 Except on a few short sections the line is now used exclusively for freight.After the Second World War passenger services ran only on the section from Mülheim-Speldorf to Düsseldorf-Rath (continuing to Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof) and from Hilden to Opladen.Passenger services were discontinued between Duisburg-Wedau and Mülheim-Speldorf on 6 December 1971.