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951:(class 643.2) on one track, with an average speed is 45 km / h. The Ruhrort line runs on weekdays at 30-minute intervals and at weekends at 60-minute intervals. Between February 2019 and 9 September 2019, trains were replaced by buses due to a shortage of available staff. The Ruhrort line is part of the network of the
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