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| Line number |
- 2800 (Hagen–Weidenau)
- 2880 (Weidenau-Siegen)
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| Locale | North Rhine-Westphalia |
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| Route number | 440 |
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| Line length | 106 km (66 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Electrification | 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead |
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| Operating speed | 120 km/h (74.6 mph) (max) |
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Hagen Hbf
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Hagen freight yard
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| Hagen Einhaus | | (Strw, former junction) |
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Hagen RWE (siding)
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4.1
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4.7
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Hohensyburg
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Hagen-Kabel Klöckner (siding)
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8.0
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Hagen-Kabel
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11.3
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Halden
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Hohenlimburg
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21.0
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Iserlohn-Letmathe
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Nachrodt
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25.4
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Nachrodt Tunnel (629 m)
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26.4
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Einsal
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Lenne
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28.7
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Pragpaul Tunnel (83 m)
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Lenne
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Hünengraben Tunnel (148 m)
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formerly from Iserlohn District Railway
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30.0
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Altena (Westf)
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32.0
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Buchholz Tunnel (936 m)
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35.1
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35.2
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Husberg Tunnel (793 m)
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Lenne
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Ütterlings Tunnel (222 m)
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Lenne
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Werdohl
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Lenne
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Werdohl Tunnel (315 m)
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Lenne
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Baukloh Tunnel (306 m)
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Lenne
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Ohle
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Plettenberg
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Lenne (2 crossings)
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Siesel Tunnel (95 m)
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Lenne
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Rönkhausen
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Lenne
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Lenhausen
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Finnentrop
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Lenne
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Lennestadt-Grevenbrück
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Lennestadt-Meggen
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Lenne (2 crossings)
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Lennestadt-Altenhundem
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Hundem
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Kirchhundem
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Hundem (3 crossings)
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78.0
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Hofolpe
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Hundem
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| Hofolper Tunnel (65 m) | | removed during electrification of the line |
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Hundem (2 crossings)
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82.04
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Benolpe
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Hundem (3 crossings)
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84.6
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Welschen Ennest
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85.5
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Rahrbach Tunnel (698 m)
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89.1
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Kreuztal-Littfeld
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Ralsbach
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Krombach (Kreuztal)
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Eichen
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96.1
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Kreuztal
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101.0
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Siegen-Geisweid
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102.5
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Hüttental-Haardt
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from Irmgarteichen–Werthenbach
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Siegen-Weidenau
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Sieg
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Siegen
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| Source: German railway atlas
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The Ruhr–Sieg railway is a 106 km long double-track, electrified main line from Hagen to Siegen via Iserlohn-Letmathe, Finnentrop and Kreuztal in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The line, which has many tunnels, runs primarily through the valley of the Lenne. South of Altenhundem it crosses the watershed between the Lenne and the Sieg. The line was opened between 1859 and 1861 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany.