Mönchengladbach–Stolberg railway

Mönchengladbach–Stolberg railway
Eschweiler-Weisweiler–Langerwehe connecting line
Overview
Line number
  • 2521 (Mönchengladbach–Hochneukirch)
  • 2571 (Hochneukirch–Stolberg)
  • 9307 (Weisweiler–Langerwehe)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number482
Technical
Line length57.7 km (35.9 mi)
Number of tracks2: Odenkirchen–Hochneukirch
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Route map

Former line from Neersen
-0.1
Mönchengladbach Hbf
1.3
Monforts
(siding)
3.1
Rheydt-Geneicken
5.1
Rheydt-Mülfort
6.9
Rheydt-Odenkirchen
11.8
Hochneukirch
(former station)
16.6
Otzenrath
19.3
Immerath (Kr Erkelenz)
22.8
Titz
Former line from Bedburg
25.7
Ameln
29.9
Welldorf
Line from Linnich
36.1
Jülich
Line to Düren
Line to Aachen Nord
42.5
Inden
44.2
Lamersdorf
45.6
Frenz (Inden)
(siding)
Langerwehe
Ulhaus Tunnel (285 m)
(new route since 2009)
47.9
Eschweiler-Weisweiler
50.2
Eschweiler-Nothberg
50.7
Eschweiler Tal Dalli
(siding)
52.4
Eschweiler Tal
53.3
Eschweiler West
54.3
Eschweiler-Röhe
Three Arch Bridge
55.7
Eschweiler-Aue
(new route since 1884)
57.7
Stolberg BME
57.7
Stolberg (Rheinl) Hbf
(new route from 1890)
Stolberg AIE
Line to Herzogenrath
Source: German railway atlas

The Mönchengladbach–Stolberg railway was opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) and built in sections between 1870 and 1875.

The only scheduled traffic on it now are passenger services operated as part of the Euregiobahn concept (which is aimed at improving regional rail passenger services in Aachen and southern Limburg) and freight operation to railway sidings on the southern part of the line, known as the Eschweiler Valley Railway (Eschweiler Talbahn) or Inde Valley Railway (Indetalbahn), as well as regional trains operated between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Cologne on the short section of the line between Rheydt-Odenkirchen and Hochneukirch, which is now considered to be part of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach line. Occasional freight trains run between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Rheydt-Geneicken. The northern sections of the line from Hochneukirch to Frenz and from Rheydt-Geneicken to Rheydt-Odenkirchen are shut down and largely dismantled.