Düsseldorf–Solingen railway

Düsseldorf–Solingen railway
Overview
Locale	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Line number	413 (D Hbf–D-Eller) 2676 (D-Eller–Hilden) 2671 (Hilden–SG)
Technical
Line length	19 km (12 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route number	450.1
Route map 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 junction to depot 3.5 Düsseldorf-Wersten junction 3.3 Düsseldorf-Oberbilk (junction) Freight bypass S-Bahn line to Cologne Berg junction Trunk line to Cologne S 6S 68 Berg junction Freight 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 Hbf terminus of S 1 Line to Opladen Line to Remscheid Source: German railway atlas[1]

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^[2] 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,^[3] but separate tracks were opened in 1917.^[4] The section between Hilden and Ohligs (now Solingen Hauptbahnhof) was opened on 3 January 1894.^[5]

Rail services

Düsseldorf-Eller station

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.^[6]

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