S7 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

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S7
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Alstom Coradia LINT 41 on Line S7 stopped at Solingen before departing for Wuppertal.
Overview
Termini
Stations14
Service
Operator(s) RheinRuhrBahn
Rolling stock Alstom Coradia LINT 41
Technical
Line length41 km (25 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Signalling Indusi
Route map

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0.0
Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof S8 S9 S28
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1.6
Wuppertal-Unterbarmen S8 S9
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3.5
Wuppertal-Barmen S8 S9
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5.5
Wuppertal-Oberbarmen S8 S9
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12.5
Wuppertal-Ronsdorf
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15.4
Remscheid-Lüttringshausen
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18.5
Remscheid-Lennep
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23.3
Remscheid Hbf
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26.9
Remscheid-Güldenwerth
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30.7
Solingen-Schaberg
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34.2
Solingen Mitte
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35.0
Solingen Grünewald
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Solingen Hbf S1
Source: German railway atlas [1]

Line S7 is an S-Bahn service on the Rhine-Ruhr network in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, between Wuppertal and Solingen. The line has been operated by RheinRuhrBahn since 10 December 2023 at 20-minute intervals, using Alstom Coradia LINT 41 diesel multiple unit vehicles. [2]

The service was previously classified as Regionalbahn service RB47, known as the Der Müngstener, a reference to the Müngsten Bridge, which it crosses and DB Regio had operated it on the same route with DB Class 628 diesel multiple units since 1994. It was also operated at 20-minute intervals, in the evenings and on weekends, every 30 minutes. The S7 was operated by Abellio Deutschland from 2013 to 2022, when it became bankrupt. [3] [4] VIAS then operated the line under an emergency contract 1 from February 2022 to 10 December 2023, when RheinRuhrBahn took over operations to December 2028. [5] [6]

Line S7 runs over lines built by two railway companies:

There was an earlier line S7 operated by DB Regio, which began at Düsseldorf Airport Terminal station. From there it ran south to Solingen Hbf via Düsseldorf Hbf. With the change to the 2010 timetable on 13 December 2009, line S1 replaced the service between Düsseldorf Hbf and Solingen. The S11 was extended to run to Düsseldorf Airport Terminal station.

S7 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn)

Notes

  1. Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas). Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 141–2. ISBN   978-3-89494-139-0.
  2. "S7". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  3. "Vor dem Betreiberwechsel: Erwartungen an neuen S7-Betreiber Vias sind hoch". Rheinische Post (in German). 16 December 2021.
  4. "VIAS übernimmt S7 und Niederrheinnetz" (Press release) (in German). VIAS Rail. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  5. "Neue Betreiber für S 7 und RE 47" (in German). Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Ruhr. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  6. "S7 - Der Müngstener" (in German). Transdev Rhein-Ruhr GmbH. 10 December 2023. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  7. "Line 2550: Aachen - Kassel". NRW rail archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Line 2675: Solingen Hbf ↔ Remscheid Hbf". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  9. "Line 2700: Wuppertal-Oberbarmen ↔ Remscheid-Lennep (↔ Opladen)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  10. "Line 2705: Remscheid-Lennep ↔ Remscheid Hbf (↔ Remscheid-Hasten)". NRW Rail Archive (in German). André Joost. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
Der Mungstener on Mungsten Bridge Muengstenerbruecke.jpg
Der Müngstener on Müngsten Bridge

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