The Bigge Valley Railway (German: Biggetalbahn) is a 24-kilometre-long, single-tracked branch line from Finnentrop station via Attendorn and Olpe to Freudenberg in western Germany. It is non-electrified and the section of line from Olpe to Freudenberg is now closed. The section between Olpe and Finnentrop is regularly worked by local railway passenger services (SPNV). The line runs from Finnentrop to Wenden in the valley of the River Bigge.
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| Line number | 2864 |
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| Route number | 442 |
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| Line length | 43.6 km |
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Finnentrop station
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2,4
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Heggen (request stop)
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8,1
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Scrap merchant industrial siding
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Attendorn
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Industrial siding
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Kraghammer (former station)
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13,8
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Listerscheid (request stop)
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Bausenberg Tunnel (1071 m)
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Tunnel
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Attendorn-Hohen Hagen (seasonal May–Sept, request stop)
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Tunnel
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Dumicke valley double-deck bridge
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Erbscheid Tunnel (1034 m)
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18,0
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Sondern (former Bf)
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Hanemick Tunnel (219 m)
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19,8
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Eichhagen (request stop)
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2x Obersee
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Olpe (former station)
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Sassmicke
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Tunnel under the A4 (150 m) |
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29,1
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Gerlingen
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Wendenerhütte
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Brün
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Rothemühle (last used as industrial siding)
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Industrial estate siding
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Wildenburg
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RLP/NRW state border
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Hohenhain
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39,2
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Hohenhain Tunnel (400 m)
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43,6
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Freudenberg (Siegen district)
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From Finnentrop to Olpe the Bigge Valley Railway is operated as Route no. 442.
