Cologne freight bypass

Cologne freight bypass
Towers of the south bridge on the right bank of the Rhine
Overview map for route 2641 (Cologne-South - Cologne-Kalk Nord), which is an essential part of the freight bypass
Route number (DB) :	2641 (Köln Süd – Köln-Kalk Nord) 2642 (Köln Süd – Köln Bonntor) 2656 (Köln Südbrücke – Gremberg Nord)
Course book section (DB) :	without
Route length:	7.7 + 7.1 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Route class :	D4
Power system :	15 kV 16.7 Hz  ~
Top speed:	60 km / h
Dual track :	(continuous)
Legend Left Rhine route from Köln Hbf 0.0 0.0 Cologne South / Cologne South Abzw Vorgebirgsbahn (tram line 18) Cöln-Pantaleon formerly Cöln BCE Left Rhine route to Cologne Eifeltor Connecting routes from Cologne Eifeltor 1.3 1.3 Cologne Bonntor Bnf ( Bft ) 2.1 Cologne Bonntor ( Bbf ) Cologne Harbor ( Anst ) Rheinuferbahn (tram line 16) Cologne south bridge 0.0 3.6 Cologne south bridge (Abzw) Victory run from Köln Messe / Deutz S-Bahn from Cologne Messe / Deutz 6.6 Cologne-Kalk (formerly PV) 7.7 Cologne-Kalk North Freight route from Cologne-Kalk Nord 3.0 0.0 Gremberg North (Abzw) 5.5 0.0 Gremberg Cologne Steinstr. *) (Abzw) 7.1 0.0 Gremberg South (Abzw) Right Rhine route , SFS , victory route Swell:

The Cologne Freight Bypass Railway is a main railway line in the south of Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia , continuously double-track and electrified .

The railway line runs over the Cologne South Bridge , it connects the left Rhine line , the Cologne South passenger station and the Cologne Eifeltor freight station on the left side of the Rhine with the Sieg line , the high-speed Cologne – Rhine / Main line , the right Rhine line , and the Cologne-Kalk Nord marshalling yards and Gremberg on the right bank of the Rhine.

Offer

The route is mainly used by freight trains so that they do not have to pass through Cologne Central Station.

There is no access point with passenger traffic along the route, but as part of the expansion of the Cologne S-Bahn along the west ring, there are plans to also run it over the south bridge.

Until the expansion of the Cologne Messe / Deutz train station , the bypass line was used by Intercity Express trains from Düsseldorf or Wuppertal to the high-speed route Cologne – Rhine / Main , on the one hand to avoid a change of direction in Cologne Central Station , on the other hand to avoid the overloaded and in sections Hohenzollern Bridge, which can only be driven at 30 km / h, does not have to pass twice.

At the moment, apart from individual ICE and EuroNight trains, the bypass line for passenger traffic is only used on an unscheduled basis, for example in the event of disruptions or construction work on the actual route. Regardless of this, the route is not assigned to a course book route , in the internal book timetable of Deutsche Bahn AG it can be found under number 339.

See also

• List of railway lines in Germany
• Freight bypass

Web links

NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost:

• Description of route 2641 : Cologne Süd Abzw ↔ Cologne-Kalk Nord Ksf
• Description of route 2642 : Cologne South ↔ Cologne Bonntor
• Description of route 2643 : Cologne Eifeltor ↔ Cologne Bonntor Bnf
• Description of route 2644 : Cologne Eifeltor Enf → Cologne Bonntor ↔ Cologne harbor
• Description of route 2656 : Cologne Südbrücke Abzw ↔ Gremberg Nord Abzw
• Description of route 2666 : Gremberg Nord Abzw ↔ Gremberg Süd Abzw

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DB Netze - Infrastructure Register
2. ↑ Railway Atlas Germany . 9th edition. Schweers + Wall, Aachen 2014, ISBN 978-3-89494-145-1 .