Kreuztal–Cölbe railway

The Kreuztal–Cölbe railway is a 88-kilometre-long main line in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It branches off the Ruhr–Sieg railway at Kreuztal and runs via Erndtebrück, Bad Laasphe and Biedenkopf to Cölbe. Operationally, the line is now divided into two parts. The Kreuztal–Erndtebrück section is operated together with the Erndtebrück–Bad Berleburg railway as the Rothaar-Bahn (Rothaar Railway) and the subsequent section to Cölbe, now operated by the Kurhessenbahn, is called the Obere Lahntalbahn (Upper Lahn Valley Railway). Trains at the eastern end of the line run to/from Marburg (Lahn).

Kreuztal–Cölbe railway
Overview
Line number2870
LocaleHesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number443, 623
Technical
Line length88.428 km (54.947 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed
  • Erndtebrück–Wallau: 60 km/h (37 mph)
  • Wallau–Cölbe: 80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

km
from Siegen
0.065
Kreuztal
to Hagen
0.800
Kreuztal Ost
Ferndorfbach
1.734
Ferndorf (Kr Siegen)
Ferndorfbach
4.500
Kredenbach
5.651
Dahlbruch
6.930
Hillnhütten
8.470
Stift Keppel-Allenbach
Ferndorfbach
10.057
Hilchenbach
11.850
Vormwald Dorf
12.305
Vormwald Tunnel (193 m)
17.967
Vormwald
B 508
18.550
Schloßberg Tunnel (270 m)
19.514
Kronprinz-Eiche Tunnel (213 m)
21.951
Lützel
Erndtebrücker Eisenwerke
(siding)
28.821
Erndtebrück
481 m
29.700
30.100
32.000
Gebr Wahl
(siding)
32.136
Erndtebrück-Schameder
505 m
32.7
B 62
B 62
34.676
Erndtebrück-Leimstruth
35.275
Leimstruth Tunnel (320 m)
542 m
37.1
Amtshausen
40.088
Bad Laasphe-Oberndorf
450 m
43.210
Bad Laasphe-Feudingen
388 m
45.000
Bermershausen
46.500
Saßmannshausen
B 62 (road relocated)
Bundesstraße 62 (road relocated)
47.5
5100
VEW Laasphe
(siding)
51.200
Friedrichshütte-Laasphe
52.000
Lahn
52.953
Bad Laasphe
317 m
54.500
Amalienhütte Achenbach
(siding)
54.757
Bad Laasphe-Niederlaasphe
(since 2009)
55.400
Amalienhütte
56.100
North Rhine-Westphalia
Hesse
Schelde Valley Railway from Dillenburg
57.146
Biedenkopf-Wallau
294 m
57.200
Lahn
59.700
Ludwigshütte
B 253
59.800
Lahn
61.100
Biedenkopf Campus
(since 2003)
62.108
Biedenkopf
271 m
63.800
Lahn
65.600
Eckelshausen
B 453
67.167
Wilhelmshütte (Lahn)
68.575
Friedensdorf (Lahn)
248 m
70.600
Carlshütte
72.196
Buchenau (Lahn)
72.400
Lahn
74.9
Brungershausen
77.558
Caldern
80.525
Sterzhausen
82.770
Goßfelden
84.025
Lahntal-Sarnau
84.9
from Warburg (Westf)
84.982
Sarnau
195 m
85.600
Lahn
88.300
from Kassel
88.493
Cölbe
198 m
to Gießen
km
Source: German railway atlas
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