Oberbergische Bahn

RB 25: Oberbergische Bahn
Overview
Locale	North Rhine-Westphalia
Line number	2620 (Köln Hansaring-Köln) 2670 (Köln-Köln Posthof) 2621 (Köln Posthof–Flughafen NO) 2692 (Flughafen NO–Frankfurter Str) 2655 (Frankfurter Str–Overath) 2657 (Overath–Dieringhausen) 2810 (Dieringhausen–Marienheide)
Technical
Line length	67 km (42 mi)
Operating speed	120 km/h (74.6 mph) (maximum)
Route number	459
Route map 0 Köln Hansaring(Hp) 1 Cologne Hbf             ICE, Thalys, IC, RE 2 Köln Messe/Deutz ICE, RE 4 Köln Trimbornstraße(Hp) 8 Köln Frankfurter Straße   17 Rösrath-Stümpen 19 Rösrath 21 Hoffnungsthal 25 Honrath 29 Overath 41 Engelskirchen 46 Ründeroth 54 Dieringhausen 59 Gummersbach 67 Marienheide 76 Meinerzhagen 80 Kierspe(extension by December 2017) 91 Brügge (Westf)(extension by December 2017 97 Lüdenscheid(extension by December 2017) Source: German railway atlas

Source: German railway atlas

The Oberbergische Bahn (RB 25) is a Regionalbahn rail service running between Cologne Hansaring and Meinerzhagen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). It is planned that the route will be incorporated in the Rhine-Sieg S-Bahn, which is operated as part of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.

This service is operated by DB Regio NRW with Alstom Coradia LINT 54 and 81 railcars.

The RB 25 service starts at Cologne Hansaring and runs over the tracks of the S-Bahn line to the Cologne–Overath railway to Overath then on the Siegburg–Olpe railway (also called the Agger Valley Railway) to Dieringhausen, continuing over the Hagen–Dieringhausen railway (Volme Valley Railway) to its terminus at Meinerzhagen.

The RB 25 service runs on the section between Cologne Hansaring and Overath every half hour. Trains continue from Overath to Meinerzhagen hourly.

Fares on the entire line are regulated by Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association).

It is proposed to operate the section between Cologne Hansaring and Overath at 20-minute intervals. This, however, requires the duplication of the line. In 2015, the line is to be integrated into the network of the Rhine-Sieg S-Bahn and to be extended through Cologne to the Eifel Railway.

Furthermore, there are plans to reactivate the section of the Volme Valley Railway between Marienheide and Brügge (Westfalen). This would continue over the Brügge–Lüdenscheid railway without reversal to Lüdenscheid, unlike the current RB 52 (Volmetal-Bahn) from Dortmund to Lüdenscheid, which reverses in Brügge.

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