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The Sieg Railway (
Services
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Services of the line are:
- Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9) of DB Regio (Aachen – Köln – Siegen), operated hourly with Bombardier Talent 2 EMUs in coupled sets, or with double-decker push-pull sets propelled by class 111 or class 120 electric locomotives or occasionally Silberling coaches hauled by class 111 locomotives.
- Dreiländerbahn (Limburg – Westerburg – Altenkirchen – Au (Sieg) – Betzdorf – Siegen), runs every hour after the S 12, and every half hour in the peak hour on the Altenkirchen - Betzdorf section. The trains consist of diesel railcars of class 640 or 648for speeds up to 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph).
- Dreiländerbahn (Betzdorf – Siegen – Kreuztal – Bad Berleburg), runs every hour after the RE 9, forms together with RB 90 a half-hour service on the Betzdorf – Siegen section. The trains consist of diesel railcars of class 640 or 648for speeds up to 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph).
- Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S12 ((Horrem -) Köln-Ehrenfeld – Köln – Köln-Porz – Troisdorf – Hennef (Sieg) – Au (Sieg)), to Hennef at 20-minute intervals and hourly to Au. Forms together with S 19 a half-hour service on the Hennef – Herchen (– Au) section. Operated with coupled sets of DB Class 420 and DBAG Class 423 EMUs.
- Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S13 (Düren – Sindorf – Köln-Ehrenfeld – Köln – Köln-Bonn Flughafen – Troisdorf). Operated with coupled sets of DBAG Class 423 EMUs.
- Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn S19 (Düren – Sindorf – Köln-Ehrenfeld - Köln – Köln-Bonn Flughafen – Troisdorf – Siegburg – Hennef (Sieg) – Herchen). Individual services from Monday to Friday at lunch and dinner as well as daily services at night to Au (Sieg). Operated with coupled sets of DBAG Class 423 EMUs.
History
Formation
The Sieg railway is the western section of the Deutz–Gießen railway (Deutz-Gießener Eisenbahn, DGE) as far as Betzdorf and the line from there to Siegen, which was originally opened as a branch line on 10 January 1861.
From the time of the building of a line, a direct connection was proposed between Siegen and Haiger, which was eventually opened in 1915. This shortened the connection between Siegen and Dillenburg by about 30 kilometres (20 mi), leading to a shift of traffic from the old line (now known as the
Further development
The Sieg flood of 1909 destroyed many bridges, including railway bridges, such as at Herchen, which had to be rebuilt. In 1914, numerous special trains were used to carry German troops to their deployment area in the
In 1962 was the first section of the Sieg line from Cologne to Troisdorf was electrified, together with the
In the summer and autumn of 2003 the
In the spring of 2004, the whole Cologne–Au section was equipped with new high platforms for the extension of S-Bahn line 12 from Cologne to Düren with class 423 rail cars. Until then S 12 services were operated by class 143 locomotives hauling converted Silberling carriages. Porz, Troisdorf, Hennef and Blankenberg stations were equipped with only temporary platforms. The last station to be equipped with high platform was Porz in 2009.
Construction of a new station for S-Bahn line 12 at Hennef im Siegbogen began in January 2011 and it opened on 11 December 2011.[3] It is intended to upgrade the track and stations between Au and Siegen, including the installations of high platforms.
References
- ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.
- ISBN 978-3-89909-100-7
- ^ "Hennef Im Siegbogen operations". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
External links
NRW railway archive of André Joost:
- Description of 2651: Köln-Deutz ↔ Betzdorf
- Description of 2880: Betzdorf ↔ Siegen
www.eisenbahn-tunnelportale.de of Lothar Brill:
Other sites: