New Duisburg–Essen interlocking now fully operational
- Location
- Ruhr area, Duisburg–Essen line (North Rhine-Westphalia) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- Electronic Interlocking (ESTW) Duisburg
- Investment
- approx. EUR 90 million
- Status
- Completed / in operation
The Duisburg electronic interlocking (ESTW) went fully into operation on 26 May 2021 after roughly three years of construction, covering the approx. 20 km line between Duisburg and Essen, replacing the old Mülheim(Ruhr)-Styrum and Essen-West signal boxes. Deutsche Bahn laid 600 km of new cables, built 24 km of cable ducts, and installed 178 signals plus 29 renewed switch drives, for a total investment of about EUR 90 million. The heavily used line was fully closed from 21 to 26 May 2021 for final commissioning.
Source: lok-report.de ↗ · Archived copy ↗
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