List of scheduled railway routes in Germany
NB: The scheduled routes given here are based primarily on the timetable of the Deutsche Bahn dated 9 December 2007.[1]
Timetable routes
The numbering of German timetabled routes (Kursbuchstrecken or KBS) was changed twice by the Deutsche Bundesbahn after the Second World War, in 1950 and 1970. In the Deutsche Reichsbahn (East Germany) the numbering system was completely changed in 1968. The last major revision took place after German reunification in 1992, as a result of which a common system for DB and DR routes was introduced. In addition changes, usually minor, are made annually.
Hamburg and coastal region (100 to 199)
(former Bundesbahn division of Hamburg and Reichsbahn divisions Schwerin and Greifswald)
Berlin/Brandenburg/Saxony-Anhalt/East Saxony (200 to 299)
Lower Saxony/Saxony-Anhalt region (300 to 399)
(ehem. Bundesbahndirektion Hanover)
North Rhine-Westphalia Region (400 to 499)
(former Bundesbahn divisions Essen and Cologne, see also: List of SPNV lines in NRW)
Number (KBS) | Name | Route | KBS -1992 | KBS -1970 | Remarks |
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400 | Hamm–Minden railway | Hamm–Gütersloh–Bielefeld | 200 | 214 | Former Cologne-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft (CME) EVu: DB Regio NRW und NordWestBahn GmbH |
402 | Haller Willem | Bielefeld–Halle Westf-Osnabrück NRW tariff: RelationsPreisTickets and PauschalPreisTickets Westbarthausen–Osnabrück Hbf |
202 | 222a | EVU: NordWestBahn |
403 | Senne Railway and Egge Railway |
Bielefeld–Paderborn–Ottbergen–Holzminden NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Lüchtringen–Holzminden |
203 | 222b | EVU: NordWestBahn GmbH |
404 | Bega Valley Railway | Bielefeld–Oerlinghausen–Lage–Lemgo | 204 | 214d | EVU: Eurobahn, NordWestBahn GmbH |
405 | Ostwestfalen Railway | Herford–Lage–Detmold–Paderborn | 205 | 214b | EVU: WestfalenBahn, NordWestBahn |
406 | Warendorf Railway amongst others | Münster (Westf)–Bielefeld–Lage–Altenbeken | 207 | 222c | EVU: NordWestBahn GmbH |
407 | Münster–Gronau railway | Münster (Westf)–Gronau–Enschede (NL) NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Gronau–Enschede |
285 | 224e | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
408 | Baumberge Railway | Münster Zentrum Nord–Münster (Westf)–Coesfeld | EVU: DB Regio NRW | ||
410 | Münster–Rheine railway, Münster–Hamm railway |
Rheine–Münster (Westf)–Hamm | 280 | 223 | EVU: DB Regio NRW and WestfalenBahn |
411 | Preußen–Münster railway, Dortmund–Enschede railway |
Münster (Westf)–Lünen–Dortmund | 288 | 224 | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
412 | Westmünsterland Railway | Enschede–Gronau–Dortmund NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Enschede–Gronau |
289 | 224a | EVU: Prignitzbahn |
415 | a) Cologne–Duisburg, b) Duisburg–Dortmund, Dortmund–Hamm |
Cologne–Düsseldorf–Duisburg–Essen– Bochum–Dortmund–Hamm |
300 | 227 | a+c) CME, b) Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, EVu: DB Regio NRW |
416 | Cologne–Duisburg, Duisburg–Dortmund, Dortmund–Hamm | Düsseldorf–Duisburg–Oberhausen– Gelsenkirchen–Dortmund–Hamm |
300 | 227 | Former CME EVU: DB Regio NRW |
420 | Oberhausen–Arnhem, Duisburg–Oberhausen, Cologne–Duisburg | (Amsterdam Centraal–Utrecht Centraal–)Arnhem– Emmerich–Wesel–Oberhausen–Duisburg (–Cologne) |
310 | 235 | Former CME EVU: DB Regio NRW |
421 | Bocholt Railway | Wesel–Bocholt | 311 | 235 a | Former CME EVU: DB Regio NRW |
423 | Gladbeck-Zweckel–Borken, Essen–Essen-Dellwig Ost, Oberhausen-Osterfeld/Essen-Dellwig Ost–Gladbeck-Zweckel | Borken–Dorsten–Bottrop–Oberhausen / Essen | 315 | 234a | Formerly Niederländisch-Westfälische Eisenbahn, Rheinbahn-Gesellschaft EVU: NordWestBahn and Prignitzbahn |
424 | Duisburg–Quakenbrück (partly closed) | Dorsten–Coesfeld | 315 | 224c | Rhenish Railway Company EVU: NordWestBahn |
425 | Mönchengladbach–Duisburg, Duisburg–Dortmund or Duisburg–Witten/Dortmund, Rollbahn | Mönchengladbach–Duisburg–Oberhausen / Essen – Gelsenkirchen–Münster (Westf) |
465,300,320 | 234/244 | Former BME and CME EVu: DB Regio NRW |
426 | Emscher Valley Railway partly | Dorsten–Wanne-Eickel–Dortmund | 325 | 234a/236a | Former Niederländisch-Westfälische Eisenbahn and CME EVU: DB Regio NRW |
427 | Letmathe–Iserlohn railway amongst others | Essen / Dortmund–Witten–Hagen–Iserlohn | 352 | 233/239/f | Former Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn EVU: DB Regio NRW |
428 | Nokia Railway | Gelsenkirchen–Wanne-Eickel–Bochum | 388 | Former Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn EVU: Abellio Rail NRW | |
430 | Hamm–Warburg railway, Kassel–Warburg railway |
Hamm–Paderborn–Altenbeken–Warburg–Kassel NRW tariff: RelationsPreisTickets Warburg– (Kassel–Giessen–) Rudersdorf (Siegen) |
340 | 232/238 | Former Königlich-Westfälische Eisenbahn EVU: DB Regio NRW |
431 | Hellweg Railway | Dortmund–Unna-Soest | 342 | 227e | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
433 | Ardey Railway | Dortmund–Schwerte–Iserlohn | 351 | 239g | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
434 | Hagen–Dieringhausen railway, Brügge–Lüdenscheid railway | Dortmund–Hagen–Lüdenscheid | 405 | 240/c | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
435 | Upper Ruhr Valley Railway | Hagen–Bestwig–Warburg | 350 | 238 | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
437 | Hönne Valley Railway, Menden–Fröndenberg | Unna–Fröndenberg–Menden–Neuenrade | 352 | 239f | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
438 | Ruhr-Eder Railway in part | Dortmund–Bestwig–Winterberg | 355 | 238e | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
439 | Upland Railway | Brilon Wald–Willingen–Korbach NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Brilon Wald–Willingen |
532 | 198e | EVU: DB-Kurhessenbahn |
440 | Ruhr-Sieg Railway | Hagen–Werdohl–Finnentrop–Siegen | 360 | 239 | Former Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn EVU: Abellio Rail NRW |
442 | Bigge Valley Railway | Finnentrop–Olpe | 361 | 230h | Former Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn EVU: DB Regio NRW |
443 | Rothaar Railway | Siegen–Erndtebrück–Bad Berleburg | 363 | 239n/p | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
445 | Dill Railway | Siegen–Dillenburg–Gießen NRW tariff: RelationsPreisTickets Rudersdorf (Siegen) nach Warburg über Giessen and Kassel and PauschalPreisTickets gelten nur bis Rudersdorf (Siegen) |
360 | 251 | Former CME EVU: DB Regio NRW |
447 | Ruhrort Railway | Oberhausen–Duisburg-Ruhrort | 383 | 22f | Former CME EVU: Prignitzbahn |
449 | Der Wedauer | Duisburg Hbf–Duisburg-Entenfang | 385 | 232a | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
450.1 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S1 | Düsseldorf–Düsseldorf Airport–Duisburg–Essen–Bochum–Dortmund | 391 | EVU: DB Regio NRW | |
450.2 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S2 | Duisburg / Essen / Gelsenkirchen / Recklinghausen–Herne–Dortmund |
392 | EVU: DB Regio NRW | |
450.3 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S3 | Oberhausen–Mülheim–Essen–Hattingen | 393 | 227/230b | section Steele-Hattingen section der Ruhrtal Railway EVU: DB Regio NRW |
450.4 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S4 | Lütgendortmund–Königsborn–Unna | 294 | 232 | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
450.5 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S5 | Dortmund–Witten–Wetter (Ruhr)–Hagen (Westf.) | 330 | 233 | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
450.6 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S6 | Cologne-Nippes–Cologne Hbf–Langenfeld– Düsseldorf–Ratingen Ost–Essen |
396 | 227/231 | section Düsseldorf–Essen-Werden: section der Ruhrtal railway EVU: DB Regio NRW |
450.8 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S8 | Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf–Wuppertal–Hagen | 398 | EVU: DB Regio NRW | |
450.9 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S9 | Haltern am See–Bottrop–Essen– Velbert-Langenberg–Wuppertal |
381 | 230/236 | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
450.11 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S11 | Düsseldorf Airport Terminal–Düsseldorf–Neuss –Cologne–Bergisch Gladbach |
491 | 240b/242 | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
450.12 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S12 | Düren–Horrem–Cologne–Troisdorf–Siegburg/Bonn–Au | EVU: DB Regio NRW | ||
450.13 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S13 | Horrem–Cologne–Cologne/Bonn Airport–Troisdorf | --- | --- | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
450.28 | Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn: S28 | Kaarster See–Neuss–Düsseldorf–Mettmann | 401/472 | 228b/242d | EVU: Regiobahn GmbH |
455 | Köln-Deutz–Gruiten, Gruiten–Elberfeld, Elberfeld–Dortmund, Hagen–Hamm, Münster–Hamm | Cologne–Wuppertal–Hagen–Hamm–Dortmund / Münster | 400,330,280 | 228 | Former Rhenish railway EVU: DB Regio NRW |
458 | Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway (Der Müngstener) | Wuppertal–Remscheid–Solingen | 410 | 229 | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
459 | Agger Valley Railway | Cologne–Overath–Gummersbach–Marienheide | 415 | 240 | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
460 | Sieg Railway | Cologne–Au–Betzdorf–Siegen NRW tariff: RelationsPreisTickets and PauschalPreisTickets Au (Sieg)–Niederschelden Nord |
420 | 251 | Former CME EVU: DB Regio NRW |
461 | Oberwesterwald Railway, Engers–Au railway | Au–Altenkirchen–Limburg NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Geilhausen–Ingelbach |
424 | 251d/e | EVU: vectus Verkehrsgesellschaft |
462 | Heller Valley Railway | Betzdorf–Haiger–Dillenburg NRW tariff: RelationsPreisTickets and PauschalPreisTickets Betzdorf–Struthütten |
365 | 251 | Former CME EVU: HellertalBahn GmbH |
463 | Daade Valley Railway | Betzdorf–Daaden NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Betzdorf–Daaden |
422 | 251g | EVU: Westerwaldbahn |
465 | Cologne–Mönchengladbach Railway, East Rhine Railway, Neuwied–Koblenz railway | Mönchengladbach–Cologne–Cologne/Bonn Airport / Porz (Rhine)–Neuwied–Koblenz NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Bad Honnef (Rhein)–Linz (Rhein) |
610 | 250 | Former Rhenish railway EVU: DB Regio NRW |
466 | East Rhine Railway, Neuwied–Koblenz railway | Koblenz–Rüdesheim–Wiesbaden | 611 | 250 | Former Nassauische Staats Railway EVU: DB Regio AG |
467 | Siebengebirge Railway | Bad Honnef–Königswinter–Ramersdorf–Bonn Central Station–St. Augustin–Siegburg | 497/498 | 253a/b | EVU: Electric railways of Bonn and Rhein-Sieg county |
470 | West Rhine Railway | Köln Hauptbahnhof–Bonn Hauptbahnhof–Remagen–Koblenz Hauptbahnhof–Mainz Hauptbahnhof NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Bonn-Mehlem–Remagen |
600 | 249 | Former Rhenish railway EVU: DB Regio NRW |
471 | Main Railway | Mainz Hauptbahnhof–Frankfurt Airport Long-distance Train Station–Frankfurt Airport Regional Train Station–Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof | 600 | 249 | Former Rhenish railway EVU: DB Regio GmbH |
472 | Cologne–Rhine/Main high-speed railway | Cologne–Siegburg/Bonn–Montabaur–Limburg Süd–Frankfurt South Station / Frankfurt Central Station / Frankfurt Airport Long-distance Train Station / Mainz | --- | --- | Opened 2002 |
473.1 | Rheinufer Railway | Niehl–Cologne Dom/Hbf–Wesseling–Bonn Hbf–Bonn-Bad Godesberg | 494 | 252 | Former Cologne-Bonn railway EIU: HGK EVU: KVB, SWB |
473.2 | Vorgebirge Railway | Cologne-Thielenbruch–Cologne Dom/Hbf–Brühl Mitte–Bonn Hbf | 494 | 252a | Former Cologne-Bonn railway EIU: HGK EVU: KVB, SWB |
474 | Eifel Railway | Cologne–Euskirchen–Gerolstein–Trier NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Dahlem (Eifel)–Gerolstein |
430 | 248 | Former Rhenish railway EVU: DB Regio NRW |
475 | Voreifel Railway and Erft Valley Railway | Bonn–Euskirchen–Bad Münstereifel | 433 | 247e | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
477 | Ahr Valley Railway | Ahrbrück–Remagen (– Bonn) NRW tariff: PauschalPreisTickets Ahrbrück–Remagen |
601 | 248g | Former Rhenish railway EVU: DB Regio NRW |
478 | Cross Eifel Railway | Kaisersesch–Mayen–Andernach | 602 | 248m | EVU: DB Regio |
12478 | Cross Eifel Railway | Gerolstein–Daun–Kaisersesch | 602 | EVU: Currently closed | |
479 | Hunsrück Railway | Boppard–Emmelshausen | 606 | 264b | |
480 | Cologne-Aachen high-speed railway | Cologne–Horrem–Düren–Eschweiler–Aachen | 440 | 247 | Former Rhenish railway EVU: DB Regio NRW |
481 | Erft Railway, Düren–Neuss railway | Cologne / Horrem–Bedburg– Grevenbroich–Neuss–Düsseldorf |
441,461 | 246b/247a | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
482 | Euregiobahn | Heerlen (NL)/Alsdorf-Poststraße–Herzogenrath–Aachen–Stolberg–Stolberg-Altstadt/ Eschweiler-Talbahnhof–Eschweiler-Weisweiler–Langerwehe–Düren |
245c/247f | EVU: DB Regio NRW | |
483 | Rur Valley Railway | Linnich–Jülich–Düren | 443 | 245a | EVU: Rurtalbahn GmbH |
484 | Rur Valley Railway | Düren–Lendersdorf–Heimbach | 444 | 247d | EVU: Rurtalbahn GmbH |
485 | Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway, Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf railway, Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway, Elberfeld–Dortmund railway |
Aachen/Venlo–Mönchengladbach– Düsseldorf–Hagen |
450 | 245(228 | Former Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn EVU: DB Regio NRW |
487 | Iron Rhine | Mönchengladbach–Dalheim | 457 | 245a | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
495 | West Lower Rhine Railway | Kleve–Krefeld–Düsseldorf / Cologne | 470 | 242a | former Rhenish railway EVU: DB Regio NRW |
498 | Lower Rhine Railway | Xanten–Moers–Duisburg | 475 | 243 | EVU: DB Regio NRW |
Saxony/Thuringia region (500 to 599)
As at timetable period 2016/2017
West Thuringia/Hesse/Nordbaden/Rhineland-Palatinate/Saarland Region (600 to 699)
(former RBD Erfurt, Bundesbahn divisions Frankfurt and Saarbrücken, see also: List of RMV lines)
Baden-Württemberg region (700 to 799)
(former Bundesbahn divisions Karlsruhe and Stuttgart)
- * This description is not used in the timetable, but is a commonly used name for the line.
- ** By Rems Railway only the section from Stuttgart to Aalen is implied today; KBS 786 includes the whole route to Nuremberg however. Originally the Rems Valley Railway ran further to Nördlingen (see KBS 995), this section is designated by the DB today as the Ries Railway (derived from the landscape of the Nördlinger Ries).
North Bavarian region (800 to 899)
(former Bundesbahn divisions Nuremberg, Regensburg)
North Bavarian/South Bavarian region (900 to 999)
(former Bundesbahn divisions Munich, Augsburg, parts of Regensburg and Nuremberg)
Mountain railways
Number (KBS) | Name | Route |
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11031 | Bavarian Zugspitze Railway | Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Grainau–Zugspitze |
Museum railways and park railways
Number (KBS) | Name | Route |
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12248 | Chemnitz Park Railway | Chemnitz Küchwald |
12249 | Dresden Park Railway | Dresden ("Am Strassburger Platz" - "Zoo" - "Carolasse" - "Karcherallee" - "Palaisteich" - "Zoo" - "Am Strassburger Platz") |
12250 | Syra Valley Park Railway | Plauen |
12251 | Auensee Park Railway | Leipzig |
12252 | Görlitz Oldtimer Park Railway | Görlitz |
12299 | Berlin Park Railway | Berlin Oberschöneweide / Karlshorst (Hauptbahnhof der BPE - Berlin Wuhlheide station - Hauptbahnhof BPE) |
12377 | Minden Museum Railway | Hille–Minden-Oberstadt–Kleinenbremen |
12387 | Wittlage District Railway | Preussisch Oldendorf–Bad Essen-Bohmte |
12388 | Minden Museum Railway | Rahden–Uchte |
12400 | Teutoburg Forest Railway | Ibbenbüren–Bad Laer–Gütersloh Nord–Hövelhof |
12424 | Schluff | St. Tönis – Crefeld Nord - Hüls - Hülser Berg |
12501 | Radebeul Ost–Radeburg | |
12600 | Pressnitz Valley Railway | Jöhstadt–Schmalzgrube–Steinbach |
12610 | Schönheide-Mitte–Stützengrün | |
12626 | Wiesbaden-Dotzheim–Hohenstein (Nass.) | |
12888 | Ilz Valley Railway | Passau–Freyung (currently not open) |
12905 | Wander Railway in the Regen Valley | Gotteszell–Viechtach |
See also
References
- In addition the list of routes (see external links) reflects those of the German Regional Railway (Deutsche Regionaleisenbahn) as at 20 January 2008