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|} The Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway, also called the Hamm-Osterfeld line ((ドイツ語:Hamm-Osterfelder Bahn)), is a 76-kilometre long double-track electrified main line railway at the northern edge of the Ruhr in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has a continuous level route with no tunnels. Its eastern and central sections are now only used for freight, while its western section is also for passenger operations. The main operator, Deutsche Bahn (formerly Deutsche Bundesbahn), has always referred to this line as the ''Nordstrecke'' ("northern line"). It was the northernmost route of the former railway division of Essen. ==History == The line was built to relieve the existing network of railways in the Ruhr region, which was at the limit of its capacity, especially for freight traffic. The line was opened on 1 May 1905. It served primarily as a direct connection between the two major marshalling yards of Hamm and Osterfeld Süd to allow long-distance freight trains to avoid the Ruhr and to enable new coal mines to be connected to the railway network. The second track was added 1912. The passenger services were always planned to be thin, despite there being several major cities along the route, as the line was mainly intended for freight traffic. It never carried long-distance passenger services. The entire line was electrified in 1967. Passenger services on the section between Hamm and Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord were discontinued on 29 May 1983. The track is occasionally used, however, between Hamm and Horstmar junction as a detour route for passenger trains on the main Dortmund–Hamm line. A single-track line (line 2252) was built in 1968 from Gelsenkirchen-Buer Nord station to Lippe junction on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway and passenger services have operated on it from Bottrop since 1969. Since 24 May 1998, these passenger services have operated as Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 9. 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「Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd–Hamm railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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