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Hamburg-Venlo Railway in blue |
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| Line number |
- 2002 (Haltern–Büderich)
- 2003 (Büderich–border)
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| Locale | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the Netherlands |
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| Route number | ex 224b/242e |
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| Line length | 90.2 km (56.0 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Operating speed | 50 km/h (31.1 mph) (maximum) |
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0.0
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Haltern am See
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7.4
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Lippramsdorf (siding only before closure)
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9.1
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VEW Dorsten (siding)
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Connecting line to Dorsten (from 1972)
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16.3
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former connecting line from Dorsten RhE
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17.0
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Dorsten CME
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18.2
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Nagel (siding)
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24.0
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Schermbeck
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26.2
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Dr. Müller & Co (siding)
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29.0
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Damm (Lippe)
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32.7
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Drevenack
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37.8
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Obrighoven (Bk)
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38.5
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RWE/Bahngärtnerei (siding)
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39.5
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DAB (siding)
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40.3
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Passavant (siding)
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41.1
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Wesel
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former Wesel-Rees-Emmerich light railway
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Wesel port railway
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45.0
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Rhine Bridge (Bk)
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(7.3) 48.6
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Büderich Ost
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former Boxtel Railway to Goch
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(6.6) 49.3
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Büderich
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(4.5) 51.4
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Menzelen Ost
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(2.6) 53.2
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Menzelen West low level
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(0.0) 00.0
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53.9
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Menzelen West
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57.7
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Bönninghardt
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Issum
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66.0
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Aengenesch
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69.0
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Geldern Ost (formerly Geldern CME)
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former connecting line to Geldern RhE
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former Geldern ↔ Meerbeck line
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former connecting line from Geldern RhE
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73.4
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Pont
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79.0
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Straelen
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former Geldern District Railway
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84.9
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89.3
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Venlo Oostsingel (former Venlo CME)
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90.2
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Venlo
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| Source: German railway atlas
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The Haltern–Venlo railway is a now largely disused and dismantled line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands.
It was opened in 1874 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) as part of the Hamburg-Venlo railway from Venlo in the Netherlands to a junction at Haltern am See on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway, which had been opened by the CME from Wanne to Munster in 1870. In contrast to the eastern section of the line, the Haltern-Venlo section ran at a loss from the beginning.