Letmathe–Fröndenberg railway

Letmathe–Fröndenberg railway
Western section
Overview
Line number2850
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number
  • 437 (Menden–Fröndenberg)
  • 440 (Letmathe–Iserlohn)
Technical
Line length25 km (16 mi)
Number of tracks2: Menden–Fröndenberg-Ruhrbrücke
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary (Letmathe–Iserlohn)
Operating speed
  • Iserlohn-Letmathe–Iserlohn: 100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
  • Menden–Fröndenberg: 80 km/h (49.7 mph) (maximum)
Route map

25.1
Fröndenberg
23.9
Neuwalz factory siding
23.3
Bösperde
22.8
RWE Menden siding
22.0
Menden KM Europa-Metall siding
21.6
Schmöle siding
20.4
Menden (Sauerland)
18.9
Am Obsthof
16.0
Oese
15.4
Niemeyer siding
15.2
Höcklingsen
15.0
Hemer Jost siding
14.1
Bräuckerstraße
13.7
Hemer
Former branch line to Sundwig (1.8 km)
12.9
Hemer Amt
11.9
Westig
L680 (official reason for closure)
8.0
Buchenwäldchen
6.9
Iserlohn Ost
Obere Mühle viaduct
5.9
Kissing und Möllmann siding
(former line, built over)
5.5
Iserlohn
1.9
Letmathe-Dechenhöhle
0.0
Iserlohn-Letmathe
*Installation of a shunting link planned.

Source: German railway atlas

The Letmathe–Fröndenberg railway is a two-track, partially electrified and partially disused branch line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. For over 100 years it ran from Letmathe via Iserlohn, Hemer and Menden to Fröndenberg. The section between Hemer and Iserlohn and the branch line from Hemer to Sundwig have been closed and dismantled.