Border geo-coordinates: 51.341178, 6.192609 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]

Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 28/09/2023

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]/[NL]: 15 kV/16.7 Hz~ as far as Venlo; [NL]: 1.5 kV=
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Train control system: PZB
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: High

Importance to countries concerned: Medium

Importance to TEN-T network: Low

TEN-T corridor: Comprehensive Network

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 Limburg [NL]

Railway undertaking(s): ERB [DE]; ERB [NL]

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

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1866

Closure: -

Passenger services: 248 / 0 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 3,6 km

Average speed of cross border section: 36 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

Background

Photos from Kaldenkirchen 🇩🇪 – Venlo 🇳🇱

There are no photos of this border on Flickr from the #CrossBorderRail project. Please see the main description above.