Olef Valley Railway

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

Legend
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

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.

Literature

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

References


External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oleftalbahn.
  • Olef Valley Railway
  • Schleiden Valley rail and bus initiative
  • Rhein-Sieg Railway
  • Gutachten Oleftalbahn des Rheinisches Amtes für Denkmalpflege at the Wayback Machine (archived June 26, 2015) (pdf; 121 kB)
  • Carsten Klinger (photos), Lothar Brill (text) (2009-08-22). "Bilder der Gemünder Tunnelportale mit Schienenbus, June 2006" (in German). Retrieved 2010-07-28.