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Koblenz-Stadtmitte Station
Koblenz Stadtmitte station (, freely translated as "Koblenz City Centre station") was opened on 14 April 2011 on the West Rhine Railway () in central Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland Palatinate. The main purpose of this station is to improve public transport access to central Koblenz because it is more convenient than Koblenz Hauptbahnhof (main station). In addition, it played an essential role as the station serving the Federal Horticultural Show 2011 in Koblenz. Location Koblenz Stadtmitte is classified as a ''Haltepunkt'', which means a station that is not a rail junction and has no sets of points. It is centrally located in the Koblenz city centre, right behind the Löhr-Center shopping centre, and near the pedestrian zone. There is also a bus station in the same shopping centre near the station, with a direct bus connection to almost every district of Koblenz. In the second half of the 19th century there had been an earlier station near the modern station on to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koblenz
Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military post by Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusus . Its name originates from the Latin ', meaning "(at the) confluence". The actual confluence is today known as the "Deutsches Eck, German Corner", a symbol of the unification of Germany that features an Emperor William monuments, equestrian statue of Emperor William I. The city celebrated its 2,000th anniversary in 1992. The city ranks as the third-largest city by population in Rhineland-Palatinate, behind Mainz and Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Its usual-residents' population is 112,000 (). Koblenz lies in a narrow flood plain between high hill ranges, some reaching mountainous height, and is served by an express rail and autobahn network. It is part of the populous Rhineland. Name Historic spellings include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuwied Station
Neuwied station is, along with Engers station, a hub of public transport in the town of Neuwied in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate and it is located in its west. The station is located on the East Rhine Railway () and is the starting point of the Neuwied–Koblenz railway. In the station forecourt there is a bus station. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a German railway station categories, category 3 station. History The station was opened in 1869, along with the East Rhine Railway. In the early years, especially after the opening of the Engers–Au railway, Westerwald Railway in 1884, Engers station was more important than Neuwied station. It was only after the construction of the Crown Prince Wilhelm bridge (the predecessor of today's Urmitz railway bridge) between Engers and Urmitz and the opening of the Neuwied–Koblenz railway in 1918 that the station became increasingly important, especially after the cessation of operations on the Westerwald Railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Express Germany
National Express Germany is a railway operator in Germany. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British transport company Mobico Group. National Express gained its first regional rail contracts in February 2013 and commenced operations on 13 December 2015. While the Bayerische Eisenbahngesellschaft awarded the company a separate contract to operate the Nuremberg S-Bahn system in January 2015, this decision was strongly opposed by the German national train operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) and National Express Germany opted to withdraw its bid in October 2016 due to the legal challenge's disruption. Nevertheless, the company was awarded parts two and three of the Rhein-Ruhr-Express in June 2015, which National Express Germany commenced between June 2019 and December 2020. During January 2022, National Express was awarded an emergency contract to replace Abellio GmbH in the operation of services in North Rhine-Westphalia; a long term contract covering the same services followed one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andernach Station
Andernach station is the transportation hub of the city of Andernach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a mid-sized station with thousands of passengers each day. It is currently classified by Deutsche Bahn as a German railway station categories, category 3 station. It has four passenger platforms (tracks 1, 2, 3 and 24), three with a length of more than 280 m, and sidings and freight tracks. It is on the Left Rhine line () and is the terminus of the Cross Eifel Railway (''Eifelquerbahn''). In addition to passenger operations, the station has container and freight operations to the east of the station, particularly serving the Tinning, tin plate manufacturer, Rasselstein. In the station forecourt, there is a bus station, served by all city buses and regional bus services to Mayen, Neuwied and Ochtendung. The regional bus service to Maria Laach stops 50 metres from the bus station. History Andernach received a rail extension of the Rhenish Railway Company’s Left ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remagen Station
Remagen station is on the Left Rhine line () in the city of Remagen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. The station is served by regular regional services as well as Intercity and EuroCity services. It is also the starting point of the Ahr Valley Railway (''Ahrtalbahn''). History The Left Rhine line from Cologne to Bonn was extended to Rolandseck in 1856 and through Remagen to Koblenz in 1858. The Remagen station building was built in 1860. It has been the beginning and end of the Ahr Valley Railway since 17 September 1880. The station was rehabilitated in the 1930s. Further renovation work was carried out in 2007 and 2008. It has been served by the private railway company trans regio since 14 December 2008. Structure Remagen station has an entrance building, in which a DB ticket office and ticket machines are located. There are food vending machines on platform tracks 2 and 3 and in the reception buildi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonn Hauptbahnhof
Bonn Hauptbahnhof (''Bonn Central Station)'' is a railway station located on the left bank of the Rhine along the West Rhine Railway, Cologne–Mainz line. It is the principal station serving the city of Bonn. In addition to extensive rail service from Deutsche Bahn it acts as a hub for local bus, tram, and Bonn Stadtbahn, Stadtbahn services. History The first station was constructed in 1844 by the Bonn-Cologne Railway Company, as part of the West Rhine Railway. The current building was erected between 1883 and 1884. From 1870 Bonn–Oberkassel train ferry, a train ferry connected Bonn station to the East Rhine Railway. With the opening of the Voreifel Railway to Euskirchen station, Euskirchen, the station became a rail junction. In 1883 and 1884, a new station building was erected, which is now heritage listed. The station sharply increased in importance in 1949, when Bonn became capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, Federal Republic. Many politicians and federal emplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof
Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof is the main railway station of Düsseldorf, the state capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History The station was opened on 1 October 1891. It replaced the three following stations: *the ''Bergisch-Märkische station'' of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (BME), originally opened by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company in 1838 in the area that is now Graf-Adolf-Platz as a through station on the Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway, company's east–west line from Elberfeld to its station at Rheinknie. *the ''Cologne-Minden station'' which the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME) opened in 1845 southeast of the BME station as a terminus to which branches were built from the company's north–south Cologne–Duisburg railway, Cologne–Duisburg main line, and *the ''Rhenish station'' built by the Rhenish Railway Company (RhE) in 1877 in Düsseldorf-Pempelfort at the end of a branch line from its north–south Troisdorf–Mülheim-Speldorf r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duisburg Hauptbahnhof
Duisburg Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Duisburg in western Germany. It is situated at the meeting point of many important national and international railway lines in the Northwestern Ruhr valley. Lines The station is situated at the northern end of the relatively straight Cologne–Duisburg Railway, Duisburg to Düsseldorf railway line which has to cope with one of the highest daily loads in continental Europe. This line is slated to be widened to six tracks in the near future. Currently it has four—and in some places five—tracks. The Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach railway, line to Krefeld and Mönchengladbach runs to the south. This crosses the Rhine, River Rhine and then splits into the main line and a branch to Moers and Xanten at Rheinhausen. North of the station, seven tracks run to the Ruhr (river), River Ruhr crossing (which is a sight on the ''Route der Industriekultur'' (Route of industrial heritage) due to a maze of girder bridges) where Ob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wesel Station
Wesel is a railway station in Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The station is located on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway and the Bocholt-Wesel railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and Abellio Deutschland. History As early as 1832, the Dutch Lieutenant Brade proposed the construction of a railway on the west bank of the Rhine from Amsterdam to Cologne. After preparatory work in the Netherlands had been largely completed, Brade began the first surveys in Prussia. He sought support from the Mayor of Wesel, who initially opposed the project. The town was more interested in expanding traffic on the Rhine and the Lippe (river), Lippe. The town's view only changed after the opening of the first railway lines in Germany. A railway committee was founded in Wesel under the leadership of Ludwig Bischoff, the headmaster of the Wesel high school, on 2 March 1841. During the preliminary considerations for the construction of the Cologne-Minden trunk line, Cologne– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmerich Railway Station
Emmerich () is a railway station in Emmerich am Rhein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The Station Emmerich station is a German railway station close to the Dutch border on the Arnhem-Oberhausen railway in the town of Emmerich. It is served hourly by trains operating the Rhein-IJssel-Express between Arnhem and Düsseldorf. The station is largely used by freight and features both the Dutch and German voltages on most tracks. In the past all trains had to change from a Dutch to a German locomotive and vice versa at Emmerich, but now there are more Dual Voltage locomotives that can operate in many countries, so through running often happens now without stopping. The ICE from Amsterdam to Cologne, Frankfurt/Main and Basel all pass through the station without stopping. With the introduction of ICE 3 trains in 2000 the service between the Netherlands and Emmerich stopped, From the timetable change in December 2005, Dutch train operator Syntus started a weekend service betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Rhine Line
The West Rhine railway (German: ''Linke Rheinstrecke'', literally 'left (bank of the) Rhine route') is a famously picturesque, double-track electrified railway line running for 185 km from Cologne via Bonn, Koblenz, and Bingen to Mainz. It is situated close to the western (left) bank of the river Rhine and mostly aligned to allow 160 km/h operation between Cologne and Koblenz and between Bingen and Mainz. Line speed between Koblenz and Bingen is restricted by the meandering nature of the Rhine Gorge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History The first section of the line opened on 15 February 1844, by the Bonn–Cologne Railway Company (''Bonn-Cölner Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'') between the former station of Cologne St. Pantaleon Cologne and Bonn. It was extended on 21 January 1856, south to Rolandseck station and in 1859 north to the Cologne central station. After the takeover by the Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinische Eisenbahn Gesellschaft'', RhE) on 1 January 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein-Express
The Rhein-Express is a Regional-Express (RE 5 (RRX)) service, which generally follows the Rhine () river. It runs daily every hour from 5 am to 9 pm from Wesel via Oberhausen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Cologne, Bonn, Remagen and Andernach to Koblenz, in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the fourth-most used regional express line in the VRR network with approximately 48,000 passengers a day. Until the timetable change in December 2016, the Rhein-Express ran to/from Emmerich. Operations on this section and the additional services provided by Regionalbahn service RB 35 (''Der Weseler'') have since been operated as part of the Rhein-IJssel-Express (RE 19). History The ''Rhein-Express'' was established in 1998 with the introduction of the integrated regular interval timetable in North Rhine-Westphalia (called ''NRW-Takt'') by combining two services that previously started or finished in Cologne. Originally, the RE 5 service stopped at almost al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
