There is some damage to the cycle path, especially between Vorst and Süchteln. The cycle path between Vorst and St. Tunis is currently being renewed (as of October 2022), and the route before Süchteln may also be repaired.

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Didada

January 30, 2022

The route runs almost dead straight, through fields, forests and off the main roads.

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Martl

October 22, 2021

Disused railway lines with solid pavement are suitable as low-grade bicycle highways for rapid movement. Hagen and Vorst are connected to each other on this approx. 2 km long section

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Didada

December 20, 2021

The two wind turbines were erected in 2021.

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Koga-Willi 🚲👣🇺🇦

April 24, 2020

Here you can find information about the section Schluff-Bahntrasse: kreis-viersen.de/de/inhalt-60/ausfuehrliches-streckenprofil

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Sven

September 12, 2021

Straight ahead as far as the eye can see ...

In the summer months when there is oncoming traffic etc, it is best to be careful with the nettles on the right and left 😉

PS: "if you don't want to hear you have to feel" 😅🥴

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StefanB

June 19, 2022

I don't think this route is very pretty. The path is relatively narrow and is often interrupted by roads/crossings, where every time a cyclist has to give way and is slowed down by grids. You don't really get into a driving flow. In addition, the asphalt is rather mediocre and there are quite a few breaking roots.

Okay as an everyday bike path, not very suitable for sporty touring riders.

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Niklas 🥾🚲🛶🛼😀

July 4, 2022

Well-paved bike path on an old railway line through the fields on the Lower Rhine far from the noise of the streets - that's what makes cycling fun!

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Niederrhein Biker🚵‍♂️🚵‍♂️

May 26, 2022

Nice quiet bit. Perfect for cycling!👍

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Peter Luthe

June 29, 2022

Beautiful path through fields and orchards.

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Helge

November 13, 2022

The silt route in the Süchteln area is in a pitiful state Nov. 2022.

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Alwin R 🚲

April 15, 2024

The Schluff is Krefeld's historic steam railway.

The name "Schluff" is derived from the colloquial term "Schluffen" for slippers. In a figurative sense, Schluff is a tired person who can no longer lift his legs and drags his slippers, or Schluffen, across the floor. The leisurely travel speed of the train and the puffing sound of the locomotive's steam engine are, so to speak, onomatopoeic reminiscent of a Schluff.

The Schluff is now operated as a museum railway by SWK Mobil, with the support of the associations "Schluff and historical means of transport Krefeld", "Friends of the Krefeld Railway" and the "Interest Group for Rail Transport Krefeld" and, since 2010, by "Hafen Krefeld GmbH & Co. KG", which operates the Krefeld Rhine port.

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Alwin R 🚲

April 15, 2024

History of the route and its operation

In 1868, the Krefeld Railway was founded as the "Crefeld-Kreis-Kempener Industrie-Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft" (CKKIE). In 1880, the "Crefelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft" (CEG, later KEG) took over the CKKIE, which had gone bankrupt in 1874. In 1914, the CEG's vehicle fleet included 19 steam locomotives, 51 passenger carriages, 10 baggage cars, 2 mail cars, 101 covered and 83 open freight cars, 57 coke cars and 8 special wagons. In 1978, this company became KREVAG, today's SWK Mobil. Passenger traffic on the rails had already been discontinued by 1951, and freight traffic followed until 1985. Today, only the connection between St. Tönis and Hülser Berg remains of the network. The historic routes from St. Tönis to Süchteln and from Hülser Berg to Moers have been partially preserved as a combined cycle and hiking trail.

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Alwin R 🚲

April 15, 2024

The steam locomotive

The locomotive Graf Bismarck XV (No. 98 8921) was taken over by the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum of the German Railway History Society in 1979. It was built by Henschel & Sohn in Kassel under the serial number He 29893/47. The locomotive is of the type D 600. It is a relatively young locomotive (built in 1947) of the "D n2t" type (four coupled axles, wet steam boiler with two cylinders, tank locomotive), which was originally used at the Graf Bismarck mine in Gelsenkirchen.

In order to avoid embankment fires caused by flying sparks and ash falling onto the track, the locomotive was converted from coal to light oil firing in 1980 before being used on the wooded route to Hülser Berg. Until the main inspection in 2013/2014, the burner was a decommissioned burner from the heating plant of the Krefeld municipal utilities on Alte Gladbacher Strasse. As part of the main inspection, a new burner was installed in the Meiningen steam locomotive works.

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Alwin R 🚲

April 15, 2024

About this route

The Schluff is a historic railway from St. Tönis to Hülser Berg in Krefeld. From St. Tönis, the route follows the old railway line of the Schluff (Crefeld Railway) via Vorst and Süchteln to Viersen.

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Konny

February 4, 2023

Great way through the fields.

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wolfben

July 25, 2024

Straight path, unfortunately not always with top surface

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Dipl.- Ing. Detlef Stender

July 29, 2024

A very diverse area.

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Micha 🚵 🏕 🏔️ 🥾

May 11, 2025

Here you can really drive straight for miles...if you like

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Distance 7.83 km

Uphill 20 m

Downhill 20 m

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