Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway

Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway
Overview
Line number
  • 2423 (Düsseldorf–Dortmund)
  • 2722 (W-Vohwinkel–W-Varresbeck)
  • 2710 (W-Oberbarmen–W-Wichlinghausen)
  • 2712 (Schwelm–W-Langerfeld (old))
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 434 (Regionalbahn)
  • 450.5, 450.8, 450.28 (S-Bahn)
Technical
Line length78 km (48 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 2: Hagen-Eckesey–Gevelsberg West
  • 2: Mettmann Stadtwald–Düsseldorf Gerresheim
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

km
(3.8)
Dortmund Ost
(formerly Dortmund DGE)
77.6 (0.0)
Dortmund Süd
(formerly Dortmund RhE)
(former connecting line of 1880)
76.0
Dortmund-Kluse
74.1
Hörde-Hacheney
(formerly Hörde RhE)
73.8
Dortmund Signal-Iduna-Park*
(connecting curve of 1957)
72.0
Dortmund-Tierpark
71.0
Verbandstraße
70.3
Dortmund-Kirchhörde
68.5
former line from Bochum-Langendreer
68.5
Dortmund-Löttringhausen
65.8
Ender Tunnel (944 m)
64.2
Wittbräucke
62.0 (3.4)
Herdecke
61.0
Ruhr Viaduct (Herdecke) (313 m)
(original route bypassed Hagen Hbf)
(0.1)
(3.5)
Hagen-Vorhalle Yo
(junction)
Bechelte (junction)
Hagen freight yard
Hagen-Eckesey
(planned)
56.9
Hagen-Eckesey
(formerly Hagen RhE)
(connecting line)
(0.9)
(-0.1)
Hagen Hbf
terminus of S5S8S9
(1.1)
Hagen-Wehringhausen
(1.3)
Hagen-Kückelhausen junction
55.1
Weidestraße junction
55.0
Hagen-Kückelhausen
former route of the Ennepe Valley Railway
52.7 (3.1)
Hagen-Heubing
(formerly Haspe RhE)
51.2
former Silschede Coal Railway
50.4
Hagen-Westerbauer
49.4
Hagen-Obervogelsang
48.8
Gevelsberg-Knapp
45.8
Gevelsberg Hbf
44.8
Gevelsberg-Kipp
44.2
43.8
Gevelsberg West
41.9
Schwelm Tunnel (742 m)
40.3 (5.7)
Schwelm-Loh
(formerly Schwelm RhE)
(former connecting line of 1913)
37.6
Vörfken
(2.2)
Wuppertal-Langerfeld freight yard (old)
former line from Hattingen
(former connecting line of 1890)
Wichlinghausen Tunnel (290 m)
34.3 (0.0)
Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen
  (formerly Ober-Barmen RhE)
(3.3)
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Fatloh Tunnel (85 m)
32.4
Wuppertal-Heubruch
  (formerly Mittel-Barmen RhE)
31.7
Wuppertal-Rott
Rott Tunnel (351 m)
former branch line from Wuppertal-Hatzfeld
30.6
Wuppertal-Loh
  (formerly Unter-Barmen RhE)
29.4
Wuppertal-Ostersbaum
Engelnberg Tunnel (171 m)
28.4
Wuppertal-Mirke
Dorrenberg Tunnel (175 m)
26.8
Wuppertal-Ottenbruch
Dorp Tunnel (488 m)
25.8
Wuppertal-Dorp
24.8 (3.5)
Wuppertal-Varresbeck
  (formerly Sonnborn RhE)
23.3 (2.0)
Wuppertal-Lüntenbeck
(former connecting curve of 1896)
Tesch Tunnel (526 m)
(0.4)
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel
(V-shaped station)
Wuppertal-Dornap junction
Wuppertal-Hahnenfurth/Düssel
19.8
Dornap-Hahnenfurth
17.0
Mettmann Ost
(reopening planned)
15.5
Mettmann Stadtwald
14.9
Mettmann Zentrum
11.7
Neanderthal
8.5
Erkrath Nord
4.0
Gerresheim RhE
(until 1891)
former link
2.0
Flingern (Ost)
(junction)
1.8
Fortuna
(junction)
(former route of the Ruhr Valley Railway)
connecting line from D-Grafenberg
1.2
Dora
(junction)
Düsseldorf-Flingern
Rethel
(junction)
S-Bahn line S1S6S11
suburban line
Heinrich junction
0.0
Düsseldorf RhE
km
Source: German railway atlas


* formerly Dortmund Westfalenhalle

The Düsseldorf-Derendorf–Dortmund Süd railway is a partially closed line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia from Düsseldorf-Derendorf station (formerly Düsseldorf RhE station) to Dortmund South station (formerly Dortmund RhE station). Parts of it are still busy, including two sections used for the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.

Regionally, it is also called the Wuppertaler Nordbahn (Wuppertal Northern Railway), Düsseltalbahn (Düssel Valley railway) or simply the Rheinische Strecke (Rhenish line).