Mönchengladbach–Stolberg Railway
Euregiobahn in Eschweiler-Nothberg The Mönchengladbach–Stolberg railway was opened by the Bergisch-Märkische Railway Company (german: Bergisch-Märkische Eisenbahn-Gesellschaft, BME) and built in sections between 1870 and 1875. The only scheduled traffic on it now are passenger services operated as part of the Euregiobahn concept (which is aimed at improving regional rail passenger services in Aachen and southern Limburg) and freight operation to railway sidings on the southern part of the line, known as the Eschweiler Valley Railway (''Eschweiler Talbahn'') or Inde Valley Railway (''Indetalbahn''), as well as regional trains operated between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Cologne on the short section of the line between Rheydt- Odenkirchen and Hochneukirch, which is now considered to be part of the Cologne–Mönchengladbach line. Occasional freight trains run between Mönchengladbach Hauptbahnhof and Rheydt-Geneicken. The northern sections of the line from Hochneukirch ...
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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 ...
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