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Bad Kreuznach Station
Bad Kreuznach station is the largest station in the town of Bad Kreuznach in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 3 station. It is regularly served by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services on the Nahe Valley Railway (''Nahetalbahn''). The station is located south-east of the town centre. History The first station in Bad Kreuznach was opened in 1858 with the Nahe Valley Railway and was later used as a freight yard, which is now closed. Between 1896 and 1936, the Kreuznach Light Railways (''Kreuznacher Kleinbahnen''), a network of 750 mm gauge lines, also terminated at the station. On 1 June 1864 a second station opened in southern Bad Kreuznach called ''Kreuznach Bad'' to improve access to the southern part of the city. With the opening of the railway line to Gau-Algesheim in 1902, the present station was built at the junction of two lines between the two stations. The station went into operation in 1905 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in the world with buildings on it.Brückenhäuser, Alte Nahebrücke, Neustadt , Bad Kreuznach o www.romantic-germany.info (in English). Retrieved 14 June 2018 The town is located in the Nahe River wine region, renowned both nationally and internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bahnhof Kreuznach Gleise
Bahnhof (German for "railway station") is a Swedish Internet service provider (ISP) founded in 1994 by Oscar Swartz in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the country's first independent ISP. Today the company is represented in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Uppsala, Borlänge, Malmö and Umeå. WikiLeaks used to be hosted in a Bahnhof data center inside the ultra-secure bunker Pionen, which is buried inside the White Mountains in Stockholm. History Bahnhof was founded in 1994 by Oscar Swartz. It was one of Sweden's first ISPs. The company is publicly traded since December 2007 under the name BAHN-B (Aktietorget). On 11 September 2008, Bahnhof opened a new computer center inside the former civil defence center Pionen in the White Mountains in Stockholm, Sweden. Controversies On 10 March 2005, the Swedish police confiscated four servers placed in the Bahnhof premises, hoping to find copyrighted material. Although these servers were located near Bahnhof's server park (in a network lab area) the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alsenztalbahn
The Alsenz Valley Railway (german: Alsenztalbahn) is a line that runs from Hochspeyer via Winnweiler and Alsenz to Bad Munster am Stein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The line closely follows the Alsenz river from the Enkenbach district and crosses it several times. It was originally built primarily as a long-distance route, but it has lost this function since 1990 and is now exclusively used for local transport. Route Between Enkenbach and Bad Münster the line has continuous double track; only the Enkenbach–Hochspeyer section is single track. From Enkenbach the line follows the Alsenz river to Alsenz. Due to the difficult topographical conditions, the line has to cross the Alsenz river several times and has three tunnels. It runs along the edge of the Palatinate Forest to about Langmeil, where it enters the North Palatine Uplands. From Hochspeyer to the abandoned Neuhemsbach station the line is within the district of Kaiserslautern, from Münchweiler an d ... [...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] |
Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof
Bingen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in the German city of Bingen am Rhein on the West Rhine Railway. It is located in the borough of Bingerbrück. The station that serves central Bingen is called Bingen Stadt. The station is served by InterCityExpress, Intercity and regional trains. It is a junction station where the Nahe Valley Railway branches of the West Rhine Railway (left bank line). It formerly also included a marshalling yard. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. Location Bingen Hbf is located in the district of Bingerbrück in the city of Bingen am Rhein and extends along the Rhine almost to the Nahe. Bingen Stadt (town) station is less than 2 kilometres to the southeast. The town station is located in the town's centre and its bus station gives better access to the town's bus services than the Hauptbahnhof. Three of the attractions of ''The Industrial Heritage Trail Rhine-Main'' (''Route der Industriekultur Rhein-Main''), wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winnweiler Station
Winnweiler station is the station of the town of Winnweiler in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Deutsche Bahn classifies it as a German railway station categories, category 6 station and it has two platforms. It is located on the Alsenz Valley Railway (''Alsenztalbahn'', Hochspeyer station, Hochspeyer–Bad Münster am Stein station, Bad Münster) and was opened on 29 October 1870 with the first section from Hochspeyer to Winnweiler. Location The station is located on the north-eastern edge of Winnweiler. There is a pedestrian level crossing at the station. In addition, a bridge crosses the station, connecting the Bundesstraße 48, B48 with the village centre. History With the opening of the Hochspeyer–Winnweiler section of the Alsenz Valley Railway on 29 October 1870, Winnweiler was connected to the railway network. For about half a year, Winnweiler was the terminus of this line. On 16 May 1871, the line was extended to Bad Münster am Stein and thus completed. Sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof
Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof is a through-station in the German city of Kaiserslautern and one of seven stations in the city. It is a stop on the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn and Deutsche Bahn’s Intercity-Express network and a hub for all the regional trains of the western Palatinate. On 10 June 2007, the ''Rhealys'' high-speed rail consortium established a service with a stop in Kaiserslautern, reducing travel time to Paris to two and a half hours. In 2003, the station building was renovated and it now houses among other things, a service point and several shops. The station provides step-free access to all platforms. The redesigned Kaiserslautern station forecourt includes a busy bus station, allowing a convenient transfer between bus and rail. Buses run to the University of Kaiserslautern, Betzenberg and the central bus interchanges at Schillerplatz and Rathaus, where there are connections to all bus routes. Prior to the closure of the Einsiedlerhof marshalling yard, Kaiserslautern wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof
Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof, also called Frankfurt Central Station and Frankfurt Main Station, is the busiest railway station in the German state of Hesse. Because of its location near the middle of Germany and usage as a transport hub for long and short distance travelling, Deutsche Bahn refers to it as the most important station in Germany. Name The affix "Main" comes from the city's full name, ''Frankfurt am Main'' ("Frankfurt on the River Main") and is needed to distinguish it from Frankfurt (Oder) station on the River Oder in Brandenburg. In German, the name is often abbreviated as Frankfurt (Main) Hbf. History 19th century In the late 19th century, three stations connected Frankfurt to the west, north and south, the *''Taunus station'' for the Taunusbahn (opened 1839), connecting Frankfurt to Wiesbaden *''Main-Neckar-station'' for the Main-Neckar Railway to Darmstadt, Heidelberg and Mannheim (1848)) *''Main-Weser station'' for the Main–Weser Railway to Kasse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainz Hauptbahnhof
Mainz Hauptbahnhof ("Mainz main station", formerly known as ''Centralbahnhof Mainz''von Meyer, Arthur (1891). ''Geschichte und Geographie der deutschen Eisenbahnen von ihrer Entstehung bis auf die Gegenwart'', W. Baensch, p. 1131) is a railway station for the city of Mainz in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is used by about 60,000 travelers and visitors each day and is therefore by far the busiest station in Rhineland-Palatinate. The station was a trial area for a CCTV scheme using automated face recognition. History The current station was built as a central station from 1882 to 1884 according to the plans of Philipp Johann Berdellé (1838–1903) as part of the expansion of the city after the Franco-Prussian War. Origins Under the ''Rheinschifffahrtsakte'' (Rhine navigation treaty) of 1831, Mainz lost its right to impose a ''stapelrecht'' (pile right, a medieval right apparently first granted by Charlemagne to some cities, including Mainz, to require river t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idar-Oberstein Station
Idar-Oberstein station serves the town of Idar-Oberstein in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the Nahe Valley Railway (german: Nahetalbahn) and is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 4 station. It is regularly served by Regional-Express and Regionalbahn services and in the past it was served by freight traffic. The station is located in the centre of Idar-Oberstein. History Idar-Oberstein station was opened on 15 December 1859 as Oberstein station. At that time the only line ran to Bingen am Rhein. In 1860, the Nahe Valley Railway was completed to the Saarland, making train travel possible to Neunkirchen, where there was a connection to the Palatine Ludwig Railway (''Pfälzische Ludwigsbahn''). Later links were also opened from the Nahe Valley Railway to the Glan Valley Railway (''Glantalbahn''), to Baumholder and the current district of Birkenfeld via the Birkenfeld Railway. Today, the Nahe Valley Railway is one of the main axes of passenger services in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Türkismühle Station
Türkismühle station is a station in the municipality of Nohfelden in the German state of the Saarland. The station is located on the Nahe Valley Railway (''Nahetalbahn'') and is the terminus of the Hochwald Railway (german: Hochwaldbahn), which formerly ran as far as Trier and the former Westrich Railway to Kusel. It was opened on 26 May 1860 during the extension of the Nahe Valley Railway from Idar-Oberstein to Neunkirchen. History After its opening in 1860 the station was busy with freight traffic, but it was also used extensively by passengers. From the opening of the station many small businesses and restaurants were established in the immediate area. With the opening of the Hochwald Railway to Hermeskeil trade around the station began to deteriorate, as the transit traffic no longer had to stop at the station. A new station building was built before the outbreak of the First World War. After the transfer of control of the Saar to the League of Nations in the wake of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottweiler (Saar) Station
Ottweiler (Saar) station is centrally located in the town of Ottweiler in the German state of the Saarland on the Nahe Valley Railway, which was opened in 1860. Since 1937, the Ottweiler–Schwarzerden line (also called the ''Ostertalbahn'', Oster Valley Railway) has branched off in Ottweiler; it is now used as a museum railway. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 5 station. Entrance building A half-timbered building was erected as a temporary station building in 1859. Due to financial difficulties of the Rhein-Nahe Railway (Nahe Valley Railway), however, the building remained in operation until 1877. The station building built in 1877 is one of the oldest in the Saarland and is a listed building. The two-storey, plastered building with a slated gabled roof (with the gable facing the tracks), is located west of the railway tracks. The windows and doors are built in the round-arch style (Rundbogenstil). The Deutsche Bahn station building was closed in 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
