30-512: The Hagen–Dieringhausen railway (also called the Volmetalbahn : Volme Valley Railway ) is a mostly single-track (continuously double track as far as Lüdenscheid-Brügge ) and non-electrified railway line from Hagen Hauptbahnhof via Lüdenscheid-Brügge, Meinerzhagen and Gummersbach to Gummersbach-Dieringhausen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia . The Volmetalbahn is also
60-830: A Jacobs-bogie , LINT 41, is 41.89 metres (137 ft 5 in) long. In Germany it is classified as Baureihe 648 ( DB Class 648 ), Baureihe 0623 and Baureihe 1648 . Trainsets LINT 54 Baureihe 0622 using two car bodies and LINT 81 Baureihe 0620/0621 using three car bodies have been introduced in 2013. The Alstom Coradia LINT is part of Alstom Coradia family of Inter-city trains which includes multiple unit diesel (DMU) or electric (EMU) as well as double-decker trains. The LINT family offers capacities ranging from 70 to 300 seated passengers. They operate at top speeds up to 140 km/h (87 mph). The Coradia LINT trains are manufactured in Salzgitter in Germany. Other types of
90-577: A few of its kind in Germany. The heavy Anglo-American bombing raids in World War II on Hagen did not destroy it, unlike many other railway stations in the Ruhr. The station has points and overtaking tracks connecting to the two main platforms in the train shed. This allows up to four (short) trains to operate from each of these two-edged platforms. This has the disadvantage that passengers may sometimes be required to walk long distances. The interior of
120-653: A single engine, LINT 41 with two engines, LINT 54 with two or three engines, LINT 81 with four engines. The trains are mainly used in Northern Germany and North Rhine-Westphalia . They are also quite popular in other European countries. For example, in Denmark they are being used by the largest non-state-owned operator, Arriva (a total of 43 units: 30 delivered in 2004–2005, 11 delivered in 2010–11 and 2 delivered in 2012) as well as by Lokalbanen A/S and Regionstog (a total of 42 units delivered in 2006–2007). In
150-545: Is a listed building and is part of The Industrial Heritage Trail ( Route Industriekultur ). The station serves as an important link between long distance services; the InterCityExpress lines linking Cologne and Berlin call at the station as well as various InterCity and EuroCity services. Hagen Hbf lies within the area of the Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr transport association and
180-579: Is a version of the Coradia Lint 54 powered by a hydrogen fuel cell . Announced at InnoTrans 2016 , the new model is the world's first production hydrogen-powered trainset . The Coradia iLint is able to reach 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph) and travel 600–800 kilometres (370–500 mi) on a full tank of hydrogen. It is assembled at Alstom's Salzgitter plant. It began rolling tests at 80 km/h (50 mph) in March 2017. On 16 September 2018,
210-635: Is served by Alstom Coradia LINT 81 multiple units, operating as RB 25 ( Oberbergische Bahn ) from Cologne, and reaching the Volme Valley Railway in Dieringhausen over the Siegburg–Olpe railway . Hagen Hauptbahnhof Hagen Hauptbahnhof is a railway station serving the city of Hagen in western Germany. It is an important rail hub for the southeastern Ruhr area , offering regional and long distance connections. The station
240-581: Is served by several RegionalExpress and RegionalBahn lines as well as by three S-Bahn services of the Rhein-Ruhr S-Bahn network. The following Regional-Express , Regionalbahn and S-Bahn services call at the station: Alstom Coradia LINT The Alstom Coradia LINT is an articulated railcar of the Alstom Coradia family manufactured by Alstom since 1999, offered in diesel and hydrogen fuel models. The acronym LINT
270-480: Is short for the German "leichter innovativer Nahverkehrstriebwagen" (light innovative local transport rail vehicle). It was designed by Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB; acquired 1996 by Alstom) and has been distributed as part of Alstom's Coradia family. The type designation gives the vehicle's length: the one-piece type LINT 27 has a length of 27.26 metres (89 ft 5 in) and is also known as Baureihe 640 (DB class 640) of Deutsche Bahn . The two-part train with
300-577: The 1840s as an alternative to the route of the Ruhr–Sieg railway . In May 1870, the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company ( Bergisch-Märkischen Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft , BME) began construction of the Volme Valley Railway. The route was opened from Hagen to Oberhagen on 16 October 1871 and the line was extended to Dahl for freight traffic on 15 March 1874. On 6 September 1874 this section was released for passenger services. After
330-677: The 2,200 m-long Goldberg tunnel in Hagen, is a major piece of railway infrastructure. Since 2006, just two signal boxes remain at Gummersbacher station, with one of them serving a local savings bank as a training centre. All other signal boxes have now been now demolished or are disused. The Volme Valley Railway is served hourly (with gaps on Sunday mornings) by Regionalbahn service RB 52 ( Volmetal-Bahn ). It starts in Dortmund Hauptbahnhof and runs via Hagen Hbf and Brügge (where it reverses) to Lüdenscheid. The trains cross just before
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#1732794404211360-1021: The Coradia range are the A-TER Class X 73500 manufactured in Reichshoffen in France and the Coradia Minuetto manufactured in Savigliano in Italy. The one-piece railcars have 315- kilowatt (422 hp ) engines and a maximum speed of 120 km/h (75 mph). The train has 52 2nd class seats, eight 1st class seats and 13 tip-up seats . Up to three cars can run together in multiple unit form. The trains are predominantly used on non-electrified light railways in North Rhine-Westphalia amongst other regions. Both
390-519: The LINT 41 and LINT 54 consist of two parts. The longer carriage length of the LINT 54 allows for an extra set of doors per carriage, whilst the LINT 41 has only one set per carriage. Some transportation companies offer ticket machines in the door area. The trainsets are equipped with diesel engines with a rated power of 315-kilowatt (422 hp), 335-kilowatt (449 hp) or 390-kilowatt (520 hp) depending on their delivery date. LINT 27 are equipped with
420-539: The Lint 54 can have between 150 and 180 seats. The LINT 81 is a three carriage set, with two driving vehicles with cabs, and an intermediate vehicle for passenger accommodation only. In September 2012, Netinera ordered 63 Coradia LINT trains from Alstom, which would be used on services in Rhineland-Palatinate . The order included some LINT 54 DMUs (160 seats) and 18 Lint 81 (270 seats). The Coradia iLint
450-702: The Volme Valley Railway was put to tender in 1996; it was the first railway line in Germany to be put to European-wide tender. This was won by the Dortmund-Märkische Eisenbahn (DME), a company mainly owned by the City of Dortmund. It took over operations of the Hagen-Brügge-Lüdenscheid route on 30 May 1999 and operated Bombardier Talent DMUs. In 2004, the route was retendered and won by Deutsche Bahn, which has operated it with Alstom Coradia LINT 41 (class 648) railcars. During
480-631: The Volme Valley Railway with the Plettenberg–Herscheid railway, to create a connection between the Volme and Lenne valleys. However, this plan failed due to high construction costs. Until 1958, freight was transferred in Marienheide to the metre gauge Leppe Valley Railway ( Leppetalbahn ). On the route between Hagen and Brügge there are three disused railway stations. The stations of Delstern and Ambrock were between Oberhagen and Dahl. There
510-875: The eastern provinces of the Netherlands , they are operated by Keolis Nederland (formerly Syntus ). They are also used in Canada . Alstom delivered six new trains to operate on the O-Train Trillium Line in Ottawa . The new trains went into service on 2 March 2015, displacing the previous Bombardier Talent fleet. In 2019 Inlandsbanan in Sweden bought 5 used LINT 41 from the Netherlands. They have been upgraded for usage on longer distances and are used for traffic in 2020. Lint 41 has 115 seats, while
540-713: The first Coradia iLint entered service on the Buxtehude - Bremervörde - Bremerhaven - Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony, Germany. A mobile hydrogen filling station refuels the trains, but a stationary station is set to be built by 2021, along with 14 more train sets. In 2019, Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund , the transit network serving the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region, ordered 27 iLint multiple-units to be delivered by December 2022. Each train will have 160 seats. The units will replace diesel trains currently plying
570-662: The first period of tendered operations the single track section between Brügge and Hagen-Delstern was rebuilt in order to accelerate it. However, this accelerated operations only minimally, as various passing tracks had been dismantled and timetabling was restricted. Gravel trains that still regularly running from Meinerzhagen and empty trains running in the opposite direction must stop regularly in Brügge or Delstern. Passenger trains may be delayed in reaching their scheduled crossings in Rummenohl , leading to further delays, which cancel out
600-494: The half-hour in Rummenohl. Since 12 December 2004 services on the Volme Valley Railway have been operated by DB Regio NRW using DB Class 648 (LINT 41) diesel railcars, which are capable of speeds of up to 120 km/h, although the line allow a maximum of 90 km/h. Occasionally, rollingstock of classes 612 , 628.4 and 640 (LINT 27) is used. The line from Gummersbach-Dieringhausen via Lüdenscheid-Brügge to Lüdenscheid
630-410: The intended acceleration. A plan presented in 1997 for a Hagen Regionalstadtbahn ( Regionalstadtbahn Hagen ), which included the Volme Valley Railway from Dortmund via Hagen to Lüdenscheid as a light rail to operate directly from Dortmund city centre via Hagen city centre to central Lüdenscheid, was rejected for cost reasons, despite its traffic-related benefits. The Volme Valley Railway, including
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#1732794404211660-694: The line initially ran through the city (along the present-day Bergstraße). Because of the significant difficulties experienced by road users, construction of a bypass was started in November 1906. As a result, the Goldberg tunnel was put into operation on 1 July 1910. During the duplication of the line in 1906 the Kotthausen Tunnel and the Hammerhausen Tunnel were removed. At the beginning of the 20th century there were plans to connect
690-518: The name of the trains running on this line as Regionalbahn service RB 52, from Lüdenscheid via Hagen to Dortmund . The RB 25 ( Oberbergische Bahn ) service runs from Lüdenscheid via Lüdenscheid-Brügge and Marienheide to Cologne on the line. The railway and the Regionalbahn service are both named after the Volme river, which they both follow for most of their route. The route was studied in
720-559: The nationalisation of the BME, the Volme Valley Railway was extended to Brügge via Meinerzhagen towards Marienheide and Gummersbach in 1891/92. The entire route was completed to Dieringhausen in 1893. Construction of an extension via Krummenerl for connection to the Finnentrop–Freudenberg railway (Bigge Valley Railway) and on to Kreuztal was started several times, but not completed. Construction stopped at Krummenerl in 1927. In Hagen,
750-631: The opening of the Ruhr–Sieg railway to Siegen via Altena in 1861 the city also became an important railway junction. The Baroque Revival entrance building, opened on 14 September 1910, was built of brick and partly covered with sandstone. It survived bombing during the Second World War , although not completely, in contrast to other stations in the Ruhr area, so it can be admired today. A stained-glass window called The Artist as Teacher of Trade and Industry ( German : Der Künstler als Lehrer für Handel und Gewerbe ) by Johan Thorn Prikker
780-419: The station was painstakingly restored from the autumn of 2004 to May 2006. Thus, the barrel vault over the concourse has been reconstructed, restoring some of its old lustre and details, including Thorn Prikker's stained-glass window, are now illuminated by daylight and are again clearly visible. This work was carried out for the 2006 World Cup of football at a total cost of €1.2 million. The Hagen Hauptbahnhof
810-404: Was also a Deutsche Bundesbahn bus shuttle between Lüdenscheid and Brügge, which connected with the express trains between Cologne and Hagen. A class 628.4 diesel multiple unit operated from September 1994 to 30 May 1999. City-Bahn services operated on the (Cologne–) Dieringhausen–Meinerzhagen section (cut back in 1986 to Marienheide and in 1987 to Gummersbach) from 1984 to 1995. Operations of
840-507: Was installed above the entrance by Karl Ernst Osthaus in 1911. Also preserved is a two-span train shed designed by Stephany from 1910. It was restored in the 1990s and is heritage-listed as an important example of a steel-constructed hall developed in the late 19th century. It is the only remaining station with a "traditional" platform area in Westphalia and the Ruhr region and one of
870-399: Was once was a station at Breckerfeld-Priorei between Dahl and Rummenohl. Delstern and Breckerfeld-Priorei stations closed on 27 May 1979, while Ambrock closed in 1964 or 1965. From 1965 until September 1994, the Volme Valley Railway was operated with push–pull trains consisting of Hagen-based class 212 diesel locomotives with two to three, mostly Silberling , carriages. Until 1979 there
900-577: Was opened in 1848 as part of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company 's Elberfeld–Dortmund line and is one of the few stations in the Ruhr valley to retain its original station hall, which dates back to 1910. The original Elberfeld–Dortmund trunk line of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company was completed in 1848/49 linking Hagen to the rapidly expanding Prussian railway network. This led to Hagen quickly becoming an industrial city based steel and metal production. After
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