Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway

This article deals with the Emscher Valley Railway of the Cologne-Minden Railway Company, for other lines on this route see Dortmund–Duisburg railway (disambiguation).
Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund
Overview
Other nameCologne-Minden Emscher Valley Railway
Native nameKöln-Mindener Emschertalbahn
Line number
  • 2206 (Duisburg-Ruhrort–Gelsenkirchen-Bickern)
  • 2260 (Duisburg-Neumühl–Grafenbusch)
  • 2205 (Gelsenkirchen-Bickern–Wanne-Eickel)
  • 2208 (Wanne-Eickel–Herne)
  • (Herne–Castrop-Rauxel Süd)
  • 2210 (Castrop-Rauxel Süd–Dortmund)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 447 (Duisburg-Ruhrort)
  • 423 (Grafenbusch–Bottrop)
  • 426 (Gelsenkirchen-Bickern–Dortmund)
Technical
Line length61 km (38 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Route map
Trunk line from Hamm
Trunk line from Lünen
23.0
 Dortmund Hbf
Line to Soest and to Ardey Railway to Iserlohn
S-Bahn line to Witten S5
Line to DO-Dorstfeld (low) S1 and (high) S2
Trunk line to Bochum and Witten
20.6
 Dortmund Werkstätte
Trunk line to Dortmund-Mengede
Former line from Dortmund freight yard
19.0
 Dortmund-Huckarde Nord
Former line to Dortmund-Huckarde Süd
Herne–Dortmund-Dorstfeld line S2
Former line from Buschstraße junction
17.8
 Dortmund-Rahm (crossover)
(former junction)
17.4
 Dortmund-Rahm
15.4
 Dortmund-Marten
12.x
 Westricher Straße LC
12.7
 Dortmund-Lütgendortmund Nord
planned S-Bahn line from Dortmund-Dorstfeld
11.0
 Merklinder Straße LC
10.8
 Dortmund-Bövinghausen
9.9
 Hellweg LC
9.8
 Castrop-Rauxel-Merklinde
8.4
 Cottenburgstraße LC
7.5
 Dortmunder Straße LC
7.0
 Münster Straße LC
7.0
 Castrop-Rauxel Süd
(since 1955)
former Erin colliery siding
5.3
 Castrop-Rauxel Süd
(old)
5.3
 Castrop-Rauxel Süd
(crossover, former junction)
3.3
 Herne-Börnig
100.8 2.4
 Herne Hot
Trunk line from Dortmund S2
100.0
Herne freight yard
98.4 0.0
 Herne
(formerly Herne CME)
Line to Recklinghausen S2
Connecting line from Herne-Rottbruch
A 43
Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Bochum line
Connecting line from Herne-Rottbruch
Line from Recklinghausen
94.5
0.0
 Wanne-Eickel Hbf
Former line to Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck (until 1988)
1.5
Wanne-Eickel Wst
several former lines
Trunk line to Gelsenkirchen S2
Line to Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck
2.4
Gelsenkirchen-Bickern
(km change, formerly junction)
2.5
Bickern (Junction, old)
2.5
Erdbrüggenstraße LC
3.2
Hüllerstraße LC
4.3
Bismarckstraße
(Bk)
4.3
Bismarckstraße LC
4.5
Hüttweg LC
5.7
Gelsenkirchen-Schalke
(old, formerly Schalke CME)
6.4
Gelsenkirchen-Schalke
6.8
A 42
Former Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck–Essen Hbf line
7.1
Nordstern
(junction)
7.9
Nordstern
(Bk)
8.6
Nordstern
(junction, old)
Rhine-Herne Canal, Emscher
9.7
Gelsenkirchen-Horst Süd
11.4
Essen-Karnap
(old)
12.2
Essen-Karnap
(siding)
13.0
Bottrop Süd depot
15.7
Bottrop Süd
(formerly Bottrop CME)
Line to Gersched junction
Bottrop freight yard–Gerschede junction line
Line from Bottrop freight yard
Line from Essen-Horl
Bottrop Hbf–Essen-Dellwig Ost line
 Bottrop Westf sand mine (siding)
17.4
Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd Swo
Bottrop-Vonderort
18.5
Hochstraße
(crossover)
former line to Sterkrade KWE
20.3 0.0
 Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd
(formerly Osterfeld CME)
Oberhausen-Osterfeld Nord–Oberhausen West line
20.9
Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd Ost
Line to Oberhausen West
Trunk line from Wesel
23.9
Oberhausen-Sterkrade
(formerly Sterkrade CME)
22.1 1.7
 Grafenbusch
(junction) line to Oberhausen Hbf
Trunk line to Oberhausen Hbf
Emscher
4.0
 Oberhausen Stadt
(siding)
26.4
Oberhausen-Buschhausen
line to Wesel
26.5 4.3
 Hindenburg
(junction)
A 3
4.7
 Zielkowski
(siding)
5.1
 Kübel
(siding)
5.4
 König-Brauerei
(brewery, siding)
Former connecting line from Duisburg-Hamborn
(grade-separated junction)
28.7 6.5
 Duisburg-Neumühl
(recently a siding)
30.4
Duisburg-Meiderich Nord
(recently a siding)
Former line to Beeck
Hohenbudberg–Beeck–Duisburg-Meiderich Süd line
Line from Duisburg-Meiderich Süd
32.7
Duisburg-Ruhrort Hafen (port) old
Former line to Duisburg-Ruhrort port
34.2
Duisburg-Ruhrort
Former Ruhrort-Homberg train ferry
Former line to Mönchengladbach
Source: German railway atlas

The Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway (also called the Cologne-Minden Emscher Valley Railway) was built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) in the area to the north of its original Ruhr line to improve connections to mines and factories in the northern Ruhr region, which is now in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The track at the time of the Deutsche Reichsbahn mostly consisted of at least two tracks; now two-track, single track and completely dismantled sections alternate. The section from Oberhausen-Sterkrade to Herne was electrified between 1963 and 1975.

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