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Lower Rhine Railway

Rheinhausen–Kleve railway
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Overview
Native name Niederrheinstrecke
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Termini Kleve
Duisburg Hbf
Line number
  • 2330 Rheinhausen–Kleve
  • 505 Hochfeld–Rheinhausen
  • 2312 DU Hbf–Hochfeld
Technical
Line length 63.2 km (39.3 mi)
Number of tracks 2: Rheinhausen–Rheinkamp
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC catenary
Operating speed
  • 90 km/h (56 mph) (normal)
  • 120 km/h (75 mph) (maximum)
Route number 498
Route map
former line from Nijmegen
63.2 Kleve
line to Krefeld
61.0 Qualburg
58.5 Hasselt (Rheinland)
54.6 Till-Moyland
51.3 Kalkar
46.7 Appeldorn (Rheinland)
43.8 Marienbaum
40.4 Wardt
37.5 Xanten
34.4 Birten
former Boxtel–Büderich line
31.8 Winnenthal
29.4 Menzelen West
former Venlo–Wesel line
connecting line from Büderich
27.8 Alpen siding
27.2 Alpen
23.6 Millingen (b Rheinb)
23.0 Millingen Gbf
20.4 Rheinberg (Rheinl)
18.4 Rheinberg Süd
Rheinberg–Orsoy–Moers line
15.5 Rheinkamp
to pit siding
pit siding
12.3 Utfort
11.4 Rheinpreußen (former station)
former line to Duisburg-Baerl
former line from Geldern
freight line from Duisburg-Baerl
11.1 Meerbeck (junction)
Moers–Orsoy–Rheinberg line
Rheinberg–Moers–Hoerstgen-Sevelen line
9.4 Moers
former line to Homberg
8.0 Moers freight yard
former line from Duisburg-Baerl
6.6 Asberg (junction)
former line to Hohenbudberg (see below)
connecting line from Trompet-Sachtleben
4.5 Trompet
former line to Krefeld
2.5 Rumeln
line from Krefeld
1,8 Borgschenhof (junction)
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