East Rhine Railway

East Rhine Railway
Overview
Native nameRechte Rheinstrecke
Line number
  • 2324 (Köln-Kalk Nord–Koblenz)
  • 507 (Koblenz–Wiesbaden)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Germany
Termini
Service
Route number
  • 465 (Köln–Koblenz)
  • 466 (Koblenz–Wiesbaden)
Technical
Line length179 km (111 mi)
Number of tracks2
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) (maximum)
Route map

km
00.0
 
Köln Hauptbahnhof
0.0
Köln Messe/Deutz
to Köln-Mülheim
1.2
Köln Gummersbacher Straße junction
Köln-Trimbornstraße
freight line
Cologne freight railway bypass
to the south bridge
2.2
Köln-Kalk
freight line to Köln-Kalk North
Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf Railway
freight line to Köln-Kalk North
connecting line to Köln-Kalk North
Bundesautobahn 4 number.svgBundesstraße 14 number.svg A 4 / B 14
3.9
Vingst junction
4.5
Airport NW junction
Cologne Airport Loop (long distance)
Köln-Airport Business Park
Köln-Steinstraße
Cologne freight railway bypass
to the south bridge
68.7   7.8
Köln Steinstraße junction (start of HSL)
70.1        
Gremberg Süd junction
Freight line to Gremberg
9.6
Porz (Rhein)
73.9 12.4
Porz-Wahn
Porz-Wahn south junction
78.4 16.9
Spich
79.5  18.0
Troisdorf Vorbf
Troisdorf north junction
81.2 19.7
TroisdorfS13
(planned)
⤹ original route from Siegburg
82.8
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte
85.4
Menden
Vilich
Bonn Stadtbahn
90.3
Bonn-Beuel
Bonn-Beuel industrial railway
Ramersdorf
(planned)
93.9
Bonn Oberkassel
end of planned S-Bahn
96.6
Niederdollendorf
98.6
Königswinter
101.3
Rhöndorf
103.4
Bad Honnef
107.6
Unkel
former line through the Erpeler Ley [de]
110.3
Erpel
110.5
113.3
Linz am Rhein
115.8
Leubsdorf
120.0
Bad Hönningen
123.2
Rheinbrohl
129.5
Leutesdorf
133.4
Fahr-Irlich
135.6
Rasselstein & Co. siding
135.8
Neuwied
136.0
industrial sidings
139.0
141.2
Engers
Bendorf
(planned)
143.8
Bendorf
146.7
Vallendar
151.2
Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein
153.0
Koblenz Pfaffendorf junction
Horchheim Tunnel (
576 m
630 yd
)
154.7
125.7
line change
2324
3507
Koblenz-Horchheim
(planned)
123.8
Niederlahnstein
Lahn
Prussia
Nassau
(
former
border
)
122.0
Oberlahnstein
117.9
Braubach
117.0
112.0
Osterspai
109.1
Filsen
106.1
Kamp-Bornhofen
100.8
Kestert
94.2
St. Goarshausen
Loreley Tunnel (
368 m
402 yd
417 m
456 yd
)
89.0
Loreley
Roßstein Tunnel (
378 m
413 yd
457 m
500 yd
)
83.6
Kaub
80.0
Lorchhausen
77.2
Lorch
69.5
Assmannshausen
65.3
Rüdesheim am Rhein
Kellergrube crossover
61.3
Geisenheim
57.0
Oestrich-Winkel
53.9
Hattenheim
50.8
Erbach
48.8
Eltville
45.8
Niederwalluf
42.6
Wiesbaden-Schierstein
39.5
Wiesbaden-Biebrich
38.8
44.7
Wiesbaden-Biebrich
kilometrage change
Wiesbaden-Salzbach junction
Taunus Railway to Frankfurt
Wiesbaden-Wäschbach Süd junction
Wiesbaden-Wäschbach Nord junction
41.2
Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof
Wiesbaden Rheinbahnhof [de]
(1879–1906)
km
Source[1]

The East Rhine Railway (German: Rechte Rheinstrecke, literally 'right (of the) Rhine railway') is a major, double-track, electrified railway line, running along the right bank of the Rhine from Cologne to Wiesbaden. The 179-kilometer (111.2 mi)-long line forms two Deutsche Bahn routes. Route 465 extends from Cologne to Koblenz, via Troisdorf, Bonn-Beuel, Unkel, and Neuwied. From Koblenz, Route 466 extends to Wiesbaden, via Rüdesheim am Rhein. Together with the Taunus railway (Route 645.1), the line is used by Stadt-Express line SE-10 of the Rhine-Main Transport Association, which runs from Frankfurt to Koblenz and Neuwied.

With the Cologne-Frankfurt high-speed railway and the Sieg Railway, the East Rhine Railway forms a six-track line between Cologne-Porz and Troisdorf. It includes two tunnels between Rüdesheim and Niederlahnstein, including the well-known Loreley Tunnel near Sankt Goarshausen.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. pp. 63, 75–76, 148–149, 151. ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.