Rothaar Railway

The railway line Erndtebrück -Bad Berleburg is a 20 km long, of the railway line Kreuztal - Coelbe ( Upper Lahn Valley Railway ) branching branch line from Erndtebrück to Bad Berleburg. In Bad Berleburg was previously connected to the now largely dismantled railway line Bad Berleburg -Allendorf to Frankenberg. The single-track, non-electrified railway line is operated as a branch line block.

History

The line was opened in 1911. Since the 1950s, a Eilzugpaar of Frankfurt am Main Biedenkopf and victories wrong to Cologne on the route. Its set in 1979 was accompanied by a sharp drop in demand.

CURRENT transport supply

The railway line is operated in rail passenger transport from Monday to Saturday afternoon every hour, Saturday evening and Sunday every two hours from the red-hair -Bahn ( regional train 93). Has the red hair train in Siegen links to the Rhein-Sieg -Express ( RE 9) and the win -Dill -Bahn (RB 95) and in Kreuztal a connection to the Ruhr-Sieg -Express ( RE 16) and the Ruhr victory (RB 91).

The train crossings take place about 3 minutes before the usual time symmetry in Erndtebrück.

In Erndtebrück is every 2 hours Connection to the Upper Lahn Valley Railway (RB 94/RMV-Linie 43) to Marburg on Bad Laasphe and Biedenkopf.

The rail transport of the three-country train of DB Regio NRW, the DMU series 640 for speeds is carried out up to 120 km / h are used.