Dill Railway

Dill Railway
Overview
Native nameDillstrecke
Line number
  • 2881 (Siegen–Siegen Ost)
  • 800 (Siegen Ost–Haiger)
  • 2651 (Haiger–Gießen)
LocaleHesse and North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number445
Technical
Line length73 km (45 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed140 km/h (87 mph)
Route map

−1.1
Siegen
0.0
0.4–1.2
Giersberg tunnel
 
 
 
 
Siegen Ost goods yard (station until 1992)
2.9
Siegen-Wittgenstein District Railway
 
 
Mannesmann Fuchs Rohr siding
108.3
Siegen town siding
110.9
Niederdielfen viaduct
111.4
Niederdielfen
114.8
Rudersdorf viaduct
115.8
Rudersdorf (Siegen)
116.4
Rudersdorf substation siding
117.6
Rudersdorf tunnel (2652 m)
119.0
 
 
state boundary
121.4
Dill river and road bridge
121.7
Dillbrecht
124.2
Bridge over Dill and road
124.9
Rodenbach (Dillkr)
127.0
129.1
Haiger
 
 
km change, network boundary
119.3
119.4
Dill
121.4
Sechshelden
123.7
125.0
Dillenburg
126.6
Dill
127.1
Niederscheld (Dillkr) Süd
128.3
Dill
129.0
Burg (Dillkr) Nord
129.3
129.8
130.8
Herborn (Dillkr)
133.3
Dill
134.6
Firma Haas & Sohn siding
135.0
Sinn
137.1
Edingen (Wetzlar)
139.4
Katzenfurt
143.5
Ehringshausen (Kr Wetzlar)
146.0
Werdorf
148.8
Dill
149.0
Firma Berkenhoff & Drebes siding
149.4
Aßlar
150.4
152.8
Buderus Edelstahl I siding
153.2
Buderus Edelstahl II siding
153.3
153.4
Wetzlar
153.9
154.7
Wetzlar marshalling yard
155.1
Garbenheim
(until 1977, Lollar–
Wetzlar railway only)
to Lollar
160.6
Dutenhofen (Kr Wetzlar)
161.0
to Gießen-Bergwald
163.6
Gießen passenger station/
marshalling yard transition (junction)
164.4
(Gießen-Bergwald)
164.5
Gießen marshalling yard
166.0
Gießen
to Gelnhausen
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Dill Railway (German: Dillstrecke) is a 73 km-long double-track electrified railway line, which runs from Gießen in Hesse to Siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia. The line is mainly worked by regional trains, including diesel multiples of the DreiLänderBahn, except for the IC 34, which runs between Frankfurt and Siegen, stopping in Dillenburg. The southern section between Haiger and Gießen was built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1862 as part of its line from Deutz and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. The section from Haiger to Siegen was opened in 1915 by the Prussian state railways.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.