Finnentrop–Freudenberg railway

The Bigge Valley Railway (German: Biggetalbahn) is a 24-kilometre-long, single-tracked branch line from Finnentrop station via Attendorn and Olpe to Freudenberg in western Germany. It is non-electrified and the section of line from Olpe to Freudenberg is now closed. The section between Olpe and Finnentrop is regularly worked by local railway passenger services (SPNV). The line runs from Finnentrop to Wenden in the valley of the River Bigge.

Finnentrop–Freudenberg
Overview
Line number	2864
Service
Route number	442
Technical
Line length	43.6 km
Route map Legend Ruhr-Sieg Railway from Hagen 0,0 Finnentrop station Ruhr-Sieg Railway to Siegen 2,4 Heggen (request stop) 8,1 Scrap merchant industrial siding 8,4 Attendorn 8,5 Industrial siding 11,9 Kraghammer (former station) 13,8 Listerscheid (request stop) Bausenberg Tunnel (1071 m) Lister valley double-deck bridge Tunnel 15,9 Attendorn-Hohen Hagen (seasonal May–Sept, request stop) Tunnel Dumicke valley double-deck bridge Erbscheid Tunnel (1034 m) 18,0 Sondern (former Bf) Hanemick Tunnel (219 m) 19,8 Eichhagen (request stop) 2x Obersee Agger Valley Railway to Siegburg 23,6 Olpe (former station) 27,4 Sassmicke 28,5 Tunnel under the A4 (150 m) 29,1 Gerlingen 30,6 Wendenerhütte 31,9 Brün 33,0 Rothemühle (last used as industrial siding) 35,0 Industrial estate siding NRW/RLP state border 37,1 Wildenburg RLP/NRW state border 38,9 Hohenhain 39,2 Hohenhain Tunnel (400 m) 43,6 Freudenberg (Siegen district) Asdorf Valley Railway to Betzdorf

From Finnentrop to Olpe the Bigge Valley Railway is operated as Route no. 442.

See also

• History of rail transport in Germany

External links

• Description of route 2864 in the NRWbahnarchiv by André Joost
• Photos of the tunnel portals and map showing the closed and new sections
• Photo comparison of Freudenberg station now and then at DSO, accessed on 5 February 2010