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North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

The rail route circuit

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

The rail route circuit

Hard

4.5

(34)

144

riders

The rail route circuit

06:36

103km

690m

Gravel riding

This tour is great if you want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city in a short amount of time. It takes you almost 100 kilometers back and forth through the Ruhr area. The now very dense network of cycle paths in the Ruhr area makes…

Last updated: July 16, 2024

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After 1.57 km for 25 m

After 103 km for 14 m

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1.55 km

Springorum Cycle Path Entrance Unistraße

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Once briefly shouldered the bike and you can reach the beautiful Springorum bike path, which leads through the middle of Bochum and ends after about eleven kilometers in Bochum Dahlhausen …

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5.22 km

Walter Lohmann Ring Cycling Training Track

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An idyllic gem amidst the urban hectic. I found this training course by chance and spent a few laps on the fine paved track in the middle of a small, …

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24.2 km

Elbschetalbahntrasse Cycle Path

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The next four kilometers of the railway track route were released in August 2017. Very nice: paved from the beginning with design features such as gabions with a cyan-glass layer …

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33.1 km

Café Kännchen

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This small café has been furnished with great attention to detail and completely natural materials. A special highlight is the garden with lots of herbs and a small beehive. There …

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33.2 km

Alte Kohlenbahn – Rail-trail cycling

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This wonderfully quiet bike path leads from Gevelsberg Silschede to Haßlinghausen via an old railway line, where you have access to the Wuppertal Nordbahntrasse and the coal railway to Hattingen. …

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50.9 km

Kohlenbahn Rail Trail

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The cycle path on a railway line connects Hattingen with Wuppertal and leads southwards with a slight incline through the beautiful hilly low mountain range landscape of the northern Bergisches …

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60.5 km

Towpath (Ruhr Valley Cycle Route) between Dahlhausen and Überruhr

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The Ruhr Valley Cycle Route is more than 150 kilometers long and leads from the Ruhrquelle in Winterberg to the confluence with the Rhine to Duisburg.

This section here is …

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66.7 km

Gruga Trail from Mülheim-Heißen to Essen-Steele South – Cycling on former railway lines

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The Grugatrasse starts in Essen-Steele and leads from there on paved pedestrian / bike path, which mostly leads over an old railway line, in the direction of Essen center. The …

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91.3 km

Kray-Wanner Rail Trail

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A short but nice piece of railway track. This bike path is not five kilometers long, but that does not matter. Because there are almost five kilometers of city traffic, …

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95.4 km

Erzbahn Kiosk

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It's just a snack bar. Nevertheless, she is well on the way to becoming a cult, without any fancy. That's how it works in the pot.

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95.5 km

Erzbahnschwinge Bridge

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The railway line built at the beginning of the 20th century connected the Rhine-Herne Canal with the blast furnaces of the Bochum association and served to supply iron ore. Today, …

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103 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

71.7 km

15.4 km

10.4 km

4.50 km

528 m

501 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

67.2 km

28.6 km

4.83 km

2.18 km

406 m

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July 30, 2025, 💪💪💪Die Bahntrassenrunde💪💪💪

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The rail route circuit

Springorum Cycle Path Entrance Unistraße

Walter Lohmann Ring Cycling Training Track

Elbschetalbahntrasse Cycle Path

Café Kännchen

Alte Kohlenbahn – Rail-trail cycling

Kohlenbahn Rail Trail

Towpath (Ruhr Valley Cycle Route) between Dahlhausen and Überruhr

Gruga Trail from Mülheim-Heißen to Essen-Steele South – Cycling on former railway lines

Kray-Wanner Rail Trail

Erzbahn Kiosk

Erzbahnschwinge Bridge

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