Essen-Werden–Essen railway

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Essen-Werden–Essen railway
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Overview
Locale North Rhine-Westphalia
Line number 2161
Technical
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Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification 15 kV/16.7 Hz AC overhead catenary
Operating speed 100 km/h (62.1 mph) (maximum)
Route number 450.6
Route map
 Route (anticlockwise)[1] 
from Duisburg S 1S 3 and Bottrop S 9
8.8 Essen Hbf, terminus of S 2S 6
from/to Dortmund S 1, Wuppertal S 3S 9
and Gelsenkirchen S 2
7.1 Essen Süd
former Mülheim-Heißen–Altendorf line
5.1 Essen Stadtwald
4.7 Stadtwald tunnel (248 m, single line)
2.7 Essen-Hügel
former Ruhr Valley line from Kupferdreh
0.2 Essen-Werden
0.0 Essen-Werden(old station)
Ruhr Valley line to Düsseldorf S 6
File:VzG-Strecke 2161 01 Stadtwaldtunnel.jpg
Northern portal of Stadtwald tunnel in Essen-Stadtwald

The Essen-Werden to Essen railway is a railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, now used by line S 6 of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn. It was opened in 1877 by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft) to connect the Ruhr Valley Railway to Essen Hauptbahnhof.

The steep slope between Essen-Werden and Essen Stadtwald has always placed a high demand on the vehicles operating on it. The Essen-Hügel station was built on a steep slope at the instigation of the Krupp family next to the Villa Hügel.

References

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