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Hamburg-Venlo Railway in blue |
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| Line number |
- 2002 (Haltern–Büderich)
- 2003 (Büderich–border)
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| Locale | North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and the Netherlands |
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| Route number | ex 224b/242e |
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| Line length | 90.2 km (56.0 mi) |
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| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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| Operating speed | 50 km/h (31.1 mph) (maximum) |
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0.0 |
Haltern am See |
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7.4 |
Lippramsdorf (siding only before closure) |
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9.1 |
VEW Dorsten (siding) |
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Connecting line to Dorsten (from 1972) |
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16.3 |
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former connecting line from Dorsten RhE |
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17.0 |
Dorsten CME |
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18.2 |
Nagel (siding) |
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24.0 |
Schermbeck |
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26.2 |
Dr. Müller & Co (siding) |
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29.0 |
Damm (Lippe) |
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32.7 |
Drevenack |
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37.8 |
Obrighoven (Bk) |
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38.5 |
RWE/Bahngärtnerei (siding) |
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39.5 |
DAB (siding) |
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40.3 |
Passavant (siding) |
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41.1 |
Wesel |
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former Wesel-Rees-Emmerich light railway |
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Wesel port railway |
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45.0 |
Rhine Bridge (Bk) |
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(7.3) 48.6 |
Büderich Ost |
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former Boxtel Railway to Goch |
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(6.6) 49.3 |
Büderich |
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(4.5) 51.4 |
Menzelen Ost |
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(2.6) 53.2 |
Menzelen West low level |
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(0.0) 00.0 |
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53.9 |
Menzelen West |
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57.7 |
Bönninghardt |
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62.7 |
Issum |
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66.0 |
Aengenesch |
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69.0 |
Geldern Ost (formerly Geldern CME) |
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former connecting line to Geldern RhE |
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former Geldern ↔ Meerbeck line |
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former connecting line from Geldern RhE |
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73.4 |
Pont |
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79.0 |
Straelen |
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former Geldern District Railway |
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84.9 |
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89.3 |
Venlo Oostsingel (former Venlo CME) |
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90.2 |
Venlo |
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| Source: German railway atlas |
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The Haltern–Venlo railway is a now largely disused and dismantled line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands.
It was opened in 1874 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (German: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) as part of the Hamburg-Venlo railway from Venlo in the Netherlands to a junction at Haltern am See on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway, which had been opened by the CME from Wanne to Munster in 1870. In contrast to the eastern section of the line, the Haltern-Venlo section ran at a loss from the beginning.
