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Ruhr Region

Coal Railway Trail – Harkortsee Railway Viaduct loop from Hagen-Oberhagen

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Coal Railway Trail – Harkortsee Railway Viaduct loop from Hagen-Oberhagen

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Coal Railway Trail – Harkortsee Railway Viaduct loop from Hagen-Oberhagen

03:48

58.3km

420m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 20, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 44.1 km for 170 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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15.5 km

Südholz

Forest

18.2 km

Stone Arch Bridge Over the Glückauf Trail

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Very nice route for cycling

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18.7 km

Glückauf Trail near Haßlinghausen

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Pure railway history and that by bike 😎
Route information available:
» go.eisenbahn-en.de/schee-silschede.html

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19.2 km

Coal Railway Trail

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The old railway line branches off behind Scher towards Hasslinghausen and Gevelsberg. It is not entirely paved, but easily passable.

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21.0 km

View of the Countryside near Ruhr Region

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Here you have a beautiful view of small farms, fields and meadows, as well as forests.

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28.0 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 inside. The northern water-bound section next to the existing Ruhr Valley railway line is already a bit older and serves as a flood bypass of the Ruhr cycle path. Unfortunately, the southern section to Gevelsberg with the Silscheder Tunnel is still to come.

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31.7 km

Viewpoint

39.3 km

Harkortsee Railway Viaduct

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Great corner on Hakortsee. And the viaduct is worth at least 1 photo. You can also take a break in Herdecke.

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41.4 km

View of the Ruhr Viaduct in Herdecke

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Great view of the Ruhr Viaduct in Herdecke. With a length of 313 m and 12 semi-circular arches of 20 m each, the viaduct spans the valley.

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41.7 km

Ruhr Viaduct at Harkort Lake

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The bridge is a great photo opportunity. You feel like you've gone back in time. If a steam locomotive were to roll over it, the time jump would be perfect. ;)

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45.9 km

Hengsteysee

Lake

58.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.7 km

10.9 km

9.42 km

7.27 km

2.73 km

1.05 km

332 m

Surfaces

36.0 km

7.72 km

6.43 km

3.68 km

3.45 km

1.11 km

Elevation

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Highest point (260 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Thursday 2 July

22°C

11°C

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Comments

August 3, 2024,Hengsteysee Runde von Gevelsberg

Very nice tour. The route also leads past the brand new beach bar at Hengsteysee. The Lennetal cycle path is currently being rebuilt. Therefore, there are no rest areas yet.

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June 1, 2024,Zum Brunch mit der Familie nach Albringhausen

First ride with a new drive: new battery, cassette, motor pinion and chain.
Confirms my decision to ride the bike until the motor gives up.
We took familiar paths via Garenfeld to the Ruhr Valley cycle path and down to Wengern.
From there, the Elbschetalweg up to Albringhausen.
Family reunion for my stepfather's 80th birthday in the old train station. …

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January 15, 2022,Gevelsberg-Hagen-Herdecke-Wetter-Wengern-Hasslinghausen-Gevelsberg 15.01.2022

Compulsory bike break ended and started directly from the workshop I trust... nice on Ennepe and Ruhr... and in Herdecke there's even coffee that's roasted in Radevormwald.☕🚴‍♂️

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September 8, 2021,Seen Runde

This time recorded with Garmin Marq Athlete. Problems with Komoot again. I think I'll always use the Garmin for recording now.

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September 3, 2023,4-Flüsse- + 2-Seentour

8 F + 8 M. Started in the fog and then the sun came. Coffee + cake in Esborn-Albringhausen in the old train station.

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July 8, 2023,Von Wengern zum Schwelmer Tunnel 🚴

... in the newly created cycle path section "Unter dem Kaarst" in Gevelsberg - we then went back via Hagen and the Harkortsee.
Work is currently underway on the almost three kilometers between the Gevelsberg West S-Bahn station and Im Hedstück street in Silschede. The route represents the early third of three construction phases. After that, the second section, which …

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Coal Railway Trail – Harkortsee Railway Viaduct loop from Hagen-Oberhagen

Stone Arch Bridge Over the Glückauf Trail

Glückauf Trail near Haßlinghausen

Coal Railway Trail

View of the Countryside near Ruhr Region

Elbschetalbahntrasse Cycle Path

Harkortsee Railway Viaduct

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