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Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway

Düsseldorf-Elberfeld
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Overview
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia
Line number
  • 2550 (Long distance)
  • 2525 (S-Bahn)
Technical
Line length 27 km (17 mi)
Number of tracks 2:Wuppertal–Gruiten junction
Düsseldorf-Gerresheim–Düsseldorf
(S-Bahn station)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV 16.7 Hz
Operating speed 130 km/h (max)
Maximum incline 3.3
Route number
  • 455, 485 (Long distance)
  • 450.8, 450.9, 450.11 (S-Bahn)
Route map
Trunk line from Hagen S 8
115.4 (38.1) Wuppertal Hbf(formerly Elberfeld)
114.6 (37.4) Wuppertal-Steinbeck
(36.9) Wuppertal-Steinbeck goods yard
former Burgholz Railway to Cronenberg
111.9 (34.6) Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten
Sonnborn railway bridge, Wupper
Wuppertal Schwebebahn
111,1 (33.8)
Wuppertal-Sonnborn
(formerly Sonnborn BME)
Wuppertal northern railway
(grade separated crossing)
109.1 (31.9) Wuppertal-Vohwinkel(triangular)
S-Bahn line to Essen S 9
former Corkscrew Railway to Solingen
106.1 (00.0 Linden junction
104.2 (26.9) Gruiten
Trunk line to Solingen
103.7 (26.4) Gruiten junction
101.0 (23.7) Hochdahl-Millrath
(23.0) Hochdahl siding
99.6 (22.3) Hochdahl junction
99.3 (22.2) Hochdahl
Hildener Straße LC

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