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Ruhr Valley Railway

Düsseldorf–Hagen
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Overview
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia
Line number 2400
Technical
Line length 80 km (50 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 2: Düsseldorf Hbf – Essen-Werden
  • 2: Essen-Kupferdreh – Essen-Überruhr
  • 2: Bochum-Dahlhausen – Hattingen
  • 2: Wengern Ost – Hagen Hbf
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed 120 km/h (74.6 mph) (maximum)
Route number
  • 450.1, 450.3, 450.6
  • 450.7, 450.9, 450.11
Route map
 Operating points and lines 
from Cologne S 1S 6
and from Mönchengladbach S 8S 11S 28
0.0 Düsseldorf Hbf
1.1 Düsseldorf Wehrhahn
2.1 Düsseldorf-Zoo
3.3 Düsseldorf-Derendorf
4.0
Düsseldorf-Derendorf junction
to Cologne–Duisburg line S 1S 11
5.4
Vogelsang junction
from Düsseldorf-Derendorf freight yard
6.0 Düsseldorf-Rath Mitte
line from Troisdorf
7.1 Düsseldorf-Rath
line to Mülheim-Speldorf
10.1 Ratingen Ost
11.1
10.8
Chainage change
Anger Valley Railway
A 3
15.5 HöselHeiligenhaus-Hösel light railway
Hösel Tunnel (326 m, single track)
Niederberg Railway from Heiligenhaus
Lower Ruhr Valley Railway
from Mülheim-Styrum
19.4 Kettwig Stausee
Ruhr
20.7 Kettwig
25.0 Essen-Werden(old station)
25.3 Essen-Werden
line to Essen Hbf S 6
31.6 Essen-Heisingen
33.0 Kupferdreh Ruhr bridge
Ruhr (Baldeneysee)
Hesper Valley Railway from Hesperbrück
33.7
Essen-Kupferdreh Hesper Valley siding
formerly Essen-Kupferdreh (wedge station)
33.7 line from Wuppertal-Vohwinkel, S 9
36.5 Essen-Holthausen
37.8 Essen-Überruhr

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