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Lower Left Rhine Railway
The Left Lower Rhine line (german: Linksniederrheinische Strecke) is a main line on the left (western) bank of the Rhine in the lower Rhine region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, running from Cologne to Cleves (Kleve) and formerly via Kranenburg to Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The Cologne–Krefeld section of the line was opened by the ''Cöln-Crefeld Railway Company'' in 1855 and is one of the oldest lines in Germany. The 55 km-long section from Cologne via Neuss to Krefeld is electrified and continuously multi-track. The subsequent 65 km-long Krefeld–Kleve section is non-electrified and single-track north of Geldern. The section from Kleve to Nijmegen has been closed since 1991. Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn line S 11 trains run on the line from Cologne to Neuss, partly on separate S-Bahn track, including a separate loop, partly underground, through the Cologne district of Chorweiler. History Cologne–Kleve Section The Left Lower Rhine line was opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goch Station
Goch is a railway station in the town of Goch, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. The station opened on 5 March 1863 on the Lower Left Rhine Railway. The train services are operated by NordWestBahn. Train services The station is served by the following services: *Regional service Kleve - Kevelaer - Krefeld - Düsseldorf Bus services An hourly taxi-bus service operates between the station and Weeze Airport Weeze Airport , less commonly known as ''Niederrhein Airport'', is a minor international airport in the Lower Rhine region of Germany. It is used by Ryanair. The airport is situated southwest of the municipality of Weeze () and northwest of Ke .... References {{reflist Railway stations in North Rhine-Westphalia Railway stations in Germany opened in 1863 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach Railway
The Duisburg-Ruhrort–Mönchengladbach railway is a historically significant, but now partly abandoned line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The line was built by the Ruhrort-Crefeld District Gladbach Railway Company (german: Ruhrort–Crefeld−Kreis Gladbach Eisenbahngesellschaft, RCG), founded in 1847, and is one of the oldest lines in Germany, opened in 1849 and 1851. The greater part of the route, along with the western section of the Ruhr line of the Rhenish Railway Company (''Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft'', RhE), forms the Duisburg–Mönchengladbach line, one of the main line in Germany’s lower Rhine region, connecting the stations of Duisburg and Mönchengladbach. History The ''Ruhrort-Crefeld District Gladbach railway'' was established to bring coal mined in the Ruhr district to consumers in the Lower Rhine region. The RCG therefore concluded a contract with the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (CME), which at that time was the only railway compa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempen–Venlo Railway
The Kempen–Venlo railway was a former railway line from Kempen in the Lower Rhine region of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia to Venlo in the Netherlands. It was of built by the Rhenish Railway Company (german: Rheinische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, RhE) and opened for freight on 23 December 1867 and for passenger traffic on 1 January 1868. History In the mid-1860s there were three different routes considered for the railway line. Option A would have passed by the Krickenbeck lakes. Option B was planned as a line past Dorenburg castle (to the north of Grefrath) towards Hinsbeck and southeast of Leuth towards Kaldenkirchen. The realised route corresponded to the proposed option C. There were also considerations for a short time of building a branch line from Lobberich via Boisheim to Waldniel. From Kaldenkirchen the line ran parallel to the Venlo–Viersen line of the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (''Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft''), so that both lines a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kempen, Germany
Kempen () is a town in the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately northwest of Düsseldorf, and east of Venlo. History * 1186: First mention in official documentation of Kempen as a place – the sovereign until 1794 is the Archbishop (electoral prince) of Cologne * around 1290: Kempen is rebuilt as a fortified town *11 March 1294: First confirmation of Kempen as a town in official documentation *15th century: town blooms economically and culturally (population of approx. 4,200) *1542–1543: Kempen is the centre of the Reformation for the Lower Rhine *1579: The plague costs the town almost half of its inhabitants *1642: Kempen is conquered and destroyed by the allied French, Hessian and Weimar troops during the "Hessen War" (Thirty Years' War) *1794–1814: Kempen is under French rule. In the ''département'' of Roer established in 1797, Kempen becomes a canton seat in 1798 and a French town in 1801. *1815: After the Congress of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schluff
Schluff is Krefeld's historic steam locomotive and one of the oldest private railways in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... References External links Nordbahnhof Krefeld Rail transport preservation in Germany {{Germany-rail-transport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haltepunkt
A railway stop is a spot along a railway line, usually between stations or at a seldom-used station, where passengers can board and exit the train. While a junction or interlocking usually divides two or more lines or routes, and thus has remotely or locally operated signals, a station stop does not. A station stop usually does not have any tracks other than the main tracks, and may or may not have switches (points, crossovers). The exact definition depends on national legal and operational provisions, which is why ' are usually classified as less important access points, which are often - but not necessarily - poorly accessible to passengers. Germany In Germany, a (abbreviation: ) is a railway facility at which passengers can board or leave trains, i.e. an access point for travellers. In contrast to a ', a ' does not necessarily have railroad switches. There are exceptions, however, if it is locally connected to another service point. The important operational difference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerken
Kerken with the towns of Aldekerk, Eyll, Nieukerk and Stenden, is a municipality in the Cleves (district), district of Kleve in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands, approx. 15 km north-east of Venlo. Personalities Sons and daughters of the city * Johannes Ackermanns (1887-1962), municipal politician * Franz Grobben (1904-1994), CDU politician * Guido Winkmann (* 1973), football league judge Personalities who have worked on the ground * Fritz Lewerentz, (1878-1945), SPD politician and victim of the Nazi dictatorship References Kleve (district) {{Kleve-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockstelle
A block post in railway signalling is the signal box at one end of a block section. German practice In Germany, block posts are known as ''Blockstellen'' (abbreviation: ''Bk'') and are defined as railway facilities on the open line that mark the end of a block section, as part of a block system. They usually have a home signal in each direction and on each running line. They are mainly found where the distance between two railway stations is greater than average. In the early years of the railway, block posts were local signal boxes manned with block post keepers. Today there are only a few of these classic, railway staff-operated block posts. Their function has been largely superseded by equipment that forms part of an automatic block signalling (''Selbsttätigen Streckenblocks'' or ''Sbk'') system or by a central block post in a station signal box at one end of the section between two stations. Block posts are described in the German railway regulations, the ''Eisenbahn-Bau- un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haltern–Venlo Railway
The Haltern–Venlo railway is now largely disused and dismantled line in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Netherlands. It was opened in 1874 by the Cologne-Minden Railway Company (german: Cöln-Mindener Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, CME) as part of the Hamburg-Venlo railway from Venlo in the Netherlands to a junction at Haltern am See on the Wanne-Eickel–Hamburg railway, which had been opened by the CME from Wanne to Munster in 1870. In contrast to the eastern section of the line, the Haltern-Venlo section ran at a loss from the beginning. History After the development in France of a scheme for a transcontinental railway connection between Hamburg and Paris (the so-called "Paris–Hamburg Railway") and continuing to Scandinavia, the Prussian government insisted that the section on German territory would be built by a German railway company and the western terminus of the German line would be in the Dutch town of Venlo. As a result, the line became known as the Hamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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