Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway

The railway line Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd -Hamm, also called Hamm- Osterfelder train is a 76 km long double-track electrified railway main line at the northern edge of the Ruhr area.

It has as continuous lowland route no tunnel. In its eastern and central parts of it now serves only to freight, while also occurs Transportation on the western section.

The operation leading German Railways ( formerly German Federal Railways) always refers to this track as northern route. It was the northernmost stretch of the former BD food.

History

In order to relieve the almost not expandable railroad existing railway network of the Ruhr area, particularly for freight, was on the northern edge of the state of Prussia, with the involvement of the Gladbeck Westbahnhof existing westward infrastructure, Hamm- Osterfelder railway built first single track and on 1. opened in May 1905. It served primarily the direct connection of the two major marshalling yards Hamm ( Westphalia ) and ( Oberhausen ) Osterfeld Süd for long-term passage freight trains with wide area bypass of the Ruhr and the connection of new coal mines in the railway network. Each of the stations was terminal or transfer station for one or more of more than fifteen mines. The second track was added in 1912.

The passenger was designed always weak, despite several major cities along the route, the train stations, however, were created partly far away from the town centers due to the predominant purpose of the line for freight traffic. It was on her despite duality and the main train status never planned long-distance passenger traffic. The entire line was electrified in 1967. The passenger was in the section Hamm ( Westphalia ) Gelsenkirchen- Buer Nord set on 29 May 1983. Occasionally, however, the distance between Hamm ( Westphalia ) / Hamm Rbf and branch point Horstmar as a detour route for passenger trains (RE, IC, ICE ) is the main route Hamm - Dortmund used.

Route

The route begins in Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd railway station and ends at the station Hamm ( Westfalen) with the unification of the former track people from the passenger station and freight tracks on the western head ( Hde Bez ) of the marshalling yard. The signaling route shall be operated for the range of Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd, including branch Herringen from electronic interlocking ( CBI ) Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd.

Operating points from east to west

At the branching point Herringen a connecting track from the rail yard Hamm ( Bez Hda ) opens a western direction. Shortly thereafter successively follow the stations Pelkum and mountain Kamen. The lying by the wayside station Oberaden consists of the two main tracks and four points for passing. From the main road Horstmar exists a single-track line to the curve Prussia station. In Lünen South are located in the unused goods station is a disused hump and the west subsequent transfer station to several industrial plants as well as a single-track line distance to Lünen Central Station.

Was completely shut down the Waltrop station. The dates station the power station dates is connected to the track. The station Recklinghausen Suderwich is also shut down. Recklinghausen Ost is a today only lightly used freight station to which the eponymous former repair shop was connected. There are single-track line routes to Recklinghausen Hbf and Recklinghausen ( built in 1905 to coincide with the railway line itself). At the junction there is a single-track line Blumenthal route to Recklinghausen Hbf, this in the opposite direction. The Herten station was converted into a Awanst 1993 and is today also shut down. The Westerholt station was handed over to the train station mines and port path of the Ruhr coal AG and is little used.

In Gelsenkirchen- Buer Nord train station, built in 1968 single-track line to the branch office lip on the railway line pan - Eickelmann -Hamburg opens a. The unloading, is prepared for the doubling direction holders. Today's S- Bahn stop at Halterner track was commissioned in 1998 and replaced the grip on the old station building.

The Gladbeck West Railway Station is today separation station of the S -Bahn direction holders and regional transport direction Dorsten on the link after Zweckel on the railway line Winterswijk - Gelsenkirchen- Bismarck. North of the freight tracks with an former hump there is a transfer station for mines and port path of the Ruhr coal AG.

Bottrop Hbf has since its inception been rebuilt several times. In the area of the main freight depot the route met the existing since 1879 Emscher Valley Railway from Welver after Sterkrade the former Royal Westphalian Railway Company; this has been decommissioned since 1968 and was mined until 1983 (now partially Zechenbahn ). Skip to main freight station to be members of the (now disused ) means a marshalling yard and a railway sleeper plant. In the area of the main station branch routes to food Dellwig East ( single track ) and Gerschede and food Frintrop ( old) to Oberhausen West (mostly double track ) from; Osterfeld Süd towards the route continues as a separate two-track freight train and passenger train as single-track route.

At the end of the route is the Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd station one of the largest marshalling yards in the region, its significance for passenger transport but is marginal. In the Emscher Valley Railway Ostkopf from Dortmund to Duisburg Ruhr place of the former Cologne -Minden Railway Company opens a. Made by the West head of connections over a two-track freight line to Oberhausen West and a double-track freight and passenger route to the branch Grafenbusch that take place there in a single-track freight line to Oberhausen - Sterkrade with access to the Holland section Oberhausen - Wesel - Emmerich - Arnhem (NL) and a single-track passenger train route ( route number 2272 ) to Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof shares.

Today's traffic

Today in the stretch run passenger trains following lines:

There is no drive through passenger trains more of ( holders - ) Gelsenkirchen- Buer Nord to Oberhausen; Passengers are therefore always forced for this relation to change in Gladbeck or Bottrop.

For rail freight, the Hamm- Osterfelder track, despite its decline still in its entire length is important. However, at times consisted east of Gelsenkirchen- Buer Nord weekend from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning shut-down. Reason for the shut-down, the fall in freight and savings in personnel costs for the signal boxes on the weekend. The end of 2007 the new signaling system was commissioned with electronic interlocking Oberhausen- Osterfeld Süd in operation in the first stage of construction. With the further stages of the route is controlled from end 2012 to branch Herringen from Oberhausen. Through this modernization and the growth in freight traffic, the route is operated continuously again.

Planning

A concept of the passenger Association PRO BAHN North Rhine- Westphalia and the Traffic Club Germany to the Rhine -Ruhr Express suggests that " this route [ ... ] used between Gelsenkirchen- Buer Nord and Recklinghausen back of passenger trains [ is ]. This will give Herten Westerholt and a regional rail connection and also Gladbeck, Gelsenkirchen -Buer and Recklinghausen improved connectivity to the major cities in the Ruhr and the Rhine. "

Accidents

• In November 2008, at the height of the district Recklinghausen Suderwich a train wreck in which two drivers were seriously injured occurred. A locomotive with about 25 cars drove on to a standing in the track shunting locomotive.

• On October 26, 2013 came upon a railroad bridge in height of the station Gladbeck West two freight trains together. This derailed the locomotive and several cars. A train driver was seriously injured and the track was completely blocked for two weeks between Gladbeck and Bottrop West.