Cross Eifel Railway

Cross Eifel Railway
Overview
Native name	Eifelquerbahn
Line number	478 (Andernach–Kaisersesch) 12478 (Kaisersesch–Gerolstein)
Locale	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Termini	Andernach Gerolstein
Service
Route number	3005
Technical
Line length	94.2 km (58.5 mi)
Number of tracks	2: Andernach–Mendig
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph) (max)
Route map Legend West Eifel Railway from Sankt Vith Eifel Railway from Trier 94.2 Gerolstein 361 m Eifel Railway to Cologne operations border: DB / VEB 92.1 Pelm (halt, former Bf) 91.1 Kyll (Bridge blocked) former line to Hillesheim 86.5 Hohenfels (Eifel) 81.0 Dockweiler-Dreis (former Bf) 561 m 74.3 Rengen former planned extension of Ahr Valley Railway from Adenau 71.5 Daun 405 m former line to Wittlich A 1 67.0 Darscheid 492 m 62.8 Utzerath 466 m 60.5 Berenbach 58.2 Ulmen 440 m 52.5 Höchstberg (Uersfeld) 520 m A 48 48.2 Laubach-Müllenbach 551 m A 48 operations border: VEB / DB 42.8 Kaisersesch 455 m 39.7 Urmersbach 387 m 33.7 Monreal 296 m 32.6 Monreal tunnel (185 m) 30.0 Geisbüsch tunnel (478 m) B 258 26.2 Mayen West Mayen-Brückentor (planned) 23.6 Mayen Ost 271 m former line to Koblenz-Lützel 20.2 Kottenheim 241 m 16.7 Thür 14.3 Mendig 191 m B 256 10.1 Kruft A 61 5.7 Plaidt former branch line from Saffig 4.1 Miesenheim B 9 Andernach Süd (planned) Left Rhine line from Koblenz 0.0 Andernach Left Rhine line to Cologne Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Cross Eifel Railway (German: Eifelquerbahn) is a non-electrified railway line between Andernach and Gerolstein in the Eifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. From Andernach to Mayen Ost (East), it is classified as main line and it has two tracks as far as Mendig.

Services on the Cross Eifel Railway currently^[when?] operate about every 30 minutes between Andernach and Mayen Ost and continue to Kaisersesch hourly as part of the Lahn-Eifel-Bahn service.

The rail service between Andernach and Kaisersesch operated for a long time under the name of Pellenz-Eifel-Bahn (the Pellenz is a hilly area between Andernach and Mayen) and the section between Kaisersesch and Gerolstein was for a time operated as the Vulkan Eifel-Bahn. This service was discontinued in 2013.