The Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway was built from 1838 to 1841 by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company (Düsseldorf-Elberfelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, DEE), which had been established for this purpose. It was taken over by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) in 1857 and a continuous second track was built by 1865.[2]
Realignment of lines in Düsseldorfedit
Realignment of the lines, former BME line in red, new combined lines in green
The biggest challenge in the construction of the line was dealing with the climb between Erkrath and Hochdahl. The line has a gradient of 3.33% and rises 82 m in about 2.5 km. For more than one hundred years, this was the steepest main line in Europe. For many years trains had to be hauled by cable, originally driven by a stationary steam engine. A few months later haulage by cable attached to a stationary steam engine was changed to haulage by cable attached via pulleys to a locomotive running downhill on an additional track. With the duplication of the remainder of the line in 1865, the steep section of line became three-track, until the electrification of the line in 1963. The third track was rebuilt in 1985, as part of the additional third track built for the planned S-Bahn line. In 1926, cable haulage on the incline was replaced by bank engines.
Current situationedit
Gruiten station, with the Solingen line to the left, the two line S-Bahn station to the right and the single-line long distance in front and further right.
Between Gruiten junction and the Düsseldorf-Gerresheim station the long distance line is only single track. Regional Express lines RE 4 Wupper-Express and RE 13 Maas-Wupper-Express run on this line, stopping only at Düsseldorf, Vohwinkel and Wuppertal. S-Bahn line S 8 services runs on the parallel two-track S-Bahn line.
Referencesedit
^Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. pp. 140–142. ISBN978-3-89494-149-9.
^. NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Dusseldorf Elberfeld railway news newspapers books scholar JSTOR September 2017 Learn how and when to remove this message The Dusseldorf Elberfeld railway is a 27 km long main line railway in Germany originally built by the Dusseldorf Elberfeld Railway Company connecting Dusseldorf and Elberfeld now Wuppertal via Erkrath Hochdahl and Vohwinkel It is served by Regional Express Regionalbahn and S Bahn trains Dusseldorf ElberfeldOverviewLine number2550 Long distance 2525 S Bahn LocaleNorth Rhine WestphaliaServiceRoute number455 485 Long distance 450 8 450 9 450 11 S Bahn TechnicalLine length27 km 17 mi Number of tracks2 Wuppertal Gruiten junctionDusseldorf Gerresheim Dusseldorf S Bahn station Track gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeElectrification15 kV 16 7 HzOperating speed130 km h max Maximum incline3 3Route mapLegend from Hagen S8 S9 115 4 38 1 Wuppertal Hbf formerly Elberfeld terminus of S28 114 6 37 4 Wuppertal Steinbeck 36 9 Wuppertal Steinbeck goods yard former Burgholz Railway to Cronenberg 111 9 34 6 Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten Sonnborn railway bridge Wupper Wuppertal Schwebebahn 111 1 33 8 Wuppertal northern railway grade separated crossing 109 1 31 9 Wuppertal Vohwinkel triangular S Bahn line to Essen S9 and Dusseldorf via Mettmann S28 former Corkscrew Railway to Solingen 106 1 00 0 Linden junction 104 2 26 9 Gruiten to Solingen 103 7 26 4 Gruiten junction 101 0 23 7 Hochdahl Millrath 23 0 Hochdahl siding 99 6 22 3 Hochdahl junction 99 3 22 2 Hochdahl Hildener Strasse LC Erkrath Hochdahl steep grade 96 5 19 2 Erkrath S Bahn line from Wuppertal via Mettmann S28 93 8 16 6 Dusseldorf Gerresheim formerly Gerresheim BME alignment from Mettmann until 1891 former southern route until 1891 Hardt junction Dusseldorf Eller freight line 90 7 00 0 Fortuna junction Connecting line from D Grafenberg Oberbilk BME junction former route until 1891 see below 90 0 00 0 Dora junction 12 6 Dusseldorf Flingern Freight bypass route of the CME main line from Duisburg S Bahn line from Duisburg S1 S11 Suburban line from Dusseldorf Airport former Freight bypass low level 88 4 11 1 Dusseldorf Hbf former route until 1891 see below main line to Cologne S Bahn line to Cologne S1 S6 Suburban line to Dusseldorf Reisholz Line to Neuss S8 S28 Former alignment in Dusseldorf until 1891 Line from Wuppertal see above 93 0 Route since 1891 to the north Hardt junction Dusseldorf Eller freight line Industrial sidings former route of the Ruhr Valley Railway 90 0 Oberbilk BME junction Freight bypass Route of the CME former route from Lierenfeld CME junction Dusseldorf Hbf Dusseldorf CME 87 0 Dusseldorf DEE Graf Adolf Platz Dusseldorf Rheinknie Dusseldorf harbour 1 This diagram viewtalkedit Contents 1 History 1 1 Realignment of lines in Dusseldorf 2 Erkrath Hochdahl incline 3 Current situation 4 ReferencesHistory editThe Dusseldorf Elberfeld railway was built from 1838 to 1841 by the Dusseldorf Elberfeld Railway Company Dusseldorf Elberfelder Eisenbahn Gesellschaft DEE which had been established for this purpose It was taken over by the Bergisch Markische Railway Company Bergisch Markische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft BME in 1857 and a continuous second track was built by 1865 2 Realignment of lines in Dusseldorf edit nbsp Realignment of the lines former BME line in red new combined lines in green The Dusseldorf Central Station opened on 1 October 1891 replaced the three stations of the recently nationalised formerly nominally private railway companies The new line from the Dusseldorf station ran north along the existing route of the trunk line of the Cologne Minden Railway Company to Wehrhahn CME junction It then swung east and followed the Dusseldorf Derendorf Dortmund Sud line of the Rhenish Railway Company East of the intersection with the Troisdorf Mulheim Speldorf freight line it rejoined it original route The Dusseldorf Valley Railway separates at the same place and runs to the northeast Erkrath Hochdahl incline edit nbsp Beginning of the climb in Erkrath station The biggest challenge in the construction of the line was dealing with the climb between Erkrath and Hochdahl The line has a gradient of 3 33 and rises 82 m in about 2 5 km For more than one hundred years this was the steepest main line in Europe For many years trains had to be hauled by cable originally driven by a stationary steam engine A few months later haulage by cable attached to a stationary steam engine was changed to haulage by cable attached via pulleys to a locomotive running downhill on an additional track With the duplication of the remainder of the line in 1865 the steep section of line became three track until the electrification of the line in 1963 The third track was rebuilt in 1985 as part of the additional third track built for the planned S Bahn line In 1926 cable haulage on the incline was replaced by bank engines Current situation edit nbsp Gruiten station with the Solingen line to the left the two line S Bahn station to the right and the single line long distance in front and further right Between Gruiten junction and the Dusseldorf Gerresheim station the long distance line is only single track Regional Express lines RE 4 Wupper Express and RE 13 Maas Wupper Express run on this line stopping only at Dusseldorf Vohwinkel and Wuppertal S Bahn line S 8 services runs on the parallel two track S Bahn line References edit Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland German railway atlas in German Updated ed Cologne Schweers Wall 2020 pp 140 142 ISBN 978 3 89494 149 9 Line 2550 Aachen Kassel NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Archived from the original on 24 October 2012 Retrieved 30 October 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dusseldorf Elberfeld railway amp oldid 933677629, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
