Border geo-coordinates: 51.901322, 6.137695 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]

Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚲

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 19/09/2024

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: [DE]: 15 kV/16.7 Hz~; [NL]: 25 kV/50 Hz~ (border crossing and Betuweroute), 1.5 kV=
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Train control system: [DE]: PZB, [NL]: ETCS
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: High

Importance to countries concerned: High

Importance to TEN-T network: High

TEN-T corridor: Rhine - Alpine

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: VRR [DE]; Provincie Gelderland [NL]

Railway undertaking(s): ABR-N, DB Fernverkehr AG [DE]; ABR-N, NS [NL]

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

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1856

Closure: -

Passenger services: 251 / 86 / 10 / -

Length of cross border section: 16 km

Average speed of cross border section: 64 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

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