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|} The Düren–Neuss railway is a line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The non-electrified main line originally ran from Düren to Neuss, but the Düren–Bedburg section has been closed and dismantled. == History== The Neuss–Duren section was opened by the Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', RhE) on 1 September 1869. On the morning of 5 September 1937, a serious railway accident occurred in Holzheim station: a special train running from Rommerskirchen with 800 pilgrims on pilgrimage to Kevelaer was derailed. 17 people died and 18 people were seriously injured. Until the mid-1970s the line took another route between the stations of Gustorf and Bedburg, running through Harff station and Kaster halt. As a result of the development of the lignite mining works of ''Rheinischen Braunkohlewerke'' (''Rheinbraun'') at Harff, the line was relocated between Gustorf and Bedburg.〔 Between the two stations was Neurath station, which was not a passenger station, but only an operations station, providing a place for trains to pass. Since the completion of the mining on the site of the old route it has been intended to return the line to the old route through Kaster. This project has not been implemented. From 27 May 1995, passenger services were discontinued on the Bedburg–Duren section. On 31 December 1995, freight services ended on the section. The line was closed on 2 June 1996.〔 The Düren–Elsdorf section was located in the area of today's Hambach open pit mine and was subsequently dredged for lignite. The Elsdorf–Bedburg section was initially used for freight traffic, but was later shut down due to lack of demand and dismantled. As of 2 June 1991, trains ran through from Neuss to Horrem, continuing in the peak hour to Cologne. From 15 December 2002, the rail service was extended throughout the day to Cologne. In March 2006, the line was between Grevenbroich and Neuss-Holzheim was converted to the new Ks-signals, controlled from the electronic siganalling centre in Duisburg. On 1 November 2007, the rest of the line was also connected to the electronic signalling centre. At the same time, all older level crossings were upgraded to the state of the art with flashing lights. The crossing at Bahnhofstraße in Holzheim had been equipped with a full barrier and a gatekeeper who visually checked whether the tracks were free of vehicles; this is now done with a radar scanner. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Düren–Neuss railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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