18.1
Kaldenkirchen
Former parallel Viersen–Venlo line
19.8
0.0
Germany
Netherlands
Kaldenkirchen border
Line from Maastricht
2.9
Venlo
Line to Nijmegen
Source: German railway atlas
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