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The end of the Ruhr mining industry led to the closure of the section from Bochum-Dahlhausen in 1969, but until 1979 the line was used as a siding to an industrial company. The power plant in
Weitmar was still supplied in 1984 from Langendreer. Parts of the route are now used as a cycling and hiking
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As part of the construction of the Ruhr Valley
Railway from 1863, a section of the line was converted to standard gauge in 1865 and in 1868 conversion started on a further 10.2 kilometres to Laer (opened on 10 October 1870) and Bochum-Weitmar station was built. It was incorporated in 1870 into the
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A siding to the
Friedlicher Nachbar colliery, opened in 1894, included the only railway tunnel on the network; it was 350 metres long. The tunnel was filled in, a few years ago, because it was in acute danger of collapse. The keystone of one of the two tunnel portals is now in the
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trail. The further conversion of a disused branch on the edge of central Bochum is approved and construction will begin in the coming months. It will then be possible to cross the entire city, except the central city, from north to south along former railway lines, using the
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The line started as a horse-hauled line from the
Sonnenschein and Hasenwinkel mines. In 1811, the Gute Hoffnung iron works provided the cast-iron rails and wagons for the line, which was referred to as the
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trains. The connecting curve from Essen-Überruhr to Essen-Steele Ost was used until 1978 by passenger trains, when a new bridge was built in Steele to allow a direct connection between the
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1442:"Description of line 2167: Abzw Bochum-Dahlhausen Bez West ↔ Bochum-Dahlhausen Bf"
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Bochum-Dahlhausen–Bochum
Langendreer (Hasenwinkel coal line)
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Portal of the only tunnel on the
Hasenwinkel coal line.
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1392:Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)
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519:Carl Friedrich Erbstollen colliery siding
249:Bochum Hbf–Dortmund Dorstfeld (low level)
22:Essen-Überruhr–Bochum-Langendreer railway
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1394:. Schweers + Wall. 2017. p. 138.
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75:21 km (13 mi)
16:Railway line in Germany
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891:Dahlhauser Straße LC
681:from Hattingen (Ruhr)
471:line from Bochum Nord
1482:51.43778°N 7.17583°E
1348:englische Kohlenbahn
1283:Essen-Steele station
651:(last station track)
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1129:Ruhr bridge, Steele
783:To Altendorf (Ruhr)
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1401:978-3-89494-146-8
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867:Essen-Horst
448:Dannenbaum
424:Bochum-Laer
81:Track gauge
72:Line length
32:Line number
1500:Categories
1470:51°26′16″N
1452:3 February
1426:3 February
1378:References
1340:Ruhr river
1332:Dahlhausen
1473:7°10′33″E
1312:‹See Tfd›
817:west part
307:Vollmond
129:Route map
67:Technical
46:, Germany
1275:line S 3
589:(siding)
104: in
27:Overview
1334:on the
469:former
99:⁄
51:Service
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1316:German
1272:S-Bahn
587:Wolff
144:Legend
136:
59:450.3
40:Locale
1454:2018
1428:2018
1396:ISBN
1324:Opel
1281:and
1256:Ruhr
1250:The
1125:Ruhr
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444:15.0
419:17.1
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329:A 43
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