Scenic route
Borkumer Kleinbahn
Borkum Reede → Borkum · Germany
View on the map →Wikipedia ↗Stations · 3
Timed to the tide: Borkum’s 900 mm railway (1888) meets every ferry at the Reede pier and rolls 7 km along the dike into the North Sea island’s town.
Stations
- 0 kmBorkum-Reede
- 5 kmJakob-van-Dyken-Weg
- 7 kmBorkum Bahnhof
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1346802 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: the railway’s own site — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Borkumer Kleinbahn?
The Borkumer Kleinbahn runs 7.4 km from Borkum Reede to Borkum.
How long does the Borkumer Kleinbahn take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 15 min for the 7.4 km. That is an average of 30 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 50 km/h.
Who runs the Borkumer Kleinbahn?
Borkumer Kleinbahn (AG EMS), with Island diesel, 900 mm.
How old is the Borkumer Kleinbahn?
The line has been in service since 1888. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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