Duisburg-Meiderich Nord–Hohenbudberg railway

Duisburg-Meiderich Nord–Hohenbudberg railway
Overview
Line number
  • 2331 (Walzwerk–Meerbeck)
  • 2333 (DU-Baerl–Hohenbudberg)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Germany
Service
Route number
  • only freight
  • last 476 (1983)
  • ex 243a (1963)
Technical
Line length21 km (13 mi)
Number of tracks
  • 2: Walzwerk–Mathilde
  • 2: DU-Meiderich Ost–DU-Beeckerwerth
  • 1: Haus-Knipp bridge (2nd track dismantled)
  • 2: DU-Baerl–Meerbeck
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC
Overhead catenary
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph) (maximum)
Route map

27.1
Walzwerk
(junction)
Oberhausen West Oro
Oberhausen West Orm
24.8
Oberhausen West
(formerly OB RhE)
24.8
Mathilde
(junction)
Oberhausen West Orw
Oberhausen West Stw 1
22.8
Duisburg-Meiderich Ost
(junction)
Duisburg-Meiderich Ost
21.2
Duisburg-Meiderich Süd
21.1
Duisburg-Meiderich Nord
19.8
Buschmannshof
(junction)
17.5
Duisburg-Beeck
16.2
Duisburg-Beeck freight yard
15,0
Duisburg-Beeckerwerth
3.8 ≡ 13.1
Haus-Knipp bridge (Rhine, chainage (km) change)
3.5    12.9
Duisburg-Baerl crossover
(former station)
Rheinberg–Moers line
0.0           
Meerbeck
(junction)
former Moers–Homberg line
6.0
Oestrum
(junction)
4.5
Bergheim (b Moers)
(now part of Duisburg)
0.5
Hohenbudberg
(former marshalling yard)
0.0
Duisburg-Mühlenberg
(junction)
Source: German railway atlas

The Duisburg-Meiderich Nord–Hohenbudberg railway is a line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia that originally ran from Meiderich Nord station to the Hohenbudberg freight yard with a branch to the former Rheinpreußen station on the Lower Rhine Railway and was formerly used primarily for freight.

The operating part of the line now forms the Oberhausen West–Meerbeck railway, which connects the Oberhausen West freight yard and the freight line from Duisburg-Wedau to Bottrop Süd with Meerbeck junction on the Lower Rhine Railway.