Betuweroute

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The Betuweroute is a new freight railway being constructed from Rotterdam to Germany. It is named after the Betuwe area through which it passes.

Compared with the current rail route between Barendrecht and Elst the main deviations are:

it passes on the north side of Zwijndrecht and Papendrecht
it passes on the north side of Gorinchem and the south side of Leerdam
it passes on the north side of Tiel

From the south side of Elst it goes straight to Zevenaar. The route is electrified with 25kVAC and secured with the ERTMS2 (European Railway Traffic Management System) security system.

Municipalities

Municipalities it passes:

Alblasserdam
Barendrecht
Bemmel
Buren
Duiven
Geldermalsen
Giessenlanden
Gorinchem
Graafstroom
Hardinxveld-Giessendam
Heerjansdam
Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht
Kesteren
Lingewaal
Neerijnen
Nijmegen
Overbetuwe
Papendrecht
Rijnwaarden
Rotterdam
Sliedrecht
Tiel
Zevenaar
Zwijndrecht

External links

[Betuweroute] - for a map see the last page of the last progress report

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