Erft Railway

Erftstraße railway is a railway line in North Rhine -Westphalia. The non- electrified line was originally built and operated by the Bergheim's orbit as a narrow gauge light railway. Later, the line was converted to standard gauge. Erftstraße train carrying the course book number 481 of the Deutsche Bahn. Erftstraße Railway is the only one on their circulating regional rail line.

• 2.1 Station Bedburg
• 2.2 breakpoint Glesch
• 2.3 breakpoint Paffendorf
• 2.4 breakpoint Zieverich
• 2.5 Station Bergheim
• 2.6 breakpoint Quad -Ichendorf
• 2.7 Station Horrem

Operation and history

The route Bedburg - Horrem - Mödrath was opened in 1896 as part of Bergheim circular path.

The section Horrem - Quad -Ichendorf was electrified because of the high freight traffic in 1983. In 1996, the top line was dismantled.

From 2 June 1991, the trains ran through from Neuss to Horrem, in the rush hour to Cologne. As of December 15, 2002 the train service was extended throughout the day to Cologne.

On 1 November 2007, the line was connected to the electronic interlocking. On this occasion, all older crossings with flashing lights were placed on the prior art. Am equipped with full barriers railroad crossing dirt road in Quad -Ichendorf a gatekeeper had been visually checked whether the tracks were free of vehicles; now done this a radar scanner.

Erft web

The regional train runs from Dusseldorf main station via Neuss, Grevenbroich, Bedburg, Bergheim to Horrem or to Köln Messe / Deutz ( with a stop in Horrem on track 19). She wears the number line RB 38 and is in the half- hour (sections Neuss - Grevenbroich and Bedburg - Horrem ) or hourly (other route) operated by DB Regio NRW. Between Dusseldorf and Neuss they travel on the railway line Mönchengladbach- Dusseldorf, Neuss and Bedburg between the railway line between Neuss and Horrem Düren- Cologne and the high-speed line between Cologne and Aachen.

Vehicle use

Before the 1990s, the DB Class ETA 150 coined the operation on the track. In the 1990s, diesel locomotives of the series were 212 and later 215 or 218 used together with pieces of silver. In the late 1990s the locomotive-hauled trains were replaced by diesel railcar class 628. 2003, two - and three-piece railcar 643 series were added (Bombardier Talent), so until the timetable change 2010/2011 both vehicle types were used.

38 only railcar class 628 are currently being used on the RB, mostly in double traction. Between Bedburg and Horrem operate individual railcars of Class 628

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Erftstraße web should be included in the S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr network and run a circulating below the line designation S 18 S -Bahn line of Horrem about Bedburg to Dusseldorf noisy plans of the 1990s (2015 destination network ). This means that the route needs to be expanded and electrified. Furthermore, S 18, the two new breakpoints Neuss Neuss police headquarters and planned Hombroich in implementing the line.

The plans for the S-Bahn extension will no longer be pursued by the authorities responsible for the northern part of the Rhine-Ruhr transport association. The southern part of the route is on the planning of the appropriate transport Rhineland there in a few years ( " time step 2020 ' ) are electrified and connected with a Überwerfungsbauwerk in Horrem to the existing S-Bahn route to Cologne. The NVR 's goal here is to relieve the Cologne Hohenzollern Bridge by elimination of RB 38. For this, the S 12 should depart from Horrem about Erftstraße train to Bedburg, the route Horrem -Düren is taken again from the S13. A feasibility study conducted in 2012 confirms this variant a high Kosten-/Nutzen-Faktor, and part of the costs for the necessary restructuring of the route would have to be invested for the maintenance of the current operation. The RB 38 will end up coming in Bedburg according to this plan of Neuss. Subject to agreement with the VRR to the S-Bahn replace the regional train to Grevenbroich later.

Route description

The route runs from Bedburg to Bergheim next to the Erft. This Erftstraße train crosses Erftstraße shortly before Bergheim. Otherwise Erftstraße is not located in the immediate vicinity of the railway tracks. The track is a single-track branch line.

Station Bedburg

The Bedburg station in 1869 at the track Düren - Neuss taken into operation, so stirred his original line kilometering of 21.2. In 1897 the route added by Horrem. 1898 took the Amelner Johännchen on the railway line Bedburg- Ameln to the operation. The Bedburg station was at mile 0.2 of this route. The traffic on the route to Ameln was posted on March 17, 1953, as it was no longer profitable.

Today it is hardly an idea of ​​how large the train station in Bedburg has been in the past. Because of the Hambach opencast mine, the section Düren - Bedburg decommissioned in 1995 and subsequently demolished. The still lying gravel on the former lines reminiscent of the extensive trackage. Bedburg had two interlockings ( Bnf and BSF ). BSF was taken in 1995 with the closure of the section to Düren decommissioned and demolished after a fire. Bnf took over the remaining points and signals until it was also taken to the commissioning of the electronic interlocking in 2007 out of service.

In June 2012, the renovation of the station started Bedburg. The entire traffic station was handicapped-accessible and the central platform replaced by two outer platforms. It was the eastern railway siding to the drive-through track and the middle track to the railway siding. The reconstruction was completed in late 2013.

Breakpoint Glesch

1897 was the place Glesch by Bergheimer circular path his still existing rail breakpoint at kilometer 2.5. The track led at this point right past the open pit Fortuna Garstorf.

Breakpoint Paffendorf

The route passes through the Hambach path of RWE Power, which is used exclusively for the transport of coal and overburden. Immediately after the train stops at the breakpoint Paffendorf built in 1897 with the kilometer 4.1. In the local chateau where the RWE Power Information Center.

Breakpoint Zieverich

Surrounded by greenery, is the 1897 -built, two-tier breakpoint Zieverich at km 6.1. Trains in Cologne and Dusseldorf towards not hold to the same platform. Until 1967, branched from here Bergheimer circular path with a distance in the direction Sindelsdorf Ost.

Station Bergheim

The Bergheim station was put into operation in 1897 at km 7.6. The old station had an electromechanical dispatcher interlocking " Bf " ( E 43 ) in the reception building with semaphore signals as input and exit signals. Three to four tracks were available for train crossings. There was a three-pronged railcars Hall on the tracks 9-11. Behind the railcar Hall led the Platform loose track 12 that only entrances and exits allowed out or in the direction Horrem. Between the main tracks and railcars hall, the sidings were 7 and 8 From track 1 resulted in two truncated tracks in the direction of the reception building, which ended the track 13 at a head ramp. The whole station was coming from Horrem seen in a sharp left curve. 1988, the station was relocated, the old station building remained at the original location. The commissioning of the new station was made on 18 April 1988. On 27 June 1988, the laid tracks in Bergheim Station ( Erft ) were put into operation. It remained in the new position straight tracks 1 and 2 with external platforms. Except for the loading track at the head ramp all the other tracks and railcars hall were dismantled. Before the tracks were for the passenger train operating in a curve. At the still existing reception building, the former position of the track is to recognize one ( main platform ). 2007 the old interlocking " Bf " was shut down, as the control of the operation was taken over by electronic interlocking Cologne -Ehrenfeld on the track on October 28, 2007, which is controlled by the operations center of Duisburg. The remaining cargo track has been this disconnected. Previously branched in Bergheim branch lines from Bedburg ( Erft ) Horrem, Rommerskirchen and from Zieverich after Sindelsdorf East. Furthermore, there was a connecting track to Martin factory. The depot -based railcar. Among other things wrong passenger trains on Horrem to Kerpen.

Breakpoint Quad -Ichendorf

The breakpoint Quad -Ichendorf exists since its opening in 1897 at kilometer 18.7. Previously, the track was electrified by the Martin factory ( aluminum plant ) in quad -Ichendorf. This is no longer the case today.

Station Horrem

The Horrem station is located at kilometer 15.9, based on Erftstraße railway and connects them with the high-speed line between Cologne and Aachen. Today, the Horrem station is the terminus of the railway Erft; the continuation of the line to Mödrath was decommissioned in 1978 and is now demolished. Erftstraße train in the station is connected via a track triangle with the high-speed line. The beginning and ending in Horrem trains stop off at the west curve towards Aachen and the trains and in the direction of Cologne hold on to the East Stand. Horrem is therefore a triangle Station.

Horrem station is the S-Bahn Rhein- Ruhr, whose lines S 12 ( Düren - Cologne - Siegburg / Bonn - Au (Sieg) ) and S 13 ( Horrem - Cologne - Cologne / Bonn Airport - Troisdorf ) operate the station. Furthermore, besides the Erft path of the NRW - Express and the Rhein-Sieg- Express keep in Horrem. Long-distance trains pass through the station without stopping.