Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein station is the only station on the right (eastern) bank in the city of Koblenz in the German state of

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. It is on the East Rhine railway (german: Rechte Rheinstrecke, Right Rhine line) at the foot of the Ehrenbreitstein hill in the Ehrenbreitstein district, next to the

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History

In 1859 and 1860 the governments of

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an ...

and Nassau negotiated over the construction of a railway between Ehrenbreitstein and

Oberlahnstein Oberlahnstein () is a part of the city of Lahnstein in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It lies on the right bank of the Rhine, at the confluence of the Lahn 4 m. above Koblenz, on the Right Rhine railway from Cologne to Frankfurt-on-Main. Oberla ...

. In Oberlahnstein the line would connect with the Nassau Rhine Railway (now part of the East Rhine line), then under construction, and the Lahntal railway. It was also stipulated in the contract that a railway bridge would be built between Koblenz and Ehrenbreitstein and the Duchy of Nassau committed itself to promote the construction of the Lahntal railway. The Neuwied–Niederlahnstein section, including Ehrenbreitstein station, was put into operation on 27 October 1869. It had a railway post office and accommodation for the “track supervisor” (''Bahnmeister''). On the same day, the line was opened from Ehrenbreitstein station via Pfaffendorf Bridge to the former Rhenish railway station at Koblenz. The Rhenish station was northwest of today's Löhr-Center on Fischelstraße. The track remained under control of the railway company (which had become one of the

Prussian state railways The term Prussian state railways (German: ''Preußische Staatseisenbahnen'') encompasses those railway organisations that were owned or managed by the State of Prussia. The words "state railways" are not capitalized because Prussia did not have a ...

in 1880) only until 1899. The track over the bridge was then rebuilt for use by the Coblenz Tramway Company (''Coblenzer Straßenbahn-Gesellschaft''). In 1879, the Horchheim Railway Bridge was opened south of Pfaffendorf Bridge, connecting to the East Rhine railway and to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (central station), when it opened in 1902.

Services

The station is served by the Rhein-Erft-Bahn, running on the Koblenz–Cologne–Mönchengladbach route at hourly intervals; it was formerly also served by the ''Rhein-Erft-Express''. Previously, the Rhein-Erft-Express had continued to

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after Mönchengladbach since its introduction in 1998. Until after the

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Ehrenbreitstein station also had significant long-distance traffic, since some of the trains on the right bank line did not serve Koblenz Hauptbahnhof. In the final timetable before the war all semi-fast trains and a D-train (''D-Zug'', express train with carriages with corridors) stopped at Ehrenbreitstein station.

Notes

References

* ** Vol. 1: ''Von den Anfängen bis zum Ende der kurfürstlichen Zeit''. Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, . ** Vol. 2: ''Von der französischen Stadt bis zur Gegenwart''. Theiss, Stuttgart 1993, .

External links

* * {{cite web , url= http://www.drehscheibe-foren.de/foren/read.php?17,3002290 , title= Photographs of the loading of tanks in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein station , language=German , accessdate= 14 August 2011 Ehrenbreitstein Railway stations in Germany opened in 1869 1869 establishments in Prussia