Betuweroute

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Betuweroute
Route (red) of the Betuweroute
Overview
Owner	ProRail/KeyRail
Locale	South Holland and Gelderland,  Netherlands
Service
Type	Freight railway
History
Opened	16 June 2007
Technical
Line length	159 km (99 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz Kijfhoek yard: 1.5kV DC
Operating speed	120 km/h (75 mph)
Signalling	ETCS Level 2 Kijfhoek yard: ETCS Level 1 and ATB-EG
Route map Legend line from Maasvlakte line from Rotterdam Centraal Kijfhoek line to Breda line to Breda Sophia railway tunnel A16/E19 Rietbaan Noord river A15/E31 Railway tunnel Giessen A27/E311 line from Dordrecht to Elst Merwede canal Linge river A2/E25 line from Boxtel to Utrecht Centraal Linge river Linge river havenspoorlijn Tiel Amsterdam–Rhine canal Linge river Linge river A50 Valburg yard line from Nijmegen to Arnhem A325 Linge river Spoortunnel Pannerdensch Kanaal Spoortunnel Zevenaar line from Zevenaar demolished line from Amsterdam Centraal Babberich State border Germany - Netherlands DB 2266 to Kleef demolished DB 2270 to Oberhausen Hbf

The Betuweroute is a double track freight railway between Rotterdam and Germany. Betuweroute is the official name, after the Betuwe area through which the route passes. The line is popularly called Betuwelijn, after an older local rail line in the same region. The line extends into Germany as the Oberhausen–Arnhem railway, and it is part of Project No. 5 of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T).^[1]