Düsseldorf–Elberfeld Railway
The Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway is a 27 km long main line railway in Rail transport in Germany, Germany, originally built by the Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company, connecting Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, Düsseldorf and Elberfeld (now Wuppertal Hauptbahnhof, Wuppertal) via Erkrath station, Erkrath, Hochdahl station, Hochdahl and Wuppertal-Vohwinkel station, Vohwinkel. It is served by Regional-Express, Regional Express, Regionalbahn and Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn, S-Bahn trains. History The Düsseldorf–Elberfeld railway was built from 1838 to 1841 by the ''Düsseldorf-Elberfeld Railway Company'' (''Düsseldorf-Elberfelder Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', DEE), which had been established for this purpose. It was taken over by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (''Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', BME) in 1857 and a continuous second track was built by 1865. Realignment of lines in Düsseldorf The Düsseldorf Hauptbahnhof, Düsseldorf Central Station opened on 1 ...
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North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most populous state of Germany. Apart from the city-states, it is also the List of German states by population density, most densely populated state in Germany. Covering an area of , it is the List of German states by area, fourth-largest German state by size. North Rhine-Westphalia features 30 of the 81 German municipalities with over 100,000 inhabitants, including Cologne (over 1 million), the state capital Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Essen (all about 600,000 inhabitants) and other cities predominantly located in the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan area, the largest urban area in Germany and the fourth-largest on the European continent. The location of the Rhine-Ruhr at the h ...
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