page_title: Alme Valley Railway
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Alme Valley Railway / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Uerdinger Schienenbus Waldbahn Almetal VT98
context_page_description: The Alme Valley Railway was an approximately 60 km long, mostly single-track branch line from Paderborn via Buren to Brilon in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is named after the Alme river and runs through its valley in a north–south direction. The line is disused and dismantled between Paderborn and Büren-Weiberg, but it has not been formally closed. The remaining line between Büren-Weiberg and Brilon Wald was for a long time only used for freight and museum trains, but the section between Brilon Stadt and Brilon Wald has been back in use by regional services since 2011.
context_section_description: The line was opened between 1898 and 1901. At the same time the Geseke–Büren railway, which connected to the Hamm–Warburg railway, was planned and built.
caption: Uerdingen railbus on the line, April 2009
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