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Bröl Valley Railway
The Bröl Valley Railway (german: Bröltalbahn) was the first public narrow gauge railway in Germany and had a track gauge of . It was the heart of a railway company, which from 1925 also ran bus services and from 1956 its passenger services only ran by road. Goods trains continued to run until 1967, when the remaining trackage was lifted. The firm was founded on 3 February 1869 as the Bröl Valley Railway Company (''Brölthaler Eisenbahn-Actien-Gesellschaft'') or BTE. On 10 June 1921 it was renamed as the Rhine-Sieg Railway (''Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn-AG'') or RSE. The company headquarters was moved in 1917 from Hennef (Sieg) to Beuel. In 1983 the RSE went into the Rhein-Sieg-Verkehrsgesellschaft. It should not be confused with the Rhein-Sieg-Eisenbahn GmbH founded in 1994 by the Verkehrsclub Deutschland. The 785 mm gauge railway network of the Bröl Valley Railway was, at its peak, a total of 87.3 kilometres long and, towards the end, was mainly worked by goods services. Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hennef (Sieg) Station
Hennef (Sieg) station is located on the Sieg Railway in the town of Hennef (Sieg) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It was opened in 1859 for passenger and freight traffic by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company along with the Sieg Railway. Station building The listed building station building was opened in 1859 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company and has been privately owned since 2004. The station has a Deutsche Bahn ticket counter, a bar and a fast food restaurant. Next to the station there is a parking garage. Platforms The station has a side and a central platform serviced by three tracks for passenger trains. They have lifts and are free of barriers for the disabled. The disused track four has no platform. Train services The station is served by the Rhein-Sieg-Express (RE 9) every hour. In the morning peak hour two extra RE 9 services run to Cologne and in the afternoon peak hour two extra RE 9 services run to Siegen. It is also served by Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
