{"id":474463,"date":"2026-07-10T22:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=72612"},"modified":"2026-07-10T22:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:00:25","slug":"major-renovation-work-means-closure-of-rhine-railway-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=474463","title":{"rendered":"Major renovation work means closure of Rhine railway corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"

The launch of a major renovation of the right bank Rhine railway line between Troisdorf and Wiesbaden, in Germany, will bring rail traffic in both directions to a halt until mid-December 2026.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>DB InfraGO, the German rail infrastructure manager, was scheduled to begin the work on 10 July. It is part of an extensive programme aimed at the long-term modernisation and stabilisation of one of Europe\u2019s most important rail corridors.<\/p>\n

During the closure, freight traffic on the western north-south corridor will be largely rerouted<\/a> via the left bank Rhine railway line and, in some cases, via the Siegen-Haiger-Frankfurt corridor, multi-modal freight transport operator Contargo noted in a service update to customers.<\/p>\n

Due to the longer routes, additional operational requirements and increased network utilisation, longer transit times are to be expected, it warned.<\/p>\n

In order to accommodate the additional freight traffic on the diversion routes, local passenger services on these alternative routes will be reduced. Nevertheless, exceptionally high route capacity utilisation is expected both on the left bank Rhine railway line and on the diversion routes via Siegen.<\/p>\n