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.
Electrification
The is some arguement about which electrification system to use. Since the lines purpose is to link to the German rail system, there would be some sense in using the German 15kVAC voltage. However, other forces want to use either the current Dutch standard of 1500VDC or the proposed standard of 25kVAC. Maybe is will be easier to use diesels!
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 (http://www.betuweroute.nl) - for a map see the last page of the last progress reportnl:Betuweroute