Oberhausen–Duisburg-Ruhrort railway

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Oberhausen–Duisburg-Ruhrort railway
standard gauge
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph) (maximum)
Route map

Legend
line to Wesel
line to Gelsenkirchen
0.3
 Oberhausen Hbf
line to Essen
line to Duisburg
2.5
Duisburg-Obermeiderich
Oberhausen West–Duisburg-Wedau line
Oberhausen West–Duisburg Hbf line
line to Oberhausen West
Rhine-Herne Canal
3.5
 Duisburg-Meiderich Ost junction
3.9
Duisburg-Meiderich Ost
former line to Mülheim-Styrum
5.3
Duisburg-Meiderich Süd
line to Moers
former line to Duisburg-Neumühl
7.4
 old Duisburg-Ruhrort Hafen
former line to Duisburg-Ruhrort Hafen station
8.9
Duisburg-Ruhrort
(former station)
 former
Ruhrort-Homberg train ferry
former line to Mönchengladbach
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Oberhausen–Duisburg-Ruhrort railway is a line in the

German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It runs from Oberhausen via Duisburg-Meiderich to Duisburg-Ruhrort
.

The line is now classified as a main line, although it is not electrified and west of Duisburg-Meiderich Sud station it is entirely single-track.

History

The

Ruhrort-Crefeld District Gladbach Railway Company (Ruhrort–Crefeld−Kreis Gladbach Eisenbahngesellschaft, RCG) to build a line to Ruhrort and to establish a train ferry between Ruhrort and Homberg. The RCG agreed to build a line from Homberg to Mönchengladbach. The CME opened its branch line from Oberhausen Station
via Meiderich to Ruhrort on 14 October 1848. Under the contract the train ferry was to become operational within four years of the completion of the line.

Development

After the

Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrort Railway Company (Königliche Direction der Aachen-Düsseldorf-Ruhrorter Eisenbahn) in 1866, it built a line to Ruhrort
, starting from its Mülheim-Styrum station. This meant that BME lines connected to the ferry terminals on both shores, and so the CME line to Oberhausen abruptly lost its usefulness.

After the

Duisburg-Hochfeld rail bridge was opened over the Rhine on the Osterath–Dortmund Süd line
, the old Ruhrort–Homberg train ferry became completely run down and the line lost its national significance; instead, it was used for the transport of goods to the steel industry and the port of Duisburg-Ruhrort.

Current situation

The railway lines built during the 19th century in areas that are now incorporated in the city of Duisburg do not reflect the current passenger traffic flows of the current population and this line has only limited usefulness for passenger transport.

In the past, freight mainly ran on the line between Duisburg-Ruhrorter Hafen (harbour) freight yard and the large Oberhausen West freight yard (formerly the Oberhausen RHE station). The Duisburg-Wedau–Bottrop Süd line of the former Rhenish Railway Company (Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RHE) connected the two freight yards. Today the harbour yard is only connected to the east to the Duisburg-Wedau–Bottrop Süd line.

Rail service

The

Prignitzer Eisenbahn (PEG), owned by Arriva. The travel time for the whole line is twelve minutes. There are connections to other trains at Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof
.

The PEG trains are operated with Bombardier Talent diesel multiple units (class 643.2) on one track, with an average speed is 45 km / h. The Ruhrort line runs on weekdays at 30-minute intervals and at weekends at 60-minute intervals. Between February 2019 and the 9th September 2019, trains were replaced by buses due to a shortage of available staff.[2] The Ruhrort line is part of the network of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Rhine-Ruhr Public Transport Association).

In December 2010, the line was taken over by NordWestBahn.[3]

External links

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0
    .
  2. ^ "Verkehrsmeldungen". Retrieved 2019-08-11.
  3. ^ "Railway Gazette: News in Brief". Retrieved 2011-01-02.
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