Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway

Wuppertal–Solingen railway
Overview
Line number
  • 2700 (W-Oberbarmen–RS-Lennep)
  • 2705 (RS-Lennep–RS)
  • 2706 (RS–RS-Bliedinghausen)
  • 2675 (RS–SG)
LocaleNorth Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Service
Route number450.7
Technical
Line length35 km (22 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph) (max)
Route map

Trunk line from Wuppertal Hbf
0.0
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen
Former route to the west of the Wupper
Wupper
Trunk line to Hagen
To Wuppertal-Langerfeld freight yard
Rauenthal Tunnel (256 and 265 m)
and Langerfeld Tunnel (239 m)
1.5
Wuppertal-Rauenthal
Wupper
Former Wupper Valley Railway to RS-Lennep
7.0
Wuppertal-Ronsdorf
9.9
Remscheid-Lüttringhausen
A 1
13.0
Remscheid-Lennep
Former Wupper Valley Railway to W-Rauenthal
Former main line to Opladen
15.8
Remscheid-Mixsiepen
(planned)
(2.4)
Remscheid-Bliedinghausen
(branch line of 1896, now freight line)
17.8
17.7
Remscheid Hbf
Former branch line to RS-Hasten
16.6
Remscheid-Honsberg
(planned)
Büchener Tunnel (106 m)
14.1
Remscheid-Güldenwerth
Müngsten Bridge (465 m), Wupper
10.3
Solingen-Schaberg
Windfeln Bridge
9.2
Solingen RWE
(siding)
Former Corkscrew Railway from W-Vohwinkel
6.8
Solingen Mitte
(since 2006)
6.2
Solingen Süd (1913–2006:
Solingen Hauptbahnhof)
6.0
Solingen Grünewald
(since 2006)
Weyersberg Tunnel (60 m)
5.6
Solingen (Weyersberg)
(until 1912/25)
4.9
Weyersberg
(junction, 1890–1912/25)
Main line from Opladen
0.0
Solingen Hbf
(until 2006 Solingen-Ohligs)
Main line to Wuppertal
S-Bahn line to Düsseldorf
Source: German railway atlas

The Wuppertal-Oberbarmen–Solingen railway is a line in the Bergisches Land in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, which connects the three Bergisch cities of Wuppertal, Remscheid and Solingen. It is classified as a main line and is double track and non-electrified.

Today's route is made up largely of sections of three formerly independent routes built by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME). The section between Remscheid and Solingen was built after the BME's nationalisation by the Prussian state railways.