Engers–Au railway

Engers–Au railway
Overview
Line number
  • 3032 Engers–Au
  • 3034 Grenzau–Hillscheid
LocaleRhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route numberformerly 421, 423
Technical
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

0.0
Engers
2.8
Bendorf-Sayn
2.8
Neitzert
(Anst)
3.4
Sayn Tunnel (146 m)
Brexbach Viaduct
4.4
Burg Tunnel (117 m)
Brexbach Viaduct
7.2
Teufelsberg Tunnel (108 m)
9.9
Mühlberg Tunnel (226 m)
11.1
Grenzau Tunnel (111 m)
11.5
Moosberg Tunnel (85 m)
6.6
Hillscheid
End of line from 1972
2.6
Höhr-Grenzhausen
End of line since 2009
2.0
Steuler
(sising)
0.0
Grenzau (Keilbahnhof,
beginning of heritage railway)
Kammerforst
Hüttenfeld Tunnel (41 m)
Hundsdorf
Fuchs
Neitzert
17.4
Ransbach
19.1
Ludwig connection
19.4
Ebernhahn
21.6
Siershahn
(end of passenger operations)
25.3
Nordhofen
27.7
Selters (Westerwald)
Schütz factory
31.2
Marienrachdorf
36.4
Dierdorf (Bz. Koblenz)
41.3
Raubach
42.6
Hedwigsthal
44.3
Puderbach
207 m
48.9
Seifen Tunnel (38 m)
49.4
Seifen (Westerw.)
Kasbach Valley Railway
from Linz am Rhein
51.6
Flammersfeld
56.4
Neitersen
(siding, former station)
61.1
Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
(beginning of passenger services)
65.4
Obererbach
66.5
Marienthal Tunnel (1050 m)
67.8
Kloster Marienthal
69.0
Breitscheidt
71.8
Hohegrete
72.7
Geilhausen
Sieg
74.0
Au (Sieg)
Source: German railway atlas

The Engers–Au railway is a single-track, non-electrified railway line and consists of three sections, which are treated separately here. It is the mainly in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, although the section near Au is in North Rhine-Westphalia.