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Bad Honnef (Rhein) Station
Bad Honnef (Rhein) is a station on the East Rhine Railway in Bad Honnef, a town in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened on 11 July 1870 during the extension of the East Rhine Railway from Neuwied to Oberkassel as a station with the name of ''Honnef (Rhein)''. In the course of the commissioning of the electronic interlocking on the Right Rhine line, the station was converted into a halt (''Haltepunkt'') with an ''Anschlussstelle'' (siding that is normally locked out of use) in August 2014. Location The station is located on the western edge of Bad Honnef between Lohfelder Straße to the west and August-Lepper-Strasse and the parallel federal highway 42 to the east, near the Rhine bank in front of the island of Grafenwerth. At its southern edge is a commercial area, to its north is a bridge structure called ''Honneferkreuz'' ("Honnef Cross"), which serves as an interchange with the B 42, which gives access for passengers to the station. There is a park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Honnef
Bad Honnef () is a spa town in Germany near Bonn in the Rhein-Sieg district, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located on the border of the neighbouring state Rhineland-Palatinate. To the north it lies on the slopes of the Drachenfels (“Dragon's Rock”) mountain, part of the Siebengebirge. Overview Bad Honnef is home to a mineral spring called the ("Dragon Spring") which was discovered in 1897. This discovery led to Honnef, as the town was called at the time, transforming from a wine-growing town to a spa town, adding the prefix Bad to its name. The mineral spring has been used for both drinking and bathing. The villages of Aegidienberg, Selhof and Rhöndorf are considered to be part of Bad Honnef. During his term as first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (then West Germany), Konrad Adenauer lived (and died) in Bad Honnef, as it was near Bonn, then the capital of the republic. Also, German politician and leader of the Free Democratic Party Guido Westerwelle was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General-Anzeiger
The ''General-Anzeiger'' is a regional daily newspaper based in the city of Bonn, the former West German capital in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The paper was first published in April 1888. In addition to the city and its surroundings, the distribution of the newspaper and its local editions extends to the neighboring districts of Rhein-Sieg, Ahrweiler and Neuwied. It is published daily, except Sundays. In the fourth quarter A quarter is one-fourth, , 25% or 0.25. Quarter or quarters may refer to: Places * Quarter (urban subdivision), a section or area, usually of a town Placenames * Quarter, South Lanarkshire, a settlement in Scotland * Le Quartier, a settlement ... of 2020, the ''General-Anzeiger'' recorded average daily circulation figures of 58,837. References External links ''General-Anzeiger''website German-language newspapers Mass media in Bonn Daily newspapers published in Germany Publications established in 1888 {{Germany- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein-Erft-Bahn
The Rhein-Erft-Express is a Regional-Express service in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is numbered as line RE 8 and connects the cities of Mönchengladbach, Cologne, Bonn and Koblenz with each other and their surroundings, running hourly. It is complemented by a Regionalbahn stopping service, the ''Rhein-Erft-Bahn'' (RB 27), running also between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof. On weekends it stops at some additional stations between Cologne Hbf and Koblenz Hbf. Route The ''Rhine-Erft-Express'' runs from Mönchengladbach via the Cologne–Mönchengladbach line to Cologne, where it stops, despite its classification as a Regional-Express, at all stations. Near Grevenbroich it crosses the Erft river. In Cologne, it crosses the Rhine on the Hohenzollern Bridge and runs on the eastern bank via Porz (Rhein) to Troisdorf, where it runs on to the Right Rhine line. Between Menden (Rheinl) and Unkel it stops at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koblenz Stadtmitte Station
Koblenz Stadtmitte station (german: Haltepunkt Koblenz Stadtmitte, freely translated as "Koblenz City Centre station") was opened on 14 April 2011 on the West Rhine Railway (german: Linke Rheinstrecke) 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 ther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhöndorf Station
Rhöndorf is a station on the East Rhine Railway in Rhöndorf, a district of the town of Bad Honnef in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened on 11 July 1870 in the course of the extension of the East Rhine Railway from Neuwied to Oberkassel. Location and equipment The station is located on the western edge of Rhöndorf, below a slope and a concrete wall. Federal highway 42 is immediately to the east and the Rhine bank is nearby to the west. It comprises two platforms and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as category 5. The platform access is located below the southern bridge over Karl-Broel-Straße, which was built in 1906. To the west of the railway station is a park and ride car park and beyond that is the ''Rhöndorf'' stop of the Bonn Stadtbahn, which allows easy interchange. Station building The original station and entrance building was built in brick and timber. As a consequence of the building of federal highway 42 in the 1950s and the associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonn-Beuel Station
Bonn-Beuel station is on the East Rhine Railway in the Bonn district of Beuel in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Infrastructure The station was opened on 1 March 1871 and has three platform tracks and several sidings. Somewhat hidden from the station building, there are some tracks which are used by the Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn for special passenger services, especially during the Pützchen's market (a five or six day fair usually held in September). In addition, there is also a freight shed at the station. It, including its unloading and loading roads, as well as the entrance building, the two platforms and the platform canopy are heritage-listed. The station has some special features compared to neighbouring stations. The extensive track layout for local freight transport (which was usual for German stations until the 1980s) have not been removed in Beuel but are almost completely preserved and operational. For example, the freight shed can still be reached via its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porz (Rhein) Station
Porz (Rhein) is a railway station situated at Porz, Cologne in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia on the Sieg and East Rhine Railways. It is served by the S12 line of the Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn The Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn (german: S-Bahn Rhein-Ruhr) is a polycentric and electrically driven S-train network covering the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Region in the German federated state of North Rhine-Westphalia. This includes most of the Ruhr (and .... for the Cologne/Bonn Region It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grevenbroich Station
Grevenbroich station is a junction station in the city of Grevenbroich in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located at the junction of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach railway and the Düren–Neuss railway. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. With stops by ''Busverkehr Rheinland'' (BVR, a bus operator owned by Deutsche Bahn) in the five bays of the bus station in the station forecourt, Grevenbroich station is the transport hub of Grevenbroich. History The first entrance building of Grevenbroich station was demolished after the Second World War, probably as a result of war damage. It was replaced by the existing station building. The area of the former goods yard, which lay to the west of the platforms, has been reduced dramatically in recent years, so that today it is no longer used. Only a large brownfield area indicates its former size. With the commissioning of electronic interlocking at Grevenbroich on the Rheydt-Ehrenfeld route in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rheydt-Odenkirchen Station
Rheydt-Odenkirchen is a station in the Mönchengladbach suburb of Odenkirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. History The station was opened under the name of ''Odenkirchen'' in February 1870 at line kilometre 6.9 on the original line from Mönchengladbach. Between 1905 and 1945 there was a single-track connection to Rheydt freight yard. In 1908, a parallel route was built to Rheydt Hauptbahnhof, which is now part of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach railway. On 1 August 1929, Odenkirchen was merged with Rheydt, München-Gladbach, Giesenkirchen and Schelsen to form the new city of Gladbach-Rheydt. This city was dissolved again in 1933, but Odenkirchen, Giesenkirchen and Schelsen stayed with Rheydt and the station was renamed ''Rheydt-Odenkirchen'' in 1962. This name was not changed with the reincorporation of Rheydt into Mönchengladbach (its new name) on 1 January 1975. Since 11 October 2004, the wooden canopy on platform 2 and the underpass between platforms 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof
Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof (German for ''Mönchengladbach main station'') is a railway station in the city of Mönchengladbach in western Germany. Overview The station is the largest railway station in the city and, along with Rheydt Hbf, one of the two Hauptbahnhof stations in Mönchengladbach. Mönchengladbach is the only city with two stations designated as a Hauptbahnhof on its soil, due to the merger between the cities of Mönchengladbach and Rheydt in the 1970s, and the subsequent reluctance of Deutsche Bundesbahn to rename Rheydt Hauptbahnhof. Mönchengladbach Hbf also is the busiest (in terms of passengers) station in Germany to lack long-distance trains. Railway lines calling at the station The station is on the following routes: * Aachen–Mönchengladbach (KBS 485) * Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach (KBS 425) * Mönchengladbach–Düsseldorf (KBS 485, 450.8) * Mönchengladbach–Cologne (KBS 465) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Monchengladbach Hauptbahnhof Hau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein-Erft-Express
The Rhein-Erft-Express is a Regional-Express service in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is numbered as line RE 8 and connects the cities of Mönchengladbach, Cologne, Bonn and Koblenz with each other and their surroundings, running hourly. It is complemented by a Regionalbahn stopping service, the ''Rhein-Erft-Bahn'' (RB 27), running also between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof. On weekends it stops at some additional stations between Cologne Hbf and Koblenz Hbf. Route The ''Rhine-Erft-Express'' runs from Mönchengladbach via the Cologne–Mönchengladbach line to Cologne, where it stops, despite its classification as a Regional-Express, at all stations. Near Grevenbroich it crosses the Erft river. In Cologne, it crosses the Rhine on the Hohenzollern Bridge and runs on the eastern bank via Porz (Rhein) to Troisdorf, where it runs on to the Right Rhine line. Between Menden (Rheinl) and Unkel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
Koblenz Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the city of Koblenz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is the focal point of rail transport in the Rhine-Moselle-Lahn area. It is a through station in southern Koblenz built below Fort Großfürst Konstantin and opened in 1902 in the Neustadt (new city), which was built after the demolition of the city walls in 1890. The station replaced two former stations on the Left Rhine railway, which were only 900 m apart, and the former Moselle line station. Koblenz-Stadtmitte station opened in April 2011 in the old centre of Koblenz. Koblenz Hauptbahnhof is on the West Rhine Railway and connects to the Moselle line, the East Rhine Railway and to the Lahntal railway. It is used daily by about 40,000 travelers and visitors. In the station forecourt are a bus station and a pavilion. Since 2002, the station has been part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage site. History Rhenish railway station The Bonn-Cologne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
