Düsseldorf–Solingen railway

Düsseldorf–Solingen
Route number:450.1
Line length:19
Track gauge:1435
Voltage:15 kV 16.7 Hz AC
Maximum speed:120
Legend
Trunk line to Duisburg S 1S 6S 11
Line to Wuppertal
S-Bahn to Mettmann/Wuppertal S 8S 28S 68
5.7 Düsseldorf Hbf
Line to Neuss
S-Bahn to Neuss S 8S 11S 28
4.5 Düsseldorf Volksgarten
Emma junctionto depot
3.5 Düsseldorf-Wersten junction
3.3 Düsseldorf-Oberbilk (junction)
Freight bypass
S-Bahn line to Cologne
Berg junctionTrunk line to Cologne S 6S 68
Berg junctionFreight bypass
1.2 Sturm junction
1.0 Düsseldorf-Eller Mitte
Freight line to Düsseldorf-Hardt
0.0
28.6
Düsseldorf-Eller
(lines running parallel)
34.9
-0.1
Hilden
Freight line to Opladen
former connecting line
1.2 Hilden Süd
5.2 Solingen Vogelpark
Line to Gruiten
7.2 Solingen Hbfterminus of S 1
Line to Opladen
Line to Remscheid

The Düsseldorf–Solingen railway is a railway in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a 19 kilometre line, entirely double track and electrified with overhead line. It is now exclusively used by line S 1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn.

History

The section between Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof and Düsseldorf-Eller was opened on 1 October 1891[1] by the Eisenbahndirektionen Cöln rechtsrheinisch (Railway division of Cologne Rhine Right Bank of the Prussian state railways). Between Eller and Hilden the line originally used the Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf line, which was opened by the Rhenish Railway Company on 18 November 1874,[2] but separate tracks were opened in 1917.[3] The section between Hilden and Ohligs (now Solingen Hauptbahnhof) was opened on 3 January 1894.[4]

Rail services

S-Bahn services started operating over the line to Düsseldorf Airport Terminal on 27 October 1975; these services were eventually branded as line S 7. On 13 December 2009, line S 7 services were discontinued and operations on the Düsseldorf–Solingen line were taken over by an extension of line S 1 from Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof. These services are operated at 20 minute intervals, using coupled sets of class 422 four-car electrical multiple units.[5]

There are plans to electrify the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway and to extend the service to Remscheid and Wuppertal.

Fares

The entire line is in the area of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association), which establishes service levels and sets fares for it.

References

  1. "Line 2413: Düsseldorf-Eller - Düsseldorf Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  2. "Line 2324: Mülheim-Speldorf - Niederlahnstein". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  3. "Line 2676: Düsseldorf-Eller - Hilden". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  4. "Line 2671: Hilden - Solingen Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.
  5. "Langenfeld S1: Dortmund - Essen Düsseldorf - Solingen". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 2 October 2011.