Olef Valley Railway
| Kall–Hellenthal | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Route of the Olef Valley Railway | |||
| Overview | |||
| Line number | 2635 | ||
| Service | |||
| Route number | 432 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 17.8 km (Line class: CE) | ||
| Track gauge | 1435 mm | ||
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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.
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.
References