Railway infrastructure and railway operations manager

We ensure reliable connections

The rail network operation segment is responsible for the operation and management of rail transport over some 250 km of HGK-owned track in Cologne and the surrounding area.

The regional HGK track network provides many connections between major industrial centres and to important logistics hubs, for example to the inland waterway ports at Niehl and Godorf, the Bickendorf freight rail freight depots and the Köln Nord terminal  for intermodal transport. Through the links to the interregional route network, we can provide freight transport throughout Europe, with start or destination in Cologne, Wesseling, Frechen or Dormagen.

The HGK rail network is also familiar to many residents of Cologne and the Rhine-Erft and Rhine-Sieg districts. Thousands of people travel every day on the city rail lines 7, 16, 17 and 18, which run on the HGK network.

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The HGK rail network in figures

  • Total trackage: 253.8 km
  • Stadtbahn (city rail routes) 66.5 km 
  • Mixed use: 37.5 km
  • Main freight tracks: 35.2 km
  • Freight train side tracks: 108.3 km
  • Sidings: 63
  • Signal boxes: 10
  • Crossings: 173

 

Provision of railway operations managers

For rail infrastructure companies and rail transport companies, the business segment Infrastructure also offers services for the provision of the railway operations managers pursuant to the Railway Operations Managers Ordinance (Eisenbahnbetriebsleiterverordnung - EBV) for regional rail infrastructure companies and for regional rail transport companies.

In compliance with the Construction and Operation of Railway Sidings Ordinance (Verordnung über den Bau von Anschlussbahnen - BOA), HGK performs the duties of the railway operations manager for regional connecting sidings.

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Berthold Suermann

Head of Business Unit Rail Network Operations | EIU Railway Operations Manager

Mühlenhof 25
50997 Cologne-Godorf

netz(at)hgk.de
+49 (0)221 390 – 1200

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