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Die Bahntrassenrunde – Entdeckungstouren durchs Ruhrgebiet

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Die Bahntrassenrunde – Entdeckungstouren durchs Ruhrgebiet

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June 11, 2018

Die Bahntrassenrunde – Entdeckungstouren durchs Ruhrgebiet

Hard

05:19

108km

20.3km/h

800m

810m

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Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

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11.7 km

Springorum Cycle Path Entrance Unistraße

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Once briefly shouldered the bike and you can reach the beautiful Springorum bike path, which leads through the middle of Bochum and ends after about eleven kilometers in Bochum Dahlhausen …

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15.3 km

Walter Lohmann Ring Cycling Training Track

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An idyllic gem amidst the urban hectic. I found this training course by chance and spent a few laps on the fine paved track in the middle of a small, …

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22.3 km

Rheinischer Esel Start/End Point Bochum-Langendreer

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The Rhenish donkey is one of the oldest railway tracks in the Ruhr area. Already in the 1980s, the recultivation of the old railway line was started, which only really …

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33.7 km

Elbschetalbahntrasse Cycle Path

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The next four kilometers of the railway track route were released in August 2017. Very nice: paved from the beginning with design features such as gabions with a cyan-glass layer …

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42.5 km

Café Kännchen

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This small café has been furnished with great attention to detail and completely natural materials. A special highlight is the garden with lots of herbs and a small beehive. There …

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42.6 km

Alte Kohlenbahn – Rail-trail cycling

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This wonderfully quiet bike path leads from Gevelsberg Silschede to Haßlinghausen via an old railway line, where you have access to the Wuppertal Nordbahntrasse and the coal railway to Hattingen. …

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52.3 km

Old Sprockhövel Station

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Directly on the railway path "Glückauf" is the old Sprockhöveler station, where today is a health food store with attached café. Here you can sit outside in summer, in winter, …

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55.8 km

Kohlenbahn Rail Trail

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The cycle path on a railway line connects Hattingen with Wuppertal and leads southwards with a slight incline through the beautiful hilly low mountain range landscape of the northern Bergisches …

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65.5 km

Towpath (Ruhr Valley Cycle Route) between Dahlhausen and Überruhr

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The Ruhr Valley Cycle Route is more than 150 kilometers long and leads from the Ruhrquelle in Winterberg to the confluence with the Rhine to Duisburg.

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71.8 km

Gruga Trail from Mülheim-Heißen to Essen-Steele South – Cycling on former railway lines

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The Grugatrasse starts in Essen-Steele and leads from there on paved pedestrian / bike path, which mostly leads over an old railway line, in the direction of Essen center. The …

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82.4 km

RS1 Grugaweg Junction

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Here is an important branch of the Radschnellweg Ruhr (RS1), the direction Grugapark leads and in the further course to Ruhrtalradweg. And with that, there are many more opportunities on …

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96.3 km

Kray-Wanner Rail Trail

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A short but nice piece of railway track. This bike path is not five kilometers long, but that does not matter. Because there are almost five kilometers of city traffic, …

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100 km

Erzbahn Kiosk

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It's just a snack bar. Nevertheless, she is well on the way to becoming a cult, without any fancy. That's how it works in the pot.

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106 km

Erzbahnschwinge Bridge

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The railway line built at the beginning of the 20th century connected the Rhine-Herne Canal with the blast furnaces of the Bochum association and served to supply iron ore. Today, …

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108 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

78.8 km

7.74 km

6.26 km

6.06 km

4.26 km

2.70 km

1.96 km

236 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

80.1 km

14.1 km

9.05 km

2.95 km

1.66 km

175 m

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Die Bahntrassenrunde – Entdeckungstouren durchs Ruhrgebiet

Springorum Cycle Path Entrance Unistraße

Walter Lohmann Ring Cycling Training Track

Rheinischer Esel Start/End Point Bochum-Langendreer

Elbschetalbahntrasse Cycle Path

Café Kännchen

Alte Kohlenbahn – Rail-trail cycling

Old Sprockhövel Station

Kohlenbahn Rail Trail

Towpath (Ruhr Valley Cycle Route) between Dahlhausen and Überruhr

Gruga Trail from Mülheim-Heißen to Essen-Steele South – Cycling on former railway lines

RS1 Grugaweg Junction

Kray-Wanner Rail Trail

Erzbahn Kiosk

Erzbahnschwinge Bridge

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