Category:Elst-Dordrecht railway

**Elst–Dordrecht railway**
	railway line in Netherlands
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Instance of	railway line;
Location	Netherlands;
Operator	Nederlandse Spoorwegen;
Has part(s)	Kesteren - Geldermalsen; Vork - Kesteren; Geldermalsen - Dordrecht;
Date of official opening	1882;
Length	92.8 km;
Terminus	Elst railway station; Dordrecht railway station;
Different from	Betuweroute;
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English: The Elst–Dordrecht railway is a railway line in the Netherlands running from Elst to Dordrecht, passing through Tiel, Geldermalsen and Gorinchem. It is also called the Betuwelijn ("Betuwe" line). MerwedeLingelijn is the name of the western part between Dordrecht and Geldermalsen. It is operated by Arriva. (Tiel - Elst as part of the service Tiel - Arnhem) and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (Geldermalsen - Tiel as part of the service Utrecht - Tiel). The railway connects to the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway in Elst. There were two connections to the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway in the past from the junction near Vork station; one to Elst and towards Nijmegen connecting near Ressen. The Nijmegen junction was used until 1990 and torn down during construction of the Betuweroute in order of creating a junction between the Betuweroute from Rotterdam and the Arnhem–Nijmegen railway towards both Arnhem and Nijmegen.

Nederlands: De Betuwelijn is de onofficiële naam van een Nederlandse spoorweg door de Betuwe van Elst via Geldermalsen naar Dordrecht. De Betuwelijn werd naar aanleiding van een initiatief van enkele Dordtse notabelen aangelegd door de Staat volgens de wet van 10 november 1875, onder de naam "Merwe- en Waalspoorweg".