Sieg Railway

Cologne–Siegen railway
Overview
Native nameSiegstrecke
Line number2651 (Köln-Deutz–Betzdorf)
2880 (Betzdorf–Siegen)
2621 (Köln-Deutz–Abzw Steinstr., S-Bahn)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Service
Route number460
Technical
Line length100 km (62 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification15 kV/16.7 Hz AC
Overhead catenary
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
7.8
Köln Steinstraße junction (start of HSL)
Gremberg Süd junction
Freight line to Gremberg
9.6
Porz (Rhein)
12.4
Porz-Wahn
Porz-Wahn south junction
16.9
Spich
18.0
Troisdorf Vorbf
Troisdorf north junction
19.7
TroisdorfS13
East Rhine Railway
& former connecting curve
24.3
Siegburg/Bonn
30.8
Hennef
32.7
Hennef im Siegbogen
35.3
Blankenberg
38.4
Merten
Merten tunnel (
235 m
257 yd
)
43.0
Eitorf
49.8
Herchen
Herchen tunnel (
370 m
405 yd
)
Hoppengarten tunnel (
130 m
142 yd
)
55.0
Dattenfeld
58.3
Schladern
Mauel tunnel (
238 m
260 yd
)
60.1
Rosbach
64.8
Au
Opperzau
(closed May 1994)
67.3
Etzbach
67.1
Krages siding
69.9
Wissen Kautex siding
71.3
Wissen
Schönstein tunnel (
344 m
376 yd
)
75.3
Niederhövels
Staader tunnel (
232 m
254 yd
)
Mühleberg tunnel (
32 m
35 yd
)
79.7
Scheuerfeld
to Bindweide mine
83.0
123.1
Betzdorf
120.7
Kirchen
Freusburg tunnel (
127 m
139 yd
)
118.6
Freusburg
Büdenholz tunnel (
232 m
254 yd
)
Brachbach tunnel (
232 m
254 yd
)
115.1
Brachbach
114.1
Mudersbach
112.5
Niederschelden
111.8
Niederschelden Nord
Niederschelden tunnel (
350 m
383 yd
)
110.6
Eiserfeld
106.2
Siegen
km
[1]

The Sieg Railway (German: Siegstrecke is a 100-kilometre (62 mi) long, electrified German main line railway between Cologne-Deutz via Porz, Troisdorf, Siegburg, Hennef, Au (Sieg), Betzdorf to Siegen with a through service to Cologne Hauptbahnhof. Although most of it is two-track, two five-kilometre (three-mile) sections are only single track. Both ends of the line are in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, but between Au and Niederschelden it runs through Rhineland-Palatinate. It is one of the oldest lines in Germany, opened between 1859 and 1862 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company.

  1. ^ Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland [German railway atlas] (in German) (Updated ed.). Cologne: Schweers + Wall. 2020. pp. 63–64, 148–149. ISBN 978-3-89494-149-9.

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