HOAG Rail Trail – HOAG-Trasse loop from Oberhausen-Holten

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

HOAG Rail Trail – HOAG-Trasse loop from Oberhausen-Holten

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HOAG Rail Trail – HOAG-Trasse loop from Oberhausen-Holten

02:11

36.1km

90m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 25.0 km for 4 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.95 km

HOAG Rail Trail

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That's what I call sensible recultivation: An old railway line from the colliery traffic of the time was converted into a very recommendable cycle path. There are also plenty of opportunities to take a break with a beautiful panorama.

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3.97 km

HOAG-Trasse Bridge Over the A59 with Yellow Pawns

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Here the HOAG route crosses the A59, a bridge with yellow cones.

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6.38 km

Start of the HOAG Railway Trail in Duisburg

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Pure industrial culture! Ideal connection from the western Ruhr area to the Lower Rhine. The route is in good shape, there are many resting places and information boards.

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13.0 km

HOAG-Trasse

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A very nice route, the HOAG route

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15.0 km

Sterkrade Colliery — Shaft 1 Headframe

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The listed headframe above Shaft 1 and the associated shaft hall today serve as a reminder of the former Sterkrade mine. The foundation took over the industrial monument in 1997.

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17.7 km

Green Path between Neumühl and Buschhausen

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Green path, connecting path between Oberhausen and Duisburg.

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22.2 km

Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

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LaPaDu is the industrial museum par excellence. I have been there countless times and I am still drawn here to take photos.

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27.6 km

Tree-Lined Avenue on the Green Path (HOAG Trasse)

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On this part of the "green path" trees 🌳🌳 form a beautiful avenue. In autumn 🍂 🍁☀️this part will make a nice picture.

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36.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.9 km

16.3 km

953 m

691 m

284 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.0 km

15.9 km

2.19 km

1.24 km

770 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

16°C

6°C

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Comments

October 24, 2021,Fahrradtour 24.10.2021 15:42

On a Sunday with sunny weather it makes no sense ... too busy ... and yes ... I advocate an Ebike driver's license for retirees, or you can blow 🤦‍♂️🥊

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April 21, 2025,Grüner Pfad, HOAG Trasse, kleine Emscher - Rundtour

Today's tour begins on the green path, past the landscape park. Later, the green path automatically merges with the HOAG route. The route runs along a former railway line, in a large arc to Walsum. Shortly before the end of the route, we turn left onto a small path, always along the Kleine Emscher. The path then leads in a …

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July 30, 2022,Rheinfähre Walsum - Orsoy – HOAG-Trasse Runde von Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord

Very nice today on the green path from Duisburg to Oberhausen, Walsum and back again. Didn't know that there was so much green in the Ruhr area.

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May 2, 2025,Zwischen Sterkrade und Hamborn

A route I wouldn't do again.
The section in Hamborn between the Lapadu and Amsterdamer Straße turned out to be extremely dangerous because the initially existing bike path suddenly ended, and cyclists and pedestrians then had to share a roughly 1-meter-wide sidewalk, which was further narrowed in some places by the construction barriers.
Only by luck was I able to …

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March 23, 2026,Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord – Grüner Pfad Runde von Hamborn

It's slowly getting better, just a few more small tours and I'll be able to ride a bit further again. I hope that I'll soon be fit enough to finally achieve my goal of 200km this year, in one go of course. ☺️

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May 1, 2023,Radtour von Oberhausen zum Landschaftspark Duisburg

Via the HOAG-Trasse, the former railway of the steelworks, today a cycle path, we went from Oberhausen to the landscape park in Duisburg. In the park there is a former smelting works. Today there is a climbing garden, a climbing park of the German Alpine Club Section Duisburg, gardens and the old industrial plants.

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