[{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/voreifel-railway-wikipedia\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/voreifel-railway-wikipedia\/","headline":"Voreifel Railway – Wikipedia","name":"Voreifel Railway – Wikipedia","description":"Railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia Voreifel Railway Native name Voreifelbahn Line number 2645 Locale North Rhine-Westphalia,","datePublished":"2017-09-09","dateModified":"2017-09-09","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/#Person","name":"lordneo","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/author\/lordneo\/","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9645c498c9701c88b89b8537773dd7c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/wiki4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download.jpg","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9a\/DB_2645_railway_map.png\/300px-DB_2645_railway_map.png","url":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/9\/9a\/DB_2645_railway_map.png\/300px-DB_2645_railway_map.png","height":"219","width":"300"},"url":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/voreifel-railway-wikipedia\/","about":["Wiki"],"wordCount":2192,"articleBody":"Railway line in the German state of North Rhine-WestphaliaVoreifel RailwayNative nameVoreifelbahnLine number2645LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyTerminiRoute number475Line length34.2\u00a0km (21.3\u00a0mi)Number of tracks2: Bonn Hbf\u2013Bonn-DuisdorfMeckenheim-Kottenforst\u2013RheinbachKuchenheim\u2013EuskirchenTrack gauge1,435\u00a0mm (4\u00a0ft\u00a08+1\u20442\u00a0in) standard gaugeOperating speed110\u00a0km\/h (68.4\u00a0mph) (maximum)The Voreifel Railway (German: Voreifelbahn) is a partly double track, non-electrified main line in the Voreifel from Bonn to Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (KBS 475).Table of ContentsHistory[edit]Opening of the line[edit]Changes to the line[edit]Development since the rail reform[edit]Planning[edit]Operations[edit]History[edit]  The signal box in Bonn-Duisdorf, heritage-listed since 2010.  Kuchenheim station, May 2005    Meckenheim (Bz K\u00f6ln) station before the raising of the platform  Former Rheinbach station building (now privatised)Opening of the line[edit]The Voreifel Railway was opened on 7 June 1880. The station buildings at Bonn-Duisdorf, Kottenforst, Meckenheim (Bz K\u00f6ln), Rheinbach, Odendorf and Kuchenheim (spelt Cuchenheim until 1936) were built at this time. The other buildings stations between Duisdorf and Kottenforst were based on designs by Johannes Richter (1842\u20131889) and built from clinker brick. The station buildings of Duisdorf, Odendorf and Kuchenheim were built on the same plan. The station buildings of Meckenheim and Rheinbach were built to a slightly modified plan with Meckenheim and Rheinbach built in mirror-image to each other.The line was originally built as a branch line and upgraded in later years as a main line. The maximum development of the line and its stations was achieved in the 1930s and 1940s. The line was then slowly downgraded to its present condition.In the postwar years, the line was called the Kappes-Express (“Cabbage Express”) as it met the fate of many other lines: the second track was removed on more and more sections and passenger numbers declined as the timetable continued to be thinned in line with demand. At the end of the 1970s, the Voreifel Railway was still used by 3,000 passengers each day. Services on the line were threatened with more cuts in the short term and with closure in the medium term. In 1979, the service was temporarily intensified significantly to provide trains every half-hour during the daytime on week days and hourly on weekends. As a result, passenger numbers rose significantly.Changes to the line[edit]Bonn Hbf (West Rhine Railway) \u2013 Duisdorf \u2013 (Meckenheim-)Kottenforst \u2013 Meckenheim \u2013 Rheinbach \u2013 Odendorf \u2013 Cuchenheim \u2013 Euskirchen (Eifel Railway)Bonn Hbf \u2013 Duisdorf \u2013 Impekoven (Witterschlick) [km 7.9] \u2013 Kottenforst \u2013 Meckenheim \u2013 Rheinbach \u2013 Odendorf \u2013 Cuchenheim \u2013 EuskirchenBonn Hbf \u2013 Duisdorf \u2013 Impekoven (Witterschlick) \u2013 Kottenforst \u2013 Meckenheim \u2013 Rheinbach \u2013 Odendorf \u2013 Cuchenheim \u2013 Euskirchen;other trains ran partly over the B\u00f6rde Railway to D\u00fcrenBonn Hbf \u2013 Bonn-Duisdorf \u2013 Impekoven [km 7.9] \u2013 Witterschlick [km 9.8] \u2013 Kottenforst \u2013 Meckenheim \u2013 Rheinbach \u2013 Odendorf \u2013 Cuchenheim \u2013 Euskirchen;other trains ran partly over the B\u00f6rde Railway to D\u00fcrenFrom January 1923 to June 1923: duplication of the line with material from the unfinished Neuss\u2013Rheinbach\u2013Dernau railway (the Strategische Bahndamm\u2014Strategic Railway Embankment):Bonn Hbf = Bonn-Duisdorf = Impekoven = Witterschlick = Kottenforst = Meckenheim = Rheinbach = Odendorf = Cuchenheim = Euskirchen;other trains ran partly over the B\u00f6rde Railway to D\u00fcrenAt the end of the 1960s with the beginning of the reduction of the line to single-trackBonn Hbf = Bonn-Duisdorf \u2013 (Alfter-)Witterschlick \u2013 (Meckenheim-)Kottenforst = Meckenheim = Rheinbach \u2013 (Swisttal-)Odendorf \u2013 (Euskirchen-)Kuchenheim = Euskirchen;other trains ran partly over the B\u00f6rde Railway to D\u00fcren and continued to Aachen[3]Bonn Hbf = Bonn-Duisdorf \u2013 (Alfter-)Witterschlick \u2013 (Meckenheim-)Kottenforst (only Sat\/Sun) = Meckenheim (Bz K\u00f6ln)-Industriepark = Meckenheim = Rheinbach \u2013 (Swisttal-)Odendorf \u2013 (Euskirchen-)Kuchenheim = Euskirchen;some trains continue over the Erft Valley Railway to Bad M\u00fcnstereifel.  Continuation from Bonn via Remagen and the Ahr Valley Railway  to Ahrbr\u00fcck is considered.Explanation:\u00a0– single-track section\u00a0= double track sectionThe names in brackets are municipalities that are not officially included in the name of the station (which is usual practice in Germany).Development since the rail reform[edit]The city of Bonn in 1994 used the railway reform to improve transport services by funding additional services. From 1994 services ran at 15-minute intervals during the peak between Bonn and Witterschlick; in 1995 this service was extended to Rheinbach. As a result, passenger numbers soared. In 1996, the new Meckenheim Industriepark station opened.The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association, VRS) in 1996 called for tenders to operate diesel services on the Voreifel Railway, Eifel Railway and the Oberbergische Bahn (Upper Bergian Railway) service from Cologne to Marienheide. Since June 1998, the line has been operated by DB Regio NRW with newly acquired Talent (class 644) diesel multiple units. In addition, the upgrading of the line began.With the exception of Meckenheim station, the line is completely equipped with high platforms. Bonn-Duisdorf station, which was reduced to a single platform in 1993, was rebuilt between 2003 and 2004 as a two-platform station. The signal equipment was renewed and rebuilt with high platforms.In September 2011, an electronic interlocking was completed in Euskirchen.[4] As a result, the seven old signal boxes on the line were closed.Planning[edit]Planning is underway on the development  of a continuous double track line on the Bonn\u2013Witterschlick section and the construction of four new stations: Bonn-Endenich Nord (at km 2.2), Bonn-Helmholtzstra\u00dfe (km 4.4), Alfter-Impekoven (km 7.1, not at site of the former Witterschlick\/Impekoven, which was at a peripheral location near federal highway 56, but at the level crossing near Oedekoven) and Rheinbach R\u00f6merkanal. For operational reasons, the line will be realigned in the area of Bonn freight yard, a turnback track will be built in Rheinbach and the control and signalling technology will be upgraded on the whole section. The work is estimated to cost \u20ac33 million and will be carried out from January 2013 to June 2015. In the summer of 2014, the line will be closed for several weeks.[5] The Witterschlick\u2013Kottenforst line will not be duplicated because a two-track line cannot be built on a slope that is considered to be geologically unstable.The timetable between Rheinbach and Bonn will be augmented during the peak hour. This makes the duplication necessary. The start of construction was announced by Deutsche Bahn (DB) in 2005.[6][7] Work has been delayed according to Deutsche Bahn because of proceedings before the Higher Administrative Court (Oberverwaltungsgericht), lack of financial commitments by the state, ongoing construction work on bridges and underpasses as well as planning and technical difficulties in providing alternative routes.[8]Operations[edit]  The Voreifel Railway is served with an hourly Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn service, the S23, which continues on the Erft Valley Railway to Bad M\u00fcnstereifel as the RB 23 Regionalbahn serviceon weekdays services run every 30 minutes during the peak hour and between Bonn and the Rheinbach they operate every 15 minutes in the peak,on Sundays and holidays services operate hourly.These services have been operated by DB Regio Rheinland using LINT railcars since December 2013.[9]Rail services on the Voreifel Railway are included in the fare zone of Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (Rhine-Sieg Transport Association, VRS) as well as the larger NRW fare zone."},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/voreifel-railway-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Voreifel Railway – Wikipedia"}}]}]