Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Routes

Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Railway history – experience the routes

Routes

Bike touring routes & trails

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr Region

Railway history – experience the routes

Moderate

4.7

(742)

2,588

riders

Railway history – experience the routes

03:32

58.9km

360m

Cycling

This circular tour takes you across the Ruhr area on former railway lines that have been converted into cycle paths.

The starting point is the Westpark in Bochum, not far from the main train station. Now you cross the Erzbahnscheibe and reach the Erzbahntrasse, where you will come across…

by radrevier.ruhr

Last updated: July 23, 2025

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

2.46 km

Erzbahn Swing

Highlight • Bridge

A spectacular entry into the Erzbahntrasse. Architecturally interesting, but above all beautiful to look at and quite practical for cyclists and pedestrians. Actually, the route could also be called the …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

7.81 km

Erzbahn Kiosk

Highlight • Rest Area

It's just a snack bar. Nevertheless, she is well on the way to becoming a cult, without any fancy. That's how it works in the pot.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

45.1 km

Bochum Railway Museum

Highlight • Monument

In the disused railway depot in Dahlhausen today is the railway museum - it is the largest private railway museum in Germany. Here you can discover a lot and learn …

Translated by Google •

Tip by

50.8 km

Springorum Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A particularly well-developed piece of bike path. Ideal for driving and nicely integrated. The path is even lit.

Translated by Google •

Tip by

58.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.4 km

5.50 km

3.96 km

1.08 km

905 m

113 m

Surfaces

49.0 km

5.33 km

3.32 km

1.05 km

215 m

< 100 m

Elevation

Nothing selected – click and drag below to see the stats for a specific part of the route.

Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Wednesday 8 July

25°C

14°C

15 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route

Comments

September 18, 2024,Bahngeschichten und Trassen erfahren

After my knee surgery was postponed, we took advantage of the nice weather and went on a really great tour.

Showing Translation

August 4, 2024,Trassentour durch den Pott

Ore railway route
Kray-Wanner-Bahn
Rheinelbe slag heap
Zollvereinweg
Ringpromenade Zollverein
Over cycle paths past the university to the Rheinische Bahn RS1
Kruppsee
Grugaweg junction (great route)
Hundertwasserhaus
In Steele along the Ruhr to the railway museum
Springorum cycle path

Showing Translation

August 25, 2024,2024-08-25 - Bahntrassenradeln im Ruhrgebiet

Today I took the RE2 to the starting point of my tour in Essen. From the train station there I was quickly on the first old railway line. My route then took me towards the Ruhr, where I followed the already familiar Ruhttal cycle path, which I had already ridden in June, only today in the opposite direction.
From Bochum-Dahlhausen …

Showing Translation

August 2, 2024,Bahntrassenradeln im mittleren Ruhrgebiet ab Zeche Zollverein

Very nice tour ☺️. Almost exclusively railway lines.

Showing Translation

August 24, 2024,D - NRW - TOUR DE RUHR - 64 KM

MEN ON TOUR DE RUHR 2024

Men's weekend in the Ruhr area.

Wattenscheid? No, what fun!

Showing Translation

May 6, 2025,Bahngeschichte(n) - Trassen erleben

Today I hopped on the S-Bahn and rode to Bochum.
Once on routes around Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Essen, and back to Bochum.
The stretch from Rellinghausen to Dahlhausen was the most beautiful stretch of bike path I've ridden in a long time.
Directly along the Ruhr.
I didn't want to get up from the bench, but I had to get back …

Showing Translation

April 28, 2026,20260428_Auf ehemaligen Bahntrassen durch den Sektor

Tour Description:
Start was, as always, the outdoor pool in E-Steele. On the Ruhrtalradweg cycle path, we went upstream to the railway museum in BO-Dahlhausen and continued to the Springorumtrasse. I rode this to the end and through the city center towards Westpark. From here, we passed the "Colosseum" of the Bochumer Verein and the Jahrhunderthalle to the Erzbahnschwinge, the …

Showing Translation

September 3, 2024,Bahngeschichte(n) – Trassen erfahren

Another tour today🚴‍♂️ recommended by Komoot, well planned, almost always on all possible routes, only Bochum Mitte wasn't so great, couldn't have been avoided during planning. Also only one😌 construction site🚧 on the tour, easy to avoid. Then at the Jahrhunderthalle the well-deserved break☕, back via the Erzbahntrasse in the direction of Zollverein. I would have chosen a different route …

Showing Translation

March 28, 2023

This circular tour takes you across the Ruhr area on former railway lines that have been converted into cycle paths.
The starting point is the Westpark in Bochum, not far from the main train station. Now you cross the Erzbahnscheibe and reach the Erzbahntrasse

Translated by Google •

July 25, 2023

super nice route, highly recommended!

Translated by Google •

Want to know more?

This route was planned by komoot.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Edit route

Download GPX

Move start point

Embed on a website

Report an Issue

Report restricted access

Nearby routes

Hard

4.8

7,211

From the Ruhr to the Ruhr – experience the Bergisch

03:36h

57.5km

460m

Easy

4.7

5,889

A taste of reality – experience the radrevier.ruhr in miniature

01:49h

30.0km

100m

Moderate

4.8

7,637

GartenStadt – experience contrasts

02:54h

47.3km

280m

Easy

4.7

5,744

Family bike tour around Lake Baldeney

01:19h

17.7km

90m

Moderate

4.6

3,185

Steel kitchen – experience change

02:31h

40.7km

120m

Easy

4.7

5,151

Adventure South Route

00:58h

16.5km

80m

Moderate

4.7

2,588

Railway history – experience the routes

03:32h

58.9km

360m

Moderate

4.8

2,835

Water and heath loop from Olfen via Haltern am See – day Tours on the Hohe Mark cycle route

02:39h

43.3km

110m

Moderate

4.5

1,613

Black gold – experiencing the path of coal

02:37h

41.9km

280m

Moderate

4.8

1,353

Landpartie – experience farms and moorland

03:14h

52.8km

140m

Moderate

4.8

1,316

RevierRoute-CountryTrip - Dorsten - Bottrop - Hünxe - Schermbeck – Day Tour Hohe Mark CycleRoute

03:15h

53.3km

130m

Hard

4.6

1,251

Mine Tour – experience the mining industry

02:20h

38.8km

180m

Railway history – experience the routes

Erzbahn Swing

Erzbahn Kiosk

Bochum Railway Museum

Springorum Cycle Path

Nearby routes

Sign up or log in to keep exploring this route

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️