Betuweroute

Betuweroute
Route (red) of the Betuweroute
Overview
OwnerProRail/KeyRail
LocaleSouth Holland and Gelderland,
 Netherlands
Service
TypeFreight railway
History
Opened16 June 2007
Technical
Line length159 km (99 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz
Kijfhoek yard: 1.5kV DC
Operating speed120 km/h (75 mph)
SignallingETCS Level 2
Kijfhoek yard: ETCS Level 1 and ATB-EG
Route map

line from Maasvlakte
line from Rotterdam Centraal
Kijfhoek
line to Breda
line to Breda
Sophia railway tunnel
A16/E19
Rietbaan
Noord river
A15/E31
Railway tunnel Giessen
A27/E311
line from Dordrecht to Elst
Merwede canal
Linge river
A2/E25
line from Boxtel to Utrecht Centraal
Linge river
Linge river
havenspoorlijn Tiel
Amsterdam–Rhine canal
Linge river
Linge river
A50
Valburg yard
line from Nijmegen to Arnhem
A325
Linge river
Spoortunnel Pannerdensch Kanaal
Spoortunnel Zevenaar
line from Zevenaar
demolished
line from Amsterdam Centraal
Babberich
State border Germany - Netherlands
DB 2266 to Kleef
demolished
DB 2270 to Oberhausen Hbf

The Betuweroute is a double track freight railway between Rotterdam and Germany. Betuweroute is the official name, after the Betuwe area through which the route passes. The line is popularly called Betuwelijn, after an older local rail line in the same region. The line extends into Germany as the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway, and it is part of Project No. 5 of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).[1]

  1. ^ "Betuweroute and the TEN network" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-13.