Borken – Burgsteinfurt railway line

Nordbahn (Borken – Stadtlohn – Burgsteinfurt)
Course book section (DB) :	last 287, 224g (1944)
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend State railway line from Dorsten 0.0 Borken (Westf) former state railway line to Winterswijk (NL) 1.3 Gemen 5.9 Weseke 10.4 South wage 14.1 Doggie Branch line to Vreden (see below) 17.7 Stadtlohn depot with engine shed Berkel 22.4 Almsick 26.3 Quantwick State railway line from Coesfeld 30.2 Ahaus (DB) State railway line to Gronau ,  former private railway line to Alstätte (dismantled) Siding BZA 33.0 Awl chapel 37.7 Nienborg- Heek 46.0 Metelen place State railway line from Gronau 54.5 Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt State railway line to Münster
Nordbahn (branch line Stadtlohn – Vreden)
Course book section (DB) :	224g (1944)
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend 0.0 Vreden 5.4 Stadtlohn-Wenningfeld 7.8 Stadtlohn-Wessendorf Route from Borken (see above) 9.2 City wages Route to Ahaus / Burgsteinfurt (see above) Swell:

The Borken – Burgsteinfurt railway was a standard-gauge railway line operated by the Westphalian State Railway (WLE), also known as the Northern Railway (WLE) .

history

The line was opened on October 1, 1902. It branched off from the Winterswijk – Gelsenkirchen – Bismarck railway in Borken and joined the Enschede – Münster connection in Burgsteinfurt . In Ahaus was Dortmund-Enschede railway crossed. A 9.2 kilometer branch line to Vreden began in Stadtlohn .

Passenger traffic was terminated on May 31, 1958 between Stadtlohn and Vreden, followed by the Burgsteinfurt – Borken section on September 30, 1962 with the exception of two daily express train pairs (Gronau – Bottrop / Cologne); on September 27, 1975 passenger traffic was completely stopped.

The end of operations also affected the freight traffic between Burgsteinfurt and Ahaus on December 31, 1972 (apart from a residual traffic from Ahaus to Nienborg- Heek during the construction of the A 31 , which was maintained until November 1, 1987) and on September 27, 1975 between Ahaus and city wages. In 1984 the operation of the traffic was transferred to the Federal Railroad. However, the route itself remained in the possession of the WLE. On March 31, 1988, the freight transport Vreden – Stadtlohn – Borken was stopped by the DB, followed by the complete closure and the immediate and complete dismantling.

The northern line in the former Stadtlohn train station is presented as a museum .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .
2. ↑ Last trains , accessed on January 29, 2020