Olef Valley Railway

Kall–Hellenthal
Route of the Olef Valley Railway
Route number:432
Line number:2635
Line length:17.8 km
Track gauge:1435 mm
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Eifel Railway from Trier
0,0 Kall
Eifel Railway to Cologne
2 Kall-Anstois-Mastert(from 1953)
5 Gemünd-Mauel(1953 - 81)
5,9 Gemünd(previously a station with loading strip)
Gemünd Tunnel (130 m)
8 Gemünd-Nierfeld(1953 - 81)
9,0 Olef
Olef through route
10,3 Schleiden-Höddelbusch(old tank loading point)
11,7 Schleiden-Rathaus(dismantled 2006/07)
12,0 Schleiden (Eifel)
13 Schleiden-Wiesgen
14 Oberhausen (Eifel)
15,6 Blumenthal (Eifel)
17,8 Hellenthal

The Olef Valley Railway (German: Oleftalbahn or Flitsch) or OTB is a 17.8-kilometre-long, single tracked, unelectrified branch line from Kall through the Schleiden Valley above Schleiden to Hellenthal. The line is currently only used by tourists, travelling on the heritage railway in the summer months, and occasionally by goods trains. However, there are attempts to reactivate passenger services that were ceased in 1981.

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