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Dortmund–Soest railway
Overview
Native nameBahnstrecke Dortmund–Soest
Line number2103
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Service
Route number431
Technical
Line length54 km (34 mi)
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed150 km/h (93 mph) (max)
Route map

Legend
Main line from Hamm
Line from Lünen
164.4 Dortmund Hbf
Line to Wanne-Eickel
Main line to Bochum/Witten
Dortmund West (planned) S4; lines
from Dortmund-Lüttgendortmund and to Unna
S-Bahn line to Witten S5
lines from Dortmund-Dortmunderfeld,
D-Huckarde and D-Lüttgendortmund
169.3 Schnettkerbrücke junction
170.1 Dortmund Signal-Iduna-Park*
Connecting line to Rhenish line
Former Rhenish line
Former Elias Railway
Formerly from Elias Railway
173.0 Dortmund-Hörde
Ardey Railway to Iserlohn
177.0 Dortmund-Aplerbeck
179.6 Dortmund-Sölde
Line from Hagen
182.0 Holzwickede
S-Bahn line from Unna-Königsborn S4
188.9 Unna
Line to Fröndenberg
Line to Hamm
193.7 Lünern
196.9 Hemmerde
204.6 Werl
207.9 Westönnen
210.9 Ostönnen
Line from Hamm
218.4 Soest
Line to Warburg
Source: German railway atlas

* formerly Dortmund Westfalenhalle

The Dortmund–Soest railway is a line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It runs from Dortmund Hauptbahnhof through the southern Dortmund district of Holzwickede to Unna and from there through the Hellweg Börde parallel to the Haarstrang ridge on the southern edge of the Westphalian Lowland via Werl to Soest. As the line was opened in 1855, it is one of the oldest railways in Germany.

This electrified route is entirely double track and is classified as a main line. It is served for its full length by the Regionalbahn RB 59 Hellwegbahn service of the Hellweg Network.

History

After an initial proposal to build a railway from Dortmund to Soest was approved in 1850, on 3 June 1852, the Prussian king, Frederick William IV issued a cabinet order authorising the construction of the line from Dortmund-Hörde to Soest. Construction began on 15 September 1853 in Werl. After a first test run on 7 June 1855, the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) operated the first scheduled train from Dortmund to Soest on 9 July 1855. The line was double tracked in 1866 and electrified by the end of 1970.

Operations

Eurobahn Hellweg-Bahn service in Westönnen

Regionalbahn RB 59 Hellweg-Bahn services run on the route Dortmund–Soest line, every half hour from Monday to Friday and every hour on Saturdays and Sundays.

The Hellweg-Bahn has been operated by the Eurobahn company since 14 December 2008, after winning the contract. These services are operated by Stadler FLIRT Electric multiple units at speeds of up to 160 km/h (99 mph).

The line's finances and tariffs are managed by the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association, VRR) and the Verkehrsgemeinschaft Ruhr-Lippe (Ruhr-Lippe Transport Community, VRL).

References

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 52, 139. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "Line 2103: Dortmund - Soest". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 1 February 2014.

Further reading

  • Günter Krause (2005). "Die Hellweg Bahn. Vom Revier aufs Land. 150 Jahre Dortmund–Soest". Eisenbahn Geschichte (in German) (11): 42–50.
  • Axel Heimsoth (2006). Die Wiederentdeckung des Hellwegs – Regionale Identität im Spiegel verkehrspolitischer Diskussionen bis zum Bau der Dortmund-Soester-Eisenbahn (in German). Essen: Klartext Verlag. ISBN 3-89861-591-X.
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