Dortmund–Soest railway

* Former Dortmund Westfalenhalle

The train route Dortmund- Soest is a railway line in North Rhine -Westphalia. It leads from Dortmund Central Station through the southern parts of the city of Dortmund on Holzwickede to Unna and from there through the Hellweg flange parallel to the hair strand on the southern edge of the Westphalian Bay continue on Werl to Soest.

The route is through double track, electrified with overhead line and classified as mainline. It is operated on complete length of the regional train RB 59 " Hellweg -Bahn " of the Hellweg network.

History

After initial efforts to build a railway from Dortmund to Soest 1850 approved on June 3, 1852, the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV by cabinet order the construction of the route from Dortmund - Horde to Soest. Construction began in Werl on 15 September 1853. After a first test drive on June 1855 and the commissioning of the track on July 1, 1855 by the Bergisch- Märkische Railway Company 7 wrong on July 9, 1855, the first regularly scheduled train from Dortmund to Soest. 1866, the line was double-tracked and electrified by the end of 1970.

Operation

Is operated by the Dortmund- Soest in rail passenger transport from Monday to Friday every half hour, Saturdays and Sundays every hour from the regional train Hellweg -Bahn (RB 59).

Through a tender was on 14 December 2008, the operation of the Hellweg network to the company euro car. For transportation services railcars of the type Stadler Flirt are for speeds up to 160 km / h used.

Apply the tariffs of the transport association Rhein- Ruhr (VRR ) and the Transport Community Ruhr -Lippe ( VRL ).

Gallery

Euro track 5:09 ET on the Hellweg train in Westönnen

Euro rail ET 5:06 in the Dortmund- Aplerbeck Station