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North Rhine-Westphalia

Münster District

Ruhr Region

Kettwig Railway Bridge over the Ruhr

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Kettwig Railway Bridge over the Ruhr

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Kettwig Railway Bridge over the Ruhr

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    Location: Ruhr Region, Münster District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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    1. Kettwiger panoramic loop

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    2. Old town route – Kettwiger PanoramaSteig side loop

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    3. Kettwig's Historic Old Town – Kettwig Riverside Promenade loop from Essen-Werden

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    March 8, 2024

    The double-track bridge over the Ruhr has been in operation since 1951. Their predecessors were blown up at the end of the Second World War. Today the S-Bahn from Essen to Cologne runs over the bridge.

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      September 12, 2018

      Kettwig railway bridge

      In October 1886, the "Bergisch-Märkischen-Eisenbahn" (BME), one of the three large private railways that once opened up the Ruhr area, was granted the concession to build the "Ruhr Valley Railway". It was supposed to open up the Ruhr valley from Düsseldorf - with a route via Ratingen, Kettwig, Werden, Kupferdreh, Herdecke, Schwerte, Arnsberg and finally to Kassel. In 1872 the route to Kupferdreh was completed.

      In 1877 the route from Essen main station to Werden was added to the network. This resulted in a continuous connection between Essen and Düsseldorf. Today the connection is used exclusively for S-Bahn traffic.

      The so-called "Lower Ruhr Valley Railway" between Mülheim-Styrum and Kettwig, which was opened in 1876 by the Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn, has fallen into oblivion. It branched off the main line of the Bergisch-Märkische railway in Styrum and reached Kettwig station via Broich, Saarn and Mintard. At the entrance to Kettwig, travelers got off at the "Kettwig Stausee" station until 1968 in order to reach today's S-Bahn station via a few stairs to change to the Ruhr Valley Railway. Before the Second World War, you could still get to Kettwig directly without having to change trains, because the Lower Ruhr Valley Railway had its own (lower-lying) bridge that no longer existed, but whose abutments are still clearly visible.

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        March 20, 2022

        The historic railway bridge spans you across the Ruhr at this point. A technical testimony from historical times in a riveted design is still preserved.

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