Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 05/03/2024

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: km/h
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Number of tracks: 2
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Electrification: 1.5 kV=, station Bad Bentheim with switchable tracks (1.5 kV= and 15 kV/16.7 Hz~)
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Train control system: [DE]: PZB, [NL]: ATB
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: Medium

Importance to countries concerned: High

Importance to TEN-T network: Medium

TEN-T corridor: North Sea - Baltic

European Commission Administrative Data

Infrastructure manager: DB Netz AG [DE]; ProRail [NL]

Language of operation: [DE]: German, [NL]: Dutch

Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: LNVG [DE]; Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu [NL]

Railway undertaking(s): DB Fernverkehr AG [DE]; NS [NL]

Ministry of transport: BMVI [DE]; Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Milieu [NL]

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1865

Closure: -

Passenger services: 0 / 98 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 25 km

Average speed of cross border section: 88 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

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