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Würselen–Aachen Cycle Expressway – Aachen–Jülich Rail Trail loop from Aldenhoven

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Würselen–Aachen Cycle Expressway – Aachen–Jülich Rail Trail loop from Aldenhoven

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Würselen–Aachen Cycle Expressway – Aachen–Jülich Rail Trail loop from Aldenhoven

04:30

71.4km

490m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 41.4 km for 68 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

20.3 km

Old railway underpass on the Aachen–Jülich rail trail

Highlight • Bridge

The old railway underpass is located on the former Aachen - Jülich railway line.

If you leave the railway line you come from here to Ofden, a district of Alsdorf.

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2

24.5 km

Lower Broichbach Valley south of Noppenberg

Highlight (Segment) • River

Here you can cycle relaxed.

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3

26.0 km

Herzogenrath Retention Pond

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful pond with large fields of water lilies and quiet shores where you can watch the water birds. There is a beautiful circular path around the lake.

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4

28.3 km

Wurm Valley near Herzogenrath

Highlight • River

Nice worm valley right on the outskirts of Herzogenrath

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33.9 km

Wurmtal südlich Herzogenrath, einschließlich Meisbach, Würselen

Nature Reserve

6

36.1 km

Trail through the Wurmtal

Highlight • Trail

A truly magnificent landscape.

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7

52.0 km

Würselen–Aachen Cycle Expressway

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Well laid out cycle expressway which can now be used as far as Aachen on the Green Way. It partly runs on an old railway line. It is very nice …

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8

59.0 km

Aachener Industriebahn Rail Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

The route of the Aachen industrial railway leads into the area surrounding the fortified city of Jülich, which is characterized by opencast lignite mining. Since October 2019, the entire route …

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9

63.8 km

Aachen–Jülich Rail Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Where once trains fully loaded with coal from the former mining sites of the Aachen region traveled, cyclists can now comfortably and without inclines cycle from the imperial city of Aachen to Jülich on the 32-kilometer-long railway cycle path.

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B

71.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.5 km

21.2 km

11.8 km

8.19 km

444 m

351 m

Surfaces

56.7 km

5.72 km

4.49 km

2.96 km

1.53 km

< 100 m

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