Cologne–Lindlar railway

The Cologne–Lindlar railway (also formerly known as the Sülztalbahn: "Sülz Valley Railway") is a formerly 45 km long, partly disused railway line from Mülheim via Bergisch Gladbach, Bensberg, Rösrath, Hoffnungsthal and Immekeppel to Lindlar in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Cologne–Lindlar railway
Overview
Line number
  • 2663 (Köln-Mülheim–Bergisch Gladbach)
  • 2682 (Gronau junction–Lindlar)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number450.11
Technical
Line length44.7 km (27.8 mi)
Number of tracks2 (Köln-Mülheim–Köln-Dellbrück)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Route map

Freight line from Troisdorf
0.0
Köln-Mülheim
1.9
Höhenhaus
(junction)
Freight line to Düsseldorf
3.2
Köln-Holweide
5.7
Köln-Dellbrück
7.7
Duckterath
8.3
Gronau junction
(western curve 1912–1960)
9.5
Bergisch Gladbach
(until 1912 and since 1965)
10.8
Bergisch Gladbach
(1912–1965)
11.8
Bensberg Stadt
(siding)
Now siding to BGE logistics centre
Cologne Stadtbahn line 1 (Cologne–Bensberg)
13.8
Largely intact to this point
14.1
Bensberg
Königsforst munitions railway
17.6
Forsbach
23.1
Rösrath
24.7
Hoffnungsthal
Hoffnungsthal
(until 1910)
26.9
Lehmbach
29.5
Unter Eschbach
31.0
Immekeppel
33.4
Obersteeg
37.0
Georgshausen
38.7
Hommerich
42.1
Linde (Bz Köln)
46.5
Lindlar
Source: German railway atlas

S-Bahn services operate on the section between Cologne and Bergisch Gladbach, which is electrified. The remaining section was never electrified and is now largely closed, although some of it is used for freight. The section between Rösrath and Hoffnungsthal is now part of the Köln-Kalk–Overath railway.

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