The Olef Valley Railway ( or ''Flitsch'') or OTB is a 17.8-kilometre-long, single tracked, unelectrified

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from

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through the Schleiden Valley above

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. The line is currently used by tourists; travelling on the

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in the summer months or occasionally by

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s. However, there are attempts to reactivate passenger services that were ceased in 1981.

Literature

* Bernd Franco Hoffmann: ''Stillgelegte Bahnstrecken im Rheinland.'' Sutton-Verlag, Erfurt, 2014, .

References

External links

Olef Valley Railway

Schleiden Valley rail and bus initiative

Rhein-Sieg Railway
* (pdf; 121 kB) * {{coord missing, North Rhine-Westphalia Eifel Standard-gauge railways in Germany Railway lines in North Rhine-Westphalia Euskirchen (district)