| Duisburg–Quakenbrück railway |
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Northern section of the line |
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| Native name | Bahnstrecke Duisburg–Quakenbrück |
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| Line number |
- 2320 (Duisburg – Oberhausen)
- 2280 (Oberhausen – Osterfeld)
- 2262 (Osterfeld – Bottrop)
- 2273 (Bottrop – Quakenbrück)
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| Locale | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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| Route number | 423 (Essen – Coesfeld) |
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| Line length | 173 km (107 mi) |
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| Number of tracks | Double track,Sigle – Oberhausen-Osterfeld
junction only |
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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 | 90 km/h (56 mph) (maximum) |
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165.1 |
Quakenbrück |
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| former Lingen–Berge–Quakenbrück | | light railway |
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162.3 |
Vehs |
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157.0 |
Nortrup |
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147.8 |
Bippen |
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138.6 |
Fürstenau |
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134.1 |
Settrup |
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129.3 |
Freren |
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123.1 |
Beesten |
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115.4 |
Spelle |
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113.4 |
to Port Spelle-Venhaus (since 2015) |
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Salzbergen |
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113.0 |
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109.6 |
Rheine RVM (siding) |
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109.3 |
Rheine KLV (siding) |
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108.4 |
Altenrheine (old) |
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107.8 |
Altenrheine (siding) |
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Line to Osnabrück |
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(planned branch line from Salzbergen) |
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Former line from Ochtrup |
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Rheine |
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99.9 |
Hauenhorst |
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95.4 |
| St. Arnold | | (formerly Neuenkirchen Land) |
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91.1 |
Hollich |
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86.7 |
Steinfurt-Burgsteinfurt |
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83.1 |
Veltrup |
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77.2 |
Horstmar (Münster) |
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71.1 |
Darfeld |
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65.4 |
Lutum (station again since 2011) |
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64.6 |
Lutum branch line |
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59.9 |
Coesfeld Schulzentrum (since 2011) |
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58.5 |
Coesfeld (Westf) |
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52.1 |
Heubach |
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45.9 |
Reken-Maria Veen |
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40.4 |
Reken (station again since 2019) |
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38.5 |
Reken-Klein Reken (since 2019) |
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34.4 |
Lembeck |
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30.7 |
Wulfen (Westf) |
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24.7 |
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VEW Dorsten siding (built in 1972) |
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Former connecting line from Dorsten CME |
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18.9 |
Dorsten (former RhE station) |
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16.9 |
Kirchhellen |
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12.1 |
Bottrop Delog/Detag |
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10.1 |
Bottrop Nord |
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9.5 |
Bottrop Nord (former RhE station) |
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Former Jacobi-Haniel mine railway |
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4.5 |
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Former Osterfeld mine railway |
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| Oberhausen Dom | | (1999 station for garden show) |
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Former line to Mülheim-Heißen |
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2.9 |
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2.8 |
Oberhausen-Osterfeld junction |
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Walzwerk (junction) |
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11.9 |
| Oberhausen West | | (former RhE station) |
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8.6 |
Ruhrtal (old) |
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Former line to Duisburg port |
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From Duisburg-Ruhrort port |
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8.3 |
Ruhrtal (junction) |
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Sigle (junction) |
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to Duisburg port |
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6.2 |
Duisburg-Duissern (junction) |
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5.5 |
Duisburg Hbf |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Duisburg–Quakenbrück railway is a former inter-regional German railway, built by the Rhenish Railway Company (RhE) from Duisburg in the western Ruhr region of North Rhine-Westphalia to Quakenbrück in Lower Saxony on the border of the former Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Some sections of it are now disused.
The railway ran from Duisburg via Oberhausen West, Bottrop Nord, Dorsten, Coesfeld, Steinfurt and Rheine to Quakenbrück where it connected with the network of the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways.
The majority of the line is now closed. The southern section to Bottrop is now used only for freight. The section between Dorsten and Coesfeld is still used for passengers as timetable route 423. Regionalverkehr Münsterland (RVM) operates freight traffic over the section between Rheine and Spelle.
For a detailed view of the section between Sigle junction and Walzwerk, see the Duisburg-Wedau–Bottrop Süd railway.
