| Dill Railway |
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| Native name | Dillstrecke |
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| Line number |
- 2881 (Siegen–Siegen Ost)
- 800 (Siegen Ost–Haiger)
- 2651 (Haiger–Gießen)
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| Locale | Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| Route number | 445 |
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| Line length | 73 km (45 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Electrification | 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary |
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| Operating speed | 140 km/h (87 mph) |
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−1.1 |
Siegen |
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0.0 |
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0.4–1.2 |
Giersberg tunnel |
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Siegen Ost goods yard (station until 1992) |
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2.9 |
Siegen-Wittgenstein District Railway |
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Mannesmann Fuchs Rohr siding |
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108.3 |
Siegen town siding |
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110.9 |
Niederdielfen viaduct |
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111.4 |
Niederdielfen |
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114.8 |
Rudersdorf viaduct |
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115.8 |
Rudersdorf (Siegen) |
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116.4 |
Rudersdorf substation siding |
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117.6 |
Rudersdorf tunnel (2652 m) |
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119.0 |
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121.4 |
Dill river and road bridge |
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121.7 |
Dillbrecht |
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124.2 |
Bridge over Dill and road |
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124.9 |
Rodenbach (Dillkr) |
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127.0 |
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from Breitscheid |
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129.1 |
Haiger |
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km change, network boundary |
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119.3 |
B 277 |
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119.4 |
Dill |
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121.4 |
Sechshelden |
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123.7 |
from Ewersbach |
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125.0 |
Dillenburg |
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to Wallau (Lahn) |
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126.6 |
Dill |
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127.1 |
Niederscheld (Dillkr) Süd |
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128.3 |
Dill |
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129.0 |
Burg (Dillkr) Nord |
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129.3 |
from Niederwalgern |
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129.8 |
from Montabaur |
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130.8 |
Herborn (Dillkr) |
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133.3 |
Dill |
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134.6 |
Firma Haas & Sohn siding |
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135.0 |
Sinn |
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137.1 |
Edingen (Wetzlar) |
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139.4 |
Katzenfurt |
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143.5 |
Ehringshausen (Kr Wetzlar) |
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146.0 |
Werdorf |
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148.8 |
Dill |
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149.0 |
Firma Berkenhoff & Drebes siding |
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149.4 |
Aßlar |
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150.4 |
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152.8 |
Buderus Edelstahl I siding |
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153.2 |
Buderus Edelstahl II siding |
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153.3 |
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153.4 |
Wetzlar |
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153.9 |
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154.7 |
Wetzlar marshalling yard |
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155.1 |
Garbenheim | (until 1977, Lollar– | | Wetzlar railway only) |
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to Lollar |
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160.6 |
Dutenhofen (Kr Wetzlar) |
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161.0 |
to Gießen-Bergwald |
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163.6 |
| Gießen passenger station/ | | marshalling yard transition (junction) |
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164.4 |
(Gießen-Bergwald) |
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164.5 |
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Gießen marshalling yard |
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166.0 |
Gießen |
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to Gelnhausen |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Dill Railway (German: Dillstrecke) is a 73 km-long double-track electrified railway line, which runs from Gießen in Hesse to Siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia. The line is mainly worked by regional trains, including diesel multiples of the DreiLänderBahn, except for the IC 34, which runs between Frankfurt and Siegen, stopping in Dillenburg. The southern section between Haiger and Gießen was built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1862 as part of its line from Deutz and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. The section from Haiger to Siegen was opened in 1915 by the Prussian state railways.
