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Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm Railway
The Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway, also called the Hamm-Osterfeld line (german: Hamm-Osterfelder Bahn), is a 76-kilometre long double-track electrified main line railway at the northern edge of the Ruhr in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has a continuous level route with no tunnels. Its eastern and central sections are now only used for freight, while its western section is also for passenger operations. The main operator, Deutsche Bahn (formerly Deutsche Bundesbahn), has always referred to this line as the ''Nordstrecke'' ("northern line"). It was the northernmost route of the former railway division of Essen. History The line was built to relieve the existing network of railways in the Ruhr region, which was at the limit of its capacity, especially for freight traffic. The line was opened on 1 May 1905. It served primarily as a direct connection between the two major marshalling yards of Hamm and Osterfeld Süd to allow long-distance freight tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 KV AC Railway Electrification
Railway electrification systems using at are used on transport railways in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway. The high voltage enables high power transmission with the lower frequency reducing the losses of the traction motors that were available at the beginning of the 20th century. Railway electrification in late 20th century tends to use AC systems which has become the preferred standard for new railway electrifications but extensions of the existing networks are not completely unlikely. In particular, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (opened on 1 June 2016) still uses 15 kV, 16.7 Hz electrification. Due to high conversion costs, it is unlikely that existing systems will be converted to despite the fact that this would reduce the weight of the on-board step-down transformers to one third that of the present devices. History The first electrified railways used series-wound DC motors, first at 600 V and then 1,500 V. Areas with 3 kV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Datteln
Datteln is a town in the Recklinghausen (district), district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on a crossroads of four canals (Datteln-Hamm Canal, Wesel-Datteln Canal, Dortmund-Ems Canal and Rhein-Herne Canal), which makes it the biggest canal junction in the World, approx. 10 km north-east of Recklinghausen and 20 km north-west of Dortmund. Katja Seizinger, retired Alpine skiing, ski racing champion and triple Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, Olympic gold medalist, was born in Datteln. Notable people * Horst Niggemeier (1929–2000), politician, mayor of Datteln * Reinhard Lettmann (1933–2013), bishop of Münster (1980–2008) * Egon Ramms (born 1948), General, 2007–2010 commander at NATO * Klaus Eberhard (tennis), Klaus Eberhard (born 1957), director of Sport of German Tennis Federation and former tennis player * Ingo Anderbrügge (born 1964), football player and coach * Katja Seizinger (born 1972), FIS Alpine Ski World Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bochum–Essen/Oberhausen Railway
The Bochum–Essen/Oberhausen railway was built by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (''Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', BME) to the north of its main line through the central Ruhr to tap traffic from mines and factories in the northern Ruhr region, which is now in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. History For a long time, the main focus of the BME was on its lines through the Bergisches Land (the Witten/Dortmund–Oberhausen/Duisburg railway) and along the Ruhr (the Ruhr Valley Railway), which connected to local factories and coal mines. With the migration of the coal mining industry north from the vicinity of the Ruhr to the Emscher, the area between the two rivers became more of interest to the BME. This area had previously only been served by the Rhenish Railway Company (RhE) and the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) with its more northerly Ruhr lines. Already in 1847, the CME had built its main line between Duisburg and Dortmund, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund Railway
The Duisburg-Ruhrort–Dortmund railway (also called the Cologne-Minden Emscher Valley Railway) was built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (''Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', CME) in the area to the north of its original Duisburg–Dortmund railway, Ruhr line to improve connections to mines and factories in the northern Ruhr region, which is now in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The track at the time of the Deutsche Reichsbahn mostly consisted of at least two tracks; now two-track, single track and completely dismantled sections alternate. The section from Oberhausen-Sterkrade station, Oberhausen-Sterkrade to Herne station, Herne was electrified between 1963 and 1975. History For a long time the main focus of the CME was on regional routes in the Rhineland and Westphalia. With the migration of the coal mining industry north from the vicinity of the Ruhr (river), Ruhr to the Emscher, the area between the two rivers became more of interest to the CME. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duisburg-Wedau–Bottrop Süd Railway
The Duisburg-Wedau–Bottrop Süd railway is a railway used only for freight in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It runs from the former Duisburg-Wedau freight yard as well as from the Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd freight yard via Oberhausen West freight yard to Bottrop Süd freight yard. The railway connects these and many other important lines in Duisburg, Oberhausen and Bottrop. In particular, it provides a connection to the Duisburg and Ruhrort river ports. Strictly speaking, the four-track railway on the eastern outskirts of Duisburg is used by a total of three different routes from the Lotharstraße overpass in Duisburg-Neudorf to the overpass over Obermeidericher Straße in Duisburg-Obermeiderich, running largely parallel with Autobahn 3. At Walzwerk junction (northeast of Oberhausen and Oberhausen West freight yard) the line infrastructure (VzG) numbers change. All six VzG routes are now classified as main lines, have two tracks and are electrified. History Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bottrop Hauptbahnhof
Bottrop Hauptbahnof is a railway station in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd – Hamm railway and Essen–Bottrop railway and is served by RE and S-Bahn services operated by DB and NordWestBahn. History On 12 November 1879, the Royal Westphalian Railway Company opened the Horst–Osterfeld section of its Welver-Sterkrade line, but failed to build a station in Bottrop city. Just one year later the company was nationalised and the line was partly dismantled. On 1 May 1905 the Prussian state railways opened the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway, which runs parallel to the Westphalian route from Osterfeld Süd to the east for about four kilometres to the current Bottrop Hauptbahnhof and then swings to the north. On this line a station was opened nearly half a kilometre east of the present station then called ''West Bottrop'' station. This station was designed with station building on an island between two tracks to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welver–Sterkrade Railway
The Welver–Sterkrade railway is a former through railway line from the Westphalian town of Welver to Sterkrade in the western Ruhr region in Germany, which is now broken into four disconnected sections. Because its route ran along the Emscher river it was known as the ''Westphalian Emscher Valley Railway''. The sections from Unna-Königsborn to the former Dortmund South station and from Dortmund-Dorstfeld to Dortmund-Mengede is now an entirely two-track electrified railway and is served by the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (lines S 2 and S 4). There are two sections, each of only a few kilometres, in Gelsenkirchen and in Bottrop and Oberhausen, which have traditionally been used exclusively for freight. History The line was built by the Royal Westphalian Railway Company (german: Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn, KWE) to connect its network, which at that time mostly ran through northern and eastern Westphalia, to the Ruhr area in the west in order to serve the lucrative traffic from its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bottrop-Boy Station
Bottrop-Boy station is located in the German city of Bottrop in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station. The station was opened between 1925 and 1927 by Deutsche Reichsbahn. It is served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 9 (Recklinghausen / Haltern am See and Wuppertal - Hagen), operating every 30 minutes during the day. It is also served by three bus routes: 260 (every 20 minutes), 265 (every 20 minutes) and 266 (every 60 minutes), all operated by Vestische Straßenbahnen The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers most of the Ruhr area, as well as neighbouring parts of the Lower Rhine region, includ .... Notes Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn stations S9 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) Buildings and structures in Bottrop Railway stations in Germany opened in 1925 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gladbeck West Station
Gladbeck West station is located in the German city of Gladbeck in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm line and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. The station was opened 1 May 1905 by the Prussian state railways. It is served by Regional-Express service RE 14: Emscher-Münsterland-Express (Essen–Bottrop-''Gladbeck''-Dorsten), train part 1 Borken (Westf) / train part 2 Coesfeld (Westf) and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 9 (Recklinghausen / Haltern–Wuppertal / Hagen). Special 15 minutes tact RE 14 / S 9 : (Gladbeck-West - Bottrop Hbf, Essen-Borbeck, Essen Hbf). S 9 separation station Recklinghausen or GE-Buer, Marl, Haltern am See It is also served by five bus routes: SB36, 253, 254 and 258 (all operated by Vestische Straßenbahnen The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (), abbreviated VRR, is a public transport association (Verkehrsverbund) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It covers most of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord Station
Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord station is located in the city of Gelsenkirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway. The current station was opened in 1998 and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a German railway station categories, category 6 station as a halt (''Haltepunkt''). It replaced a station 600 metres to the southwest, which had been opened in 1905. Location and construction The station is located north of Gelsenkirchen-Buer at kilometre 17.6 of the Hamm-Osterfeld railway. The line to Marl Lippe, popularly referred to as the V9, connects at the eastern end of the station. The old station has three main tracks, two of which are mainline tracks. The third track is leased as a siding. The station building is located south of the tracks with an exit to the street of Zum Alten Bahnhof ("to the old station"). It has been used by a fabric merchant since 2013. West of the station, the V9 separates from the Ham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe Railway
The Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord–Marl Lippe railway is an approximately 17 kilometre-long, electrified and predominantly single-track main line railway in the north of the Ruhr district of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It connects Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord station on the Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway (Oberhausen-Osterfeld station, Oberhausen-Osterfeld – Hamm (Westfalen) station, Hamm (Westf) marshalling yard) with Marl Lippe junction on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway (Wanne-Eickel Hauptbahnhof, Wanne-Eickel Hbf – Hamburg Hauptbahnhof, Hamburg Hbf). The route is included in the list lines showing local speeds under the German railway route numbers, VzG route number of 2252. As the railway was planned by the Ruhr coal district association as traffic axis (''Verkehrsband'') No. 9, it is also colloquially called ''V9''. History The ''Essener Volkszeitung'' newspaper published an article on 14 April 1903 addressing the need for a railway from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
