Duisburg-Ruhrort – Dortmund railway line
| Duisburg-Ruhrort-Dortmund Cologne-Minden Emschertal Railway |
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| Route number (DB) : | 2206 (Duisburg-Ruhrort-Gelsenkirchen-Bickern) 2260 (Duisburg-Neumühl-Grafenbusch) 2205 (Gelsenkirchen-Bickern-Wanne-Eickel) 2208 (Wanne-Eickel-Herne) 2211 (Herne-Castrop-Rauxel Süd) 2210 (Castrop-Rauxel South Dortmund) |
| Course book section (DB) : | 447 (Duisburg-Ruhrort) 423 (Grafenbusch-Bottrop) 426 (Gelsenkirchen-Bickern-Dortmund) |
| Route length: | 61 km |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Power system : |
Herne-Oberhausen-Sterkrade: 15 kV 16.7 Hz ~ |
| Top speed: | 100 km / h |
| Dual track : | Dortmund-Rahm (Üst) -Dortmund-Marten Dortmund-Bövinghausen-Castrop-Rauxel South Herne Hot-Wanne-Eickel Wst Nordstern-Grafenbusch |
The Duisburg-Ruhrort-Dortmund railway line was built by the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (CME) in order to be able to better develop the area north of its main Ruhr area for mines and industrial plants.
At the time of the Deutsche Reichsbahn, the line was largely expanded to have at least two tracks; today, two-track, single-track and completely dismantled sections alternate. The section from Oberhausen-Sterkrade to Herne was provided with overhead lines between 1963 and 1975 .
history
For a long time, the main focus of the CME was on its national routes in the Rhineland and Westphalia . With the north migration of coal mining from the Ruhr to the Emscher, the area between the two rivers became more of a focus for the CME.
Starting from the stations in Herne and Wanne on their main line, the CME began with the construction of two lines that ultimately formed a continuous connection from Duisburg-Ruhrort to Dortmund over long stretches along the Emscher (hence the name "Cologne-Mindener Emschertalbahn" ) .
Tub - Herne
As early as 1866, the CME expanded the heavily trafficked section between the Pluto stations (from 1869 Wanne CME , today Wanne-Eickel Hbf ) and Herne CME (today Herne station ) to four tracks. Sidings such as those to the Pluto colliery west of Wanne were also included.
Since at that time railway lines were allowed to have more than two tracks, the new tracks were part of their main line and were given their kilometrage, which was then taken over during the conversion into a separate line.
Wanne - Ruhrort
The CME began the western branch at Wanne CME station , which had meanwhile been expanded into a railway junction. The first section to Schalke CME (today the Gelsenkirchen-Schalke depot ) was opened for freight traffic on November 7, 1871. Two years later, on November 15, 1873, the second section followed via Osterfeld CME (today Oberhausen-Osterfeld station ) to Sterkrade CME (today Oberhausen-Sterkrade station ). The Sterkrade CME station on the Oberhausen – Arnhem railway line had been serving passenger traffic since 1856; the first passenger trains ran to Wanne CME on July 1, 1874.
The last section to Ruhrort CME (today the Duisburg-Ruhrort stop ) was initially opened for freight traffic on July 1, 1875, and then for passenger traffic on October 15, 1875.
On December 1, 1878, a direct connection between the Grafenbusch junction and the Neumühl station was inaugurated, allowing freight trains to pass through Sterkrade without changing direction.
Herne - Dortmund
The eastern branch had also been laid as a siding, in this case the Erin mine . Starting from the Herne CME station, this initially runs several kilometers parallel to the main line. This siding was converted into a general rail line for freight traffic on December 1, 1874 to Castrop (city) station.
By the beginning of 1878, the CME continued to build the line via Merklinde (today Dortmund-Bövinghausen ) and Marten CME (today Dortmund-Marten ) to Huckarde CME (today Dortmund-Huckarde Nord), where it returned to the main line in the area of the Dortmund freight station to Dortmund CME (today Dortmund Hbf ) meets. From April 1, 1878 passenger trains ran between Herne CME and Dortmund CME .
service
The section between Dortmund Hbf and Herne is largely not electrified today and only single-track for long stretches. It is mainly used for local rail passenger transport by the regional train RB 43 " Emschertal-Bahn " from Dortmund Hbf to Dorsten.
The largest section of the route between Herne and Oberhausen-Sterkrade is now fully electrified, double-tracked to Wanne-Eickel Hbf and from the Nordstern junction , and is used almost exclusively by freight trains.
The regional train RB 44 " Der Dorstener " from Oberhausen Hbf to Dorsten only runs the short section between Oberhausen-Osterfeld and the Grafenbusch junction , which is strictly speaking a remnant of the Märkische Emschertalbahn .
Todays situation
From the Oberhausen-Sterkrade train station or from the Grafenbusch junction to the former Duisburg-Ruhrort port station , the line has been closed and has now been completely dismantled. A pedestrian and cycle path to the Duisburg-Nord landscape park was laid out on the former route (“ Green Path ”), and an industrial area was established on the site of the former Duisburg-Neumühl train station .
Web links
NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost:
- Description of route 2205 : Wanne-Eickel ↔ Gelsenkirchen-Bickern
- Description of route 2206 : Gelsenkirchen-Bickern ↔ Duisburg-Ruhrort
- Description of route 2208 : Wanne-Eickel ↔ Herne
- Description of route 2210 : Herne ↔ Dortmund
- Description of route 2211 : Herne ↔ Castrop-Rauxel Süd Üst
- Description of route 2260 : Duisburg-Neumühl ↔ Grafenbusch
Individual evidence
- ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
- ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .