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Fröndenberg–Kamen Railway
The Fröndenberg–Kamen railway is a single-track, partially electrified and partially disused railway line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It runs from Fröndenberg via Unna station, Unna to Unna-Königsborn station, Unna-Königsborn and formerly on to Kamen station , Kamen. History The Fröndenberg-Kamen line was built at the turn of the 20th Century as a railway branch line by the Railway divisions in Germany, Royal railway divisions (german: königliche Eisenbahndirection) of Elberfeld and Essen of the Prussian state railways to connect, in the form of an S-shaped curve, four stations on major east-west routes, which were built in the second half of the 19th century by three competing major private railway companies in Westphalia (from north to south): *Kamen station on the Dortmund–Hamm railway, Dortmund–Hamm line, opened by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1847, *Unna-Königsborn station on the Welver–Sterkrade railway, Welver–Sterkrade line, opene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 KV AC Railway Electrification
Railway electrification systems using at are used on transport railways in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway. The high voltage enables high power transmission with the lower frequency reducing the losses of the traction motors that were available at the beginning of the 20th century. Railway electrification in late 20th century tends to use AC systems which has become the preferred standard for new railway electrifications but extensions of the existing networks are not completely unlikely. In particular, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (opened on 1 June 2016) still uses 15 kV, 16.7 Hz electrification. Due to high conversion costs, it is unlikely that existing systems will be converted to despite the fact that this would reduce the weight of the on-board step-down transformers to one third that of the present devices. History The first electrified railways used series-wound DC motors, first at 600 V and then 1,500 V. Areas with 3 kV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Station
Kamen station is a station in the city of Kamen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is on the Dortmund–Hamm railway. The line has only two tracks through Kamen, although quadruplication is planned, but its realisation is far away. Kamen station is an architectural monument built by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company in 1847. It was extensively refurbished in the late 1990s as part of a project called ''Internationale Bauausstellung'' (international building exhibition) ''Emscher Park'' and a bike parking area (one of the first in North Rhine-Westphalia) was built. Services It is served on weekdays by four Regional-Express services, NRW-Express (RE 1), Rhein-Emscher-Express (RE 3), Rhein-Weser-Express (RE 6) and Rhein-Hellweg-Express The Rhein-Hellweg-Express (RE 11) is a Regional-Express service in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), running from Hamm via Dortmund, Bochum, Essen, Duisburg and Düsseldorf Airport to Düsseldorf Hbf. It is named afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hönne Valley Railway
The Hönne Valley Railway (german: Hönnetalbahn) is a 22 km long, single-track and non-electrified branch line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Menden (Sauerland) station, Menden (Sauerland) to Neuenrade through the Hönne valley. It is operated as Kursbuchstrecke, timetable route 437 from Unna station, Unna via Fröndenberg station, Fröndenberg, Menden (Sauerland) and Balve to Neuenrade. The line runs through two tunnels and across seven bridges made of natural stone through the Hönne valley, which was already praised for its beauty during the period of German romanticism when it was built. History The Menden–Neuenrade railway was inaugurated on 1 April 1912, with construction beginning in 1909. At its opening there were stations at Neuenrade, Garbeck, Balve, Sanssouci, Binolen and Lendringsen and halts (german: Haltepunkte) at Küntrop, Volkringhausen, Klusenstein, Oberrödinghausen and Menden-Süd. Horlecke station was located between Lendring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
