Düsseldorf–Solingen railway

Düsseldorf Hbf–Solingen Hbf
Overview
Line number	2676 (D-Eller–Hilden) 2671 (Hilden–Solingen)
Locale	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Services	S1, RE47
Route number	450.1 413 (D Hbf–D-Eller)
Technical
Line length	19 km (12 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Route map Trunk line to Duisburg S1S6S11 Line to Wuppertal S-Bahn to Mettmann/Wuppertal S8S28S68 5.7 Düsseldorf Hbf Line to Neuss S-Bahn to Neuss S8S11S28 4.5 Düsseldorf Volksgarten Emma junction to depot 3.5 Düsseldorf-Wersten junction 3.3 Düsseldorf-Oberbilk (junction) Freight bypass S-Bahn line to Cologne Berg junction Trunk line to Cologne S6S68 Berg junction Freight bypass 1.2 Sturm junction 1.0 Düsseldorf-Eller Mitte Freight line to Düsseldorf-Hardt 0.0 28.6 Düsseldorf-Eller (lines running parallel) 34.9 -0.1 Hilden Freight line to Opladen former connecting line 1.2 Hilden Süd 5.2 Solingen Vogelpark Line to Gruiten 7.2 Solingen Hbf terminus of S1 Line to Opladen Line to Remscheid Source: German railway atlas

The Düsseldorf–Solingen railway is a railway in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is a 19 kilometre line, entirely double track and electrified with overhead line. It is now used by the S 1 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn and Regional Express service RE47, operated by Regiobahn.

History

The section between Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof and Düsseldorf-Eller was opened on 1 October 1891 by the Eisenbahndirektionen Cöln rechtsrheinisch (Railway division of Cologne Rhine Right Bank of the Prussian state railways). Between Eller and Hilden the line originally used the Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf line, which was opened by the Rhenish Railway Company on 18 November 1874, but separate tracks were opened in 1917. The section between Hilden and Ohligs (now Solingen Hauptbahnhof) was opened on 3 January 1894.

Rail services

Düsseldorf-Eller station

S-Bahn services started operating over the line to Düsseldorf Airport Terminal on 27 October 1975; these services were eventually branded as S 7. On 13 December 2009, S 7 services were discontinued and operations on the Düsseldorf–Solingen line were taken over by an extension of S 1 from Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof. These services are operated at 20-minute intervals, using coupled sets of class 422 four-car electrical multiple units.

There are plans to electrify the Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway and to extend the service to Remscheid and Wuppertal.

Fares

The entire line is in the area of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr (Rhine-Ruhr Transport Association), which establishes service levels and sets fares for it.