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Lake Constance Belt Railway
The Lake Constance Belt Railway (german: Bodenseegürtelbahn) is a name used for several contiguous railway lines around along the northern shore of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'') in southern Germany. It was coined around 1900, when the railway ring around the lake was finished, and consists of the following sections: * Konstanz–Radolfzell, part of the High Rhine Railway (opened in 1863) * Radolfzell–Stahringen, part of the Radolfzell–Mengen railway (opened in 1867) * Stahringen–Friedrichshafen Stadt (opened in 1895–1901) * Friedrichshafen Stadt–Lindau-Aeschach Abzw (opened in 1899) * Lindau-Aeschach Abzw–Lindau-Insel, part of the Buchloe–Lindau railway (opened in 1854) * Lindau-Insel–Wolfurt-Lauterach Nord, part of the Lindau–Bludenz railway The Vorarlberg Railway (german: Vorarlbergbahn) denotes a through line running through the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Its route is similar to the Rheintal/Walgau Autobahn from the border between Lindau and Hörbranz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three Body of water, bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein, Lake Rhine (''Seerhein''). These waterbodies lie within the Lake Constance Basin () in the Alpine Foreland through which the Rhine flows. The lake is situated where Germany, Switzerland, and Austria meet. Its shorelines lie in the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, the Swiss cantons of Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Canton of Thurgau, Thurgau, and Canton of Schaffhausen, Schaffhausen, and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. The actual location of the border Lake_Constance#International_borders, is disputed. The Alpine Rhine forms in its original course the Austro-Swiss border and flows into the lake from the south. The High Rhine flows westbound out of the lake and forms (with the exception of the Canton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konstanz
Konstanz (, , locally: ; also written as Constance in English) is a university city with approximately 83,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south of Germany. The city houses the University of Konstanz and was the residence of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Konstanz for more than 1,200 years. Location The city is located in the state of Baden-Württemberg and situated at the banks of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German). The river Rhine, which starts in the Swiss Alps, passes through Lake Constance and leaves it, considerably larger, by flowing under a bridge connecting the two parts of the city. North of the river lies the larger part of the city with residential areas, industrial estates, and the University of Konstanz; while south of the river is the old town, which houses the administrative centre and shopping facilities in addition to the ''Hochschule'' or the ''University of Applied Sciences''. Car ferries provide access across Lake Con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radolfzell
Radolfzell am Bodensee is a town in Germany at the western end of Lake Constance approximately 18 km northwest of Konstanz. It is the third largest town, after Constance and Singen, in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg. Radolfzell is a well-known health care town (Mettnau) and an important railway junction of the High Rhine Railway and the Hegau-Ablach Valley Railway (leading to the Stahringen–Friedrichshafen railway). In 1990 Radolfzell was named the Federal Environment Capital City of Germany. History This town developed out of a monastery founded in 826 AD as a "cell" under Bishop Radolf of Verona. The town belonged to the Abbey of Reichenau, then to the house of Habsburg for a long time, and for 40 years was a Free Imperial City. In the centre is the gothic Cathedral of our Dear Lady, dating from the 15th century and decorated in the baroque style in the 18th. One particularly beautiful feature is the Rosary altar by the Zürn brothers and the Master ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Rhine Railway
The High Rhine Railway (german: Hochrheinbahn) is the Deutsche Bahn railway line from Basel to Singen. It is also part of the tri-national S-Bahn Basel and referenced as . It was built by the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railways as part of the Baden Mainline which followed the Rhine upstream from Mannheim to Constance (Konstanz). Whilst, with the exception of Schaffhausen station, the line is owned and operated throughout by Deutsche Bahn, it passes through Swiss territory within the city of Basel, and whilst crossing the canton of Schaffhausen between Erzingen and Bietingen. Schaffhausen station is jointly owned and run by Deutsche Bahn and the Swiss Federal Railways. History The High Rhine Railway was opened on 4 February 1856 from Basel Badischer Bahnhof to Bad Säckingen and extended to Waldshut on 30 October 1856. Construction then stopped for a while, but on 15 June 1863, the whole line to Constance was completed. Meanwhile, the Turgi–Koblenz–Waldshut railway w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stahringen
Radolfzell am Bodensee is a town in Germany at the western end of Lake Constance approximately 18 km northwest of Konstanz. It is the third largest town, after Constance and Singen, in the district of Konstanz, in Baden-Württemberg. Radolfzell is a well-known health care town (Mettnau) and an important railway junction of the High Rhine Railway and the Hegau-Ablach Valley Railway (leading to the Stahringen–Friedrichshafen railway). In 1990 Radolfzell was named the Federal Environment Capital City of Germany. History This town developed out of a monastery founded in 826 AD as a "cell" under Bishop Radolf of Verona. The town belonged to the Abbey of Reichenau, then to the house of Habsburg for a long time, and for 40 years was a Free Imperial City. In the centre is the gothic Cathedral of our Dear Lady, dating from the 15th century and decorated in the baroque style in the 18th. One particularly beautiful feature is the Rosary altar by the Zürn brothers and the Master o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radolfzell–Mengen Railway
The Radolfzell–Mengen railway (also called in German the Hegau-Ablachtal-Bahn—Hegau–Ablach Valley Railway) is a branch line in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It runs from Radolfzell via Stockach to Mengen. The line was built as a mainline connection from Ulm via Lake Constance (''Bodensee'') to Switzerland. Regular passenger services were abandoned between 1972 and 1982. Passenger services were reactivated on the southern section between Radolfzell and Stockach in 1996 and has since been operated under the brand name of ''Seehäsle''. The northern section from Stockach to Mengen is however only used for freight trains and passenger excursion trains. In 2005, it had to be temporarily closed because of the deterioration of the infrastructure on some sections. Since 2021, trains have once again been running between Stockach and Mengen on Sundays and public holidays under the brand name of ''Biberbahn''. Description of line and route The brand name ''Seehäsle'' is ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stahringen–Friedrichshafen Railway
The Stahringen–Friedrichshafen railway is a non-electrified single-track railway in Baden-Württemberg that runs from Stahringen to . The 51.780 kilometre-long main-line runs mainly along the north shore of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'') and is part of a route known as the ''Bodenseegürtelbahn'' (Lake Constance Belt Railway), connecting Radolfzell and . History The line was created to close the gap between the network of the Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway (''Großherzoglich Badische Staatseisenbahnen'') and that of the Royal Württemberg State Railways). After Stahringen was connected to the railway network on 20 July 1867 by the Radolfzell–Mengen railway, the section from Stahringen to Überlingen did not go into operation until 18 August 1895. Finally, Friedrichshafen Stadt station was reached on 2 October 1901. Friedrichshafen had been connected to Ulm by the Ulm–Friedrichshafen railway (''Südbahn'') since 1847. On 22 December 1939, there was a great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrichshafen–Lindau Railway
The Friedrichshafen–Lindau railway is a single-track main-line railway in Southern Germany, that has been electrified since December 2021. It connects the rail junction of in Baden-Württemberg with Lindau in Bavaria, where it meets the Buchloe–Lindau railway at a junction in the district of Aeschach. The 22.575 kilometre-long line runs consistently on the north shore of Lake Constance (''Bodensee''), with the western part lying in Bodenseekreis and the eastern part in the district of Lindau. The line is part of the route known as the ''Bodenseegürtelbahn'' (Lake Constance Belt Railway), connecting Radolfzell and . History Friedrichshafen was connected to the rail network via the Württemberg Southern Railway (''Württembergische Südbahn'') in 1847 and Lindau was connected via the Ludwig South-North Railway (''Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn'') in 1853, but the gap between the two towns was not closed by the Royal Württemberg State Railways and the Royal Bavarian State Railways unt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buchloe–Lindau Railway
The Buchloe–Lindau railway is a double-track, largely non-electrified main line in the German state of Bavaria. It runs through the Allgäu from Buchloe to Lindau in Lake Constance via Kaufbeuren and Kempten. Together with the connecting Munich–Buchloe railway it is known in German as the ''Bayerische Allgäubahn'' (Bavarian Allgäu railway). The Royal Bavarian State Railways (''Königlich Bayerischen Staatseisenbahnen'') put the line into operation between 1847 and 1854 as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway (''Ludwig-Süd-Nord-Bahn''). The Hergatz–Lindau section was electrified between 2018 and 2020 as part of the Munich–Lindau upgraded line project, which uses a shorter but largely single-track route via Memmingen. History The line from Buchloe to Lindau was built as part of the Ludwig South-North Railway from Hof via Augsburg and Kempten to Lindau. The first 20.3 kilometres from Buchloe to were opened to traffic on 1 September 1847. This was followed by the 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindau–Bludenz Railway
The Vorarlberg Railway (german: Vorarlbergbahn) denotes a through line running through the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Its route is similar to the Rheintal/Walgau Autobahn from the border between Lindau and Hörbranz to Bludenz, where it connects to the Arlberg Railway. The entire route is owned and operated by the Austrian Federal Railways (''Österreichische Bundesbahnen'', ÖBB). The Vorarlberg Railway is the western continuation of the Arlberg Railway (ÖBB timetable number AT 401) through the Walgau valley and the Vorarlberg section of the Rhine Valley. History Planning phase Already in 1847, the entrepreneur Carl Ganahl, later the main proponent of the railway construction in the Vorarlberg, recognised the importance of a railway line in the Vorarlberg, although there were many problems with this idea. No mountain railway, which would be needed to cross the Arlberg, had yet been built in Austria and a line with no connection to the Tyrolean areas seemed useless. Moreo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Line
The Lake Line at www.sbb.ch. Accessed on 13 Jan 2013. (german: Seelinie), as it is referred to by the Swiss Federal Railways, SBB in English, is the Switzerland, Swiss railway line running from Rorschach, St. Gallen, Rorschach via Romanshorn, Kreuzlingen, Steckborn and Stein am Rhein to Schaffhausen and forms the Swiss section of the ring railway around Lake Constance. History On 15 October 1869 the section of line from Romanshorn to Rorschach was opened. Not quite two years later, on 1 July 1871, it was followed by the Romanshorn–Konstanz line. During its early years the railway belonged to the Swiss Northeastern Railway, the NOB, which was transferred in 1902 into the Swiss Federal Railways, SBB. In 1996, the line was taken over by ''Mittelthurgaubahn'' fo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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