Oberbergische Bahn

RB 25: Oberbergische Bahn
Overview
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia
Line number
  • 2620 (Köln Hansaring-Köln)
  • 2670 (Köln-Köln Posthof)
  • 2621 (Köln Posthof–Flughafen NO)
  • 2692 (Flughafen NO–Frankfurter Str)
  • 2655 (Frankfurter Str–Overath)
  • 2657 (Overath–Dieringhausen)
  • 2810 (Dieringhausen–Brügge (Westf))
  • 2813 (Brügge (Westf)–Lüdenscheid)
Technical
Line length 97 km (60 mi)
Operating speed 120 km/h (74.6 mph) (maximum)
Route number 459
Route map
0
 Köln Hansaring
(Hp)
1
 Cologne Hbf
ICE, Thalys, IC, RE
2
 Köln Messe/Deutz
ICE, RE
4
 Köln Trimbornstraße
(Hp)
8
 Köln Frankfurter Straße
17
 Rösrath-Stümpen
19
 Rösrath
21
 Hoffnungsthal
25
 Honrath
29
 Overath
41
 Engelskirchen
46
 Ründeroth
54
 Dieringhausen
59
 Gummersbach
67
 Marienheide
76
 Meinerzhagen
80
 Kierspe
(planned)
88
 Oberbrügge
(planned)
91
 Brügge (Westf)
RB
97
 Lüdenscheid
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Oberbergische Bahn (RB 25) is a Regionalbahn rail service running between Cologne Hansaring and Lüdenscheid in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW).[2]

This service is operated by DB Regio NRW with Alstom Coradia LINT 54 and 81 railcars.

Route

Overath station

The RB 25 service starts at Cologne Hansaring and runs over the tracks of the S-Bahn line to the Cologne–Overath railway to Overath then on the Siegburg–Olpe railway (also called the Agger Valley Railway) to Dieringhausen, continuing over the Hagen–Dieringhausen railway (Volme Valley Railway) and Brügge to its terminus at Lüdenscheid.

The RB 25 service runs on the section between Cologne Hansaring and Overath every half hour. Trains continue from Overath to Meinerzhagen hourly and from Meinerzhagen to Lüdenscheid bihourly.

Fares

Fares on the entire line are regulated by Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association).

Extension to Lüdenscheid

Oliver Wittke, the former NRW transport minister, turned down a proposal to reactivate the entire section in 2005. The Meinerzhagen–Meinerzhagen section returned to operation in 2013.[3] The section of the Volme Valley Railway between Marienheide and Brügge (Westfalen) was finally reactivated at the timetable change in December 2017. Now trains from Cologne can run directly to Lüdenscheid.

Since , work at Meinerzhagen station was largely completed by December 2017, but there are no binding deadlines for reopening Kierspe and Halver-Oberbügge stations.

Future

It is proposed to operate the section between Cologne Hansaring and Overath at 20-minute intervals. This, however, requires the duplication of the line. In 2015, the line is to be integrated into the network of the Rhine-Sieg S-Bahn and to be extended through Cologne to the Eifel Railway.

In March 2011, the Nahverkehr Westfalen-Lippe (Westphalia-Lippe Regional Transport) awarded operations of the Cologne diesel network (Kölner Dieselnetz) to DB Regio Rheinland from December 2013 for 20 years. This contract requires the following actions on the Oberbergische network to be undertaken:

  • line extension (reactivation) from Marienheide to Meinerzhagen
  • duplication of the Dieringhausen–Gummersbach section
  • measures to raise speeds between Köln-Porz and Rösrath
  • increased services on the Overath–Engelskirchen section by increasing services between Cologne and Overath (13 services from Monday to Friday)
  • increased services on the Overath–Gummersbach section to 14 services from Monday to Friday
  • an extra service in the morning peak from Overath (7:11 AM) to Cologne (7:48 AM)
  • establishment of a half-hourly service between Marienheide and Gummersbach between 7:00 and 8:00 AM for students and school children.

Alstom Coradia LINT 54 and 81 railcars are used for the service.

Notes

  1. ↑ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 52, 63–4, 143, 146–9. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. ↑ "RB25: Oberbergische Bahn". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bahnübergänge bleiben ein Problem in Güntenbecke" (in German). come-on.de. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  • "Timetable No 459: Köln Hansaring ↔ Marienheide" (in German). Deutsche Bahn. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
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