The Osterath–Dortmund-Süd railway is a historically significant line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Parts of it are closed, much of it is now used for freight only, but several sections are still used for Regional-Express, Regionalbahn or Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn services.
The Rhenish Railway concentrated for a long time left on the territories next to the Rhine, leaving the Ruhr area with its coal mines and emerging industries to be opened up by the Cologne-Minden and the Bergisch-Märkische railway companies. The RhE wanted to penetrate this lucrative market and began building the Rurh line from its Osterath station on its Lower Left Rhine line.
Between the port of Mülheim and Essen's Graf Beust colliery, the line used the route of a horse-hauled railway operated by the colliery from 1853 to 1865.[2]
Little passenger traffic developed on the line due to the parallel railway of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company. Passenger services were abandoned on the section between Mülheim-Heißen and Essen-Kray-Nord in 1959, between Essen-Kray Nord and Bochum Präsident in 1965 and between Bochum Präsident and Bochum-Langendreer in 1979.
Until 30 May 1986, accumulator railcars of class 515 ran between Duisburg-Rheinhausen and Hohenbudberg Siedlung. Then the Rhenish line from Krefeld-Linn to the former Hohenbudberg marshalling yard was completely dismantled along with the yard. Instead, the line now uses the parallel route of the Ruhrort-Crefeld District Gladbach Railway Company (Ruhrort–Crefeld−Kreis Gladbach Eisenbahngesellschaft).
The section of the Rhenish line from Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd to Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof was closed down in several stages and where it is still open it is used mainly for freight operations. As part of the merger that created the University of Duisburg-Essen there were brief but inconclusive discussions on creating a direct transport link on the route from Duisburg-Neudorf via Speldorf, Mülheim Hauptbahnhof and Heißen to Essen Nord, connecting the two campuses. Meanwhile, the overall line between Speldorf and Mülheim Hauptbahnhof was dismantled.
In Essen, the line has been interrupted several times, the bridges over Segeroth-Strasse and Hans-Böckler-Strasse were demolished and the new Berthold-Beitz-Boulevard was built on the line’s embankment. The Essen-Nord station and its two signal boxes have been decommissioned and demolished and in its place the new university district has been built. The main line from Essen-Nord to Essen-Kray Nord has been closed along with Essen-Nord station and signals have been removed from the station platforms at Essen-Kray Nord station.[3] Essen-Kray Nord and the Goldschmidt plant can still be accessed via Essen-Nord.
The Rhenish line east of Essen-Kray station running towards Bochum has also been demolished. Thus the railway bridge of the Rhenish line over the A40 in Bochum-Stahlhausen has already been removed during the upgrading of the autobahn.
"Line 2312: Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd ↔ Duisburg Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
"Line 2326: Duisburg Hbf ↔ Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd Vorbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
"Line 2181: Mülheim-Heißen ↔ Essen West". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
"Line 2168: Essen-Kray Nord ↔ Gelsenkirchen RhE". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (new):
"Line 2213: Dortmund-Lütgendortmund ↔ Dortmund-Dorstfeld". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
Other sites:
"Photographs of operations at Gelsenkirchen-Wattenscheid" (in German). Retrieved 18 October 2011.
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This article deals with the Ruhr line of the Rhenish Railway Company for other lines on this route see Dortmund Duisburg railway disambiguation The Osterath Dortmund Sud railway is a historically significant line in the German state of North Rhine Westphalia Parts of it are closed much of it is now used for freight only but several sections are still used for Regional Express Regionalbahn or Rhine Ruhr S Bahn services Osterath Dortmund Sud railwayNetwork of the former Rhenish Railway CompanyOverviewLine number2610 Osterath Lohbruch 2504 Lohbruch DU Rheinhausen 2505 DU Rheinhausen BO Nord 2151 BO Nord DO Dorstfeld 2126 DO Dorstfeld DO Sud Connecting lines 2312 DU Hochfeld Sud DU Hbf 2326 DU Hbf DU Hochfeld Sud Vorbf LocaleNorth Rhine Westphalia GermanyServiceRoute number425 KR Oppum DU Hbf 450 4 DO Luttgendortmund DO Sud TechnicalLine length76 km 47 mi Track gauge1 435 mm 4 ft 8 1 2 in standard gaugeOperating speed120 km h 74 6 mph or 80 km h 49 7 mph Route mapLegendLine from Unna Konigsborn S4Former line from Dortmund OstFormer Wuppertal Northern Railway 69 5 Dortmund Sud former Dortmund RhE KWE 69 1 Dortmund Stadthaus67 9 Dortmund Mollerbrucke66 9 Dortmund West interchange station planned Line from Dortmund S2Line from Dortmunderfeld9 0 66 1 Dortmund Dorstfeld interchange station high level Line to Dortmund Mengede S27 7 00 0 Dortmund Dorstfeld West junctionLine from Dortmund Huckarde64 6 Dortmund Dorstfeld freight yard63 3 Dortmund Lutgendortmund Flm junctionLong distance line from Dortmund Hbf6 2 Dortmund Marten Sud62 4 Lutgendortmund junction4 2 Dortmund Germania61 4 Dortmund Lutgendortmund freight yard3 9 61 Dortmund Lutgendortmund old 3 3 Dortmund Somborn crossover single track from here 3 3 Dortmund SombornLutgendortmund Tunnel 1236m 1 8 Dortmund Lutgendortmund S4 new planned Line from Dortmund0 0 Dortmund BovinghausenLine to HerneLine from Dortmund Dorstfeld low S1Line to WittenFormer line from Dortmund LottringhausenLine from Witten57 0 Bochum Langendreer southern partBochum Langendreer S BahnBochum Langendreer LpfBochum Langendreer West57 2 Bochum Langendreer LgfLine to Bochum Laer55 6 Bochum Langendreer western partLine to Bochum Hbf S152 2 Prinz von Preussen junctionLong distance line to Bochum HbfConnecting curve to Bochum HbfFormer line from Bochum Weitmar50 5 Bochum Nord formerly Bochum RhE 49 2 Bochum PrasidentLine to Herne RottbruchHerne Rottbruch Bochum line48 7 Bochum Prasident freight yardThyssenKrupp steel strip mill siding46 5 Centrumstrasse LC45 3 Blucherstrasse LC44 9 Bochum IKEA sidingFormer line from Wanne Eickel Hbf43 1 Gelsenkirchen WattenscheidFormer line to Gelsenkirchen Hbf41 4 Krayer Strasse LC41 4 Essen Kray Nord RWE sidingFormer line from Wanne Eickel HbfLine from Gelsenkirchen Hbf S239 1 Essen Kray Nord36 3 Frillendorf junction last Bk Line to Essen Hbf S2Former Essen Stoppenberg Essen Hbf lineEssen Ost freight yardFormer line from Essen Stoppenberg34 0 Essen Nord depot formerly Essen RhE Former line to Essen Altenessenand Essen Bergeborbeck31 0 Essen Altendorf junction formerly Altendorf station Former line to Essen BorbeckEssen Borbeck Essen West lineFormer line to Essen BorbeckConnecting line from Essen WestTrunk line from Essen West S1Former line from Altendorf Ruhr 28 0 Mulheim Ruhr Heissen depot former station 23 5 Mulheim Ruhr Hbf former Keilbahnhof Trunk line to Duisburg S1Mulheim city viaduct over the RuhrFormer Lower Ruhr Valley RailwayMH Styrum E Kettwig22 0 Mulheim Ruhr MuGa MuGa 1992 Former Lower Ruhr Valley Railwayfrom Essen KettwigConnecting curve from Rhine Ruhr PortSpeldorf Bf LC20 9 Mulheim Ruhr Speldorf18 6 Katzenbruch LCFormer line to Duisburg WedauOberhausen West Duisburg Wedau line above here closed for passenger traffic 16 1 Duisburg Hochfeld Sud HdLine from Duisburg Wedau15 3 Duisburg Hochfeld Sud VorbfLine from Oberhausen West2 8 Duisburg HbfDuisburg Regattabahn branch line from 1870 and 1880 Trunk line to Dusseldorf0 0 14 1 Duisburg Hochfeld Sud junctionDuisburg Hochfeld Sud Hafen13 8 Duisburg Hochfeld SudFreight line to Duisburg Wanheim13 7 Duisburg Hochfeld Railway Bridge Rhine 13 0 Rheinhausen train ferry stationfrom Duisburg Intermodal Terminal11 8 Rheinhausen Ost10 8 Rheinhausen freight yard10 2 10 1 Rheinhausenformer line from Duisburg Meiderich Nordfreight line from TrompetRheinhausen Kleve railway to Trompet former course viaHohenbudberg marshalling yard former link from Rheinhausen Kleve railway7 9 Hohenbudberg Siedlung6 9 Hohenbudberg7 5 00000 Muhlenberg junction 6 5 00000 Krefeld Hohenbudberg Chempark4 7 Krefeld Uerdingen Bf4 3 00000 Krefeld Uerdingen Hp1 7 00 1 6 Krefeld LinnA 57current original Rhenish route to Krefeld0 7 Krefeld BMW siding current Lower Left Rhine Railwayfrom Krefeld0 0 00000 Krefeld Oppum 0 149 2 Lohbruch junction current line to Krefeldoriginal Rhenish route to Krefeld only freight original Lower Left Rhine Railwayfrom Krefeld43 2 Meerbusch OsterathLower Left Rhine Railway to NeussSource German railway atlas 1 Right RhE kilometrage left new S Bahn kilometrage Dortmund Bochum S1 Dortmund Hagen S5The nearly 76 kilometre long line was built in three stages between 1866 and 1874 by the Rhenish Railway Company German Rheinische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft RhE creating a third major east west line through the Ruhr area It was intended to compete effectively with the established and profitable lines of its competitors the Duisburg Dortmund line of the Cologne Minden Railway Company and the Ruhr line of Bergisch Markische Railway Company but it was not successful Contents 1 History 2 Current situation 3 Notes 4 External linksHistory EditThe Rhenish Railway concentrated for a long time left on the territories next to the Rhine leaving the Ruhr area with its coal mines and emerging industries to be opened up by the Cologne Minden and the Bergisch Markische railway companies The RhE wanted to penetrate this lucrative market and began building the Rurh line from its Osterath station on its Lower Left Rhine line Between the port of Mulheim and Essen s Graf Beust colliery the line used the route of a horse hauled railway operated by the colliery from 1853 to 1865 2 Rhenish Railway Company23 August 1866 2610 Osterath Lohbruch1 September 1866 2505 Osterath Essen RhEincluding Rheinhausen Hochfeld train ferry now Kultushafen 1 January 1868 2505 Essen RhE Wattenscheid RhE15 February 1870 2312 Hochfeld Sud Duisburg RhEbranch line beginning of line to Quakenbruck1 June 1872 2168 Essen Kray Nord Gelsenkirchen RhE15 October 1874 2505 Wattenscheid RhE Bochum RhE19 November 1874 2151 Bochum RhE Dortmund Dorstfeld old 19 November 1874 2126 Dortmund Dorstfeld old Dortmund RhERhine Ruhr S Bahn3 July 1984 2213 Dortmund Germania Dortmund Dorstfeld23 May 1993 2213 Dortmund Lutgendortmund Dortmund GermaniaCurrent situation EditLittle passenger traffic developed on the line due to the parallel railway of the Bergisch Markische Railway Company Passenger services were abandoned on the section between Mulheim Heissen and Essen Kray Nord in 1959 between Essen Kray Nord and Bochum Prasident in 1965 and between Bochum Prasident and Bochum Langendreer in 1979 Until 30 May 1986 accumulator railcars of class 515 ran between Duisburg Rheinhausen and Hohenbudberg Siedlung Then the Rhenish line from Krefeld Linn to the former Hohenbudberg marshalling yard was completely dismantled along with the yard Instead the line now uses the parallel route of the Ruhrort Crefeld District Gladbach Railway Company Ruhrort Crefeld Kreis Gladbach Eisenbahngesellschaft Four services operate each hour on the RhE line between Duisburg and Rheinhausen the line from Monchengladbach is served by the Niers Haard Express RE 42 the Rhein Niers Bahn RB 33 and the Emscher Niederrhein Bahn RB 35 services and the Der Niederrheiner RB 31 service connects with the Lower Rhine Railway After crossing over the Rhine on the Duisburg Hochfeld Railway Bridge which was destroyed in the Second World War and then rebuilt all passenger trains leave the main line and continue on the branch line built in 1870 to Duisburg Hauptbahnhof The section of the Rhenish line from Duisburg Hochfeld Sud to Mulheim Ruhr Hauptbahnhof was closed down in several stages and where it is still open it is used mainly for freight operations As part of the merger that created the University of Duisburg Essen there were brief but inconclusive discussions on creating a direct transport link on the route from Duisburg Neudorf via Speldorf Mulheim Hauptbahnhof and Heissen to Essen Nord connecting the two campuses Meanwhile the overall line between Speldorf and Mulheim Hauptbahnhof was dismantled In Essen the line has been interrupted several times the bridges over Segeroth Strasse and Hans Bockler Strasse were demolished and the new Berthold Beitz Boulevard was built on the line s embankment The Essen Nord station and its two signal boxes have been decommissioned and demolished and in its place the new university district has been built The main line from Essen Nord to Essen Kray Nord has been closed along with Essen Nord station and signals have been removed from the station platforms at Essen Kray Nord station 3 Essen Kray Nord and the Goldschmidt plant can still be accessed via Essen Nord The Rhenish line east of Essen Kray station running towards Bochum has also been demolished Thus the railway bridge of the Rhenish line over the A40 in Bochum Stahlhausen has already been removed during the upgrading of the autobahn The easternmost section of the line between Dortmund Dorstfeld high level and Dortmund Sud station has been upgraded for the S Bahn S 4 and extended to Dortmund Lutgendortmund and is served by the S Bahn at 20 minute intervals From Dortmund Sud the S 4 uses the line to Welver of the former Royal Westphalian Railway Company Koniglich Westfalische Eisenbahn KWE to Unna Konigsborn and then the Frondenberg Kamen railway to Unna station The low level of Dortmund Dorstfeld station is connected by S Bahn services from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof line S 1 runs to Essen Hauptbahnhof on the Bergisch Markische line and line S 2 runs to Herne station on the line to Dortmund Mengede Freight train in Gelsenkirchen Wattenscheid in 1993 Bochum Nord station in 1995Notes Edit Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland German railway atlas Schweers Wall 2009 pp 136 40 ISBN 978 3 89494 139 0 Der fruhe Bergbau an der Ruhr in German Michael Tiedt Retrieved 18 October 2011 with maps a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint postscript link Track plan of Essen Nord PDF in German Deutsche Bahn Retrieved 18 October 2011 External links EditNRW rail archive of Andre Joost Original line Line 2610 Osterath Lohbruch junction NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Line 2504 Lohbruch junction Duisburg Rheinhausen NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Line 2505 Duisburg Rheinhausen Bochum Nord NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Line 2151 Bochum Nord Dortmund Dorstfeld NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Line 2126 Dortmund Dorstfeld Dortmund Sud NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Connecting line to the CME trunk line Line 2312 Duisburg Hochfeld Sud Duisburg Hbf NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Line 2326 Duisburg Hbf Duisburg Hochfeld Sud Vorbf NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Line 2181 Mulheim Heissen Essen West NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Line 2168 Essen Kray Nord Gelsenkirchen RhE NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Rhine Ruhr S Bahn new Line 2213 Dortmund Lutgendortmund Dortmund Dorstfeld NRW Rail Archive in German Andre Joost Retrieved 18 October 2011 Other sites Photographs of operations at Gelsenkirchen Wattenscheid in German Retrieved 18 October 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 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