List of disused railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia
The list of disused railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia includes railway lines or sections of lines in North Rhine-Westphalia on which passenger traffic has ceased or which have been shut down for all passenger and freight traffic . Lines operated in passenger traffic on which freight traffic has ceased are not listed. Also not listed are routes on which passenger traffic was temporarily (even for longer periods) switched to rail replacement traffic, which was then used again by passenger trains.
Settings of passenger train traffic
- The following lists show the official setting dates for passenger traffic.
Year unknown
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year unknown | Düsseldorf-Rath - Düsseldorf-Eller |
1880s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | Osterfeld North - Oberhausen West - Duisburg |
1900s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Silschede - Hasp | Schlebusch-Harkorter coal railway | Reopening in 1905 | |
| 1908 | Sep 30 | Homberg - Moers | Homberg – Moers railway line |
1910s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 (before) | Bochum North - Wiemelhausen - Weitmar | |||
| 1914 | Brochterbeck - Saerbeck harbor | |||
| 1915 | Oct. 20 | Iserlohn - Iserlohn Town Hall | Iserlohner Kreisbahn |
1920s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Niederhemer - Höcklingsen | Iserlohner Kreisbahn | ||
| 1921 | Einsal - Helbecke | Iserlohner Kreisbahn | ||
| 1921 | Tannenhof - Halbach | tram | ||
| 1922 | Bielefeld Klbf - Eckendorf | Bielefeld district orbits | ||
| 1922 | Minden - Bückeburg | Bad Eilsener Kleinbahn | ||
| 1923 | Heiligenhaus - Hösel | Kleinbahn Heiligenhaus – Hösel | ||
| 1923 | Müngsten - Solingen Krahenhöhe | tram | ||
| 1925 (before) | Altenessen - Essen North (Rhine. Bf) | |||
| 1925 (before) | Spyck - parents | Spyck wave route | ||
| 1925 | Bocholt - Aalten - Lichtenvoorde | Lichtenvoorde – Bocholt | ||
| 1925 | Remscheid - Remscheid-Hasten | |||
| 1925 | Unna-Königsborn - Came | Fröndenberg – Kamen |
1930s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 | Nachrodt - Einsal | Iserlohner Kreisbahn | ||
| 1930 | Remscheid dam - Tyrol | from 1900 tram | ||
| 1932 | Kempen - Straelen - Kevelaer | Geldern circular orbit | ||
| 1934 (before) | Hochfeld Süd - Speldorf | |||
| 1934 (before) | Sterkrade - Neumühl (Duisburg) - Ruhrort KME | |||
| 1934 | May 15 | Emmerich am Rhein - Doetinchem - Zutphen | Tram from Zutphen to Emmerich | again passenger traffic November 4, 1940-1945 |
| 1935 | May 15 | Isselburg - Anholt - Terborg | Tram Arnhem - Doetinchem - Isselburg-Anholt | tram |
| 1930 | Sep 11 | Tütebelle - Pleuger | Iserlohner Kreisbahn | |
| 1936 | Jan. 1 | Gronau - Glane - Oldenzaal | ||
| 1937 | Nov 25 | Kirchlengern - Wallücke | Wallückebahn | Passenger traffic, total traffic |
| 1938 | Clarenbach - Müngsten | from 1903 tram | ||
| 1939 (before) | Enerke slag dump - Steveling | Schlebusch-Harkorter coal railway | ||
| 1939 | Burlo - Winterswijk | Winterswijk-Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck |
1940s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Vohwinkel - Solingen Forest - Solingen Hbf | Solingen-Wuppertal-Vohwinkel | ||
| 1944 | Würdinghausen - Birkelbach | Altenhundem – Birkelbach | ||
| 1945 | Essen-Borbeck - Mülheim - Heißen | |||
| 1945 | Osterfeld North - Frintrop - Dellwig East | |||
| 1945 | Steele South - Dahlhausen | |||
| 1945 | Trumpet - Homberg | |||
| 1945 | Walsum - Wesel |
Oberhausen – Wesel (Walsumbahn) |
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| 1949 | May 15 | Goch - Hassum | Boxteler Bahn | |
| 1949 | 8 Sep | Engelskirchen - Marienheide |
Engelskirchen – Marienheide (Leppetalbahn) |
|
| 1949 | Niep - Moers | Krefeld Railway Company | ||
| 1949 | Oedt - Süchtelnvorst - Süchteln - Viersen | Krefeld Railway Company | ||
| 1949 | Dec | Schalksmühle - Halver |
Halver – Schalksmühle District Altenaer Eisenbahn (Hälvertalbahn) |
passenger traffic |
1950s
1960s
1970s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 27 Sep | Neubeckum - Ennigerloh | Neubeckum – Warendorf | |
| 1971 | 23. May | Hattingen - Wengern East | Ruhr Valley Railway | |
| 1971 | 23. May | Jülich North - Puffendorf | Jülich circular path | |
| 1971 | 6 Dec | Mülheim an der Ruhr city - Duisburg-Wedau | ||
| 1972 | 31 Aug | Cologne-Mülheim Klbf - Leverkusen | ||
| 1972 | Copper rotation - Pörtingsiepen | Hesper Valley Railway | ||
| 1972 | 28th of May | Horrem - Kerpen | ||
| 1973 | Sep 30 | Minden Oberstadt - Petershagen - Uchte | Mindener Kreisbahnen | |
| 1974 | May 26 | Coesfeld - Borken - Bocholt - Isselburg - Anholt |
Empel-Rees-Münster (Baumberbahn) |
|
| 1974 | 29 Sep | Minden - Hille | Mindener Kreisbahnen | today museum traffic |
| 1974 | May 26 | Wanne-Eickel - Bottrop South - Osterfeld South | ||
| 1975 | 27 Sep | Borken - Stadtlohn - Ahaus | Borken – Burgsteinfurt | |
| 1975 | Büren - Brilon Forest |
Paderborn – Brilon (Almetalbahn) |
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| 1975 | 27 Sep | Warstein - Belecke - Lippstadt - Neubeckum - Münster | Münster – Warstein | |
| 1976 | 30th May | Krebsöge - Radevormwald | ||
| 1977 | May 22 | Gütersloh North - Laer | Ibbenbüren – Hövelhof | today museum traffic |
| 1977 | Dec. 21 | Neheim-Hüsten - Sundern |
Neheim-Hüsten – Sundern (Röhrtalbahn) |
|
| 1978 | Oct 31 | Gütersloh North - Verl - Hövelhof | Ibbenbüren – Hövelhof | today goods and museum transport |
| 1978 | 11 Aug | Cologne Ubierring - Cologne Hohenzollern Bridge | City route of the KBE-Rheinuferbahn | |
| 1979 | Nov 30 | Langendreer - Witten Ost - Löttringhausen |
Dortmund-Löttringhausen-Bochum-Langendreer (Rhenish donkey) |
|
| 1979 | Nov 30 | Gevelsberg West - Witten -Höhe | Witten – Schwelm | |
| 1979 | Nov 30 | Hattingen - Schee - Wichlinghausen - Wuppertal-Oberbarmen | Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen-Hattingen | |
| 1979 | Nov 30 | Wichlinghausen - Wuppertal-Oberbarmen - Krebsöge | ||
| 1979 | Nov 30 | Rheda - Lippstadt | ||
| 1979 | 29 Dec | Olpe - Dieringhausen | Aggertalbahn |
1980s
1990s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Hilgen - Opladen | |||
| 1991 | Kleve - Kranenburg - Nijmegen | Left Lower Rhine route | ||
| 1991 | Mettmann - Wuppertal-Varresbeck - Wuppertal-Loh - Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen | |||
| 1991 | Wuppertal-Vohwinkel - Wuppertal-Varresbeck | |||
| 1995 | Mülheim-Styrum - Duisburg-Meiderich Süd |
Shutdowns
- In the following lists all line closures according to § 11 General Railway Act are listed. Starting from January 1, 1994, the list contains data according to the official publications of the Federal Railway Authority .
1910s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | Jan. 1 | Spyck - Wave | Spyck wave route | |
| 1919 | Jan. 1 | Bonn - Oberkassel | Bonn – Oberkassel route | Operations ceased on August 1, 1914 |
| 1919 | Jan. 1 | Ruhrort - Homberg | Ruhrort – Homberg route |
1920s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Remscheid Hbf - Remscheid- Hasten | Lennep-Hasten | passenger traffic | |
| 1926 | Perm tunnel - Wulffskotten | Perm Railway as an ore railway (passenger and freight transport) | ||
| 1926 | 31 Aug | Elten - wave | Spyck wave route |
1930s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | July | Kempen - Straelen - Kevelaer | Geldern circular orbit | |
| 1936 | Oct. 3 | Straelen - Venlo | Haltern – Venlo | Part of the Hamburg-Venloer Bahn |
1940s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Wuppertal-Vohwinkel - Solingen Hbf |
Solingen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel (corkscrew railway) |
passenger traffic | |
| 1945 | Altenhundem – Birkelbach | Altenhundem – Birkelbach | ||
| 1947 | Feb 17 | Hassum - Dutch border near Gennep | Boxteler Bahn | Contractual regulation on June 26, 1951 |
| 1947 | Feb 17 | Uedem - Büderich | Boxteler Bahn | Rhine bridge Wesel |
| 1949 | Velpe (Westf) - Leeden | Perm Railway as a bypass route |
1950s
1960s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Bergisch Gladbach - Rösrath | Cologne-Mülheim-Lindlar | ||
| 1961 | 28th of May | Altena - Lüdenscheid |
Altena-Lüdenscheid (Altenaer Eisenbahn district) (Rahmedetalbahn) |
passenger traffic |
| 1962 | Lohmar - Overath |
Siegburg – Olpe (Aggertalbahn) |
||
| 1962 | 4th Mar | Hamm - Rhynern West |
Hamm – Werl – Ostönnen (AG Ruhr-Lippe-Eisenbahnen) |
|
| 1962 | 29 Apr | Exter - Vlotho | Herford small train | |
| 1962 | Nov 4 | Herford Kleinbahnhof - Exter | Herford small train | |
| 1964 | Hangelar– Großenbusch | Kleinbahn Beuel – Großenbusch | ||
| 1965 | Mülheim-Heißen - Essen-Altendorf | (Mülheim-) Heißen- (Essen-) Altendorf | passenger traffic | |
| 1966 | April 24 | Spenge - Herford small train station | Herford small train | |
| 1966 | Rösrath - Lindlar | Cologne-Mülheim-Lindlar | ||
| 1966 | Nov 1 | Goch - Uedem | Boxteler Bahn | Passenger traffic ceased on May 26, 1963 |
| 1966 | 31 Dec | Wesel - Rees - Emmerich am Rhein | Small train Wesel – Rees – Emmerich | |
| 1967 | 1st Mar | Goch - Hassum | Boxteler Bahn | Passenger traffic ceased on May 15, 1949 |
| 1968 | 25. May | Weidenau – Netphen –wertebach | Kleinbahn Weidenau – Deuz | Freight traffic, partially dismantled |
1970s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Oct. 1 | Hille - Lübbecke |
Minden – Lübbecke (Mindener Kreisbahnen) |
|
| 1976 | 30th May | Radevormwald - Crabs |
Krebsöge stop (Wuppertalbahn) |
1980s
last train in Ratheim station
1990s
| year |
date |
Route between the stations |
Part of the overall connection |
annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 31 Dec | Remscheid Hbf - Remscheid- Hasten | Lennep-Hasten | Total traffic, dismantled to cycle and hiking trails |
| 1991 | 31. May | Remscheid-Lennep - Opladen |
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen-Opladen Balkan Express |
1910 two-track expanded, 1958 dismantled single-track; Total traffic |
| 1992 | 30th May | Winterberg - Hallenberg | Nuttlar – Frankenberg | Dismantled in 1994 |
| 1992 | Richterich - Richterich border (- Simpelveld ) | Aachen – Maastricht | ||
| 1993 | Siegburg Siegwerk - Lohmar |
Siegburg – Olpe (Aggertalbahn) |
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| 1994 | Dec 28 | Altenhundem – Wenholthausen | Altenhundem – Wenholthausen | Freight transport |
| 1995 | Solingen Central Station - Solingen Forest |
Solingen – Wuppertal-Vohwinkel (corkscrew railway) |
Freight transport | |
| 1996 | 2th of June | Bedburg - Düren | Düren-Neuss | Passenger until May 27, 1995 freight and 31 December 1995 completely degraded stretch and on the face of open pit Hambachs dredged |
| 1997 | Dieringhausen - Olpe |
Siegburg – Olpe (Aggertalbahn) |
Freight traffic, thus total traffic | |
| 1997 | Gelsenkirchen North Star Park | Federal Garden Show | Panoramabahn | |
| 1998 | May 7th | Dülken - Waldniel | Dülken – Brüggen | Freight traffic, passenger traffic until 1966 |
See also
- ↑ a b see Mülheim-Heißen-Oberhausen-Osterfeld railway line
- ↑ see railway line Mülheim-Heißen-Altendorf (Ruhr)
Web links
Commons : Disused railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia - collection of images, videos and audio files
Lists of disused railway lines in Germany