Oberhausen–Duisburg-Ruhrort railway

The railway line Oberhausen -Duisburg- Ruhrort is a railway line in Germany. It runs from Oberhausen Meiderich after Ruhrort.

The route is now classified as a main route not electrified and down to the area of ​​the station Meiderich south through single track.

History

The Cologne -Minden Railway Company (CME ) had with the completion of their regular route 1847, the first and thus only railroad in the Ruhr. On this the promoted in the Ruhr coal should also be brought to the consumers in the lower Rhine. You signed a contract with the Ruhrort - Crefeld circle Gladbach Railway Company (RCG ), which should build the left bank railway line to Mönchengladbach, including a Trajektanstalt between Ruhrort and Homberg.

Based on its Oberhausen train station built the CME jigsaws distance above ( Duisburg ) Meiderich the planned right-bank part of the Trajektanstalt in (Duisburg ) Ruhr place, which should be completed only on 12 November 1852 just four years after the opening of the branch line on 14 October. , 1848.

Development

After the Bergisch- Märkische Railway Company ( BME) had in 1866 assumed the RCG conjunction with the Royal Directorate of Aachen- Dusseldorf - Ruhrorter railroad, they extended their Ruhr route, starting from its western railway station in (Mülheim ) Styrum further Ruhr place. Thus, the BME had stretches on both banks of their Trajekts, which to this day bears witness to the continuous chainage of Aachen, and so the distance of the CME to Oberhausen abruptly lost in importance.

As with the Duisburg- high fields railway bridge a fixed Rhine crossing on the railway line Osterath - Dortmund Süd old Ruhrorter Trajektanstalt had finally outstripped, the railway lost its national significance, it was instead essential for the transport of goods to the steel industry and for Duisburg- Ruhrorter harbor.

Current situation

The city of Duisburg has grown mainly through incorporations, the mid-19th century -built railway lines reflect the extent no longer the traffic of today's population, as therefore applies to this route only marginal passenger instead.

For freight of meaning, the track was mainly because it with the major freight station Oberhausen West joined the Duisburg- Ruhrorter harbor station (formerly Station Oberhausen RhE ) on the railway line Duisburg- Wedau Bottrop Süd the former Rhenish Railway Company ( RhE ). Today, the harbor station is connected only on the east side.

Train services

The regional train RB 36 Ruhrort - web is today operated by the North Western Railway. She took over on 12 December 2010, the route to a call for tenders of the Nier -Rhein- Emscher network of Prignitzer Eisenbahn GmbH. The travel time for the total distance is twelve minutes. At Oberhausen Central Station offers connections to other trains in the near and long-distance transport.

The NCA is DMUs of type LINT 41 on the track. The average speed is 45 km / h The Ruhr place - train runs weekdays at 30- minute intervals on weekends in 60 -minute intervals. The Ruhrortbahn part of the route network of the VRR.