Dortmund–Soest railway
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Electrification | 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating speed | 150 km/h (93 mph) (max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Dortmund–Soest railway is a line in the
This electrified route is entirely double track and is classified as a main line. It is served for its full length by the
History
After an initial proposal to build a railway from Dortmund to Soest was approved in 1850, on 3 June 1852, the
Operations
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Regionalbahn RB 59 Hellweg-Bahn services run on the route Dortmund–Soest line, every half hour from Monday to Friday and every hour on Saturdays and Sundays.
The Hellweg-Bahn has been operated by the Eurobahn company since 14 December 2008, after winning the contract. These services are operated by Stadler FLIRT Electric multiple units at speeds of up to 160 km/h (99 mph).
The line's finances and tariffs are managed by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, VRR) and the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Ruhr-Lippe (Ruhr-Lippe Transport Community, VRL).
References
- ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
- ^ "Line 2103: Dortmund - Soest". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
Further reading
- Günter Krause (2005). "Die Hellweg Bahn. Vom Revier aufs Land. 150 Jahre Dortmund–Soest". Eisenbahn Geschichte (in German) (11): 42–50.
- Axel Heimsoth (2006). Die Wiederentdeckung des Hellwegs – Regionale Identität im Spiegel verkehrspolitischer Diskussionen bis zum Bau der Dortmund-Soester-Eisenbahn (in German). Essen: Klartext Verlag. ISBN 3-89861-591-X.