he 120 kilometer long Cologne – Dortmund railway is one of the most important and busiest Railway lines in Germany. It is the main axis of long-distance and local rail passenger transport between Cologne and the Ruhr area, u. a. used by Intercity-Express, Intercity, Regional-Express, Regional train and S-Bahn. It is the oldest part of the main line built by the Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (CME) Cologne-Deutz after Minden, after which the company was named. It was opened in 1845/46 and has since been modernized and expanded several times. Today the route (partly merged with routes other railway companies) with three to six tracks and provided with overhead lines over the entire length. Between Cologne and Duisburg there are three Intercity Express lines, three Intercity lines (mostly every two hours), the Flixtrain (individual trains) as well as the regional express lines NRW-Express and Rhein-Express. Between Düsseldorf and Duisburg also run the Rhein-Haard-Express, Rhein-Emscher-Express, Rhein-Weser-Express, Rhein-Hellweg-Express and Rhein-IJssel-Express (all every hour). The regional express lines are to be replaced by the Rhein-Ruhr-Express in the medium term. In addition, the route is used on longer sections by the S-Bahn lines S 1 (between Düsseldorf-Oberbilk and Duisburg Hbf), S 6 (between Köln Hbf and Düsseldorf-Derendorf) and S 11 (between Düsseldorf Hbf and Düsseldorf-Unterrath) on the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, mostly every 20 minutes. In rush hour runs the S 68 between Langenfeld and Düsseldorf Hbf as an amplifier. kilometre/railway station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Köln Hbf (lines: S6, S11, S12, S13, S19, RB24, RB25, RB26, RB27, RB38, RB48, RE1 (RRX), RE5 (RRX), RE6 (RRX), RE7, RE8, RE9, RE12, RE22, ICE, IC / EC, Thalys, Flixtrain, ÖBB Nighjet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hohenzollern Bridge 0.0 Cologne Messe / Deutz (lines: S6, S11, S12, S13, S19, RB24, RB25, RB26, RB27, RB38, RB48, RE1 (RRX), RE5 (RRX), RE6 (RRX), RE7, RE8, RE9, RE12, RE22, ICE, IC - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (2.7) Cologne-Buchforst S-Bahn <f rom victory route, right Rhine route, SFS = high-speed route > Cologne Posthof (Abzw) route from Overath Cologne Zoo bridge turning system (Abzw) <Route to Cologne-Deutz (deep) 3.8 Cologne-Mülheim (line: S6, S11) > Route from Bergisch Gladbach > to the freight line to Cologne-Mülheim 6.0 (Cologne-Mülheim Berliner Str.) 7.5 Cologne-Stammheim (line: S6) 9.4 Leverkusen Chempark (line: S6) 11.7 Leverkusen Mitte (line: S6, RE 5 (RRX), IC, ICE) 13.3 Leverkusen-Küppersteg (Hp) (Line: S6) 16.1 Leverkusen-Rheindorf (line: S6) 16.6 Leverkusen-Rheindorf (transfer point) 19.5 Langenfeld (Rheinl) 20.7 Langenfeld (Rheinl) (Line: S6 S68) 22.7 Langenfeld-Berghausen (Lines: S6, S11, S68) 24.7 Düsseldorf-Hellerhof (Lines: S6, S11, S68) 26.0 Düsseldorf-Garath (line: S6, S11, S68) 28.5 Düsseldorf-Benrath (line: S6, S11, S68, RE) 31.0 Düsseldorf-Reisholz (line: S6, S11, S68) 33.5 Düsseldorf-Eller Süd (line: S6, S11, S68) 35.8 Düsseldorf-Oberbilk (line: S1, S6, S11, S68) 37.1 Düsseldorfer Volksgarten (line: S1, S6, S11, S68) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39.5 Düsseldorf Hbf (lines: S1, S6, S7, S8, S11, S26, S68, RB39, RE1 (RRX), RE2, RE3, RE4, RE5 (RRX), RE6 (RRX), RE10, RE11 (RRX), RE13, RE19, ICE, IC / EC, Thalys, Flixtrain, ÖBB Nighjet - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 40.6 Düsseldorf Wehrhahn (lines: S1, S6, S7, S8, S11, S26, S68) 41,4 Düsseldorf Zoo (lines: S1, S6, S7, S8, S11, S26, S68) 42.7 Düsseldorf-Derendorf (line: S1, S6, S7, S8, S11, S26, S68) 46.0 Düsseldorf-Unterrath (line: S1, S11, S68) 47.7 Düsseldorf Airport (Line: S1, RE3, RE5 (RRX), RE6 (RRX), RE19, ICE, IC, Thalys) 52.1 Angermund (line: S1) 53.8 Duisburg-Rahm (Line: S1) 55.8 Duisburg-Großenbaum (line: S1) 57.8 Duisburg-Buchholz (Line: S1) 60.0 Duisburg Schlenk (Line: S1) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 63.1 Duisburg Hbf (line: S1, RB31, RB32, RB35, RE3, RE5 (RRX), RE6 (RRX), RE10, RE19, RE 44, IC, EC, HKX, Flixtrain, ÖBB Nightjet, ICE, ICE international, Thalys, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 67.1 Kaiserberg (Abzw) 68.6 Kolkmannshof (Abzw) Oberhausen-Alstaden (planned) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 70.7 Oberhausen Hbf (line: S1, RB32, RB35, RB36, RE3, RE5 (RRX), RE6 (RRX), RE19, RE44, IC, EC, Flixtrain, ICE, ICE international, Thalys, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 71.7 Oberhausen Hbf Obo (Abzw) 75.2 Essen-Frintrop (formerly Rbf) 76.0 Essen-Dellwig (lines: RB32, RB35) 80.0 Essen-Bergeborbeck (lines: RB32, RB35) 82.1 Essen-Altenessen (lines: RB32, RB35, RE1, RE6, RE42, 85.1 Essen Zollverein Nord (lines: RB32, RB35) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 89.1 Gelsenkirchen Hbf (lines: S2, RB32, RB35, RB46, RE3, RE6 (RRX), IC, EC, Flixtrain, HKX) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Former route to Essen-Kray Nord > various former routes > Route to Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck > Line to Gelsenkirchen-Schalke (since 1911) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 94.5 Wanne-Eickel Hbf (lines: S2, RB32, RB46, RE3, IC, EC, ICE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Line from Recklinghausen < Route from Bochum Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck-Bochum line A 43 > Route to Bochum > Line to Recklinghausen S2 98.4 Herne (lines: S2, RB32, RE3, RE6 (RRX) 100.0 Herne Gbf = freight yard 100.8 Herne Hot (Abzw) < Route from Dortmund 101.9 Bladenhorst (Abzw) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 105.3 Castrop-Rauxel Hbf (lines: S2, RB32, RE3) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - formerly Westphalian Emschertal Railway 110.3 Dortmund-Mengede (lines: S2, RB32, RE3) < S-Bahn from Dortmund-Dorstfeld 114.7 Hansa (branch) freight bypass railway 117.0 Dortmund freight yard < Main line to Bochum S1 < Routes to Soest, to Iserlohn, to Witten - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 119.5 Dortmund Hbf (lines: S1, S2, S5, RB32, RB50, RE3, RE6 (RRX), RE11 (RRX), IC, EC, Flixtrain, ICE) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (End of the line) I would be very happy if it was this route from the state: ,, North Rhine-Westphalia "for the Train Simulator 2020/2021 would do! Best Regards BR430
