The Mönchengladbach–Stolberg railway was opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) and built in sections between 1870 and 1875.

The only scheduled traffic on it now are passenger services operated as part of the Euregiobahn concept (which is aimed at improving regional rail passenger services in Aachen and southern Limburg) and freight operation to railway sidings on the southern part of the line, known as the Eschweiler Valley Railway (Eschweiler Talbahn) or Inde Valley Railway (Indetalbahn), as well as regional trains operated between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Cologne on the short section of the line between Rheydt-Odenkirchen and Hochneukirch, which is now considered to be part of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach line.
Occasional freight trains run between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Rheydt-Geneicken.
The northern sections of the line from Hochneukirch to Frenz and from Rheydt-Geneicken to Rheydt-Odenkirchen are shut down and largely dismantled.
The Mönchengladbach–Stolberg railway was opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (German: Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) and built in sections between 1870 and 1875.
The only scheduled traffic on it now are passenger services operated as part of the Euregiobahn concept (which is aimed at improving regional rail passenger services in Aachen and southern Limburg) and freight operation to railway sidings on the southern part of the line, known as the Eschweiler Valley Railway (Eschweiler Talbahn) or Inde Valley Railway (Indetalbahn), as well as regional trains operated between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Cologne on the short section of the line between Rheydt-Odenkirchen and Hochneukirch, which is now considered to be part of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach line. Occasional freight trains run between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Rheydt-Geneicken. The northern sections of the line from Hochneukirch to Frenz and from Rheydt-Geneicken to Rheydt-Odenkirchen are shut down and largely dismantled.
Mönchengladbach–Stolberg railway