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Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway

Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway
SFS Aachen-Koeln.png
Course of the Cologne-Aachen upgraded line
Overview
Native name Schnellfahrstrecke Köln–Aachen
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia
Line number
  • 2600 (Cologne–Aachen)
  • 2622 (Cologne–Düren)
Technical
Line length 70 km (43 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC Overhead catenary
Operating speed 250 km/h (155.3 mph) (maximum)
Route number 480
Route map
 Operating points and lines 
HSL to Frankfurt, Düsseldorf
S 6S 11S 12S 13
Hohenzollernbrücke (from Köln Messe/Deutz)
Cologne Stadtbahn
0.0 Köln Hbf
0.8 Köln Hansaring,terminus of S 13
0.8 Köln Hansaring Wendeanlage
1.4 To Köln Bbf
West Rhine Railway to Köln West
West Lower Rhine Railway to Köln-Nippes
S 6S 11
2.0 Köln-Nippes–Köln West freight line
Herkulesstraße junctionfrom Köln West
S-Bahn Flying junction
3.2 Cologne Stadtbahn
3.7 Köln-Ehrenfeld
Köln-Ehrenfeld freight station
To HGK freight railway
Cologne–Frechen line (HGK)
5.9 Köln-Müngersdorf Technologiepark
5.9 Müngersdorf Technologiepark crossover
7.2 Köln-Ehrenfeld, freight station west
Line to Mönchengladbach
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