Olef Valley Railway

The Olef Valley Railway (German: Oleftalbahn or Flitsch) or OTB is a 17.8-kilometre-long, single tracked, unelectrified branch line from Kall through the Schleiden Valley above Schleiden to Hellenthal. The line is currently used by tourists; travelling on the heritage railway in the summer months or occasionally by goods trains. However, there are attempts to reactivate passenger services that were ceased in 1981.

Kall–Hellenthal
Route of the Olef Valley Railway
Overview
Line number2635
Service
Route number432
Technical
Line length17.8 km
(Line class: CE)
Track gauge1435 mm
Route map
Eifel Railway from Trier
0,0 Kall
Eifel Railway to Cologne
2 Kall-Anstois-Mastert
(from 1953)
5 Gemünd-Mauel
(1953 - 81)
5,9 Gemünd
(previously a station with loading strip)
Gemünd Tunnel (130 m)
8 Gemünd-Nierfeld
(1953 - 81)
9,0 Olef
Olef through route
10,3 Schleiden-Höddelbusch
(old tank loading point)
11,7 Schleiden-Rathaus
(dismantled 2006/07)
12,0 Schleiden (Eifel)
13 Schleiden-Wiesgen
14 Oberhausen (Eifel)
15,6 Blumenthal (Eifel)
17,8 Hellenthal

Literature

  • Bernd Franco Hoffmann: Stillgelegte Bahnstrecken im Rheinland. Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt, 2014, ISBN 978-3-95400-396-9.

References

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