Duisburg-Wedau–Bottrop Süd railway

Duisburg-Wedau–Bottrop Süd railway
Overview
Line number
  • 2321 (Duisburg-Wedau–Oberhausen West)
  • 2323 (Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd–Sigle)
  • 2320 (Sigle–Oberhausen West)
  • 2280 (Oberhausen West–Essen-Frintrop)
  • 2244 (Essen-Frintrop–Prosper-Levin)
  • 2243 (Prosper-Levin–Bottrop Süd)
  • 2242 (Gerschede–Bottrop Hbf Gbf)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number(only freight)
Technical
Line length23 km (14 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)
Route map

8.3
Bottrop Süd
(1.5)
Bottrop Hbf freight yard
(0.0)  7.5
Gerschede
(junction)
7.4
Klöckner Rohstoffhandlung
(junction)safesubst:BS
0.0   6.4
Prosper-Levin
(junction)
(5.5)
Essen-Dellwig
(junction)
1.7   6.7
Essen-Frintrop Fbn
(junction)
4.5
Essen-Frintrop
4.3
Osterfeld
(junction, old)
3.5
Oberhausen-Osterfeld junction
(16.0)      
Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd Ost
14.2 2.2
Walzwerk
(junction)
13,0 1.4
Oberhausen West Oro
11.9 0,0
Oberhausen West Orm
11.9
Oberhausen West
(formerly OB RhE)
11.8
Mathilde
(junction)
11.0
Oberhausen West Orw
10.1
Oberhausen West Stw 1
to Duisburg-Ruhrort port yard
8.6
Ruhrtal
(junction, old)
former line to Kaiserberg (junction)
"South curve" from Duisburg-Ruhrort port
8.5
Ruhrtal
(junction)
7.8
Flutbrücke
(Bk)
7.4
6.3
(km change)
6.1
Sigle
(junction)
to Duisburg port yard
4.8
Monning
(Bk)
3.8
Lotharstraße
(junction)
2.8
Lotharstraße
(Bk)
0.4
Duisburg-Wedau
Source: German railway atlas

The Duisburg-Wedau–Bottrop Süd railway is a railway used only for freight in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It runs from the former Duisburg-Wedau freight yard as well as from the Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd freight yard via Oberhausen West freight yard to Bottrop Süd freight yard. The railway connects these and many other important lines in Duisburg, Oberhausen and Bottrop. In particular, it provides a connection to the Duisburg and Ruhrort river ports.

Strictly speaking, the four-track railway on the eastern outskirts of Duisburg is used by a total of three different routes from the Lotharstraße overpass in Duisburg-Neudorf to the overpass over Obermeidericher Straße in Duisburg-Obermeiderich, running largely parallel with Autobahn 3.

At Walzwerk junction (northeast of Oberhausen and Oberhausen West freight yard) the line infrastructure (VzG) numbers change. All six VzG routes are now classified as main lines, have two tracks and are electrified.