The Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway is a 27 km long main line railway in Germany, originally built by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company, connecting Düsseldorf and Elberfeld (now Wuppertal) via Erkrath, Hochdahl and Vohwinkel. It is served by Regional Express, Regionalbahn and S-Bahn trains.
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Düsseldorf-Elberfeld |
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Line number |
- 2550 (Long distance)
- 2525 (S-Bahn)
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Locale | North Rhine-Westphalia |
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Route number |
- 455, 485 (Long distance)
- 450.8, 450.9, 450.11 (S-Bahn)
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Line length | 27 km (17 mi) |
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Number of tracks | 2:Wuppertal–Gruiten junction Düsseldorf-Gerresheim–Düsseldorf (S-Bahn station) |
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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Electrification | 15 kV 16.7 Hz |
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Operating speed | 130 km/h (max) |
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Maximum incline | 3.3 |
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115.4 (38.1) |
Wuppertal Hbf (formerly Elberfeld) terminus of S28 |
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114.6 (37.4) |
Wuppertal-Steinbeck |
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(36.9) |
Wuppertal-Steinbeck goods yard |
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former Burgholz Railway to Cronenberg |
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111.9 (34.6) |
Wuppertal Zoologischer Garten |
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Sonnborn railway bridge, Wupper |
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111.1 (33.8) |
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109.1 (31.9) |
Wuppertal-Vohwinkel (triangular) |
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former Corkscrew Railway to Solingen |
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106.1 (00.0 |
Linden junction |
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104.2 (26.9) |
Gruiten |
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103.7 (26.4) |
Gruiten junction |
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101.0 (23.7) |
Hochdahl-Millrath |
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(23.0) |
Hochdahl siding |
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99.6 (22.3) |
Hochdahl junction |
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99.3 (22.2) |
Hochdahl |
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Erkrath-Hochdahl steep grade |
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96.5 (19.2) |
Erkrath |
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93.8 (16.6) |
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former southern route until 1891 |
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90.7 (00.0 |
Fortuna junction |
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Connecting line from D-Grafenberg |
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Oberbilk BME junction |
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former route until 1891 (see below) |
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90.0 (00.0 |
Dora junction |
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(12.6) |
Düsseldorf-Flingern |
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S-Bahn line from Duisburg S1S11 |
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Suburban line from Düsseldorf Airport |
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88.4 (11.1) |
Düsseldorf Hbf |
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former route until 1891 (see below) |
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S-Bahn line to Cologne S1S6 |
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Suburban line to Düsseldorf-Reisholz |
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Former alignment in Düsseldorf until 1891 |
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Line from Wuppertal (see above) |
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~93.0 |
Route since 1891 to the north |
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Industrial sidings |
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former route of the Ruhr Valley Railway |
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~90.0 |
Oberbilk BME junction |
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former route from Lierenfeld CME junction |
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Düsseldorf Hbf |
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Düsseldorf CME |
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87.0 |
Düsseldorf DEE (Graf-Adolf-Platz) |
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Düsseldorf Rheinknie |
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Düsseldorf harbour |
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