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Schee Tunnel South Portal – Rott Tunnel loop from Velbert Rosenhügel

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Mettmann

Velbert

Schee Tunnel South Portal – Rott Tunnel loop from Velbert Rosenhügel

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Schee Tunnel South Portal – Rott Tunnel loop from Velbert Rosenhügel

03:04

47.1km

590m

Cycling

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

Last updated: June 25, 2026

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After 14.8 km for 723 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.8 km

Kreßsieper Weg Along the Felderbach

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Beautiful section through the valley, along the Felderbach.

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13.4 km

Historic half-timbered houses in Auf dem Schee

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Beautiful ensemble of old half-timbered houses in an idyllic location on the golf course Frielinghausen

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15.5 km

Schee Tunnel South Portal

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South portal of the 722 meter long Scheetunnel, two-tube railway tunnel on the disused railway line Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen-Hattingen. He connects Sprockhövel-Schee with Wuppertal-Niedergebreck.

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16.0 km

Hasenkamp und Junkersbeck

Nature Reserve

20.0 km

Deep Cutting on the Nordbahntrasse

Highlight • Cycleway

An impressive cut into the mountain, with enormous effort
That had to happen when the track was built - Anno 1884.

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22.7 km

View of Wuppertal from the Nordbahntrasse

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Always nice. That makes exactly the flair of the Nordbahntrasse. The viaducts, from which one looks over Wuppertal. In the evening from Barmen in the direction of Elberfeld you drive right into the sunset

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24.0 km

View of Wuppertal from the Kuhler Viaduct on the Nordbahntrasse

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The Kuhler Viaduct is one of the large and long viaducts of the northern railway line. From the top super passable and a nice view over the city. Below you can see what a great building is. Thanks to the Nordbahntrasse it will receive. Currently the stone wall is being restored. At the foot of the bridge, Barmer downtown begins

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24.1 km

Rott Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

The Nordbahntrasse in Wuppertal is an approximately 22 km long, wide footpath, cycle path and inline skater path on the former railway lines 2423 (Rhenish line) and 2713 (coal railway). It runs on a west-east axis along the northern slope of the Wuppertal urban area. The Nordbahntrasse is the longest inner-city former railway line in the world. The route includes bridges and viaducts with a total length of one and a half kilometers and five tunnels with a total length of two kilometers. The route passes numerous testimonies to Wuppertal's industrial and transport history, residential areas, monuments and geological features,[1] which are described on around 90 accompanying boards.

Wuppertal can be challenging for cyclists because of its narrow valley and steep slopes. With the continuous and mostly level Nordbahn route, a spacious and significant alternative route in terms of urban development was created for the first time, in whose immediate catchment area of one kilometer on both sides of the route more than 100,000 people live. Numerous schools and public institutions are located in the vicinity of the route with the city centers of Elberfeld and Barmen and can therefore be reached at any time via the footpath and cycle path.

The Nordbahntrasse connects Wuppertal to the national network of cycle paths (corkscrew route and Niederbergbahn in the west, Barmer Kohlenbahn in the east) and is part of the Bergisch Panorama Cycle Path.[2] The ten kilometers of the route, which lead through inner-city areas, are six meters wide and illuminated at night. In the outskirts of the city, the route is three and a half to four meters wide.

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27.3 km

Viewpoint

38.2 km

Düsseltal

Nature Reserve

40.8 km

Düssel Protestant Church

Highlight • Religious Site

The church building was built between 1874 and 1876. The foundation stone was laid on August 11, 1873, but construction was delayed by three years due to financial difficulties. The inauguration finally took place on July 28, 1876. The construction costs were 30,000 thalers instead of the originally estimated 13,000 thalers.

On March 8, 1945, the tower and nave were badly damaged by bombs, but were subsequently rebuilt. In the entrance area there are two commemorative plaques commemorating the parishioners who died in the two world wars

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42.0 km

Aprather Mühlenteich

Lake

47.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.8 km

11.7 km

7.75 km

1.71 km

1.10 km

887 m

103 m

Surfaces

43.1 km

2.72 km

610 m

286 m

227 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Thursday 25 June

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Comments

March 27, 2022,Nordbahntrasse : über den Dächern von Wuppertal und mit Bergetappen zurück , Parken"Parkplatz Rottenberger Weg" in Sprockhövel

A very nice but also demanding tour, especially if you still trample alone like we did. 😉The first half leads across Wuppertal via the route with many interesting tunnels and also some resting places. The second half then goes up and down again and again through nature. Requires a good level of fitness. 600 meters in altitude have to be …

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October 18, 2024,Tour in eine mir unbekannte Gegend

Today I took advantage of the weather☀️ and rode a tour suggested by Komoot 🚲. It took me to areas I've never been before. Completely new territory for me. Very nice to ride. I can only recommend it.👍

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June 6, 2022,Nordbahntrasse durch Wuppertal - Trassenschlucht - Scheetunnel - Dönberg - Düssel - Vohwinkel

The tour leads across the spectacular Nordbahntrasse through Wuppertal. Numerous tunnels and bridges at the level of the house roofs offer a crazy contrast program. The international new building project of 16 houses by architecture and engineering students from numerous domestic and foreign universities is impressive. Through the foothills of the Elfringhauser Schweiz, Dönberg and Düssel, you return to Vohwinkel. …

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May 26, 2025,45/25: Stadtradeln 01 (Hausrunde:Schee-NBT-Aprath)

Today I made my first contribution to City Cycling 2025. It was a familiar route...so no pictures. But I spent a lot of time and enjoyed geocaching and, thanks to tips from my companion, found quite a few things! ☺️

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May 7, 2025,33/25: Hausrunde anders herum

The weather 🌞 held up surprisingly well today and I did my home circuit the other way round: Aprath, Düssel, Dornap, Nordbahntrasse to Schee and via Zur Fahrentrappe back to Dönberg!!! 🤗

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May 19, 2024,33/24: 1. Tour Stadtradeln ....Über die Wuppertaler Nordhöhen, die Nordbahntrasse, Panoramaradweg

Today I collected the first kilometers for city cycling. Since the weather didn't look so great, I decided to do my home circuit, for which I now have a great description: Over the northern heights of Wuppertal, to the Nordbahntrasse...
And what can I say,...the weather got better and better, the sun 🌞 peeked out more and more often and …

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April 11, 2025,22/25: Hausrunde:Schee, NBT bis Vohwinkel, über Dornap-Düssel-Aprath nach Hause

Today I tried to bypass the NBT in the Bergisches Plateau area via the Schwarzbachtrasse. And I have to say... it was really good! 🤗 Unfortunately, you miss the beautiful gorge 🤷‍♀️, but you're spared the chaos on the intermediate section.

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June 27, 2021,Wuppertaler Nordhöhen und Nordbahntrasse

Nice tour, but for spoiled or sensitive "buttocks" on the first half of the tour, the side routes with lots of potholes that were tarred at different heights - if at all 🙈

The off-grid section downhill towards the Velbert-Rosenhügel train station is also not without, lots of thick holes and rough gravel - keep your eyes open and the …

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Schee Tunnel South Portal – Rott Tunnel loop from Velbert Rosenhügel

Kreßsieper Weg Along the Felderbach

Historic half-timbered houses in Auf dem Schee

Schee Tunnel South Portal

Deep Cutting on the Nordbahntrasse

View of Wuppertal from the Nordbahntrasse

View of Wuppertal from the Kuhler Viaduct on the Nordbahntrasse

Rott Tunnel

Düssel Protestant Church

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