Osterath–Dortmund Süd railway

Rights kilometer according RhE, left column new routes * S 1 Dortmund- Bochum S ** 5 Dortmund Hagen

The railway line Osterath - Dortmund Süd is a historically significant, but today mostly used only for freight railway line in Germany. Various sections are still navigate by Regional Express, Regional Bahn or S-Bahn.

The built nearly 76 km long and 1866-1874 in three stages by the Rhenish Railway Company line should be the third major east-west connection through the Ruhr area. But never answered their challenge - you could in addition to the established and profitable routes of competitors - the railway line Duisburg -Dortmund Cologne -Minden Railway Company and the Ruhr range of Bergisch- Märkischen Railway Company.

History

Since the Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (short RhE ) had long focused on the areas to the left of the Rhine, the Ruhr area with its coal mines and emerging industry had been developed by the Cologne -Minden and the Bergisch- Märkischen Railway Company. Now in this lucrative market, the RhE wanted to penetrate and began construction in Osterath station on the left Lower Rhine route.

Between Mülheim harbor and colliery in Essen Count Beust, the route of an existing 1853-1865 horse-drawn tram was used.

Current situation

The passenger traffic developed on the track due to the parallel traffic to route the Bergisch- Märkischen railway company no greater significance. Back in 1959, has been set on the section between Mülheim -Hot and Essen-Kray Nord passenger, followed in 1965 and the section Essen- Kray Nord - Bochum- President and in 1979 also the route of Bochum President to Bochum - Langendreer was abandoned.

Until 30 May 1986 leveled off battery railcars of Class 515 between Duisburg- Rheinhausen and Hohenbudberg settlement. After that, the Rheinische route from Krefeld- Linn by former High Budberger marshalling yard has been completely dismantled along with this. Instead, the parallel route of the Ruhr place - Crefeld circle Gladbach Railway Company used today.

Coming from the railway line from Mönchengladbach take the Regional Express RE 11 " Rhein- Hellweg - Express" and the regional train RB 33 and RB 31 coming from the Lower Rhine route from Duisburg -Rheinhausen on the route of the RhE. After crossing the Rhine on the destroyed in the Second World War and then rebuilt Duisburg- high fields railway bridge all passenger trains leave the main line and continue on the branch line from 1870 in Duisburg Main Station a.

The section of the Rhine route from Duisburg- high-field South Station to Mülheim (Ruhr ) Hauptbahnhof is now shut down in sections and will - if at all - mostly driven on only by transfer freight trains. As part of the forced merger of the universities of Duisburg and Essen, the route of Duisburg- Neudorf (Mülheim ) Speldorf, Mülheim (Ruhr ) Hauptbahnhof, (Mülheim ) Hot to Essen Nord was also briefly discussed how fruitless, prepare for passenger traffic to a direct connection of the two campus to set up. Meanwhile, the overall direction of Speldorf is dismantled to the central station. From branch to Mülheim North Harbor Speldorf to MüGa Bridge in Broich the rails are even broken down.

The section Mülheim- Speldorf -Essen- Kray Nord was shut down in 2002. In Essen, the route is interrupted several times, so the bridges are demolished on the Segeroth and the Hans Boeckler road, and for the new Berthold Beitz Boulevard of the embankment was leveled at a latitude of about 50 m. The Bahnhof Essen -Nord and his two signal boxes have been decommissioned and demolished here arises in its place the new university district. The main track of Essen-Nord to Essen -Kray Nord was degraded with decommissioning of the station Essen-Nord for signal-free station track of the station Essen-Kray Nord. Von Essen -Kray Nord Goldschmidt on Essen-Nord will be approached.

In Essen -Kray passenger Essen- Gelsenkirchen touches again the Rhine route, after he has used from Duisburg Main Station from the tracks of the Brandenburg line for food. Coming from Essen central station it runs around two former links to the Cologne -Minden trunk line to Gelsenkirchen Hauptbahnhof, only the S -Bahn inserts intermediate stops.

The Rhine route runs east of the station Essen-Kray further direction Bochum, but was shut down by Bochum- President in 2004, and is currently being demolished here. Thus, the bridge of the Rhenish Railway has already been removed by the motorway A40 in Bochum Stahlhausen as part of the highway expansion. Nevertheless, in 2010 the level crossings of the Rhine 's path and the adjacent Caroline Glücker track were renewed on the Blücherstraße in Bochum and updated to the latest state of the art.

From Bochum President towards the east, the route is still used as electrified rail freight and to the west as a connection path for the ThyssenKrupp steel plant.

The easternmost part of the way between Dortmund- Dorstfeld (high) and Dortmund South Station is since commissioning of the S -Bahn S 4 and upgrading of the line to Dortmund- Luetgendortmund (S -Bahn ) traversed by this line in 20 -minute intervals. From Dortmund Südbf then uses the route after Welver the former Royal Westphalian Railway Company (short KWE ) to Unna- Königsborn and the railway line to the station Fröndenberg - Kamen Unna.

In the tower Bahnhof Dortmund- Dorstfeld ( deep) keep it from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof, take the S -Bahn lines S 1 to the Essen main railway station on the route Brandenburg and the S 2 to Herne station on the railway line to Dortmund- Mengede.

Freight train at Gelsenkirchen- Wattenscheid 1993

Bahnhof Bochum -Nord 1995

Regional Express 3, redirected over the Rhenish railway, in Bochum Nord

MüGa Wiesel

1992 invited Mülheim an der Ruhr to the State Garden Show on the " MüGa " grounds in Broich a district that had been created for the most part by dismantling former railway facilities, eg the former Lower Ruhrtalbahn. To provide the fastest possible connection to the city center and in particular for Mülheim main station, part of the route for a shuttle train was prepared, called " MüGa weasel ".

At the site of the old station of Eppinghofer RhE a bulk platform was built, from which a transition to long-distance and regional transport was possible, which stops at the platforms on the main line, as well as for transport before and below the railway station. After completion of the Horticultural Exhibition passenger services were reinstated and the platform systems completely dismantled at the main station and in Broich.

Metro Rapid

At the beginning of the first decade of the new millennium, there were considerations to build the Maglev Metro Rapid on the track body of the Rheinische route.