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operations in
December 2023 after renovating the affected railway embankment over a length of around 300 meters. A milling-mixing-injection process was used to eliminate the voids and stabilise the embankment. In November 2023, it became known that the damage was significantly more extensive than initially estimated. A total of 140 entrances to badger burrows were found spread over the approximately eleven kilometre-long section, with the badger tunnels being said to be 1.5 kilometres long in total. In order to renovate the railway embankment, several years of preliminary and approval planning, perhaps even a planning approval procedure, are required. The line will remain closed in the affected area for several years. The fact that the affected section of the route runs through a bird sanctuary and part of it through a nature reserve complicates the necessary work because of the permits or approvals required there.
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On 24 July 2022, damage to the railway embankment near Frömern was discovered that was caused by badgers, leading to the line between Unna and Fröndenberg being closed. Since then, rail replacement bus services have run. In
December 2022, Deutsche Bahn assumed that it would be able to resume
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The last part, from Unna-Königsborn to Kamen was the responsibility of the Essen
Division alone. Only half a year later, the line was completed on 1 November 1900 and opened for freight. Almost a year later, on 1 October 1901, the first passenger train ran between Unna and Kamen.
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Electrification of the Unn–Königsborn section was completed on 25 May 1984. The Fröndenberg–Unna section is still a non-electrified branch line with a top speed of 60 km/h. To increase speeds, level crossings are being upgraded. It is served only by the
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The next section from Unna to Unna-Königsborn was a joint project with the Royal
Railway Division of Essen and built in just over a year. It was opened on 1 April 1900, originally for freight only.
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to connect, in the form of an S-shaped curve, four stations on major east-west routes, which were built in the second half of the 19th century by three competing major private railway companies in
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and Unna-Königsborn in 1968, passenger services were established on the line between Unna and Unna-Königsborn on 26 May 1963, continuing to
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The first section was opened by the Royal
Railway Division of Elberfeld on 2 January 1899 between Fröndenberg and Unna.
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1477:"Frömern: Dachsbauten erfordern weiterhin Gleissperrung zwischen Unna und Fröndenberg bis vsl. Dezember"
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is a single-track, partially electrified and partially disused railway line in the German state of
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1603:"Fröndenberg – Unna: Dachsbauten zerstören Eisenbahndamm auf einer Länge von elf Kilometern"
1560:"Fröndenberg – Unna: Dachsbauten zerstören Eisenbahndamm auf einer Länge von elf Kilometern"
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DB/SCHR (2024). "Fröndenberg–Unna: Massive Schäden durch Dachse".
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1532:"Dachse unterhöhlen Bahnstrecke nach Fröndenberg"
1388:Eisenbahnatlas Deutschland (German railway atlas)
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1390:. Schweers + Wall. 2009. pp. 52, 139.
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1707:"S4: Lütgendortmund - Dorstfeld - Unna"
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1540:(in German). 10 November 2023
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1713:(in German). André Joost
1687:(in German). André Joost
1661:(in German). André Joost
1635:(in German). André Joost
1457:(in German). André Joost
1418:(in German). André Joost
1203:at 60-minute intervals.
431:Westig Stahlwerk siding
1517:– via Lok Report.
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1231:Dortmund-Lütgendortmund
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110:22 km (14 mi)
16:Railway line in Germany
1655:"Kursbuchstrecke 232b"
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69:North Rhine-Westphalia
1681:"Kursbuchstrecke 341"
1629:"RB54: Hönnetal-Bahn"
1105:Welver–Sterkrade line
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33:Northern part of line
1412:"Fröndenberg - Unna"
1197:Hönne Valley Railway
1591:(in German) (1): 6.
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1265:Fröndenberg station
1253:Fröndenberg station
1227:Dortmund-Marten Süd
1119:Dortmund–Soest line
1034:and formerly on to
508:From Dortmund-Hörde
1609:. 10 November 2023
1566:. 10 November 2023
1223:Dortmund-Dorstfeld
1178:Current operations
1133:Hagen–Warburg line
1091:Dortmund–Hamm line
676:Strothmann siding
88:(Fröndenberg–Unna)
51:(Fröndenberg–Unna)
1509:. 8 December 2022
1397:978-3-89494-139-0
1342:Unna-West station
1239:Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn
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