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Emsland Railway
The Emsland line (German: is a railway from Rheine via Salzbergen, Lingen, Meppen, Lathen, Papenburg and Leer to Emden, continuing to Norden and Norddeich-Mole in East Frisia in the German state of Lower Saxony. The line is named after the Ems river, which it follows for almost its entire length. The line opened in 1854 and 1856 and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. History The line was built as part of the Hanoverian Western Railway, which was built by the Royal Hanoverian State Railways in the 1850s to develop the western parts of the former Kingdom of Hanover. The first section of this line was opened on 24 November 1854, between Emden and Papenburg, but it had no connection with the existing rail network. On 21 November 1855 passenger operations started on the section between Löhne and Osnabrück, now part of the Löhne–Rheine line. Six months later the next section was put into operation, closing the gap from Osnabrück to Papenburg via Rheine and Salzbergen. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norddeich-Mole Station
Norddeich Mole is a railway station located in Norddeich (Norden), Norddeich, Lower Saxony, Germany. The station is located on the Emsland Railway. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn. Norddeich Mole is a port for combined passenger and car ferries to the islands of Norderney and Juist, both very popular among holidaymakers, many of whom arrive by train (especially during the summer). Train services The station is serves by the following service(s): *Intercity services (IC ): Norddeich - Emden - Münster - Düsseldorf - Köln - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart *Intercity services (IC ): Norddeich - Emden - Münster - Düsseld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emden Port
The Port of Emden is the seaport of the German city of Emden at the mouth of the Ems to the North Sea. It is the westernmost seaport on the coast of Germany; in 2011, it reached an annual turnover of about 6.29 million tons. Major transhipment products include motor vehicles, forest products and, increasingly, wind turbines. In motor vehicles, the Emden port is the third largest in Europe after Zeebrugge and Bremerhaven (2017: 1.92 million vehicles, 2015: 1.406.807 vehicles). The sea freight turnover in 2017 was 5.08 million tons) (2016: 4.33 million tons,Peter Kleinort: ''Wirtschaftlicher Umbau lastet auf Häfen'', ''Täglicher Hafenbericht'', 28 February 2017, p. 3 2015: 4.29 million tons). These figures included components for the wind energy sector. The operator of the Port of Emden is . In addition, Emden is an important ferry port to the North Sea island Borkum. The port is connected to the railway network with the Emden Auß ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundesstraße 70
''Bundesstraße'' (German for "federal highway"), abbreviated ''B'', is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways. Germany Germany's ''Bundesstraßen'' network has a total length of about 40,000 km. German ''Bundesstraßen'' are labelled with rectangular yellow signs with black numerals, as opposed to the white-on-blue markers of the ''Autobahn'' controlled-access highways. ''Bundesstraßen'', like autobahns, are maintained by the federal agency of the Transport Ministry. In the German highway system they rank below autobahns, but above the ''Landesstraßen'' and ''Kreisstraßen'' maintained by the federal states and the districts respectively. The numbering was implemented by law in 1932 and has overall been retained up to today, except for those roads located in the former eastern territories of Germany. One distinguishing characteristic between German ''Bundesstraßen'' and ''Autobahnen'' is that there usually is a general 100 km/h (62 mph) s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aschendorf Station
Aschendorf is a railway station located in Aschendorf, Lower Saxony, Germany. The station lies on the Emsland Railway (Rheine - Norddeich) and the train services are operated by WestfalenBahn WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany. It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsb .... Train services The station is served by the following service(s): *Regional services ''Emden - Leer - Lingen - Rheine - Münster'' References Railway stations in Lower Saxony {{LowerSaxony-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papenburg Station
Papenburg (Ems) is a railway station located in Papenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The station lies on the Emsland Railway (Rheine - Norddeich) and the train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn and WestfalenBahn WestfalenBahn is a railway company operating regional train service in Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia, Northern Germany. It was founded in 2005 by Essener Versorgungs & Verkehrsgesellschaft, Minden Museum Railway, moBiel and Verkehrsb .... In the 1850s the station was built as part of the Hannoversche Westbahn. The track between Papenburg and Emden was opened in 1854. Train services The station is served by the following service(s): *Intercity s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihrhove–Nieuweschans Railway
The Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway is an international railway line running from Ihrhove near Leer in Germany to Bad Nieuweschans in the Netherlands. The line was opened in 1876. Ihrhove is situated on the north-south Emsland Railway, between Papenburg and Leer. At Bad Nieuweschans, a connection with the Dutch railway network is provided through the Harlingen–Nieuweschans railway, which passes through Groningen. On 3 December 2015, the bridge over the Ems was destroyed by a ship colliding with it. The line between , and Bad Nieuweschans is expected to be closed until 2024. A bus replacement service operated between Bad Nieuweschans and Leer following the accident. The line between Bad Nieuweschans and Weener reopened on 5 July 2016, with a bus replacement service in operation between Weener and Leer. Stations There are two stations on the Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway: Bad Nieuweschans and Weener. Accidents and incidents On 3 December 2015, the coaster Coaster (st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westoverledingen
Westoverledingen is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Leer (district), Leer district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It contains about a dozen villages. The biggest of them are Flachsmeer, Völlen and Ihrhove, where the town hall is located. Völlen lies at the southern edge of the municipality, close to the Meyer-Werft shipyard in Papenburg. Many villagers are employed there. Most villages have interesting old churches, including five that date from the Middle Ages. The Bundesstraße 70 the connects the municipality to Papenburg and Leer, Lower Saxony, Leer. Westoverledingen does not have a train station. The Emsland Railway passes the municipality between stations Leer (Ostfriesl) railway station, Leer and Papenburg station, Papenburg. The Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway splits off from it towards Weener railway station, Weener station. The Ihrhove railway station is to be reopened in 2024 or 2025. A touristic bicycle trail, following the Ems (river), Ems, goes through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leda (river)
Leda is a river in north-western Germany in the state of Lower Saxony. The Leda is a right tributary of the Ems and originates at the confluence of the Sagter Ems and the Dreyschloot (a branch of the Soeste) near Barßel. The Leda flows into the Ems near the town of Leer. On the southern bank of the Leda, in the ''Overledingen Land'' (Overledingen="country over the Leda"), opposite Leer, lies the small settlement of Kloster Muhde (''Muhde'' from the Old Frisian ''mutha'' meaning "(river) mouth"). The total length of the river is ( including the source rivers Sagter Ems and Ohe). The lower until the port of Leer are navigable for large ( Class Vb) ships, a further 7 km until the mouth of the Jümme for Class II ships and a further 16 km until the are navigable but not classified. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leer Station
Leer (Ostfriesland) () is a railway station in the town of Leer in Lower Saxony, Germany. The railway station is situated on the Emsland Railway between the railway stations of Emden and Papenburg and it is the railway terminus on the Oldenburg–Leer railway after the railway station of Augustfehn. The train services are operated by Deutsche Bahn, WestfalenBahn and Arriva (a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn). Train services The station is served by the following service(s): *Intercity services (IC/EC ) ''Norddeich - Emden - Münster - Düsseldorf - Köln - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Stuttgart'' *Intercity services (IC ) ''Norddeich - Emden - Münster - Düsseldorf - Köln - Bonn - Koblenz - Mainz - Mannheim - Karlsruhe - Konstanz'' *Intercity services (IC ) ''Norddeich - Emden - Bremen - Hanover - Braunschweig - Magdeburg - Leipzig'' *Regional services ''Norddeich - Emden - Leer - Oldenburg - Bremen - Nienburg - Hanover'' *Regional services ''Emden - Leer - Lingen (Ems ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oldenburg–Leer Railway
The Oldenburg–Leer railway is a single-track electrified main line in the north-west of the German state of Lower Saxony. It connects the Emsland line near Leer with the city of Oldenburg. Thus, it serves traffic from the direction of Hanover and Bremen to the port of Emden, the Emsland and western East Frisia, including the islands of Borkum, Juist and Norderney, which are important tourist destinations. Together with the Leer–Groningen line, it also has international significance. The line was opened on 15 June 1869 by the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg State Railways and is one of the oldest railways in Germany. During 1992 it was electrified, which made expensive and time-consuming locomotive changes in Oldenburg unnecessary for the route to East Frisia. In the 2013 timetable, daily InterCity services connect Leipzig or Berlin and Hanover with Emden and Norddeich Mole. Together with Regional-Express services, trains operate approximately hourly. Since mid-December 2010, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leer, Lower Saxony
Leer is a town in the district of Leer, in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Leda, a tributary of the river Ems, near the border with the Netherlands. With 34,958 inhabitants (2021), it is the third-largest city in East Frisia after Emden and Aurich. It has a railway and autobahn connection to Groningen, Netherlands, Emden, Bremen and the South ( Rheine and the Ruhrpott industrial region). Geography Leer had been a settlement long before it was first mentioned in written documents. Originally, the city was situated at a meander near the mouth of the river Leda into the Ems, which is still the center of the town today. Even though Leer is some away from the coast, it can be reached by large ships via the Ems. Leer lies close to the Dutch border; the district of Leer shares a border with the Dutch province of Groningen. The island and nature reserve of Bingumer Sand lies within the district. History There are many traces of early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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