West Rhine Railway

West Rhine Railway
Overview
Other name(s)	Left Rhine Railway
Native name	Linke Rheinstrecke
Line number	2630
Locale	North Rhine-Westphalia, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse, Germany
Termini	Cologne Mainz
Service
Route number	470
Technical
Line length	152 km (94 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	160 km/h (99 mph) (max)
Maximum incline	< 0.02%
Route map Legend km Cologne–Frankfurt HSR East Rhine Railway & Sieg Railway Cologne–Duisburg railway & S-Bahn to Köln-Mülheim Köln Messe/Deutz Gruiten–Köln-Deutz railway to Köln-Mülheim Hohenzollern Bridge 2.0 Cologne Central Left Lower Rhine Railway to Neuss Cologne–Mönchengladbach railway to Mönchengladbach & Cologne–Aachen HSR to Aachen   0.4 to Cologne Central 1.1 Köln West Stadtbahn 1 7 Stadtbahn 9 3.2 Köln Süd │Köln Süd junction Stadtbahn 18 Vorgebirge Railway [de] 3.0 Cöln-Pantaleon Cologne freight bypass railway 5.8 Köln Eifeltor A 4 8.0 Köln Eifeltor container terminal 9.4 Hürth-Kalscheuren Eifel Railway to Euskirchen 10.1 Hürth-Kalscheuren Südkopf junction 12.9 Brühl freight station to Vorgebirge Railway [de] (to Vochem) Brühl-Vochem–Cologne- [de] Godorf Harbour railway [de] 14.6 Brühl 19.5 Sechtem 25.8 Roisdorf Stadtbahn 18 Vorgebirge Railway [de] Voreifel Railway to Euskirchen 31.1 Bonn goods 31.9 Bonn Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry Bonn UN Campus 37.2 Bonn-Bad Godesberg Nord 39.0 Bonn-Bad Godesberg 41.3 Bonn-Mehlem 43.6 Bonn Neuer Weg North Rhine-Westphalia Rhineland-Palatinate border 45.9 Rolandseck 48.2 Oberwinter 52.7 Remagen ← Ahr Valley Railway to Ahrbrück to Ludendorff Bridge → Ahrbrücke junction to Ahr Valley Railway 56.7 Sinzig 62.5 Bad Breisig Brohl Valley Railway [de] (metre gauge) 65.7 Brohl 69.2 Namedy 73.2 Andernach Cross Eifel Railway to Kaisersesch 76.9 Weißenthurm 81.6 Urmitz Neuwied–Koblenz railway to Neuwied & East Rhine railway Koblenz substation siding to Rhine port of Koblenz [de] Koblenz-Lützel–Mayen Ost railway [de] to Mayen 87.0 Koblenz-Lützel Nord (DB Museum) Koblenz-Lützel–Mayen Ost railway [de] to Mayen 89.4 Koblenz-Lützel Moselle railway bridge [de] port railway Koblenz Rheinbahnhof [de] freight to Moselle line Koblenz-Stadtmitte Pfaffendorf Bridge (now road bridge) to East Rhine Railway Koblenz–Trier railway to Trier 91.2 Koblenz Horchheim Railway Bridge [de] Lahntal railway to East Rhine Railway 94.3 Königsbach 99.8 Rhens 103.3 Spay Hunsrück Railway to Emmelshausen 110.7 Boppard 115.6 Boppard-Bad Salzig 119.4 Boppard-Hirzenach 122.4 Werlau 125.3 St. Goar Bank tunnel (367 m) 127.4 Urbar Nord Bett tunnel (236 m) Kammereck tunnel (289 m) 128.8 Urbar Süd 132.1 Oberwesel 138.5 Bacharach 142.0 Niederheimbach 146.6 Trechtingshausen 150.6 Bingen Vorbf 152.0 Bingen (Rhein) Nahe Valley Railway to Saarbrücken & Alsenz Valley Railway to Kaiserslautern 152.4 0.0 Nahe Prussia Hesse former border 1.0 Bingen (Rhein) Stadt Nahe Valley Railway Hindenburg Bridge → Rheinhessen Railway to Worms 4.6 Bingen-Gaulsheim Gau Algesheim–Bad Kreuznach railway to Bad Kreuznach 9.4 Gau Algesheim Selz Valley Railway [de] to Jugenheim-Partenheim 12.5 Ingelheim Selz Valley Railway [de] to Frei-Weinheim [de] 17.5 Heidesheim (Rheinhessen) 20.2 Uhlerborn 23.1 Budenheim A 643 Lenneberg viaduct 27.3 Mainz-Mombach to Emperor Bridge, freight bypass and Taunus line Alzey–Mainz railway to Alzey 30.6 Mainz Main Railway to Frankfurt Mainz–Ludwigshafen railway to Ludwigshafen km Source: German railway atlas[1] This diagram: view talk edit

The West Rhine railway (German: Linke Rheinstrecke, literally 'left (bank of the) Rhine route') is a famously picturesque, double-track electrified railway line running for 185 km from Cologne via Bonn, Koblenz, and Bingen to Mainz. It is situated close to the western (left) bank of the river Rhine and mostly aligned to allow 160 km/h operation between Cologne and Koblenz and between Bingen and Mainz. Line speed between Koblenz and Bingen is restricted by the meandering nature of the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.