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TRANSPORT STUDIES CONFIRM BENEFITS

Important Step Towards Expansion of Suspension Railway

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An H-train car stops at a stop on campus and snow is falling. © Aliona Kardash​/​TU Dortmund
The “H-Bahn” suspension railway could run from the university’s campus to the U42 tramline in Barop by 2030.
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[Translate to English:] Bis 2030 könnte die H-Bahn vom Unicampus bis zur Stadtbahnlinie U42 in Barop fahren.

Two transport studies consider that the planned extensions to the suspension railway make economic sense. This also includes an extension from the university’s campus to the U42 tramline in Barop. According to information from DSW21 (Dortmund Public Utilities), clarifying financial and technical questions is the next step. The new line could go into operation by 2030.

The expansion of the “H-Bahn” suspension railway will play a key role in upgrading public transport and climate-friendly mobility over the longer term. That is why, back in 2021, the Ministry of Transport in North Rhine-Westphalia made over €700,000 available for planning services for two expansion projects. The transport studies examined the construction of the potential routes vis-à-vis a wide range of economic and ecological criteria, which also included passenger demand and pollution. The result was that the cost-benefit indicator spoke clearly in favor of expansion – both the extension of the route from the campus to the tram station in Barop and a connection from the Dorstfeld stop to the “Smart Rhino” site, where facilities for Fachhochschule Dortmund – University of Applied Sciences and Arts are to be built.

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