 Together with the western part of the Osterath–Dortmund Süd line of the former "Rhenish Railway Company" and its branch line from Duisburg RHE station—now part of Duisburg Hauptbahnhof—it has developed into a major regional route.The main line from Duisburg Hauptbahnhof via Duisburg-Hochfeld Süd and Hohenbudberg to Mönchengladbach Hbf is now consistently double track and electrified.Lack of modernisation prevents more intensive use of the line; between Duisburg Hauptbahnhof and Rheinhausen only four trains per hour can operate, one of which continues towards Moers and Xanten on the Lower Rhine line.