Voreifel Railway

Voreifel Railway
Overview
Native nameVoreifelbahn
Line number2645
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number475
Technical
Line length34.2 km (21.3 mi)
Number of tracks2:
  • Bonn Hbf–Bonn-Duisdorf
  • Meckenheim-Kottenforst–Rheinbach
  • Kuchenheim–Euskirchen
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed110 km/h (68.4 mph) (maximum)
Route map
Left Rhine Railway from Koblenz
0.0
 Bonn Hbf
1.5
former Wessel Railway from Poppelsdorf
1.6
 Bonn freight yard
A 565
1.9
 Left Rhine Railway to Cologne
2.8
 Bonn-Endenich Nord
(from 2014)
4.4
 Bonn Helmholtzstraße
(from 2013)
5.4
 Bonn-Duisdorf
82 m
5.4
 Bonn-Duisdorf crossover
7.1
 Alfter-Impekoven
(from 2014)
7.9
 Witterschlick/Impekoven
9.8
 Alfter-Witterschlick
129 m
12.9
 Meckenheim Kottenforst crossover
12.9
 Meckenheim Kottenforst
162 m
15.0
 Meckenheim Industriepark
16.1
 Meckenheim-Merl
(siding)
17.7
 Meckenheim (Bz Köln)
168.5 m
 A 61
former Strategic Railway Embankment (unfinished)
21.0
 Rheinbach Römerkanal
former Strategic Railway Embankment from Dernau
(unfinished)
22.0
 Rheinbach
174 m
to Schmidtheim/Losheim (formerly planned)
former Strategic Railway Embankment to Liblar
(unfinished)
25.5
 Oberdrees
(siding, Bundeswehr)
27.5
 Odendorf
169.5 m
31.1
 Kuchenheim
166.5 m
32.4
Erft Valley Railway from Bad Münstereifel
32.8
 vEifel Railway from Cologne
34.2
 Euskirchen
Börde Railway to Düren
Eifel Railway to Trier
Source: German railway atlas

The Voreifel Railway (German: Voreifelbahn) is a partly double track, non-electrified main line in the Voreifel from Bonn to Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (KBS 475).

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