Alme Valley Railway

Alme Valley Railway
Former route
Overview
Native nameAlmetalbahn
Line number2961
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Termini
Service
Route numberex 174d, 198p, 198e,
298g, 238e, 345
History
Opening20 Oct. 1899
Closure of passenger services30 May 1981
Technical
Line length59.7 km (37.1 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed<60 km/h (37.3 mph)
Route map

0
Paderborn Hbf
2.6
4.4
Wewer
6.9
Alme
7.7
Borchen
10.0
Alfen
12.1
Alme
12.7
Niederntudorf
15.8
Alme
16.2
Wewelsburg
16.7
Alme
16.9
Alme
17.0
Wewelsburg Tunnel (143 m)
18.1
Alme
18.3
Ahden
18.5
Ahden Tunnel (118 m)
20.0
Alme
21.8
Brenken
26.1
26.6
Büren (Westf)
227 m
27.4
(end of line since 2007)
27.5
Büren (Westf)-Weinberg
(Museum railway)
 
30.0
Weine Viaduct
30.1
Weine
32.3
Siddinghausen
36.3
Ringelstein
(Museum railway)
264 m
43.3
Alme
329 m
44.1
Almequelle
44.2
Almer Tunnel (100 m)
47.5
Thülen
(Museum railway)
47.7
Thülen Rekostein
(siding)
391 m
50.0
Brilon Egger
(siding)
52.0
52.4
Brilon Stadt
426 m
56.2
Gudenhagen Tunnel (280 m)
56.4
Gudenhagen
58.9
59.7
Brilon Wald
448 m
Source: German railway atlas[1]

The Alme Valley Railway (German: Almetalbahn) was an approximately 60 km long, mostly single-track branch line from Paderborn via Buren to Brilon in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is named after the Alme river and runs through its valley in a north–south direction. The line is disused and dismantled between Paderborn and Büren-Weiberg, but it has not been formally closed. The remaining line between Büren-Weiberg and Brilon Wald (forest) was for a long time only used for freight and museum trains, but the section between Brilon Stadt (town) and Brilon Wald has been back in use by regional services since 2011.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas]. Schweers + Wall. 2009. p. 65. ISBN 978-3-89494-139-0.