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Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway

Wuppertal–Solingen railway
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Overview
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Line number
  • 2700 (W-Oberbarmen–RS-Lennep)
  • 2705 (RS-Lennep–RS)
  • 2706 (RS–RS-Bliedinghausen)
  • 2675 (RS–SG)
Technical
Line length 35 km (22 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed 80 km/h (50 mph) (max)
Route number 450.7
Route map
Trunk line from Wuppertal Hbf
0.0 Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Former route to the west of the Wupper
Wupper
Trunk line to Hagen
To Wuppertal-Langerfeld freight yard
Rauenthal Tunnel (256 and 265 m)
and Langerfeld Tunnel (239 m)
1.5 Wuppertal-Rauenthal
Wupper
Former Wupper Valley Railway to RS-Lennep
7.0 Wuppertal-Ronsdorf
9.9 Remscheid-Lüttringhausen
A 1
13.0 Remscheid-Lennep
Former Wupper Valley Railway to W-Rauenthal
Former main line to Opladen
15.8 Remscheid-Mixsiepen (planned)
(2.4) Remscheid-Bliedinghausen
(branch line of 1896, now freight line)
17.8
17.7
Remscheid Hbf
Former branch line to RS-Hasten
16.6 Remscheid-Honsberg (planned)
Büchener Tunnel (106 m)
14.1 Remscheid-Güldenwerth
Müngsten Bridge (465 m), Wupper
10.3 Solingen-Schaberg
Windfeln Bridge
9.2 Solingen RWE (siding)
Former Corkscrew Railway from W-Vohwinkel
6.8 Solingen Mitte (since 2006)
6.2
Solingen Hbf
(until 2006, 1890–1913 Solingen Süd)
6.0 Solingen Grünewald (since 2006)
Weyersberg Tunnel (60 m)
5.6 Solingen (Weyersberg) (until 1912/25)
4.9 Weyersberg (junction, 1890–1912/25)
Main line from Opladen
0.0 Solingen Hbf (until 2006 Solingen-Ohligs)
Main line to Wuppertal
Wikipedia

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