The Kreuztal–Cölbe railway is a 88-kilometre-long main line in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It branches off the Ruhr–Sieg railway at Kreuztal and runs via Erndtebrück, Bad Laasphe and Biedenkopf to Cölbe. Operationally, the line is now divided into two parts. The Kreuztal–Erndtebrück section is operated together with the Erndtebrück–Bad Berleburg railway as the Rothaar-Bahn (Rothaar Railway) and the subsequent section to Cölbe, now operated by the Kurhessenbahn, is called the Obere Lahntalbahn (Upper Lahn Valley Railway). Trains at the eastern end of the line run to/from Marburg (Lahn).
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Kreuztal–Cölbe railway |
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Line number | 2870 |
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Locale | Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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Route number | 443, 623 |
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Line length | 88.428 km (54.947 mi) |
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
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Operating speed |
- Erndtebrück–Wallau: 60 km/h (37 mph)
- Wallau–Cölbe: 80 km/h (50 mph)
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0.065 |
Kreuztal |
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0.800 |
Kreuztal Ost |
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Ferndorfbach |
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1.734 |
Ferndorf (Kr Siegen) |
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Ferndorfbach |
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4.500 |
Kredenbach |
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5.651 |
Dahlbruch |
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6.930 |
Hillnhütten |
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8.470 |
Stift Keppel-Allenbach |
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Ferndorfbach |
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10.057 |
Hilchenbach |
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11.850 |
Vormwald Dorf |
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12.305 |
Vormwald Tunnel (193 m) |
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17.967 |
Vormwald |
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B 508 |
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18.550 |
Schloßberg Tunnel (270 m) |
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19.514 |
Kronprinz-Eiche Tunnel (213 m) |
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21.951 |
Lützel |
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Erndtebrücker Eisenwerke (siding) |
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28.821 |
Erndtebrück |
481 m |
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29.700 |
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30.100 |
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32.000 |
Gebr Wahl (siding) |
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32.136 |
Erndtebrück-Schameder |
505 m |
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32.7 |
B 62 |
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B 62 |
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34.676 |
Erndtebrück-Leimstruth |
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35.275 |
Leimstruth Tunnel (320 m) |
542 m |
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37.1 |
Amtshausen |
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40.088 |
Bad Laasphe-Oberndorf |
450 m |
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43.210 |
Bad Laasphe-Feudingen |
388 m |
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45.000 |
Bermershausen |
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46.500 |
Saßmannshausen |
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Bundesstraße 62 (road relocated) |
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47.5 |
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5100 |
VEW Laasphe (siding) |
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51.200 |
Friedrichshütte-Laasphe |
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52.000 |
Lahn |
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52.953 |
Bad Laasphe |
317 m |
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54.500 |
Amalienhütte Achenbach (siding) |
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54.757 |
Bad Laasphe-Niederlaasphe (since 2009) |
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55.400 |
Amalienhütte |
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56.100 |
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Schelde Valley Railway from Dillenburg |
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57.146 |
Biedenkopf-Wallau |
294 m |
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57.200 |
Lahn |
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59.700 |
Ludwigshütte |
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B 253 |
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59.800 |
Lahn |
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61.100 |
Biedenkopf Campus (since 2003) |
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62.108 |
Biedenkopf |
271 m |
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63.800 |
Lahn |
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65.600 |
Eckelshausen |
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B 453 |
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67.167 |
Wilhelmshütte (Lahn) |
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68.575 |
Friedensdorf (Lahn) |
248 m |
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70.600 |
Carlshütte |
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72.196 |
Buchenau (Lahn) |
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72.400 |
Lahn |
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74.9 |
Brungershausen |
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77.558 |
Caldern |
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80.525 |
Sterzhausen |
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82.770 |
Goßfelden |
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84.025 |
Lahntal-Sarnau |
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84.9 |
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84.982 |
Sarnau |
195 m |
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85.600 |
Lahn |
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88.300 |
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88.493 |
Cölbe |
198 m |
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Source: German railway atlas |
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