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| Other name | Eifel Railway |
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| Native name | Eifelstrecke |
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| Line number | 2631 |
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| Locale | Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
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| Route number | 474 |
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| Line length | 163.5 km (101.6 mi) |
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| Number of tracks |
- 2: Hürth-Kalscheuren – Kall
- 2: Nettersheim – Blankenheim (Wald)
- 2: Schmidtheim – Lissendorf
- 2: Bewingen – Gerolstein
- 2: Birresborn – Densborn
- 2: Kordel – Trier
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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Cologne
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0.6
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Hürth-Kalscheuren
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60 m
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former connecting line
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| Vorgebirg Railway Köln ↔ Bonn | | (Stadtbahn line 18) |
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5.2
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Kierberg
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95 m
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Mödrath-Liblar-Brühl Railway
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11.4
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Erftstadt (Liblar until 1990)
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130 m
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former Euskirchen District Railway
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15.2
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Bliesheim
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17.7
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Weilerswist industrial line
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18.3
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Weilerswist (former station)
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122 m
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23.8
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Derkum
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25.8
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Großbüllesheim
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27.6
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Kleinbüllesheim (Bk)
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Erft Valley Railway from Bad Münstereifel
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30.1
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Euskirchen
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32.5
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Becker (siding)
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32.6
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Euenheim (junction)
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33.9
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Wißkirchen (Bk)
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37.5
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Satzvey
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former Euskirchen District Railway
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40.5
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Katzvey (Bk)
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44.2
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Mechernich
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300 m
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47.0
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Mechernich Mülldeponie (junction)
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47.2
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Strempt (Bk)
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47.4
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Mechernich West (junction)
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49.7
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Scheven
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51.1
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Kall Tunnel (472 m)
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53.3
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Kall
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377 m
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55.0
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Sötenich (Bk)
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55.2
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Kalkwerke Sötenich (junction)
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57.5
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Urft (Steinfeld)
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59.4
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Gronrechtsmühle (Bk)
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62.8
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Nettersheim
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452 m
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66.4
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Marmagen (Bk)
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69.4
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Blankenheim (Wald)
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495 m
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former line to Ahrdorf
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73.9
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Schmidtheim
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550 m
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77.4
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Dahlem (Eifel)
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78.0
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Dahlem (Eifel) RWE (siding)
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Glaadt junction
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former Cross Venn Railway to/from Weywertz
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82.4
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Jünkerath
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86.4
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Lissendorf (crossover)
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91.4
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Oberbettingen-Hillesheim
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96.2
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Bewingen
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former line from Hillesheim
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101.4
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Gerolstein
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West Eifel Railway to Prüm
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106.4
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Gerolstein Basalt (siding)
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108.4
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Birresborn
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112.4
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Mürlenbach
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115.4
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Densborn
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117.4
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Usch/Zendscheid
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121.4
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St. Thomas
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124.4
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Dechen Tunnel (181 m)
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125.4
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Kyllburg
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125.7
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Kyllburg Tunnel (218 m)
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Wilseck Tunnel (1268 m)
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131.4
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Bitburg-Erdorf
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Nims-Sauer Valley Railway to Bitburg
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133.3
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Metterich Tunnel (426 m)
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135.4
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Hüttingen
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139.2
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Philippsheim
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140.1
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Philippsheim Tunnel (268 m)
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140.9
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Friedrich-Wilhelm Tunnel (333 m)
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142.4
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Speicher
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142.7
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Loskyller Tunnel (294 m)
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143.9
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Heinzkyller Tunnel (201 m)
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145.4
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Auw an der Kyll
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148.9
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Ittel (Kyll)
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149.1
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Kyll Tunnel (138 m)
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152.2
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Daufenbach
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157.5
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Kordel
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159.7
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Burg Ramstein
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160.8
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Kuckuckslay Tunnel (450 m)
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163.5
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Ehrang (passenger station until 2025)
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Trier Hafenstraße
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Ehrang freight yard
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Biewer (junction)
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| Source: German railway atlas
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The Hürth-Kalscheuren–Ehrang railway (also known in German as the Eifelstrecke—Eifel Railway) is a non-electrified line in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate running from Hürth-Kalscheuren via Euskirchen and Gerolstein to Trier-Ehrang through the Eifel hills.
The line is predominantly duplicated north of Densborn. Today it is only served by trains running as far as Köln Messe/Deutz station or Trier Hauptbahnhof.