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Flieden Station
Flieden station is a station in the town of Flieden in the German state of Hesse, where the Flieden–Gemünden railway branches off the Kinzig Valley Railway. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 5 station. History Flieden station was opened on 15 December 1868 along with the Neuhof– Steinau (Straße) section of the Kinzig Valley Railway. Between the Fulda valley and the Kinzig valley is the Hessischer Landrücken (“Hessian land ridge”) that the line had to cross between Flieden and Schlüchtern. At the time tunnelling techniques were not sufficiently advanced to build a tunnel of the length required for a crossing of the ridge, and a direct crossing would have required the grades on the climbs to be too steep. Therefore, a zig zag turn was built at Elm. This solution was operationally complicated: the locomotives had to run into the zig zag and an additional locomotive was required to attach to the other end of heavy freight trains to help hau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flieden
Flieden is a municipality in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. Traditionally called a “Königreich” (Kingdom), it may show a crown in its coat of arms. Geography Flieden is located in a valley north west of the Landrücken between the Vogelsberg and the Rhön. It is an area of low hills with the highest elevations being ''Knöschen'' near Buchenrod (509 m) and the ''Storker Küppel'' near Oberstork (470 m). At the very center of Flieden the creeks ''Magdloser Wasser'' und ''Kautzer Wasser'' merge into the river Fliede which later flows into the Fulda. In the north Flieden borders Neuhof and in the east Kalbach both in the district of Fulda. In the south and west Flieden borders Schlüchtern and Steinau an der Straße (Main-Kinzig-Kreis). Besides the main locality, Flieden consists of the districts Berishof, Buchenrod, Döngesmühle, Federwisch, Fuldaische Höfe, Höf und Haid, Katzenberg, Kautz, Kellerei, Keutzelbuch, Langenau, Laugendorf, Leimenhof, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schlüchtern Station
Schlüchtern station is a station for trains. It is in the town of Schlüchtern in the German state of Hesse on the Frankfurt–Göttingen railway. The station is classified by Deutsche Bahn (DB) as a category 4 station. History The station was opened on 15 December 1868 along with the Neuhof– Steinau (Straße) section of the Frankfurt–Göttingen railwaFrankfurt–Bebra railway, which was established by the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel, the Grand Duchy of Hesse and Free City of Frankfurt, but was confiscated by the Prussian government following the War of 1866. Station facilities Platforms The train station has 4 platform tracks, a "home" platform (that is next to the station building), an island platform and a side platform. The home platform (platform 1) is only used by Regionalbahn services running on the Schlüchtern– Jossa– Gemünden–Würzburg route, which begin and end here. The central platform (tracks 2 and 4) is used by Regional-Express services on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In North Hesse
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prepared flat surface, rail vehicles (rolling stock) are directionally guided by the tracks on which they run. Tracks usually consist of steel rails, installed on sleepers (ties) set in ballast, on which the rolling stock, usually fitted with metal wheels, moves. Other variations are also possible, such as "slab track", in which the rails are fastened to a concrete foundation resting on a prepared subsurface. Rolling stock in a rail transport system generally encounters lower frictional resistance than rubber-tyred road vehicles, so passenger and freight cars (carriages and wagons) can be coupled into longer trains. The operation is carried out by a railway company, providing transport between train stations or freight customer faciliti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
