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Rahden–Herford railway

Bassum–Herford railway
2010-05-21 Rödinghausen Haltepunkt Neue Mühle (16).jpg
The station platform at Rödinghausen in 2010
Overview
Locale Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia
Line number
  • 2981 (Herford–Kirchlengern)
  • 2992 (Kirchlengern–Bünde)
  • 2982 (Bünde–Bassum)
Technical
Line length 101 km (63 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification Herford–Bünde: 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed
  • Herford–Kirchlengern: 100 km/h (62.1 mph)
  • Bünde–Bassum: 80 km/h (49.7 mph)
  • Kirchlengern–Bünde: 140 km/h (87.0 mph) (maximums)
Route number 386
Route map

Line between Bassum and Bünde

 Operating points and lines 
Main line from Bremen
86.8 Bassum
Main line to Osnabrück
81.7 Apelstedt
78.8 Neuenkirchen (b Sulingen)
76.4 Scholen (Hp)
72.6 Schwaförden
Former line from Nienburg
66.4 Sulingen (Han)
Freight line to Diepholz
(with planned bypass of Sulingen)
Exxon Mobil siding
59.8 Barenburg
55.9 Varrel (Han)
47.4 Ströhen (Han)
45.1 NRW / Lower Saxony border
41.6 Ströhen-Wagenfeld
39.3 Neuer Krug
Museum railway from Uchte
33.0 Rahden (Kr Lübbecke)
28.1 Espelkamp(old)
26.9 Espelkamp
23.6 Gestringen
Mittelland Canal
21.6 Besta(Awanst)
21.2 Lübbecke port(siding)
Former Minden District Railway to Hille/Minden
18.5 Lübbecke (Westf)
15.8 Blasheim
13.9 Holzhausen-Heddinghausen 61 m
Former Wittlage District Railway to Bohmte
10.3 Mesch Neue Mühle 90 m
7.1 Bieren-Rödinghausen 95 m
3.4 Holsen
Line from Osnabrück
0.0
86.8
Bünde (Westf) 66 m
90.3
9.5
Kirchlengern
Line to Löhne
7.3 Oberbehme
Main line from Löhne
4.4 Hiddenhausen-Schweicheln
Wikipedia

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