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==Emmerich DB - Zevenaar NS (- Arnhem or Kijfhoek)==
==Emmerich DB - Zevenaar NS (- Arnhem or Kijfhoek)==
[E*] ''ICE'' services, worked by multi-system ''ICE3M'' units, run non-stop between Arnhem and Oberhausen. Abellio Rail NRW runs a local service between Arnhem and Düsseldorf (''RE19'') with tri-voltage Stadler Flirt EMUs.
[E*] ''ICE'' services, worked by multi-system ''ICE3M'' units, run non-stop between Arnhem and Oberhausen. Abellio Rail NRW runs a local service between Arnhem and Düsseldorf (''RE19'') with tri-system Stadler Flirt EMUs.


The freight-only 25 kV ac Betuwe line from Kijfhoek yard joins the Arnhem line just east of Zevenaar station, and Zevenaar Oost - Emmerich was converted from 1.5 kV dc to 25 kV ac in 2016. Therefore all electric trains which run to and from Arnhem must be able to operate under three electrification systems (1.5kV dc, 15kV 16.7Hz ac and 25kV 50Hz ac), but those to and from the ''Betuweroute'' need only be compatible with the two ac voltages.
The freight-only 25 kV ac Betuwe line from Kijfhoek yard joins the Arnhem line just east of Zevenaar station, and Zevenaar Oost - Emmerich was converted from 1.5 kV dc to 25 kV ac in 2016. Therefore all electric trains which run to and from Arnhem must be able to operate under three electrification systems (1.5kV dc, 15kV 16.7Hz ac and 25kV 50Hz ac), but those to and from the ''Betuweroute'' need only be compatible with the two ac voltages.

Revision as of 09:43, 27 November 2020

Vetschau DB - Simpelveld NS (- Schin op Geul)

[D] This is part of the line used by passenger trains between Aachen and Maastricht until they were diverted to run to Heerlen via Herzogenrath. The junction at Aachen West has been removed. Zuid Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij now runs tourist steam trains between Schin op Geul and Kerkrade via Simpelveld, in addition to a branch service from Simpelveld over the border to Vetschau.

(Aachen -) Herzogenrath DB - Landgraaf NS (- Heerlen)

[E*] This crossing replaced Aachen West - Simpelveld [Maastricht] on 31 May 1992 - see previous item. With the electrification of Herzogenrath to Landgraaf in 2018, since January 2019 an Aachen - Heerlen - Maastricht passenger service has been operated by Arriva with EMUs. These units are able to operate off the Dutch, German and Belgian electrification systems, thus permitting a future extension of the service to Liège. The changeover between DB and NS systems is at Haanrade, just west of the border.

(Mönchengladbach -) Dalheim DB - Roermond NS

[D] This line, the so-called "Iron Rhine Route", is proposed for reopening for freight trains between Belgium and Germany.

(Mönchengladbach -) Kaldenkirchen DB - Venlo NS

[E*] Eurobahn works passenger services to Venlo (RE13); there are very few through services. Voltage switching is provided in Venlo station area.

(Kleve -) Kranenburg DB - Groesbeek NS - Nijmegen

Line closed. However, Grenzland Draisine, based at Kranenburg, offers the Grenzenlose trip to Groesbeek (5.5 km one way). See Netherlands - Tourist_Lines.

Emmerich DB - Zevenaar NS (- Arnhem or Kijfhoek)

[E*] ICE services, worked by multi-system ICE3M units, run non-stop between Arnhem and Oberhausen. Abellio Rail NRW runs a local service between Arnhem and Düsseldorf (RE19) with tri-system Stadler Flirt EMUs.

The freight-only 25 kV ac Betuwe line from Kijfhoek yard joins the Arnhem line just east of Zevenaar station, and Zevenaar Oost - Emmerich was converted from 1.5 kV dc to 25 kV ac in 2016. Therefore all electric trains which run to and from Arnhem must be able to operate under three electrification systems (1.5kV dc, 15kV 16.7Hz ac and 25kV 50Hz ac), but those to and from the Betuweroute need only be compatible with the two ac voltages.

Freight services are generally worked throughout by modern multi-system electric locomotives.

Borken DB - Winterswijk NS

Line closed.

Gronau (Westf) DB - Glanerbrug NS (- Enschede)

[D] This railway re-opened for advertised passenger traffic in November 2001. DB works to Enschede with DMUs. The infrastructure between the border and Enschede is owned by NS, although there is no through running connection between this line and the rest of the NS network at Enschede. There is therefore no freight traffic.

Bad Bentheim DB - Oldenzaal NS (- Hengelo)

[E*] NS works the two-hourly IC services between Amsterdam and Berlin with electric locomotives as far as Bad Bentheim, where various tracks have switchable catenary. Keolis' German subsidiary Eurobahn operates an hourly Hengelo - Bad Bentheim - Bielefeld service. The previous local 'Grensland Express' service between Bad Bentheim and Hengelo was withdrawn owing to lack of patronage.

(Bad Bentheim -) Laarwald BE - Coevorden BE

[D] The Bentheimer Eisenbahn AG owns and operates this freight line.

(Leer -) Weener DB - Nieuweschans NS (- Groningen)

[D] Temporarily closed.

Passenger services between Leer and Groningen are operated by Arriva. This line was rebuilt in 2001; previously, this line was temporarily closed whenever a particularly large new vessel was being delivered from the Meyer Werft shipyard www.meyerwerft.com at Papenburg, because this required the main span of the railway bridge over the River Ems at Weener to be removed.

The lifting span of the Ems bridge was destroyed when hit by a ship on 3 December 2015. Direct passenger services between Leer and Groningen are currently operated by bus whilst trains run as far as Weener. Deutsche Bahn and the local authorities have published proposals for a long swing bridge, one of the largest in Europe with a length of 160 m. It would provide a 71 m channel for shipping, wider than the 46 m of the old bridge thus enabling larger cruise ships to be built at the shipyard, and planned to open in 2024.

See also